Greg Moore
The NAACP's voter empowerment efforts are under new direction. With a background heavy in political advocacy, Greg Moore has been selected to head the NAACP’s comprehensive 2007-08 voter empowerment program across the U.S.
Moore will lead a multi-million dollar effort aimed at boosting voter registration, election protection, education and awareness around the critical voter participation issues that will surely confront African Americans.
“Voter registration and empowerment is a mainstay of the NAACP’s civic engagement activities,” said NAACP Interim President & CEO Dennis Courtland Hayes. “Greg brings a wealth of expertise to this important role and we look forward to the results his efforts will undoubtedly have on African American voters to successfully participating in the political process.”
The NAACP implements non-partisan campaigns to counter troubling racial disparities. For instance in 2004, 67.9 percent of whites were registered compared to 64.4 percent of blacks while 60.3 percent of whites voted compared to 56.3 percent of blacks. In 2000 and 2004, the percentage of uncounted votes was higher in minority neighborhoods with high poverty.
“When African Americans vote they always help determine the direction of the country, so we have a major part to play,” Moore said. "In addition to protecting the right to vote, we also need to reach out to displaced and recently purged voters who will need our assistance in getting their voting rights restored. No one who has registered to vote in the past should have their right to vote denied due to administrative procedures."
Moore will also lead efforts to recruit and train hundreds of NAACP activists on the very latest techniques in voter mobilization efforts including more effective voter registration tracking, enhanced election protection services, and the development of strong partnerships with allied organizations for more effective work in reaching out to disenfranchised voters.
Mass mailings, TV and radio ads as well as a national 800-number that provides polling information are all part of the Cleveland native’s duties in administering the NAACP’s ‘Get Out the Vote’ plan. The NAACP Youth & College Division and Religious Affairs Department are key components of an NAACP strategy for maximizing voting strength.
In conjunction with his new responsibilities, Moore will continue to serve as the Executive Director of the NAACP National Voter Fund, Inc. Among several key positions, Moore served five years as a legislative director and chief of staff on Capitol Hill. The Ohio University alumnus was the first African American elected President of the United States Student Association and was also a presidential appointee on the Martin Luther King Federal Holiday Commission.
Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.
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