ALLEN EDSON, PRESIDENT OF THE PASADENA NAACP, TO SPEAK ABOUT “THE IMPORTANCE OF CELEBRATING NAACP’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY” TO EAST LOS ANGELES-MONTEBELLO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
ALLEN EDSON, PRESIDENT OF THE PASADENA NAACP, TO SPEAK ABOUT “THE IMPORTANCE OF CELEBRATING NAACP’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY” TO EAST LOS ANGELES-MONTEBELLO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Allen Edson, President of the Pasadena Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), will talk about “The Importance of Celebrating NAACP’s 100th Anniversary” at the dinner meeting of the East Los Angeles-Montebello Business and Professional Women on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Marie Callender’s Restaurant, 220 S. Atlantic Blvd., Monterey Park (Networking starts at 4:30 P.M. with dinner to be before 5:00 P.M.). Attendees will be able to order of the menu. The program and dinner is open to all interested people. Call or E-mail Linda Wilson (626) 307-5650 or lindalwilson@juno.com to make a reservation or for questions.
Edson worked 15 years in the Aerospace industry with the majority of those years working for the Lockheed California company. He has worked for more than twenty years in non-profit management with his interest being Environmental Justice. Edson developed this interest and formed his own Environmental Remediation Company. In 2006 his company was awarded the Emerging Business of the year in San Francisco.
Edson grew up in Pasadena and attended Pasadena city schools. His grandfather was a notable community activist, with the W.D. Edson Neighborhood Improvement Association being named after him. Edson earned his Bachelor’s of Science degree in economics from University of California, Berkeley and his Associate in Arts in business from Pasadena City College. Edson is the father of three: Ishmael, Khali and Naderia.
Edson was elected President of the Pasadena NAACP in 2019. As one of only three locations in Southern California with an office, the NAACP Pasadena Branch was founded by John R. Wright Sr. and was the national organization’s 16th branch, being chartered in September 1919. He plans to recruit 100 new members in the organization for the 100th anniversary of the Pasadena NAACP.
