As San Antonio gears up to host the NAACP’s national convention for the first time, an estimated 100 to 150 volunteers turned out Saturday for an initial training session to prepare for the upcoming event. The civil rights organization expects 8,000 to 10,000 visitors will attend the 109th NAACP Annual Convention happening at the Convention Center on July 14-18. The event is expected to bring $11 million in revenue to San Antonio.
New Jersey GOP House candidate Seth Grossman is receiving backlash from the NAACP for comments he made on diversity during a campaign forum in April. Grossman, 69, who is running for the 2nd Congressional District in South Jersey, said diversity was a “bunch of crap” and that it was “un-American.” The comments were caught on a two-minute video and reportedly released by progressive Super PAC American Bridge 21st Century.
East Village Magazine: Proposal cuts gay rights, Roe v. Wade, climate change, NAACP from public school standards: hearing Monday
The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is holding a series of nine meetings across the state seeking the public’s input about proposed revisions to the state’s social studies standards. References to gay rights, Roe v. Wade, climate change and ‘core democratic values’have been stripped from Michigan’s new proposed social studies standards, and the historic role of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) downplayed,” according to a June 12 article in the online publication Bridge, by Ron French and Lindsay VanHulle.
St. Louis American: NAACP, religious leaders call for independent investigation of police shootings
The St. Louis City NAACP is joining with activists and faith leaders to call for independent investigations of police shootings in the city and, in an initial discussion, St. Louis’ city government seemed receptive. At a meeting of the Board of Alderman’s Ways and Means Committee on June 14, St. Louis NAACP President Adolphus M. Pruitt and Missouri Missionary Baptist State Convention President Lindon Bowis called on the committee to work with them on creating and funding an independent way of investigating police shootings. Pruitt said it was important to remove the investigations from any pressures that could come from a prosecutor’s relationship with the police department.
Tribune Star: NAACP meeting to explore combating homelessness
“Poverty has a significant impact on any community,” said A. Theressa Bynum of the NAACP Terre Haute Branch. “Studies show that almost anyone could find himself or herself in need of assistance for paying bills or finding food and housing or medical attention.”
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The Keep Families Together Act—can stop the inhumane practice of taking children away from their parents who are trying to enter the United States—and the NAACP supports and urges its immediate enactment.
NAACP Committed to Countering Disenfranchisement of Voters in Wake of Husted Decision
The NAACP filed an amicus brief to the Court in this case, which was cited by Justice Sotomayor in her dissenting opinion, which states: “In concluding that the Supplemental Process does not violate the NVRA, the majority does more than just misconstrue the statutory text. It entirely ignores the history of voter suppression against which the NVRA was enacted and upholds a program that appears to further the very disenfranchisement of minority and low-income voters that Congress set out to eradicate.”
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation’s foremost civil rights organization, has announced that the Honorable Willie L. Brown Jr., will be awarded the Spingarn Medal. Brown will receive the honor during the NAACP 109th Annual Convention taking place in San Antonio, Texas next month.
NAACP, the nation’s foremost civil rights organization, has announced its 109th convention, beginning Saturday, July 14 through Wednesday, July 18 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 900 E Market St. “This year’s convention happens at a watershed moment in our history where civil rights we once considered permanent, are under attack like never before,” said Leon W. Russell, NAACP Chairman of the National Board of Directors. “We intend to organize, strategize and mobilize our members to defeat the hate and convention will be the gathering place for energizing our efforts over the next 365 days.”
