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Resolution

Change Article IV, Section 7(a) (Membership) in the Bylaws for Units of the NAACP

(Youth Council Membership)

CURRENT

7(a). Any person under age twenty-five (25), who is in accordance with the principles and policies of the Association, may become a member of a Youth Council, with the consent of the Board of Directors, by accepting the terms of the Constitution of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and by paying annually the requisite fee. On his/her 25th birthday, the youth council member must transfer his/her membership to the branch.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, to change Article IV, Section 7(a) in the Bylaws for the Units of the NAACP to read as follows:

RECOMMENDED CHANGE

7(a). Any person under age twenty-five (25), who is in accordance with the principles and policies of the Association, may become a member of a Youth Council, with the consent of the Board of Directors, by accepting the terms of the Constitution of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and by paying annually the requisite fee. By his/her 25th birthday, the youth council member must transfer his/her membership to the branch or College Chapter if currently enrolled as a student at said college or university.

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