ATLANTA, GA – In a historic vote, James “Major” Woodall (Bulloch County), 25, was elected as the new State President of the Georgia NAACP. Mr. Woodall has served as Georgia Youth & College Division State President, First Vice President of the Bulloch County Branch, and most recently as a 2018 graduate of the NAACP’s Next-Gen leadership training program. “I ran for State President because far too many people are suffocating from lack of access to healthcare, clean air and water, poor education and mass incarceration,” he says.
Woodall is a graduate student at the Morehouse School of Religion in the Interdenominational Theological Center and serves as a minister at Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia. He served 8
years in the United States Army as an Intelligence Analyst before assuming his current role.
The vote, which took place in Marietta, Georgia at the 77th Annual State Convention, marks a new beginning for
the Georgia NAACP. Also elected to the new Executive Committee were:
• First Vice President: Barbara Pierce (Columbus)
• Second Vice President: Jonathan Johnson (Houston County)
• Secretary: Delinda Gaskins (Bulloch County)
• Assistant Secretary: Tanya LaFleur (Cobb County)
• Treasurer: Teresa Hardy (Dekalb County)
• Assistant Treasurer: Louise Thomas (Dekalb County)
• State President, Georgia Youth & College: Amari Fennoy (Cobb County)
• Members-At-Large: Jereine Grimes (Cobb), Shelby Hall (Dekalb), Yvonne Hawks (Dekalb), Kipp Carr
(Atlanta), Larry Lockey (Waycross), Vivian Moore (Dekalb)
“Together, we as a Georgia NAACP are uniquely positioned to fight for the pressure to be released from the necks of those who are found in the margins of our society – so that they can breathe,” Woodall concluded.
Under this new administration, the Georgia NAACP is strategically focused on preparing for the 2020 elections, the decennial U.S. Census, redistricting and reapportionment, and more. So become a member, join your local unit, and meet us in the streets – because when we fight, we win.
