Events

Each year in January on the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday, we hold a commemorative program in remembrance of Dr. King, his work, and his legacy. Our 2026 event will take place on Monday, January 19, at Eastern View High School beginning at noon. This event is free and open to the public. More details are available in this press release.

Read about our 2025 event here.

Each year in February, our Education Committee sponsors an essay contest to commemorate Black History Month. Prizes are awarded at the elementary, middle, and high school level, and contest winners are invited to read their essays at our March meeting and join us for a special field trip in June. Read about our 2025 winners here.

Our first annual Juneteenth celebration in 2024 at Yowell Meadow Park was a huge success! In 2025, we participated in the town’s Third Thursday celebration held near the train station in downtown Culpeper. Rain cut our evening short but we still had fun!

Read about our 2024 Juneteenth event here. Thank you to our 2024 Juneteenth sponsors, including Oak View National Bank, UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center, the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, The M.O.V.E.! Church, Zann Nelson/Right the Record, Muff’s Sweet Treats and More, and Wreaths by Gracella.

For more than 40 years, the NAACP Culpeper Branch has hosted a Freedom Fund banquet to celebrate Black achievement, renew our commitment to our mission and the work yet to be done, and raise funds for scholarships and programs. In 2025, we honored Mr. John “Butch” Davies, a longtime civil servant and racial justice champion in our community. Our theme was  Standing Strong in the Midst of Adversity and we were also inspired by an excellent keynote speech by the Rev. Dr. Sheldon Pleasant. Read about our 2025 program here. 

Our 2026 Freedom Fund event will be held on Saturday, October 3, at noon! Details to be posted soon!

Thank you to our 2025 Freedom Fund sponsors and donors! Read more about our generous supporters here!

NAACP Culpeper hosts a book club in the winter, spring, and fall of each year. We meet on Saturday afternoons at the Culpeper County Library. Our next book club will take place on Saturday, February 21, at 1 pm. We will be discussing How Long ’til Black Future Month by N.K. Jemisin. All are welcome to join us!

Education and community outreach are priorities for our branch. Each year, we host engaging workshops, panel discussions, lectures, and other special events to inform and enlighten community members. In 2024 and 2025, we were pleased offer six workshops on First Amendment rights and our Foundational Freedoms in partnership with the Smith Center for the Constitution at Montpelier. Other workshops, panel discussions, and forums have addressed the history of Juneteenth, the importance of equity in education, how to prepare to run for public office, health and wellness, and much more. We also host events to introduce candidates for local and state offices to our members and the community.