When Lisa Gardner made her way back to Spokane in 2020, she didn’t expect to be president of the local NAACP in just a few short years. But that’s exactly what happened. When Gardner moved home, one of her friends promptly introduced her to Kiantha Duncan, who was the Spokane NAACP’s president at the time. The two met for dinner at Duncan’s house, and Duncan asked Gardner to join the NAACP.