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STANDING COMMITTEES |
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Communications, Press and Publicity Committee |
Ms. Marji Ross
- Chairperson
The Committee on
Communications, Press and Publicity Committee shall:
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- seek to promote media
content consistent with fundamental NAACP goals which
include the elimination of racial isolation and fear and
the furtherance of multiracial and cultural
understanding
- endeavor to secure
publicity for the work of the Unit and the Association
in the local press and on radio, television and other
media
- attempt to interest
persons in charge of local news media on conditions
affecting minority groups
- seek to counteract
derogatory and erroneous statements in local news media
about Blacks and other minority groups
- be responsible for
forwarding to THE CRISIS items covering Unit activities
and important local affairs
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Education Committee |
Mrs. Janice Walthour
- Chairperson
The Committee on Educations shall: |
- seek to eliminate
segregation and other discriminatory practices in public
education
- study local
educational conditions affecting minority groups
- investigate the public
school system and school zoning
- familiarize itself
with textbook material there from which is racially
derogatory
- seek to stimulate
school attendance
- keep informed of
school conditions and strive to correct abuses where
found
- investigate the
effects of standardized and high stakes testing
practices
- teacher certification
- promote parental
involvement in education
- aim to be a center of
popular education on the race question and on the work
of the Association
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Finance
Committee |
Mr. Joseph Lee Somerville, Sr. -
Chairperson
The Finance Committee shall consist of the President,
Treasurer, and at least one other member. It shall
study the financial needs of the Unit and shall be
responsible for drafting an adequate annual budget. |
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Freedom Fund Committee |
Mr. Alonzo Gaskin
- Chairperson
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The Freedom Fund Committee
shall plan and conduct fund-raising activities,
entertainment and other projects for local and national
purposes within the scope of the Association's program.
It shall work closely with the Financial Committee. |
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Legal Redress
Committee |
Ms. Sarah B.
Richardson - Chairperson
The Legal Redress Committee shall: |
- investigate all cases
reported to it
- supervise all
litigation in which the Unit is interested
- keep the National
Office and the Branch informed on the progress of every
case. It shall not give general legal advice
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Membership and Life Membership Committee |
Mrs. Raneene James - Chairperson
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Mr Keenon
James -
Co-Chair
The Membership Committee shall: |
- work throughout the
year to maintain and increase the membership of the
Association
- be responsible for
planning and organizing the annual membership campaign
- be responsible on a
continuous basis for soliciting new members and for
securing renewals
- initiate all possible
means to obtain Life Members and sponsor a continuing
program towards this end
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Political Action Committee |
Mr. Henry Jackson - Chairperson
The Political Action Committee shall: |
- seek to increase
registration and voting
- work for the enactment
of municipal, state and federal legislation designed to
improve the educational, political and economic status
of minority groups
- seek the repeal of
racially discriminatory legislation
- work to improve the
administration of justice
- work to secure equal
enforcement of the law
- keep the National
Office and the Unit informed of all proposed legislation
which affects minority groups.
- The Committee shall be
nonpartisan and shall not endorse candidates for
public office.
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Religious Affairs Committee |
Pastor Christilene Whalen - Chairperson
The Religious Affairs Committee shall include ministerial
and lay religious leaders who are members of the Unit.
It shall:: |
- promote an educational
program designed to give moral and ethical
interpretation to the civil rights struggle
- interpret the work of
the Association to organized religious groups of all
faiths
- enlist the support of
such organized religious groups for membership,
fundraising, and the struggle for equality and full
civil rights
- provide resource
assistance for religious education and social action
activities, associated with the improvement of race
relations
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Youth Work
Committee |
Mr. Julian Tyer - Chairperson
The Committee on Youth Work shall: |
- develop and coordinate the programs of the
senior and youth groups
- monitor the youth membership in the Branch
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