Virginia NAACP Urges Virginia Beach City Council to Approve Modifying the City Charter to Incorporate the Fair 10-1 Voting System The NAACP Virginia State Conference (Virginia NAACP) stands firmly in support of the overwhelmingly positive feedback from Virginia Beach residents regarding the 10-1 voting system implemented in 2022. This system has proven to be a vital step towards ensuring equitable representation and addressing the historical disparities faced by minority communities in our city.The survey conducted by...

NAACP Responds to Gov. Youngkin’s Illegal Voter Purge Program, Urges SCOTUS To Follow the Law  WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Virginia state election officials requested the Supreme Court to block a ruling by a federal judge that would bar them from reviving an unlawful voter purge program that would prevent naturalized citizens from voting. The program, which was responsible for purging more than 1,600 registered Virginia voters, was put in place by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin in August and was later struck...

Virginia NAACP Announces Melanie Campbell, President/CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation as Keynote Speaker for 89th Annual Convention in Williamsburg, Virginia The NAACP Virginia State Conference (Virginia NAACP) is pleased to announce Melanie Campbell, President/CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, as the keynote speaker for the Freedom Funda Gala. The Freedom Fund Gala is the premier event during the Annual Convention.“Ms. Campbell is recognized as one of the...

Virginia NAACP Laments Recent School Shootings and Threats and Calls for Action The NAACP Virginia State Conference (Virginia NAACP) expresses its profound sorrow over the recent tragic school shootings in Winder, Georgia, and the alarming threats of violence in Page County, Augusta County, and Harrisonburg, Virginia. According to a recent report by CNN, there have been 50 school shootings this year in the United States. While this is lower than last year’s 82 school shootings, if patterns move as they have...

Empowering Black Women In The WorkplaceForbesFebruary 1, 2024 Go to Source Author: forbes.com

The NAACP publication that was once a major source of news, poetry and essaysNPRFebruary 1, 2024 Go to Source Author: npr.org

‘Somewhere somebody failed': Families, NAACP call for probe into inmate deaths in jailNBC6February 1, 2024 Go to Source Author: nbcmiami.com

NAACP calls on Department of Justice to investigate rash of inmate deaths at Broward jailCBS NewsFebruary 1, 2024 Go to Source Author: cbsnews.com

NAACP seeks federal probe of Florida county’s jail system following deathsAPFebruary 1, 2024 Go to Source Author: apnews.com

Virginia NAACP and Students Sue the Shenandoah County School Board A new lawsuit alleges the Shenandoah County School Board violated the US Constitution, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Educational Opportunity Act by reinstating Confederate school names.On May 9, 2024, the School Board approved renaming Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary School to their prior Confederate names, Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby Lee Elementary School. The three namesake Confederate leaders –...