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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Racial Profiling Illegal in New Mexico
Gov. Bill Richardson signed legislation to officially ban bias-based profiling in New Mexico. Advocates and organizations who supported the legislation were in attendance at a public signing at the governor’s office in Santa Fe. Activist members of the Otero County, … Continue reading
Color Blind, Power Oblivious
Eric Holder and the Whitewashing of Racism Counterpunch By TIM WISE It was all too predictable that Attorney General Eric Holder would be attacked for his recent remarks about race in America. To suggest that the nation is still haunted … Continue reading
More on Reverend Wright
Beware The Simplifiers by Bill Moyers Published on Sunday, May 4, 2008 by PBS.org I once asked a reporter back from Vietnam, “Who’s telling the truth over there?” “Everyone, he said. “Everyone sees what’s happening through the lens of their … Continue reading
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