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NAACP High Point Branch Presents: Black Agenda Healthcare Forum When: Thursday, April 04 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Where: Williams Memorial CME Church, 3400 Triangle Lake Rd, High Point, NC 27260 Format: Hybrid In-Person and Online Panel Discussion with Q&A Live Stream...

High Point NAACP Achieves 2023 Branch of the Year

The education, advocacy, and actions of the High Point Branch NAACP,  #5405B,  was recognized at the 80th Annual NAACP State Convention,  held September 28-30, 2023, in Wilmington NC. Our High Point University Collegiate Chapter was present to celebrate with us. The...

High Point City Council Pass Recommendations ~ One High Point Commission on Reparations

The High Point Branch of the NAACP announces, “High Point City Council passes recommendations by the One High Point Commission on Reparations.”  The recommendations are based on quantifiable data submitted by subject matter experts. To review the data presented by the...

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Print this order form You may submit your filled order form with your payment or email it back using the email address on the bottom of the form. Use the link below to pay and upload your order form....

SB 747 (Omnibus Elections Bill) Problematic, Discriminatory, and Suppresses the Vote

Our democracy is based on freedom, fairness, and choice. But here in North Carolina, a power grab is upon us. Extremists who want control over our elections are pushing for legislation that would limit our freedom to vote and diminish our voices. Our election process...

High Point Branch NAACP Advocates Medicaid Unwinding Problematic for the Most Vulnerable

With the national emergency declaration ending May 11, 2023, another national emergency evolves – more than half of those with Medicaid coverage will be terminated (3 million African Americans, 5 million Latinos, 1 million Asian and Pacific Islanders).  The first...

The High Point Branch of the NAACP advocates “Tell Your NC Representatives to Reject SB 747.”

This anti-voter bill would inject needless meddling by extremists who seek to limit access to the ballot box. The so-called N. C. Election Integrity Network is up to “no good.”    Senate Bill 747 Would: Allow anyone to violate privacy and challenge legitimate...

Celebration of Father’s Day

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us as we pay tribute to our community’s most courageousgentlemen. The men of honor in our lives who have made significant contributions to our families, our churches, and our community. During the Father’s Day...

High Point Branch NAACP Advocates Say “NO” to So-Called Election Integrity “The Rise of Jim Crow”

The High Point Branch of the NAACP advocates say “NO” to so- called election integrity ~ “The Rise of Jim Crow.” A moment in time is upon us and “terms of endearment” that define this moment compels us ~~ “ the inalienable right for everyone to vote without threat or...

High Point Branch NAACP Advocates ~ Pass HB 44 ~ Repeal the Literacy Test

The High Point Branch of the NAACP advocates ~~ Repeal the Literacy Test. The literacy test was added to the North Carolina Constitution shortly after so-called white supremacists overthrew Black elected officials and murdered hundreds of Black North Carolinians in...
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Black Agenda Healthcare Forum

NAACP High Point Branch Presents: Black Agenda Healthcare Forum When: Thursday, April 04 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Where: Williams Memorial CME Church, 3400 Triangle Lake Rd, High Point, NC 27260 Format: Hybrid In-Person and Online Panel Discussion with Q&A Live Stream...

High Point NAACP Achieves 2023 Branch of the Year

The education, advocacy, and actions of the High Point Branch NAACP,  #5405B,  was recognized at the 80th Annual NAACP State Convention,  held September 28-30, 2023, in Wilmington NC. Our High Point University Collegiate Chapter was present to celebrate with us. The...

High Point City Council Pass Recommendations ~ One High Point Commission on Reparations

The High Point Branch of the NAACP announces, “High Point City Council passes recommendations by the One High Point Commission on Reparations.”  The recommendations are based on quantifiable data submitted by subject matter experts. To review the data presented by the...

NAACP Shirts for Sale

Print this order form You may submit your filled order form with your payment or email it back using the email address on the bottom of the form. Use the link below to pay and upload your order form....

SB 747 (Omnibus Elections Bill) Problematic, Discriminatory, and Suppresses the Vote

Our democracy is based on freedom, fairness, and choice. But here in North Carolina, a power grab is upon us. Extremists who want control over our elections are pushing for legislation that would limit our freedom to vote and diminish our voices. Our election process...

High Point Branch NAACP Advocates Medicaid Unwinding Problematic for the Most Vulnerable

With the national emergency declaration ending May 11, 2023, another national emergency evolves – more than half of those with Medicaid coverage will be terminated (3 million African Americans, 5 million Latinos, 1 million Asian and Pacific Islanders).  The first...

The High Point Branch of the NAACP advocates “Tell Your NC Representatives to Reject SB 747.”

This anti-voter bill would inject needless meddling by extremists who seek to limit access to the ballot box. The so-called N. C. Election Integrity Network is up to “no good.”    Senate Bill 747 Would: Allow anyone to violate privacy and challenge legitimate...

Celebration of Father’s Day

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us as we pay tribute to our community’s most courageousgentlemen. The men of honor in our lives who have made significant contributions to our families, our churches, and our community. During the Father’s Day...

High Point Branch NAACP Advocates Say “NO” to So-Called Election Integrity “The Rise of Jim Crow”

The High Point Branch of the NAACP advocates say “NO” to so- called election integrity ~ “The Rise of Jim Crow.” A moment in time is upon us and “terms of endearment” that define this moment compels us ~~ “ the inalienable right for everyone to vote without threat or...

High Point Branch NAACP Advocates ~ Pass HB 44 ~ Repeal the Literacy Test

The High Point Branch of the NAACP advocates ~~ Repeal the Literacy Test. The literacy test was added to the North Carolina Constitution shortly after so-called white supremacists overthrew Black elected officials and murdered hundreds of Black North Carolinians in...

Such as it is, this is Dred’s Discussion, your look at municipal government from street level. The HPPD has been conducting a PR campaign by recently raiding area drug houses, giving credit to concerned citizens’ call-ins. This writer submits HPPD has known about these houses all along and used these raids to solidify good public relations with the help of the HP Enterprise. Gov. Roy Cooper mandated the wearing of masks in public and statements from the NC Department of Health and Human Services our Mayor remains silent in the face of rising Corona virus numbers. The only city agency to make a statement is HPPD to say no arrests have been made for violation of the mandate. City leaders are in the process of implementing a new set of initiatives aimed at beefing up HP’As labeled the initiative will do little to help Blacks in the city. The city has a long history of nepotism in city hiring and overlooking local qualified Blacks when filling department heads positions unless they happen to be HPU graduates. City Councilman Chris Williams spoke in support of the Hayden Harman Foundation grant request for six hand-washing stations and two portable toilets to assist the homeless during the pandemic. No dollar amount has been set for the project but the city would have oversight of the spending of funds. I believe it would have been more productive for the city to implement this program using grant money to fund it. But we have seen how the Jay Wagner led City Council listens to its citizens. Jay Wagner is leading a push to give free money to subsidize rent assistance, capital improvements to buildings and job creation for new office construction or major renovations to a property within a defined district. “It’s designed to help us recruit office jobs in the stadium area,” Wagner said. Apparently the city is only interested in drawing office workers to downtown. The city hired a consultant in June 2018 to rewrite local sign laws for the first time since 1992. Once a draft is complete, it will undergo another round of legal review to ensure compliance with recent court decisions and then go out for public review. Again we know the history of public review by the council. Major Travis Stroud was named interim chief of HPPD by Interim City Manager Randy McCaslin. No mention of community input was announced. The HP Enterprise appears to have a select list of persons whose letters to the OPINIO column are published, are large number of which reside in other cities. I’m sure HP residents write to the Enterprise but we see few of those letters. Perhaps the Enterprise’s role in promoting Council’s agenda mandates not viewing HP resident’s opinions. Such as it is, this is Dred’s Discussion.