April 2008 - Posts

• NAACP event promotes awareness of issues impacting residents

  SANTEE, S.C. - WJBS 1440 AM radio station, in partnership with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People chapters in the area, sponsored the first Spring Fest on Saturday at the Lake Marion High School campus in Santee. http://www... Posted Apr 30 2008, 09:20 AM by NAACP.org

• CT Conference NAACP Wins NCLB Suit

  HARTFORD – The State NAACP won another victory Monday in their fight to ensure equity in education for Connecticut’s children. For the second time, the U.S. District Court in New Haven rejected the State’s legal challenge to No Child Left Behind... Posted Apr 30 2008, 09:19 AM by NAACP.org

• Brinker Capital CEO To Be Honored at Gala Dinner

  BERWYN, Penn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brinker Capital founder, chairman & CEO, Chuck Widger, is to be recognized for his role in pioneering the highly successful Gateway to Leadership internship program at an April 24 gala dinner co-hosted by The Money... Posted Apr 24 2008, 02:39 PM by NAACP.org

• Governor Strickland 2 troopers will be fired

  About 200 people turned out to discuss the issue and possible racism in the community in a town hall forum hosted by the Sandusky branch of the NAACP. http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19508861&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi... Posted Apr 23 2008, 09:35 AM by NAACP.org

• Urban Sludge Experiment Investigation

  A federal hearing will be held in the summer on the issue of urban sludge. In the meantime, the NAACP is demanding full disclosure of all community experiments happening now and in the past 10 years. http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id... Posted Apr 23 2008, 09:33 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP Joins Fight Against Jackson County Jail Site

  "The voices of these people have gone on deaf ears. We want to make sure that somebody takes the plugs out of those ears! Today, the NAACP is here to say the plugs are coming out," Clark said. http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=8200078 Read... Posted Apr 21 2008, 10:02 AM by NAACP.org

• Rays, NAACP to host forum on Trop's future, new ballpark

  ST. PETERSBURG — The Tampa Bay Rays and the St. Petersburg Branch of the NAACP will host an open forum at 7 p.m. Tuesday to discuss the Rays' plans for a new ballpark and the redevelopment of Tropicana Field. http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment... Posted Apr 21 2008, 09:59 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP to blast racist graffiti in Jackson

  The Jackson-Madison County branch of the NAACP will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. today in the lobby of the Jackson Police Department, 234 Institute St. to denounce "the racial epithets found (Tuesday) in a home once rented to a black family... Posted Apr 21 2008, 09:58 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP volunteers register motorists to vote

  NAACP volunteers spent yesterday on West Broadway, flagging down people in cars and urging them to register to vote. http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080418/NEWS01/804180448/1008/NEWS01 Read More... Posted Apr 18 2008, 10:56 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP supports school-tax renewal

  KALAMAZOO -- A countywide education tax request on the May 6 ballot has been endorsed by the Metropolitan Kalamazoo Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-28/1208443809148380... Posted Apr 17 2008, 12:05 PM by NAACP.org

• NAACP wants at-will work rule abolished

  SALEM The Legal Redress Committee of the Salem County Chapter of the NAACP has adopted a resolution calling for the at-will work rule to be abolished in the workplace. http://www.nj.com/news/sunbeam/local/index.ssf?/base/news-4/12084144199310.xml&coll... Posted Apr 17 2008, 10:16 AM by NAACP.org

• Winston County Branch Freedom Fund banquet set for April 26

  The Winston County Branch of the NAACP is hosting its 28th annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Saturday, April 26 at 7 p.m. in the Shrine Club on Hwy 15 South. http://www.winstoncountyjournal.com/articles/2008/04/16/news/news09.txt Read More... Posted Apr 17 2008, 10:07 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP Act-So committee, students plan fundraisers

  The Winston County Journal - Six local youths will be traveling to Orlando with three of them set to compete in the National NAACP Act-So competition. http://www.winstoncountyjournal.com/articles/2008/04/16/news/news08.txt Read More... Posted Apr 17 2008, 10:06 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP Urging Investigation of Lead Poisoning Study

  The head of the Maryland chapter of the NAACP on Monday sent a letter to the state's attorney general requesting a criminal and civil rights investigation into a federally funded study in which researchers put sludge -- a fertilizer made from treated... Posted Apr 15 2008, 02:01 PM by NAACP.org

• Senate plans hearing on sludge, NAACP wants investigation

  CAPITOL HILL (AP) - A Senate panel is planning to investigate the government's funding of a research project that put sewage sludge on lawns in poor, black neighborhoods. http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=8166087&nav=9qrx Read More... Posted Apr 15 2008, 11:32 AM by NAACP.org