NAACP to honor district judge
The Washington Branch of the NAACP will honor District Judge Traci McDonald-Kemp on May 6 with the organization’s Human Rights Award at its annual banquet.
The event, with keynote speaker Joe Madison, also known as “The Black Eagle” on Sirius XM’s Urban View channel, will be held at 6 p.m. at the DoubleTree hotel in Meadow Lands.
Madison recently raised $200,000 for the Smithsonian African American History and Culture Museum in Washington, D.C., and has been arrested in leading civil disobedience demonstrations, including protesting in front of the United Nations against human rights abuses in Sudan.
Madison started his journey to political activism as the executive director of the Detroit branch of the NAACP when he was 24. Kemp is being honored in part for being the first black female elected to the judiciary in Washington County.
The former deputy district attorney has, according to organizers, demonstrated a continued commitment to educational outreach on civics, law enforcement, social services and has held seminars on child abuse and human trafficking.
Her education platforms extend to her duties as an adjunct professor for Waynesburg University.
She previously taught at California University.
Before her legal career, Kemp served as assistant director of admissions at Clarion University and developed a program to increase minority recruitment at the school. Kemp has also contributed to the Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.
She has previously been honored with the Athena Award by the Washington County Chamber of Commerce and the Vocational Excellence award from the Washington County Rotary Club.
For more information on the event, call the Washington NAACP branch at 724-222-7820.