The goal of the Health Division is to advance health care for minorities through public policy initiatives and education.Īs of 2007, the NAACP had approximately 425,000 paying and non-paying members. government, and the Education Department works to improve public education at the local, state and federal levels. The Washington, D.C., bureau is responsible for lobbying the U.S.
The 'Legal' department focuses on court cases of broad application to minorities, such as systematic discrimination in employment, government, or education. Local chapters are supported by the 'Branch and Field Services' department and the 'Youth and College' department. Civil Rights Movement activist and former Georgia State Senator Julian Bond was chairman until replaced in February 2010 by health-care administrator Roslyn Brock.ĭepartments within the NAACP govern areas of action. The board elects one person as the president and one as chief executive officer for the organization Benjamin Jealous is its most recent (and youngest) President, selected to replace Bruce S. In the U.S., the NAACP is administered by a 64-member board, led by a chairperson. Local, youth, and college chapters organize activities for individual members. Each regional office is responsible for coordinating the efforts of state conferences in the states included in that region. The NAACP's headquarters is in Baltimore, with additional regional offices in California, New York, Michigan, Colorado, Georgia, Texas and Maryland. It has its headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland.Ĥ Current activities 4.1 Youth 4.1.1 Youth & College Division The NAACP bestows the annual Image Awards for achievement in the arts and entertainment, and the annual Spingarn Medals for outstanding positive achievement of any kind, on deserving black Americans. Its name, retained in accordance with tradition, uses the once common term colored people. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination". The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. "To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination." National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hides MASS GENOCIDE FOR ORGANS.MURDER FOR ORGANS UP ROCKEFELLER'S ASS.THE KITE RUNNER DONATE 500K TO HIGHMARK.BE A LIVING ORGAN BANK.LE-JIT JITNEY BELLEVUE 15202.Text 41.500 KĭONATE LIFE TO AHN.org, ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK DONATE LIFE TO HIGHMARK.NAACP HIDES GENOCIDE FOR ORGANS, IN PITTSBURGH.LE-JIT FISHING KITE BELLEVUE 15202.Text 41.A JITNEY FOR LIFE.4124711024