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NAACP MOURNS THE PASSING OF VERNON BAKER
July 27, 2010 The NAACP mourns the passing of Vernon Baker, former United States military officer and recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Mr. Baker passed on July 13 at the age of 90 at his home in St. Maries, Idaho.
A military hero, Baker was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on April 5-6, 1945, when he and his platoon killed 26 enemy soldiers and destroyed six machine gun nests, two observer posts and four dugouts near Viareggio, Italy. He was one of seven Medal of Honor recipients who became the first Black soldiers to receive the award on January 13, 1997, and the only veteran of the group still living. click here
Norwich NAACP branch receives pair of awards
By MICHAEL GANNON
Norwich Bulletin
Posted Jul 20, 2010 @ 11:22 PM Norwich, Conn.
The Norwich branch of the NAACP has brought home two prestigious awards from the association's 101st national conference last week.
The branch was honored with the Thalheimer Award, the organization's highest honor for outstanding achievement by individual branches and units. It is the third time Norwich has won the award in its division in the last four years. read more click here
Greater New Haven NAACP leader sets new goals
By Pamela McLoughlin, Register Staff
NEW HAVEN Just off the heels of the national NAACP's 2010 convention in Kansas City, Mo., Greater New Haven branch President Jim Rawlings has enthusiastically brought the agenda back home.
Rawlings is mobilizing forces in New Haven's branch to address childhood obesity, the message first lady Michelle Obama brought to the convention; persuade Tea Party members in Connecticut to expel any racist elements; and to join the One Nation march on Washington, D.C., Oct. 2 to show Congress that citizens are unified in the quest for more jobs, a better economy and equal opportunity. read more click here
July 14, 2010 |
By GRACE E. MERRITT, No Child Left Behind Upheld By Appeals Court The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday upheld a lower court's dismissal of Connecticut's lawsuit charging that the federal No Child Left Behind school reform law is an unfunded mandate.
"This is a victory for every poor and minority child in Connecticut," said NAACP Conference President Scott X. Esdaile. "Rather than expending its funds on this lawsuit, the state should have been using its resources to address its shameful achievement gap distinction." read more click here
NAACP Delegates Vote to Repudiate Racist Elements Within Tea Party NAACP delegates passed a resolution to condemn extremist elements within the Tea Party, calling on Tea Party leaders to repudiate those in their ranks who use racist language in their signs and speeches.
The resolution came after a year of high-profile media coverage of attendees of Tea Party marches using vial, antagonistic racial slurs & images. In March, respected members of the Congressional Black Caucus reported that racial epithets were hurled at them as they passed by a Washington, DC health care protest. read more click here
TRANSPARENCY AS A TOOL TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT
Executive Summary: The NAACP proposes a Presidential initiative to ensure fair and transparent processes in the recruitment and hiring for publically-funded jobs. In many communities, including white communities and communities of color, the crisis of unemployment is compounded by the lack of access to publically-funded jobs, which is not only unfair but costly, in that those who are unemployed rely on public benefits to subsidize their cost of living. Less than 30% of publically-funded jobs are posted at public employment service centers, leaving the vast majority of publically-funded jobs inaccessible to the public, even though their tax dollars make these jobs possible. read more click here
'We are in crisis' Keila Torres, Staff Writer BRIDGEPORT -- The sudden leap in the city's homicide count from 12 to 16 in one week has alarmed political, civic and religious leaders.
Carolyn Vermont, president of the Greater Bridgeport chapter of the NAACP , said she felt "disgusted" and "sick" when she learned that three people were shot to death in two separate incidents Saturday, just days after a store clerk was fatally shot at a convenience store in the West Side. ...read more click here
100 REMIX is an initiative to build community and power by bringing more youth into the NAACP Youth & College Division. The future of the NAACP rests on the shoulders of today's youth and we are asking you to help us bring the next generation into the NAACP. The goal of 100 Remix is to recruit 25,000 youth to pledge to help us create the next generation of leaders by December 31, 2010.
We are asking every youth unit to commit to 100 Remix by pledging the number of people you will sign up for 100 REMIX between July 20-September 30.
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Unit Commitment Forms ...click here
STATE CONFERENCE NAACP,
FAMILY OF JASHON BRYANT
TO MEET WITH JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HARTFORD CT State Conference NAACP President Scot X. Esdaile will join the family of Jashon Bryant on Thursday for a meeting with a representative from the Justice Department in Washington, DC. The meeting will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Justice Department Offices on Pennsylvania Avenue. read more click here Slain Teen's Family, NAACP Head To D.C. Jashon Bryant Shot, Killed In 2005 By Hartford Police Officer HARTFORD, Conn. -- The family of Jashon Bryant will meet with members of the United States Justice Department on Thursday to discuss a request by the state NAACP to investigate the death of the teen in 2005. Bryant was shot in the back of the head during a traffic stop. Former Hartford police officer Robert Lawlor and a federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent approached Bryant, who was in a car, and Lawlor said he thought Bryant was reaching for a gun when he opened fire. read more click here
Post University has established a scholarship program with the Greater Waterbury branch of the NAACP. read more click here
AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW HAVEN YOUTHto win some early scholarship money. The Yale NAACP is hosting its annual oratory competition open to all New Haven high school students (Grades 9-12). read more click here Black Male Academy for Ph.D. Program We will begin the Academy this fall with 10 Black males who are in their junior year of college read more click here
Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches In Action
2009~2010
CT Supreme Court Supports NAACP Move
In Favor of Education Funding Coalition Monday, March 22, 2010
John Brittain, 832-687-3007 CT Supreme Court Supports NAACP Move
In Favor of Education Funding Coalition
HARTFORD The Connecticut Supreme Court today voted in favor of the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, which claimed unequal education on behalf of schoolchildren and parents. The State NAACP had filed a friend of court brief in support of the CCJEF in its case against the State via its Governor, M. Jodi Rell.
"The NAACP has stood with the Coalition's efforts to ensure adequate education for each and every child in the state," NAACP President Scot X. Esdaile said. And we stand ready to fight for the right of every child to graduate from high school, succeed in college and compete in our global economy. read more click here
The Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches and the State Youth and College Divisionis pleased to announce the Youth Storm 2010, "Preparing the Next Generation of Freedom Fighters" on Saturday, June 5th at Lake Compoun ce was a great success. This annual Youth and College Division workshops are held to train and prepare the youth members on the 101 years of the oldest and strongest civil rights organization in the world, Voter Registration and GOTV, Preparing for College and Careers in the 21st Century.
Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches support workers
The Census Bureau counts Connecticut's prisoners as residents of the communities where they are incarcerated, though they can't vote and remain legal residents of the places they lived before they were incarcerated. Crediting thousands of mostly urban and minority men to the wrong communities has staggering implications for our system of representative democracy, which uses the Census to apportion political power on the basis of population. read more click here
2nd Annual Great Debate New Haven, Conn. Debate teams from Yale, Howard, Hampton and Columbia universities will wield their most persuasive words as they vie in "The Great Debate II" on Saturday, April 3.The event, sponsored by the State Conference NAACP, took place at 6 p.m at Woolsey Hall, corner of College and Grove streets. ...read more click here
The 2nd Annual Great Debate Photos (Yale University at Woolsey Hall) Photographer: Walter Bailey
CT Supreme Court Supports NAACP Move
In Favor of Education Funding Coalition Monday, March 22, 2010
John Brittain, 832-687-3007 CT Supreme Court Supports NAACP Move
In Favor of Education Funding Coalition
HARTFORD The Connecticut Supreme Court today voted in favor of the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, which claimed unequal education on behalf of schoolchildren and parents. The State NAACP had filed a friend of court brief in support of the CCJEF in its case against the State via its Governor, M. Jodi Rell.
"The NAACP has stood with the Coalition's efforts to ensure adequate education for each and every child in the state," NAACP President Scot X. Esdaile said. And we stand ready to fight for the right of every child to graduate from high school, succeed in college and compete in our global economy. read more click here
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Norwich NAACP branch receives pair of awards 
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