The Lynchburg Chapter of the NAACP, Unit 7088, announces the availability of it 2025 Ethel M. Brown Scholarship. The scholarships will be awarded to graduating seniors who plan to pursue study beyond a high school education. The scholarship packets must be postmarked no later than midnight, June 5, 2025. (The deadline has been extended)
The scholarships awarded will be aligned with the NAACP’s mission and objectives. The recipients must be of African descent, and the financial needs of the students will be considered. The funds may be used to purchase tuition, fees, supplies, books, or other expenses required to further your education at your institution of choice.
GSA Revives Commitment to Renewable Energy, Pledging 100 Percent of Renewable Electric Resources by 2025
As part of tackling the climate crisis, GSA stands up task groups on decarbonization and partners with NAACP on environmental justiceWASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced its commitment to 100 percent renewable electricity sources for the federal real estate portfolio by 2025. By leveraging its purchasing power, GSA will provide renewable energy to its real estate footprint of 186 million square feet. GSA is continuing its plan to eliminate fossil fuel use in newly...
Shots in Arms, Transit Equity, and Labor Justice in Lansing, MI
Written by Jerome L. Reide, Former NAACP Regional Field DirectorA March announcement that the Capital Area Transit Authority (CATA), which serves the greater Lansing and East Lansing communities, would transport people in need to get Covid-19 vaccines sounded like great news. Disabled, unemployed, communities of color, low-income, and homebound people will focus on this effort.“Michigan’s public transit systems are uniquely positioned to support the state’s COVID- 19 vaccination efforts by transporting arms to shots...
How Should We Equitably Power Ohio Forward?
Written by Tom Roberts, NAACP Ohio State Conference PresidentThere is a vast amount of opportunity in Ohio. Our auto manufacturing has the chance to lead to an electrified future. According to 1Powering Ohio, embracing new options versus the status quo would result in $6 billion-plus, potential investments of 9,000 plus middle-income jobs, and 18,000 other jobs.We are the seventh most populated state in the nation, with ~11.7 million people. Ohio has a solid industrial sector that...
Environmental Justice the Struggle Continues… is Hope Around the Corner?
Written by James Mosley, President & CEO, EnviroKinetics, Inc., Chairman, NAACP-Evansville Environment & Climate Justice CommitteeThe U.S. government first recognized Environmental Justice (EJ) as an essential focus of federal environmental protection efforts in 1992 when President George H.W. Bush appointed Dr. Clarice Gaylord as the first Director of the US EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice.During my time in DC, I had the good fortune of meeting Dr. Gaylord and listening as she explained the...
NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson, Releases Statement on Verdict in Derek Chauvin Trial
“While justice landed Derek Chauvin behind bars for murdering George Floyd, no amount of justice will bring Gianna’s father back. The same way a reasonable police officer would never suffocate an unarmed man to death, a reasonable justice system would recognize its roots in white supremacy and end qualified immunity. Police are here to protect, not lynch. We will not rest until all in our community have the right to breathe.”###
NAACP, NYU Civil Rights Clinic, and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Urge Cities Across the United States to Abandon Unlawful, Racially Discriminatory Crime-Free Housing Ordinances
April 16, 2021 – The NAACP, the Civil Rights Clinic at New York University School of Law, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law today began calling on cities around the country to repeal their racially discriminatory crime-free housing ordinances to comply with federal civil rights law.These ordinances, which do not actually reduce crime, typically make any form of alleged criminal activity a violation of the rental agreement—often in the absence of a conviction or even an arrest—and induce landlords...
NAACP President’s Statement on Reckless Killing of Daunte Wright
NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson, released the following statement in response to the reckless killing of Daunte Wright:“Daunte Wright was shot and killed yesterday, just north of where George Floyd was suffocated less than a year ago. Both were fathers, both were Black men, both died at the hands of police. Whether it be carelessness and negligence, or a blatant modern-day lynching, the result is the same. Another Black man has died at the hands of police.”About NAACPFounded in 1909 in response to the...
Ten New Members of Congress Seek to Join Federal Lawsuit to Hold Trump and Giuliani Responsible for Inciting Capitol Riot
New Allegations Reveal Two Members Contracted COVID, Others Contemplated “Go Bags,” Burial Locations and Estate Planning Filed by NAACP and Civil Rights Law Firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, Lawsuit Also Names Proud Boys and Oath Keepers WASHINGTON D.C—Ten current Members of Congress today are seeking to join a federal lawsuit filed by Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson accusing Donald J. Trump, Rudy Giuliani, the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers of conspiring to incite a violent riot at the U.S....
NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson, Releases the Following Statement on the Passing of Congressman Alcee Hastings
Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP released the following statement on the passing of Congressman Alcee Hastings:“We are saddened by the loss of Congressman Alcee Hastings. His tremendous crusade against racial injustice as a civil rights lawyer and member of the U.S. House of Representatives is etched into the fabric of our history. As a friend of the NAACP and fierce public servant, his absence will be felt in the halls of congress and throughout Florida’s 20th district. Our thoughts and prayers go out...
Sustainable Building Competition Returns to 2021 ACT-SO
Courtesy of New River Brokerage via The Charlotte ObserverIt is our great pleasure to announce the 2nd annual ACT-SO Sustainable Building Competition during the NAACP 112th Annual National Convention, hosted by the NAACP Centering Equity in the Sustainable Building Sector (CESBS) Initiative and ACT-SO.Sustainable building regenerates, advances, and sustains the social, cultural, economic, and environmental health of place and community. Given how buildings influence our lives,...