Submitted Photo Immediate Past National Chair Ingrid Saunders-Jones, National Vice Chair of Collegiates and Young Adults and State of Georgia President Sharah Denton of Valdosta, National Membership Chair and Greater Atlanta Section President Diane Larche' and National Vice Chair Dr. Lois Keith gather at the national convention of National Council Negro of Women.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Valdosta representatives were part of the National Council Negro of Women’s 58th national convention in the nation’s capital. 

Sharah Denton of Valdosta was re-elected national young adult and collegiate vice chair. She also serves as the state president for Georgia and received the recognition on behalf of the state, organizers said. 

The state coalition of Georgia placed first in the category of 1,000-plus members, organizers said.  

Sections across the country were represented including all community-based sections from the state of Georgia, organizers said. 

NCNW held a national JOIN membership drive spearheaded by Dr. Lois Keith, re-elected national vice chair.

NCNW welcomed more than 6,000 new members across the country. 

Denton said “under the leadership of immediate Past National Chair Ingrid Saunders-Jones, Dr. Lois Keith and the National Membership Chair Diane Larche’, members throughout Georgia, particularly in the collegiate sections hit the ground running recruiting and retaining members.”

At the convention, Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole was elected as the incoming national chair of NCNW. 

NCNW was founded by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Dec. 5, 1935. 

For more information about NCNW, visit www.ncnw.org.