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Jury Panels
The NAACP calls upon the American Bar Association, the National Bar Association, and other national legal associations to develop programs to increase non-white representation in jury pools.
Abolition of Juvenile Life Without Parole for Juveniles
The NAACP Units call upon their legislatures to abolish juvenile life without parole sentences for crimes.
NAACP Opposes Transfer of Youth to the Adult Criminal Justice System
The NAACP supports the creation and maintenance of programs and services that address the educational, health, mental health, and vocational needs of youth currently in and exiting the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems.
Hangman‘s Nooses as Constituting a Hate Crime
The NAACP fight under state law to make hanging a noose or burning a cross a felony in state statutes. Law enforcement officials unequivocally exercise their authority to stop such racially hateful conduct by holding individuals responsible for such behavior by the timely and full prosecution under available hate crime laws.
Privatizing and Outsourcing Manufacturing Jobs in Prisons is Contributing to Low Wages
The NAACP will advocate for legislation to require that companies engaging in prison labor who provide health care and other benefits to their permanent employees and their family members provide this same coverage to inmates and their family members.
Education Improvement
The NAACP enters into litigation against the government entities that refuse to provide proper education and make available employment opportunities for our children. The NAACP identify these school districts with unequal funding formulas and develop strategies for equalization of funding.
Support of Remedial Education for Youth and Young Adult Who are Not in High School
All NAACP units actively advocate for the continued funding of programs designed to ensure that remedial education opportunities are available for youth lacking the basic literacy and math skills not in high school.
Oppose Wal-Mart‘s and Other Retailers Unfair Labor Practices
The NAACP work with Wal-Mart and other retailers to overcome any of their practices that are inconsistent with the highest standards of labor and civil rights, to ensure equal opportunity and equal pay for women, people of color and other minorities, and work with local communities to effectively address Wal-Mart's and other retailers negative impact on issues like the environment and local businesses, and establish a ―Buy America‖ program that annually increases the percentage of ―Made in America‖ goods purchased by Wal-Mart and other retailers so as to help protect American jobs.
Workplace Bullying
All NAACP units will seek legislation at all appropriate levels to deem workplace bullying illegal.
An Act to Re-affirm NAACP Resolutions Previously adopted on Environmental Racism in 1996, 2000 & 2001 and, to Further Oppose the Planning and Location of Level-4 Bio-Safety Laboratories and Hazardous Facilities Designated for Densely Populated Areas
The NAACP calls upon its state and local units to work with local community organizations and citizens to prevent Level-4 Bio-Safety Laboratories and hazardous facilities from being located in densely populated areas; and, to advocate that their elected officials on the national, state and local levels file and enact legislation that prohibits the planning and location of Level-4 Bio-Safety Laboratories and hazardous facilities in urban and other densely populated areas.
Environmental Justice and the African-American Community
The NAACP will call upon the State Environmental Protection Agency to prepare a statewide information card on the site.
Regarding Environmental Racism
The NAACP call upon locally elected officials to equitably enforce existing zoning and health ordinances and other laws related to environmental and other hazardous conditions.