Inspiration, Achievement, and Excellence Mark Greater Sacramento NAACP’s 42 Annual Prayer Breakfast Event

By Norman Williams | Special to The OBSERVER Celebrating its 42nd Annual Prayer breakfast, the Sacramento chapter of the NAACP gathered on Good Friday to recognize and honor the community work of outstanding local leaders, and continue building on the spiritual force behind many of its success stories. Held at the DoubleTree by Hilton, the event featured a range of speakers drawing on their own experiences to deliver messages of empowerment to a gathering of more than 150 attendees. Groups represented included politicians, clergy, business owners, law enforcement leadership, youth groups, and more.& A theme addressed by a number of speakers was the growing impact of spirituality in helping bring about change. Dr. Luke Wood, President of California State University, Sacramento, and one of the event’s honorees, spoke about being a strong advocate of combining spirituality with political tools. “Over the last decade we’ve seen movements centering less on politics, and more moving back to an MLK approach, using the spirit,” said Wood, evoking the leadership of Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., after being awarded the local chapter’s Trailblazer Award. “I firmly believe that having as many of these (spiritual) events as possible will bring us together –...