Speaking Truth to Power as the Conscience of Saline County

NAACP Urges Passage of Tri-Caucus Healthcare Legislation to Address Disparities Affecting Racial and Ethnic Minority Americans

Over the last two decades hundreds of studies from governmental agencies and non-partisan think tanks have all concluded that in the United States the color of your skin, your ethnic background and where you live can not only influence your health care access and quality; they can determine them. Read More »

Missouri Valley College Presents
Maastricht Institute of Entrepreneurship

The Maastricht Institute will include presentations, seminars, round table discussion, and panel discussions with renowned individuals from around the world. These activities are presented to foster an atmosphere of receptiveness and creativity towards comparative entrepreneurial processes. Read more
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NAACP: Badge of Shame Award Winner

QUOTE: Many people who observe the flag's display; especially in official capacities, view it as totally abhorrent because of the residual pain of slavery, racism and oppression that was suffered. The "Knights" of the Klu Klux Klan, the Aryan Nation, and The World Church of the Creator, are all groups that are the living embodiment of these words. And its members have all carried The Confederate Battle Flag while representing their respective organizations on countless number of occasions and now our grand Ole state desires to join with them. This is a tragedy and shame because the Confederate Flag serves to unite you under a common banner for a common cause.
HOW TRAGIC AND SHAMEFUL
Governor Blunt is awarded the Badge of Shame for willfully and knowingly: supporting raising The Confederate flag; (a well-recognized, international symbol of racism, slavery, hatred, murder and white supremacy) despite objections to it flying at any publicly financed location; knowing many raised the flag to show that they opposed desegregation; not supporting civil rights, social justice in this state ;and having a clear track record that opposes the underlying principles of the civil rights movement. Shame on you for being unwilling to match your words with your deeds and take the right steps; when we need you the most. Shame on you, who pass on the opportunity to demonstrate courage and commitment; instead of comfort and convenience. Through your actions, you make yourself eligible to receive the NAACP Badge of Shame.

NAACP Opens 15 Voter Assistance Centers to Aid New Orleans Voters

Displaced By Hurricane Katrina The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has opened 15 voter assistance centers in nine states to aid displaced New Orleans voters who want to vote in the April 22 city election or May 20 run-off. Several thousand voters were forced to relocate after the city was struck by Hurricane Katrina last August. Read More »

Become a Member

Thank you for your Commitment. The work of the Association -- social, economic, and educational justice for all -- depends on the support and participation of caring individuals like you. Thank you for choosing to become a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Click here to join Unit # 4069 https://www.naacp.org/contribute/join.php

57th ANNUAL MIDWESTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE
4477 WOODSON ROAD, SUITE 201
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63134
TO: ALL NAACP UNITS, STATE CONFERENCE, NATIONAL BOARD
MEMBERS, YOUTH COUNCILS AND COLLEGE CHAPTERS
FROM: REV. GILL L. FORD, REGIONAL DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: 2006 CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY TRAINING INSTITUTE

We are pleased to announce the selection of Omaha, Nebraska for our 2006
Region IV Civil Rights Advocacy Training Institute. The Omaha Branch under
the leadership of Mrs. Tommie Wilson, President will be our conference host
this year.
APRIL 6-8, 2006
DOUBLETREE HOTEL
1616 DODGE STREET
OMAHA, NE 68102
1.402.636-4914 – HOTEL DIRECT
Please be sure to make your hotel reservations as soon as possible; rooms
are expected to deplete quickly. It is better to reserve your room now and
have to change it later, than to attempt to make a late reservation and find that
the hotel is full as we have experienced in the past. The special NAACP
CONFERENCE room rate at the Doubletree Hotel will be $79.00 per night for
single/double.
THE DEADLINE FOR HOTEL RESERVATIONS IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH
15, 2006. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GUARANTEE ROOM SPACE OR
THE CONFERENCE RATE FOR DELEGATES AFTER THIS DATE.

Mar-Saline NAACP - Speaking Truth to Power as the Conscience of Saline County

Life keeps getting worse for black men in U.S.

By Erik Eckholm, New York Times

The plight of black men in the United States is far more dire than is portrayed by common employment and education statistics, a flurry of new scholarly studies warn, and it has worsened in recent years even as an economic boom and a welfare overhaul brought gains to black women and many other groups. Focusing on the life patterns of young men, the new studies by specialists at Columbia, Princeton and Harvard universities and other institutions show that the huge pool of poorly educated black males is becoming more disconnected from the mainstream society, and to a far greater degree than white or Hispanic men. Especially in American inner cities, the studies show, finishing high school is the exception, legitimate work is scarcer than ever and prison is almost routine, with incarceration rates climbing for blacks even as urban crime declines. International Herald Tribune

Some Balk at Pardon for Rosa Parks

By Bob Johnson, Associated Press

During the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott last year, civil rights leaders called for a pardon of Rosa Parks over her arrest for refusing to give up her seat to a white man. But now, some ? including the pastor of the church Parks attended in Montgomery ? are coming out against the idea. With a bill moving through the Alabama Legislature to pardon Parks and perhaps hundreds of others for violating segregation-era laws, they say a pardon implies she did something wrong. "Why would brave people like this need to get a pardon from anyone? Someone needs to tell them that we treated you wrong," the Rev. Joseph Rembert, pastor of St. Paul A.M.E. Church, said Monday. "I want my grandson to know what she did." Yahoo! News

NAACP Urges Passage of Tri-Caucus Healthcare Legislation to Address Disparities Affecting Racial and Ethnic Minority Americans

Over the last two decades hundreds of studies from governmental agencies and non-partisan think tanks have all concluded that in the United States the color of your skin, your ethnic background and where you live can not only influence your health care access and quality; they can determine them. Read More »

Become a Member

Thank you for your Commitment. The work of the Association -- social, economic, and educational justice for all -- depends on the support and participation of caring individuals like you. Thank you for choosing to become a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Click here to join Unit # 4069 https://www.naacp.org/contribute/join.php

Become a Member

Thank you for your Commitment. The work of the Association -- social, economic, and educational justice for all -- depends on the support and participation of caring individuals like you. Thank you for choosing to become a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Membership form: https://www.naacp.org/contribute/join.php



President Gordon calls for strong measures to ensure city voters in and out of the city have the chance to vote in next month’s city elections

New Orleans – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has asked the U. S. Department of Justice to block the scheduled elections in New Orleans because there is not enough time to ensure a fair election process before the scheduled date of April 22.

NAACP President Bruce S. Gordon said: “I am convinced that at this point in time the elections scheduled for April 22 are in fact illegal elections. The state cannot guarantee or provide some level of insurance that a substantial percentage of New Orleans voters will be able to vote either by absentee ballot or in person.”
MORE: http://www.naacp.org/news/2006/2006-03-14.html


The State of Aids in Blackl America

Welcome to the 2006 report on the State of Aids in Black America. It is both fitting and ironic this report is releasing on the sixth annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness. "Aids is a human crisis, nom mateter whehe you live: Mrs. Corretta Scott-King said while addressing a gathering of the SCLC.

As outlines in this report, when we have trhe courage to act we make progress; when we don't we lose ground.

More: http://www.naacp.org/inc/docs/health/health_women_aids.pdf