Next NAACP Meeting
Always second Saturday! Next regular meeting , Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 pm at the Vision Ford Atrium, 1500 S. White Sands, Alamogordo, NM, Visitors welcome!
Otero County NAACP presents its annual Junteenth Celebration, Saturday, May 12th, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Alamogordo Public Library, music and dance outside under the trees. Karunna Warren and his New World Drummers and Dancers will entertain with traditional African drums and dance. Dancing and singing encouraged. Everyone Welcome!
Legal Redress
The Otero County NAACP Redress Committee provides legal advice and information to community members in the event one may feel that their civil rights have been violated. For more information on Legal Redress, contact any of our local officers listed under our contact information.-
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At the International Drug Policy Reform Conference in L.A. Ca.
The newly elected President of the California NAACP, Alice A. Huffman (right), and the Treasurer of the Otero County, New Mexico NAACP, Denise Lang (left) together at the opening plenary session of the International Drug Policy Reform Convention in Los … Continue reading
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NAACP Passes Historic Resolution
NAACP PASSES HISTORIC RESOLUTION CALLING FOR END TO WAR ON DRUGS Neill Franklin at the NAACP Criminal Justice Summit President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous: Major step towards equity, justice, effective law enforcement (Los Angeles, CA) – Today the NAACP … Continue reading
NAACP Program Helps Former Inmates
A helping hand after leaving jail: NAACP program helps former inmates re-adjust in society by Ellis Smith/Times-Georgian Four years ago the Carroll County NAACP conceived a program that would help parolees live a successful life outside of prison. With hundreds … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Rights, Formerly Incarcerated, NAACP
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Legalized drugs only way to halt cartels
By Terry Nelson Posted: 01/11/2009 As a retired federal officer with over three decades of service, many of those years spent fighting America’s “war on drugs,” I was pleased to read that the El Paso City Council unanimously called for a … Continue reading
Substance Abuse Forum
Disclaimer: The NAACP of Otero County in no way endorses the Democratic Party or the Progressive Party of Otero County, New Mexico. The following are my notes from the Forum on Substance Abuse held by the Otero County Chapter of … Continue reading
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Why Are 1 In 9 Young Black Men In Prison?
Submitted to the site administrator by Color of Change.org The so-called “war on drugs” has created a national disaster: 1 in 9 young Black men in America are now behind bars.1 It’s not because they commit more crime but largely … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Drug Laws, Drug Sentencing, Drug War, Racial Profiling
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