Rochester Post-Bulletin, 11/1/2010 (Charlie Perkins)

NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet Speaker Issues Call to Action.  A call to action, spiritually, morally — and politically — was delivered Saturday to members of the Rochester branch of the NAACP at the group's annual Freedom Fund Banquet.  BDPA Southern Minnesota chapter Charlie Perkins won the Earl McGee Meritorious Youth Service Award at this banquet.

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Rochester Post-Bulletin, 1/15/2010 (Toni Adafin, Betty Hutchins, Vi Johnson, Julius Kwansa, Charlie Perkins, Barbara Porter, Ray Ventura)

Perkins to Lead BDPA. The Black Data Processing Associates Southern Minnesota Chapter has elected Charlie Perkins of Rochester as president. Perkins serves as unit head for media support services at Mayo Clinic. Prior to working at Mayo Clinic, he served as vice president of Harris Bank in Chicago.

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