Pace Named President of the Illinois State Conference of the NAACP
Theodis Pace, longtime area resident and President of the Kankakee County branch of the NAACP, has been named the President of the statewide chapter.
Pace was recently appointed President of the Illinois State Conference of the NAACP.
Pace is actively involved in the community. He serves as a board member for the Economic Alliance of Kankakee County. His experience includes 29 years as the President of the Kankakee County Branch NAACP, Former Exalted Ruler of the Greater Kankakee Elks Lodge #1753, former Board Member of the Illinois Association of Minority in Government, Athletic Director and Coach of the Kankakee Eastside Junior Football League (47 years), Member of Kankakee County Jury Commission, member of the Iroquois-Kankakee Education to Careers Partnership Committee, panel member of Kankakee Area Community Advisory Committee, former Member of the Kankakee Planning Commission, member of Morning Star Baptist Church, former President of the River Valley Special Recreation Association, former Vice-President of the Kankakee Valley Park District Board of Commissioners, Mentor of the Career Health Academy of Medical Profession, member of Citizens for Children Rights Committees, former member of the National Points for Lights Foundation Advisory Board, YMCA Pioneering and Healthy Community Board and Kankakee County Renewed Opportunity Board, Board Member of Kankakee County Chamber of Commerce.
Pace shared this letter following his recent appointment as the President of the Illinois State Conference of the NAACP:
