Thank you for your interest in the Dubuque Branch NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet. This year’s event will be held on Friday 23 October at Diamond Jo Casino, 301 Bell Street. The Conference Center will open at 5:00 p.m.
The keynote speaker at the Freedom Fund Banquet will be Henry Hamilton III, who recently retired as a federal Administrative Law Judge. Hamilton has also served as an Administrative Judge and Senior Trial Attorney with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Magistrate Judge for the State of Iowa; City Prosecutor for the City of Des Moines, Iowa; and as a private practitioner with the Parrish Law Firm, Des Moines, Iowa.
Monies raised from the Freedom Fund banquet provide the operating funding for Dubuque Branch NAACP, as well as supporting the annual MLK Student Tribute and our Minority Scholarship program.
If you wish to attend the Freedom Fund banquet (all prices include ActBlue fees) -
Ticket Prices:
Youth Ticket (High School) $32;
Youth Ticket (College) $42;
Adult Ticket $52;
Membership + Freedom Fund Ticket $80;
Table of 10 high school $315.
Table of 10 college $415.
Table of 10 adult $515.
Please register by 20 October 2026. Tickets will only be available at the door with prior permission.