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The Census of Agriculture
The Census of Agriculture is a count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them--it looks at land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income, and expenditure.
Recap: NAACP Leadership 500 Summit
Hundreds gathered at the Waldorf Astoria in Naples FL for the NAACP Leadership 500 Conference
Digital Evangelist: Mobile Messaging for Organizing
This week, Lauren Wilson will host a webinar about Mobile Messaging, a great tool that can help your branch reach people who do not have immediate access to the internet.
Virginia Restores Voting Rights for Returning Citizens
Returning citizens. That’s what the NAACP calls people returning to their communities after being incarcerated. And after they return home, we work tirelessly to restore their dignity – starting with their right to vote.
North Carolina NAACP Continues 4th Week of Action
The Forward Together movement continues to fight against cuts to social programs, education reforms and changes to voting laws in North Carolina.
Record Number of NAACP Youth Members from Connecticut State Conference
NAACP State Conference President Scot X. Esdaile submitted a record 597 new youth memberships to the National NAACP membership office during the board of directors meeting in Jackson, Mississippi
Digital Evangelist: Sending Activist Emails
During this week's webinar, Lauren Wilson will cover the basics of using MailChimp, a free email client that can be used to send emails about your branch's work to your mailing list.
Rembering When Birmingham was Bombingham
Fifty years ago, when I was ten, I watched on TV as children of the Birmingham Children’s March were attacked by German Shepards and water hoses, then hauled off to jail. Witnessing the attack on TV, from the safety of our living room in Des Moines, Iowa, I had no idea of the profound effect it would have on history, or my life.
NAACP Honors Medgar Evers
Thursday, May 16th, the NAACP held a wreath-laying ceremony at the Medgar Evers Home Museum in remembrance of the 50th anniversary of Medgar Evers’ assassination.
Invest to Educate, Not Incarcerate
The NAACP Criminal Justice department just released the 2013 "Misplaced Priorities Toolkit." Mass incarceration is an epidemic that disproportionately impacts African Americans, who comprise 13% of the U.S. population but represent over 37% of those behind bars. Click here to read the entire report.
NAACP Celebrates Passage Of “Ban The Box” In Minnesota
The Minnesota House of Representatives for passed a bill to prohibit employers from asking about criminal history on initial employment applications. Once signed into law, the bill will make Minnesota the third state in the nation to “ban the box” for both public and private employers.
Ongoing Action in North Carolina
The North Carolina State Conference is organizing against egregious legislative attacks on the poor and working class in the state—watch this video to learn more about the actions on Moral Mondays.
Diversity in Prime Time Cable News
Media Matters released a study on diversity on primetime cable news programming. It comes as no surprise, that none of the “Big 3” cable networks (CNN, Fox News, MSNBC) are meeting the mark in regards to diversity representation in their programming
Digital Evangelist: Email for Organizing
In this week's webinar, Lauren Wilson will cover the best practices and uses for activists' email.s I will also discuss what makes an effecting mobilizing email--using email to build upon an existing campaign.
The Trouble with A la carte
A la carte was the really bad idea from several years ago which would have required cable and satellite companies to provide customers access to channels on a “price-per-channel” or a la carte basis.
