Bledsoe opened his remarks by recognizing the newest Texas unit.Â
âI wanted to welcome you guys aboard and to say that I am absolutely enthused that youâre here,â he said.
Bledsoe also praised the community work DFW Metro has already started.
âYou are doing the kinds of things we need the NAACP to do,â Bledsoe said. âWe are a great and diverse group that look at the world in the appropriate way. We look forward to you being a full-fledged unit doing great work, even greater work than what youâre doing now.â
The inaugural meeting was well attended by the local unit members, and it also attracted the following local and Texas-wide officials: Judge Victor Landers; Gwen Morrison â Tarrant County Community College Trustee Board Member; Kristen Washington â Greenville Place 3 Councilwoman; Reverend Lynn Harper â Community Missionary Baptist Church of Desoto;attorney Delia Parker-Mims; Paige Dixon â LewisvilleÂ�