Former educator to speak at NAACP luncheon

The Lorain Branch of the NAACP will host its 32nd annual Membership Luncheon at noon, May 19, at First Baptist Church, 1510 Cooper Foster Road in Lorain.

Gloria Noland, a retired Lorain City Schools educator, will speak, according to a news release.

Noland worked 38 years as an educator with the school district.

In 1982, she was a cofounder of the Lorain County Alliance of Black Educators, also known as LCABSE, to promote education of all children, especially those of African American descent, the release said.

On March 1, the Alliance of Black Educators honored more than 300 students in grades seven through 12 with accolades for academic achievement at the 31st annual Academic Awards Program at Lorain County Community College.

“The only way to the top is through academics,” Noland said. “Education is a must if you want to compete in this technological world.”

Noland also is a life member of the Lorain Branch of NAACP.

She served as president of the Ohio Alliance of Black School Educators and is a member of the National Alliance of Black School Educators Board of Directors.

Noland also serves as Midwest regional representative for the national alliance, the release said.

Noland is a consultant to the Ohio Department of Education on the Ohio Graduation Test (OGT), a national community trainer on the law of No Child Left Behind, state parent trainer on academic content standard and reading and a member of Close the Ohio Academic Achievement Gap.

She also is a co-founder of the Lorain County Chapter of Jack and Jill of America Inc.

Noland is a member of the Lorain County Community College Vision 21 teams, Lorain County Human Resource Board and Educational Advisor Council of First Energy.

She has served as workshop presenter at the state and national levels and received many honors and awards that include, but are not limited to: Ohio Civil right Commission “Keeping the Dream Alive”; Ohio Education’s Civil Rights Award and the NABSE Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award, according to the release.

Nolan has been honored with a NAACP Civil Rights and Community Service Award, Negro Business and Professional Clubs Inc, Great Living African American Achiever, Dream Makers Award, The Lorain YWCA Women of Achievement Award and is a Martha Holding Jennings Scholar.

She has been involved in many local, state and national associations and recently raised funds for Hurricane Harvey Relief.

Tickets for the luncheon are $25.

“Education is a must if you want to compete in this technological world.”

— Gloria Noland, a retired Lorain City Schools educator