Battle Creek Branch of the NAACP

Rev. Gill L. Ford serves as Regional Director for the

National Association for the Advancement of Colored

People, and has oversight of 25 States. He has

worked in the NAACP in numerous capacities, from

Legal Redress Chair, to Branch Vice-President, to

State Political Action Chair to State Conference President.

His love for the work of the NAACP is born out of a belief and

conviction that “we are our Brother’s keeper” and that God will hold us

accountable for how we have helped and served one another.

After completing high school, Rev. Ford pursued his call as a minister,

receiving both his Bachelor and Masters Degree in Theology. He

served as the Pastor of the Salem Missionary Baptist Church in

Denver, CO for 23 years.

Rev. Ford has served on numerous Boards and Committees such as

the Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training Board, Colorado

Department of Education: Closing the Achievement Gap,

Juvenile/Restorative Justice and many others. However, he considers

serving as the Executive Director of the Daddy Bruce Thanksgiving

project – a program that provided over 6,500 families with a complete

meal to cook at home on the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving as, his

most rewarding.

Rev. Ford strongly believes that young people should not have to get

in trouble to get our time and attention. He has made a long-standing

commitment to work with mentoring programs for youth and young

adults, including but not limited to regularly conducting workshops for

youth in juvenile detention facilities.

Rev. Ford attributes all of his successes in life to God and his parents

the late Guy L. and Inge F. Ford. In addition, he is grateful for his wife,

Shalia M. Ford.