Yolanda Melville Leads NAACP New NextGen 2018 Alumni
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ATLANTIC CITY — Yolanda Melville, Esquire, the Legal Redress Officer for the Atlantic City NAACP Branch and National NAACP Legal Committee member, was elected national president of the NAACP’s Next Generation Alumni Leadership Council.
Melville, an attorney at Cooper Levenson in Atlantic City, was selected at the recent NAACP national convention in Detroit this summer. Melville was a member of the inaugural NAACP NextGen Young Professional Leadership Program comprised of 68 leaders ages 21 through 35, from 29 states.
The NextGen Leadership Program is designed to train and develop future leaders to serve the NAACP.
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“Yolanda is an intelligent, compassionate, and focused leader who uses her legal talents to strive for equality and justice for all people,” Kaleem Shabazz, president of the Atlantic City NAACP and a city council with Atlantic City.
“The Atlantic City Branch has realized what Yolanda’s peers from across the nation have come to learn. Yolanda is a sure bet for a leader who is energetic and goal-oriented,” he added.
Melville will serve a two-year term as an elected officer.
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Participants complete a rigorous training program, including classroom trainings, webinar trainings, case studies, group assignments and special projects on leadership fundamentals, political action, economic empowerment, criminal justice, environmental justice, health advocacy, budgeting, fundraising, technology and direct action.
The NAACP said that NextGen participants are civically engaged young professionals committed to equality and social justice.
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