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Welcome to NAACP ALLENTOWN. UNIT 2247 NAACP in Allentown, PA

Welcome to NAACP ALLENTOWN. UNIT 2247 NAACP in Allentown, PAWelcome to NAACP ALLENTOWN. UNIT 2247 NAACP in Allentown, PAWelcome to NAACP ALLENTOWN. UNIT 2247 NAACP in Allentown, PA

(610) 797-1107

ABOUT THE NAACP ALLENTOWN/LEHIGH BRANCH

NAACP ALLENTOWN BRANCH 2247 LEADERSHIP

EDUCATION NAACP ALLENTOWN LEHIGH COUNTY

EDUCATION NAACP ALLENTOWN LEHIGH COUNTY

NAACP ALLENTOWN OFFICERS


President -Walt Felton, Special Investigator State of PA

Vice President -  Renee Wiggins-Rollerson- Entrepreneur

2nd Vice - Dr. Harold Kreithen - MD.
3rd Vice President - Cheryl Johnson Watts - Education Chair

Secretary Barbara Redmond - MBA 

Assistant Secretary Glenda Mason - Sales Entrepreneur
Treasurer Adanah Sampso

NAACP ALLENTOWN OFFICERS


President -Walt Felton, Special Investigator State of PA

Vice President -  Renee Wiggins-Rollerson- Entrepreneur

2nd Vice - Dr. Harold Kreithen - MD.
3rd Vice President - Cheryl Johnson Watts - Education Chair

Secretary Barbara Redmond - MBA 

Assistant Secretary Glenda Mason - Sales Entrepreneur
Treasurer Adanah Sampson  Accountant, Entrepreneur


EXECUTIVES

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR


Ron Clever- Lawyer in Lehigh County

Annie Kollar - Labor and Industry

Maurice Muhammad - Economic Development
Elaine Redmond - Director of Education, Early Child
April Riddrick - Coordinator

ATTORNEY Maraleen Shields - Legal Redress 


COLLEGE AND YOUTH LEADERSHIP


Shawn Redmond - President - Temple University 

Savannah Redmond- Vice President - Parkland High School

Marsha Surville - Secretary - Allen High School

Kaleef Surville - Treasurer - Allen High School





Every Child Deserves an Excellent Education

EDUCATION NAACP ALLENTOWN LEHIGH COUNTY

EDUCATION NAACP ALLENTOWN LEHIGH COUNTY

EDUCATION NAACP ALLENTOWN LEHIGH COUNTY

 

The NAACP works to ensure that all disadvantaged students and students of color are on the path to college or a successful career by ensuring access to great teaching, equitable resources, and a challenging curriculum. We are dedicated to eliminating the severe racial inequities that continue to plague our education system. Our ultimate 

 

The NAACP works to ensure that all disadvantaged students and students of color are on the path to college or a successful career by ensuring access to great teaching, equitable resources, and a challenging curriculum. We are dedicated to eliminating the severe racial inequities that continue to plague our education system. Our ultimate goal is that every student of color receives a quality public education that prepares him or her to be a contributing member of a democracy.


To achieve these goals, the Education Committee of the national board, in concert with education chairs and leaders from across the Association, have settled upon a four-prong strategy to improve educational achievement for disadvantaged students:

  • Increasing Resource Equity: Target funds to neediest kids
  • Ensuring College & Career Readiness: A path to success after graduation for all students
  • Improving Teaching: Growing our own great teachers now in underserved communities
  • Improving Discipline: Eliminate zero tolerance; keep kids in school* All applied to turnaround schools

 

Multilingual Curriculum Integrated into Public Schools

In 2016 NAACP National Convention delegates passed, and the National NAACP Board affirmed, a resolution to promote the integration of multilingual curriculum into public schools.  


 

Standard Grading Policies

In 2016 NAACP National Convention delegates passed, and the National NAACP Board affirmed, a resolution to urge NAACP units to encourage their respective States to establish an Office of Consumer Affairs in Testing and Student Evaluation.  In addition, the resolution reaffirms the 2014 Resolution, “Accountability and Assessment:  Measuring Student Learning. 




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NAACP ALLENTOWN UNIT

P.O. BOX 9418, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 18105, United States

(610) 797-1107

NAACP ALLENTOWN (LEHIGH) LEADERSHIP

 



WALT FELTON -  PRESIDENT:

  

I am Walter Felton,  I have resided in the Allentown area since 1967. My brother-in-law, a past NAACP Allentown Branch President of the 1970 era, Alvin Howard, is now deceased.

I grew up on the Lawrence Street corridor, now named Martin Luther King Drive. The occupants were called urban renewal, which targeted and relocated occupants to the public housing at the Cumberland Garden Housing Project.


After completing the 11th grade in the Allentown School District, my mother allowed me to reside with my brother-in-law, Alvin Howard, and sister-in-law, Ruth Howard, of Salisbury Township. I attended Salisbury High School, excelling in basketball, and graduated. I attended LCCC before joining the United States Army and serving my country in active duty. I also served in reserve branches with the United States Army, Air Force, and Navy, including honorable discharges. I would like to bring this experience to the Veterans Executive Committee of the NAACP.


I returned to the area after my time with the military.  I applied to the Allentown Police Department and was accepted. I completed 20 years, during which I held multiple titles and served in different capacities. I was recognized with various awards and citations, including being awarded Police Officer of the Year on three occasions. I also was employed by the Northampton County Sheriff Department, where I served 12 years as Deputy Sheriff and was recognized and cited with two awards.


The first citation was for subduing an estranged husband attempting to bring a knife into a courtroom in a possible attempt to inflict harm on his wife at a custody hearing. Another event involved apprehending a New Jersey most wanted state fugitive of the week. I also was the first minority to be elected as President of the Northampton County Deputy Sheriff association for a two year term.  I have been employed by the PA State , Bureau of Enforcement and Investigation Professional Conduct  Investigator.


I would bring the experience of conducting formal meetings requested by the NAACP National By-laws and Roberts Rules of Order.  But despite unwarranted resistance from some Lehigh County Democratic Party Members, I attained the position as the 1st African American Party chairman  in Lehigh County and the 2nd Democratic Party Chairman  ever of 67 Counties in the of Pennsylvania to be elected County.


I was instrumental in having the first African American female elected in Lehigh County Veronica Clemmons to the State Democratic Committee. I assisted in allowing six other minorities getting on the ballot. 

The six were challenged and removed from the ballots by their own Democratic Party members. 

Carmen Bell, Danielle Shackleford, April Riddick, Mike Watts, Barbara Redmond, and Veronica Clemmons, either held their positions or return the next session and won. 


I was instrumental in introducing at least fifty persons to be elected and hold positions in the Lehigh County Democratic Party as Precinct Committee Persons, which was never previously diversely held. I would like to engage and show Allentown NAACP chapter members how to run or get involved in political offices to represent their community. It is not about me “It's about us.” I have been the County Chairman and First Vice Chairman already. The future is about telling and showing others how to navigate election, voices, and concerns heard. 


I would like to show our bipartisan members how to get on the ballot, open a Political Action Committee network, and template in organizing their campaigns to pursue office, including how to  raise money for their campaigns. I have run for Lehigh County, Commonwealth Senator, Magisterial District Judge, and Lehigh County Sheriff. I was the first Afro-American in the County to obtain the ballot for office of the Lehigh County Sheriff. The Allentown Lehigh County NAACP branch can engage diverse candidates to run for political offices throughout Lehigh County. In addition, we have youthful and experienced adults that can run for political positions. 


We can be effective in our community, especially with many years of experience in the political arena. The last but not the least reason for supporting my bid for the NAACP Vice Presidency is that I was instrumental in helping raise over $15,000 within the two months just before the 2017 NAACP PA Convention held at the Renaissance Hotel in Allentown, PA. 


I have the grassroots connections within the Pennsylvania community, which allowed me to be instrumental in procuring Governor Wolf, and other Pennsylvania State Officials, and State and Local judges up for election, to attend the 2017 State NAACP Pennsylvania Convention. I enjoy helping people. The Allentown Lehigh NAACP enjoy helping our people...


VICE PRESIDENT- Renee Wiggs-Rollerson – 


RENEE WIGGINS-ROLLERSON Renee has extensive community service, youth service, and community resources. She is currently studying for her master’s degree in psychology. Renee is the Director for one of Allentown's Boys & Girls Clubs. Renee works closely with youth who benefit from additional structured programming.

She has a talent at engaging students to embody a wide range of human experience. Renee believes that the diversity of our students makes our community stronger. She believes if you share a perspective, you bring experiences, and help students understand you better. Therefore, relating to the community you belong to, whether it be your sexual orientation or gender identity, or your family or cultural background, it will encourage students to do better.  This honesty can grant students the opportunity to absorb the best of all worlds.  Then students will want to do their best to understand and appreciate that all people have problems, and it is best to attempt to deal with them.

Renee’s goal is to work with the Branch's Youth/Junior Youth council. She would also like to work with Women In The NAACP (WIN) Committee. Additionally, she would like to enhance membership for the NAACP Allentown Branch. She is a resource to gain membership in the community. Renee's focus is on bringing more programming and resources to our community, youth, and organization.


2nd Vice President - Dr. Harold Kreithen -

  

Dr. Harold Kreithen, M.D., grew up in South Philadelphia in an African American neighborhood where his

Father had a wholesale and retail candy and tobacco business. They lived above the 

store and all of his neighborhood friends were African American, as was his beloved

Nanny. He was the only white boy in his first-grade class. With this background, he

He developed a lifelong empathy for Afro-American causes. It is in Harold’s bones.

Harold was educated in Philadelphia at West Philadelphia High School, University of 

Pennsylvania, Hahnemann Medical College and Temple University Hospital. He received 

his M.D. degree in 1961 and served his internship at Philadelphia General Hospital, 

where the majority of patients were African American.

In 1966, Harold moved to Allentown with his wife and two children, where he started a medical 

Practice, specializing in Internal Medicine and Allergy. Dr. Kreithen built a busy private practice and

treated thousands of patients of all social, ethnic, and racial backgrounds over his 52 

Year career, retiring in 2018.

Dr. Kreithen practice had a staff of up to 12 people, which he managed (with the help of an office 

Manager). Dr. Kreithen belonged to the medical staffs of Sacred Heart and Allentown Hospitals, 

and served on their medical boards. He was active in teaching and training Resident 

Physicians. The Dr. established a weekly Allergy Clinic to care for uninsured patients.

Since retiring, Dr. Kreithen has endeavored to be involved in social action issues. He is a 

member of the Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the 

Lehigh Valley. He’s a member of a twenty-thousand-person (and growing) organization

PNP (Physicians for National Health Plan). 

Having spent his long career working within the present health system, Dr. Kreithen can attest 

that it is broken in many ways, resulting in unequal access and quality of care for

Disadvantaged people. The doctor joined the NAACP in 2020, hoping to work toward improving health care for all people. Dr. Harold Kreithen feels that he could be an influential voice as  2nd Vice of the NAACP Allentown Branch.


3rd Vice President - Cheryl Johnson Watt


Cheryl Johnson Watts joined the NAACP South Jamaica Branch Youth Council in Queens NY when she was in high school during the late ‘70’s. She reconnected in 2017, when she joined the Allentown Branch in Lehigh Valley, PA. Cheryl served on the School Board Director for the Allentown School District and also serves on the Lehigh Career & Technical Institute’s Joint Operating Committee (LCTI JOC). She is a Board Member for the YWCA of Allentown and volunteers on the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission’s Multi-Modal Working Group. Cheryl enjoys speaking with youth about planning their future and actively participates in the Alumni Schools Committee for her Alma Mater, Princeton University. She resides in Allentown with her husband Michael Watts. She is registered as a Lifetime Member of the NAACP. 


SECRETARY


BARBARA REDMOND -MBA


Barbara is a native of Allentown. She is a graduate of Cedar Crest College with a B.S. in Business with a minor in Economics, and an MBA in Business Administration. She served on the Cedar Crest College Alumnae Board for seven years. Barbara served as a State Committee Person for Lehigh County’s Southeast Caucus.  She is and have been a PA Notary Public for the past 20 years. Barbara was elected South Whitehall precinct leader for the Democratic Party.


She has been employed at PPL for over 30 years and worked for 21 years as an Administrative Assistant until she was promoted to her current position, Facility Record Specialist.  Barbara knows the importance of the secretary position and have undertaken an extensive study of the NAACP National Bylaws.  Barbara  believes being a secretary to the NAACP is crucial to the community's advancement, and she wants to contribute to the organization's and the community's success.



TREASURER - ADANAH SAMPSON



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 




ELAINE REDMOND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE


MS. ELAINE REDMOND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Elaine Redmond is a native of Allentown and a dedicated public servant.  She had worked for Western Electric/AT&T for 30 years when her concern for our youth became her primary focus.  She is now the owner/operator of a childcare/preschool in Laurys Station for over fifteen years. Elaine has an Associate’s Degree/Directors Certificate from Lehigh Carbon Community College in Early Childhood Education, and is licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  In addition to her preschool, she has fostered more than 30 children over the years.

In 2003, Pinebrook Family Answers honored her with an Outstanding Achievement Award for her “exceptional care of children and for always making children a priority in her life.” She will be a great addition to our Executive Committee and a loud voice for those she represents.


Annie Kollar - Labor and Industry Executive 


Attonery Ronald Clever-  Criminal Justice Executive


April Riddick - Communications, Press and Publicly Executive


Pastor Sharon Scott - Religious Affairs Executive


President Walt Felton - Political  Action Chair



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WELCOME DR. JOHN D. STANFORD TO THE NAACP ALLENTOWN BRANCH

DR. JOHN STANFORD ALLENTOWN’S NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


The NAACP Allentown Unit is proud to announce that the Allentown School District Board of Directors have confirmed Dr. John Stanford as the new Superintendent during its September 23rd board meeting. Dr. Stanford will begin November 15. He will serve as a consultant to the school district prior to his official start. 




Find out more about Dr. Stanford

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