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Press Credentials
Contacts
Eric Wingerter, Vice President for Communications and New Media: ewingerter@naacpnet.org, 202.463.2940 ext. 3382
Derek Turner, Director of Communications: dturner@naacpnet.org, 202.463.2940 ext. 3383
Joi Ridley, Communications Associate: jridley@naacpnet.org, 202.463.2940 ext. 3384
Ben Wrobel, Communications Associate: bwrobel@naacpnet.org, 202.463.2940 ext. 3386
Press Kit
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Executive Profiles
Roslyn M. Brock
Chairman, NAACP National Board of Directors
Roslyn M. Brock Official Headshot
Benjamin Todd Jealous
President and CEO, NAACP
Benjamin Todd Jealous Official Headshot
Leon W. Russell
Vice Chairman, NAACP National Board of Directors
Julian Bond
Chairman Emeritus, NAACP National Board of Directors
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Chairman Emeritus, NAACP National Board of Directors
News Highlights 2011 - 2012
- Digital Age Drives Rally to Keep a Georgia Inmate From Execution (NY Times)
- Saving Troy Davis’s Life: The NAACP Speaks Out (The Root)
- Thousands March Silently to Protest Stop and Frisk Policies (NYTimes)
- Trayvon Martin NAACP Rally Draws Thousands to Florida (AP)
- NAACP backs same-sex marriage as civil right (AP)
- The NAACP returns to relevance with a vote on same-sex marriage (Washington Post)
- NAACP wants new voting laws struck down (AP)
- Protesters March To UN In Stand For Freedom (New York One)
- NAACP Puts Voter ID Laws in Crosshairs (The Root)
- NAACP presses UN Panel in Geneva on Voting Rights (USA Today)
- Civil rights groups launch voter registration drives earlier (USA Today)
- National NAACP leader to join MD death penalty opponents (Washington Post)
- NAACP Image Awards tributes Whitney Houston (Entertainment Weekly)
- Leading the Way - NAACP Summit Prepares Game Changers for Battle (B. Couleur)
- NAACP Gives Congress Failing Grade (BET)
- Addressing Childhood Obesity (Kaiser Health News)
- NAACP Commends Coal Plant Closing (The Root)
Op-eds
- Roslyn M. Brock: A Legacy to Honor A Dream to Achieve (Syndicated)
- Benjamin Todd Jealous: The World Will Remember Troy’s Name (Huffington Post)
- Benjamin Todd Jealous: NAACP to challenge voter ID laws nationwide (The Grio)
- Roslyn M. Brock and Benjamin Todd Jealous: Time to redouble AIDS fight in black community (USA Today)
- Jacqueline Patterson: NAACP Takes Up the Clean-Energy Fight (The Root)
Fact Sheets
NAACP Strategic Plan
Game Changers for the 21st Century
NAACP History
Founded Feb. 12. 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization. Its more than half-million members and supporters throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, campaigning for equal opportunity and conducting voter mobilization. Read more >>
NAACP Mission
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.
