Benjamin Jealous, NAACP Annual Convention
Benjamin Jealous, keynote speaker at the NAACP 102nd Annual Convention 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
Van Jones Ted Talk
Van Jones at his best.
Georgia NAACP steps in on prison riots
Brutal Reprisals Against Peaceful GA Inmate Strikers Confirmed, Was One Victim Hidden For Weeks By Prison Authorities?
By BAR Managing Editor Bruce A. Dixon
Black, brown and white inmates in 6 Georgia prisons nonviolently locked themselves in their cells for several days beginning December 9, demanding wages for work, educational opportunities, adequate food and medical care, just parole decisions and access to their families. The peaceful inmate strikers, as we reported the following day, were already victims of brutal retaliation on the part of correctional officials, ranging from cutoffs of heat and hot water to unprovoked assaults by correctional employees upon prisoners. Read on…
LePage willing to meet with Maine NAACP
By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News Staff
Posted Jan. 16, 2011, at 7:09 p.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — The NAACP continued to criticize Maine Gov. Paul LePage over the weekend for last week’s flippant “kiss my butt” remark, although both sides indicated a willingness to sit down and talk.
On Saturday, local leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People accused LePage of setting a tone in his first 10 days in office that “should be an offense to all Mainers and the office he has been entrusted to lead with civility, honesty and decorum.”
“We want to be part of this process and continue to ask for a meeting to begin working in a respectful and transparent manner for the betterment of our state,” Rachel Talbot Ross, state director of the NAACP in Maine, said in a statement. Read on…
New Mexico Health Equity Working Group
SAVE THE DATE!
Are you working on health equity and social justice issues and would like to
unify with like minded New Mexicans?
Are you curious to learn more about anti-racism strategies? Do you want to
participate in changing public policy in New Mexico?
Then join the New Mexico Health Equity Working Group (NMHEWG) at the Rotunda Building on University & Basehart as we welcome the renowned
Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones from the CDC who will present:
Steps to Address Institutional Racism
and engage us in reflection and collaborative action planning.
Thursday, October 14, 2010, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Refreshments will be provided. Call Tony Watkins, 505 270-8188, for more
information and to reserve a seat.
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Bernalillo County Community Health Council – www.berncohealthcouncil.org
Bilingual directory of social service and health resources -
www.mycommunitynm.org
101st NAACP National Conference
This is the first report from the 2010 NAACP National Conference in Kansas City, Missouri.
National NAACP Tea Party Talking Points
1. We are calling for the Tea Party to expel all the racist elements within their organizations.
2. The NAACP does not oppose or affiliate with any political parties. The NAACP is a nonpartisan organization and our primary vision is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination.
However, we do oppose political parties that promote bigotry and extremism towards people of any race, sexual orientation, religious affiliation or ethnicity.
3. The NAACP would like the Tea party to expel the bigots in your ranks, whether individuals or factions. These factions perpetuate and promote racial hatred amongst the Tea Party members and allow for the tolerance of racial hatred.
4. The time has come for them to accept the responsibility that comes with influence and make clear there is no place for racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, or any other form of bigotry in their movement. Read on…
