ST. PETERSBURG – Today, June 11, Maria L. Scruggs will end her service to the St. Petersburg Branch NAACP in the role of president.
Scruggs’ leadership of the St. Petersburg Branch NAACP was challenged but she successfully led the branch’s rebuilding after the national headquarters’ sudden closure of the branch in 2014.
The St. Petersburg Branch NAACP proudly notes that of the 60 plus executive committee meetings in nearly five years, the branch has had to cancel only one executive committee and one general membership meeting.
It was always the branch’s goal for the idea to catch on and, given the number of churches, masonic organizations, social clubs, and Greek letter organizations in the city, the hope is that the idea would result in organizations pooling their resources to build an event venue in South St. Petersburg.
On Thursday, June 11 at 6:30 p.m., the St. Petersburg and Upper Pinellas County Branches of the NAACP will co-host a virtual community conversation entitled FACES OF RACISM.
