National Association For The Advancement of Colored People
New Haven, Connecticut
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National Association For The Advancement of Colored People New Haven, Connecticut
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View our "Spring 2008 Newsletter"
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Welcome to the Greater New Haven Branch NAACP website. As President of the Branch and long standing First Vice President, it is with great pleasure that I extend my sincere greetings to all of you.
Our goals are to become more proactive in the fight for racial equality and social justice. We are embarking upon a broader, yet clearly focused mission to serve the needs of those living in Greater New Haven. Our passion, vision and message will continue to portray our Branch as the strong civil rights organization it has been for over ninety years. Together, we will accomplish great things as we move forward.
President
New Haven Branch
Our Strategic Planning initiative invites and encourages your input into building our plan. At this point in time,we would appreciate members' thoughts on the following questions:
Our collective goals are to develop impactful strategic for the best plan for the "Greater New Haven NAACP Branch" and to provide members and others with every opportunity to joint in our efforts process.
The next strategic planning process in which members are invited to attend will be at the office on Dixwell Ave at 7:00 p.m. Please confirm via or web page or e-mail address to assure a accurate count of members attending that meeting since space is limited at the office. The first meeting of this group took place on the 15th at the monthly membership meeting. Your collective input will be reviewed by the Executive Board; the goals and objectives established based on resources and time line imperatives for the Greater New Haven Branch.
Please provide your thoughts via e-mail to James E. Rawlings (click here), President.
President James E. Rawlings
First Vice Chair - Doris Dumas
Second Vice Chair - Shirley West
Third Vice Chair - Anthony Dawson
Treasurer - Allen McCullom, Jr.
Secretary - Shawna Johnson
Working Committees
Political Action - Clifton Graves
Veterans Affairs - Clint Robinson
Legal Redress - Karroll Brown
Development - Jerry Poole
Click here to see the Development Plan
Health - Anthony Dawson
Webmaster - Rosa Browne
Communications - Gary Smart
Freedom Fund - Doris Dumas
Membership - Paulette Mebane
Education - Julia Hamilton
Program Evaluation - Ralph Jean-Mary
Youth - Karroll Browne
Economic Development - Jerry Poole
Prison - Sp. Maurice Williams
Sargent at Arms - Qwalif Jackson
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
Vision Statement
The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination.
Objectives
The following statement of objectives is found on the first page of the NAACP Constitution — the principal objectives of the Association shall be to:
Ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens.
Achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States.
Remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes.
Seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights.
Inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination.
Educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP's Articles of Incorporation and this Constitution.
Last Updated: 1/2008 11:18 PM
