NEW JERSEY STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP

Our mission is to ensure the political, educational, social and  economic equality of
rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and discrimination.

Black Villages Magazine
50 Most Influential Blacks in New Jersey

Congratulations
NJSCNAACP - President James Harris

2nd Vice President Sharon Robinson-Briggs




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President: James Harris
Vice President: Adrienne Sanders
Vice President: Sharon Robinson-Briggs
Secretary: Joyce Mollineaux
Asst Secretary : Kyra Price
Treasurer: Karyn Speights-Norwood
Asst Treasurer: Lois Ruffin

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"We Will Stand: Defending Voting Rights"

In collaboration with Brave New Foundation, the NAACP has put together a new video about the impact of the voting right attacks on communities of color. Please take a moment to watch and spread the message to everyone you know, then text STAND to 62227:

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nHhpTyDYXfM

Our new video, We Will Stand, shows exactly how difficult obtaining ID can be for many people. In the rural South, many people of a certain age have no birth certificate because they were born to a midwife. For them, the barriers to getting a state issued ID without a birth certificate are tremendous. Others are dependent on the rides to the polls provided by church-organized Sunday voting drives, which have been shut down in some states.

In 2012, the NAACP will work tirelessly to ensure every American has the ability to vote. On Martin Luther King Day, we will launch an unprecedented voter registration drive and our first-ever voter identification drive. And throughout next year, we will wage voting rights battles in state houses and courts around the country.

Across the country, community activists are joining us in that effort. As our video shows, South Carolina doctor Brenda Williams has spent countless hours and thousands of dollars helping her patients clear the financial and legal hurdles associated with satisfying the state's new strict voter ID law.

Dr. Williams is a hero in her community – but she cannot do it alone. It is going to take the efforts of people like you to help strengthen our front line and ensure our right to vote in 2012 and beyond.

Text STAND to 62227 and help us build a strong foundation.

 December 10: Stand For Freedom March in NYC

This year, two-thirds of state legislatures have introduced laws that undermine the right to vote. Early voting and Sunday voting are under attack, photo ID requirements will introduce the first financial and document barrier to voting since the poll tax, and racially-motivated bans on ex-felons will wipe tens of thousands off the rolls.

This effort is unprecedented, it is coordinated, and it is targeted. African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, students, working women, seniors and immigrants of all colors will be disproportionately affected.

The right to vote is the heart of our democracy. Throughout our history Americans have been murdered for defending this basic human right. We will not let it be taken away from millions today.

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NAACP Childhood Obesity Advocacy Manual

Childhood obesity is plaguing African-American populations at a rate that is disproportionately higher than the rest of the country. The NAACP is focusing on three policy areas to address the root causes of childhood obesity.

1) Built environment: We need to improve community walkability and public transportation, enhance recreational spaces, and allow for better access to school playgrounds outside of school hours.

2) Food environments: Communities need better access to healthy, affordable foods in corner stores and local grocery stores.

3) School-based policies: Schools must emphasize increased physical activity during the school day and provide more nutritious school foods and drinks, including what is available at meals, in vending machines, and at concessions.