Posted on October 24, 2012
Texas Call Center is a Success
The NAACP Texas Call Center launched October 18--with a charge to call voters in Texas, Mississippi, California.
Blog — Civic Engagement
Posted on May 15, 2013
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.
Posted on May 03, 2013 by Rev. Dr. William Barber, NAACP NC State Conference President
Trouble in North Carolina
Last week, the first of several pieces of legislation to aggressively restrict your right to vote passed the North Carolina House.
Posted on November 09, 2012 by NAACP
NAACP Battleground Poll Results
Read the results of the African-American voter data from the 2012 General Election.
Posted on September 20, 2012
Meet the Digital Media Field Manager: Lauren Wilson
Lauren Wilson, our new Digital Media Field Manager, will connect the field to digital media tools to use in civic engagement efforts.
Posted on September 14, 2012 by Anson Asaka, Assistant General Counsel NAACP Legal Department
The Fight against Voter Suppression in Pennsylvania
During the Jim Crow Era, states erected all kinds of ridiculous and shameful barriers to prevent African Americans from voting. They required African Americans to pass complicated literacy tests. They forced black people to pay outrageous poll taxes. In some states, in order to vote, black people had to know how many bubbles were on a bar of soap or how many jelly beans were in a jar.
Posted on July 09, 2012 by NAACP Voting Rights Initiative
Voting Rights at the 103rd NAACP National Convention: Your Power, Your Decision—Vote
Less than four month before the 2012 elections, the NAACP voting rights initiative is working diligently to educate Americans on how to combat voter suppression tactics.
Posted on March 20, 2012 by Eric Wingerter, Vice President of Communications & New Media
Kemba Smith Pradia Fights for Voting Rights of the Formerly Incarcerated Before the United Nations.
Ms. Smith was part of a delegation by the NAACP to bring the topic of voting rights before the UN's Human Rights Commission.
Posted on March 07, 2012 by Adora Obi Nweze, NAACP Florida State Conference President
The Great Equalizer
The act of casting a ballot that gets counted on Election Day is the nation’s great equalizer. For the NAACP in particular, unfettered access to the ballot box and the transformative potential of the franchise is inextricable from who we are and every bit what we must leave for future generations.
Posted on November 18, 2011 by Benjamin Todd Jealous, President & CEO
5 million people…
When all is said and done, millions could be disenfranchised by changes to voting laws in states around the country. Here's what you can do to help prevent it.
Posted on November 19, 2010 by NAACP National Youth & College Director Stefanie Brown & Executive Director of the League of Young Voters Rob "Biko" Baker
A PROMISE for Our Children
We all remember how important self-perception was when we were young. As we worked to shape our identity and learn from new experiences, our self-esteem could rise and fall faster than a 13-year old’s voice.
Posted on November 05, 2010 by By Eric Wingerter, Director of Web Campaigns & New Media
Video: Texas Southern Chapter of the NAACP Marches to the Polls on Election Day
This year the Texas Southern NAACP Chapter, along with classmates, community members and local branch members marched to their local polling place to ensure their voice will be heard in this year’s mid-term election.
Posted on October 26, 2010
Blair Underwood Joins NAACP Get Out the Vote Efforts
Blair Underwood, award-winning actor from The New Adventures of Old Christine, L.A. Law, and numerous movies and television shows, has signed up to help the NAACP mobilize voters leading up to Election Day.
Posted on October 26, 2010
Get Out the Vote 101: How to Use the NAACP’s GOTV Portal
With so many important issues at stake, November's election is crucially important to the entire NAACP community.
Posted on May 06, 2010
South Carolina Voter ID bill discourages voter participation
As one of its final items of business for the 2010 legislative session, the South Carolina House of Representatives this week passed a bill requiring photo identification to vote.
