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Upcoming Events: July 11-16, 2009: NAACP Centennial Conventon - New York, NY

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100th Annual NAACP Convention – Youth & College Division Forms

The following forms must be completed for each youth under the age of 21 attending the NAACP Convention in New York:
1) Consent and Indemnification Notice and Agreement;
2) Authorization for Emergency Medical Treatment.

In addition, all Youth Advisors in attendance must complete and return the Youth Advisors Code of Conduct Form. Please return the completed forms to the NAACP Youth & College Division, 4805 Mt. Hope Drive, Baltimore, MD 21215, email at youth@naacpnet.org or via fax (410) 358-9786.

NAACP 2009 JUANITA JACKSON MITCHELL AWARDS APPLICATION

In honor of the founder of the Youth & College Division, Mrs. Juanita Jackson Mitchell, the national awards presented during the Youth Freedom Fund Dinner at the National Convention have been renamed in her honor. Click on the application link to access the 2009 Juanita Jackson Mitchell Awards Application, due Friday, June 12th. Please note that the awards process has changed this year - so please be sure to review the application carefully. Good luck!!

A Victory is Won!

President Obama recently proposed to Congress a budget designed to make higher education both more affordable and more accessible. Thanks to the hard work of thousands of young people, including members of the NAACP Youth & College Division, the initial budget proposal was passed in both the House and the Senate. The NAACP’s College Access and Affordability Campaign would like to thank the Representatives and Senators who voted to pass the budget, and the youth who exhibited strength in numbers by contacting their local Representatives about the proposal.

And while the passage of these budget resolutions is certainly something to be celebrated, it’s important to remember that it is still only a first step towards making change into a reality. Now more than ever, we must speak out in support of the provisions of President Obama’s budget plan, including those ensuring that everyone has equal access to higher education. The NAACP encourages you to speak out and continue to remind our Congress members that money we spend today represents a critical investment in our future.

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NAACP Mobilizes Hundreds for Rally in Support of Voting Rights Act

Hundreds of NAACP members and volunteers rallied outside of the Supreme Court to tell the court to "Keep the Act Together" on April 29th, to show their support for the Voting Rights Act, which protects voters against discriminatory voting changes. Section 5 of the Act is currently being challenged in the Supreme Court by rightwing law groups on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. Read President Jealous' oped on the issue ť

The VOTE HARD campaign Recap

NAACP President Rallies HBCU Students as Part of NAACP 'Vote Hard' Bus Tour throughout the South

In the spirit of the ‘60s ‘Freedom Rides,’ the NAACP’s Youth and College Division organized Get Out the Vote activities that included a NAACP “Think Hard, Vote Hard” bus tour. The statewide tour throughout South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama made stops in almost 108 communities, reaching nearly 20,000 people. NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous joined the bus tour in Columbus, Georgia to rally the students and get them excited about their role in this historic election.

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What We Do:

Through the generous support of the Ford Foundation and contributions from Global Justice, Inc., the NAACP Youth & College Division has created a nationwide Social Security Empowerment Initiative aimed at increasing African American students' knowledge about Social Security and the proposed changes to how the system currently operates.
The initiative will run from January to March, 2008
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The STOP Campaign is an initiative of the NAACP Youth & College Division that seeks to "STOP" the demeaning images of African Americans in the media, particularly with respect to the portrayal of African American women.
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Over the past few years, students of color have reported a dramatic increase in acts of racial discrimination, intolerance, hate crimes and insensitivity amongst different cultures at institutions of higher education.
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