National Council of Negro Women Inc. sets luncheon

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown Section of the National Council of Negro Women Inc. will have its annual membership luncheon Oct. 20 at McGuffey Centre, 1649 Jacobs Road.

The event will begin with gift baskets for raffle at 11 a.m. Lunch will be from noon to 2 p.m.

The program theme is “Recognizing the Past, Harnessing the Present and Envisioning the Future,” and the speaker will be Attorney Yulanda L. McCarty-Harris, director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity at Youngstown State University.

There also will be musical entertainment.

Tickets are $25. To order call Sandy Britt at 330-502-9800.

Mary McLeod Bethune founded the NCNW in 1935. The nonprofit organization seeks to improve the quality of life for women and their communities with a major focus on literacy.