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31st Annual Scholarship Fundraising Banquet
April 26 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$40
The Carter G. Woodson Memorial Foundation, Inc. presents its 31st Annual Fundraising Banquet Saturday, April 26th, 2025th at 6 p.m. The banquet will be held in the Lower Level, Room BE-5 in the Marshall University Student Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Introducing our Keynote Speaker: Pastor David M Fryson, Esq.
Fryson is the Senior Pastor of the New First Baptist Church of Kanawha City in Charleston, WV. He is an attorney and diversity professional and was the founding Vice President of the West Virginia University Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. He has practiced law for over 20 years in a variety of legal and advocacy settings. Fryson received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from West Virginia State University and was awarded the Doctor of Jurisprudence from West Virginia University. In 2001, he served a term as the National Vice-President for the legendary Rev. Dr. Leon Sullivan’s OIC of America establishing a national office in Washington DC. In addition, he has been involved with the NAACP, the Job Corps Centers and assisted with the establishment of West Virginia Multi-Fest the largest diversity gathering in the state.
Reserved tickets are $40 donation per person, with 8-seat corporate table reservations available for $400. Additional donations are welcome! Funds raised will help the Carter G. Woodson Memorial Foundation provide academic scholarships, and to realize its vision of a Black History and Civil Rights History Museum in Huntington’s Fairfield community, through restoration of the Memphis Tennessee Garrison home.
Tickets are available now! New for this year’s banquet is the ability to purchase tickets online with our fundraising platform Zeffy: https://www.zeffy.com/…/31st-annual-scholarship…
We thank you for your continued support.
The cultural entertainment for the banquet is made possible in part by financial support from the Appalachian Freedom Heritage Initiative, a project of the Appalachian Regional Commission. https://appalachianfreedom.com/about-the-project/
