Working for justice for people of color
NAACP OFFICES
301 West 10th st Antioch, CA 94509 | East County NAACP| Phone: 925 -753-5089
Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. From the ballot box to the classroom, the thousands of dedicated workers, organizers, leaders and members who make up the NAACP continue to fight for social justice for all Americans.
The United States is home to the world’s largest prison population. As “tough on crime” laws have put an unprecedented number of non-violent offenders behind bars in recent years, our neighborhoods feel no more secure.
The NAACP advocates for smarter, results-based criminal justice policies to keep our communities safe, including treatment for addiction and mental health problems, judicial discretion in sentencing, and an end to racial disparities at all levels of the system
Protest Injustice | VOTE
We must not stand still we must | Fight Injustice with every breath
As we move forward this year, the NAACP is actively engaged in helping people to use the power of their voice by voting. With an aim to increase the young electorate turnout (18-29), the NAACP continues to make voter education a priority. Depending on our regional, state and local units for ongoing electoral work, the NAACP will lead in the struggle for voting rights in the field of grassroots advocacy.
The NAACP will register 300,000 new voters across the nation. We will work through our units to increase the number of young voters by enhancing the Association’s capacity to sustain a perennial grassroots program. Our plan is to equip our units with educational materials, technical assistance, training, online voter registration, new media tools, marketing messaging, mobile text messaging, web based “VAN” style voter contact systems, and constituency coalition building. While Civic Engagement efforts remain at the forefront of the NAACP’s agenda, ensuring Americans’ voting rights are equally important.
