05/10/2026
From the Desk of the President NAACP West Palm Beach Branch 5143B
Happy Mother’s Day‼️
To every mother in Palm Beach County— and especially to our mothers in the NAACP — you are a blessing to all of mankind.
I want to take this moment to specifically lift up Black mothers, because your story is unlike any other. You have traditionally borne the pains of birthing a people that have faced the full weight of oppression in these United States — and yet you birthed us anyway, with love, with purpose, and with an unshakeable faith that we were worth every sacrifice.
You have endured the stress of raising and maintaining the dignity of Black Americans in a world that has too often refused to dignify you in return. You have stood in the gap when systems failed us. You have dried tears that the world never saw. You have prayed prayers that moved mountains no legislation could touch. You have held families together with your bare hands and an iron will, and you have done it — so many times — without applause, without recognition, and without rest.
And still — you carry us forward. With a message of resilience in the face of adversity that is written not just in your words, but in your very lives. In how you rise. In how you push. In how you refuse to let this people be broken.
You are our backbone. Let that never be forgotten.
The way you have nurtured us — through struggle, through uncertainty, through generations of storms — is the reason we are still standing. The NAACP stands on your shoulders. This movement stands on your shoulders. We stand on your shoulders.
To every Black mother, every NAACP mother, every woman who has poured herself out so that others could be full — I love you. We love you. And we honor you today and every day.
With deep gratitude and abiding respect,
Alfred Fields Jr., President NAACP West Palm Beach Branch 5143B Area 5 Director, NAACP Florida State Conference
