Kenneth Hughlon

Kenneth W. Hughlon II has a deeply rooted history in the greater Kansas City, MO area being involved in many youth development programs. Mr. Hughlon is most noted for his involvement with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, having served the 100-year-old civil rights organization in numerous capacities. As the Region IV Representative to the National Board of Directors elected at the age of 17, he successfully, directed, planned and implemented NAACP policies through work on the various committees; Education, Image Awards, ACT-SO, Political Action, International Relations, Youth Works, and Criminal Justice; worked on legislation for the Voting Rights Acts; traveled the world representing the NAACP, primarily, in Italy when teaching lessons on Martin Luther King, Jr. and Gandhi’s message of peace and non-violent resistance; increased regional and national membership through membership campaigns led. In addition, he also drafted a manual on what it took to succeed in life through the use strategic goal planning. Mr. Hughlon admirably chartered and advised the Dillard and Xavier University Chapters of NAACP. Hughlon previously represented the NAACP as the Manger of Board Relations and Special Assistant to the Honorable Julian Bond and currently serves as a behavioral health teacher at KVC Missouri and Case Manager for Good Dads KCMO.