Des Moines Branch of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP), News & Resources

NAACP Youth Council 4th Annual College Prep Day
Saturday, November 1, 2008
10 a.m. – 4 p.m
Olmsted Center (Located on the campus of Drake University)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 24, 2008

College Choice/Admission Process Section	Lunch with Key Note Speaker: Dr. Eric Johnson, Professor of Education at Drake University
Financial Planning Session	Spanish translation available
Mini College Fair	Additional sessions: writing a college application essay, life store activity,
College Student Panel Session

Help - I'm filling out the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), college support for students with accommodations, Drake campus tour. Participants will receive lunch and be entered in the drawing for college giveaways. Participants are invited to attend the entertainment contest by high school groups, following the program.

For more information and to register online visit www.naacpdesmoines.org or www.iowacollegeaid.org

Jessica Avant, 18 wins the bronze for playwriting
As the greater Des Moines metro, State of Iowa and the whole world focuses on the Olympics in Bejing, the high school a student representing the NAACP Des Moines Branch has returned on August 5 th from Orlando, FL competing in the Afro-Academic Cultural, Scientific, Olympics (ACT-SO) National Competition with a bronze medal in the Humanities category.
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