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NAACP Youth & College Division “Environmental Justice Engagement”
The NAACP, through the Youth & College Division, lead partnerships with youth-oriented, progressive, green advocacy groups such as, but not exclusive to, Green for All, Hip-Hop Caucus, Repower America, No Child Left Inside and Americans for Energy Leadership, to energize its units around these facets of environmental engagement for people of color to realize the American Dream.
NAACP Supports Full Implementation of the Health Care Reform Law
The NAACP encourages these states to take immediate action with advocacy office visits, press conferences, public forums and other promotional initiatives with assistance from the Washington Bureau and National Office to speak out against these reckless undemocratic legal maneuvers.
Reducing the Consumption of Sugar Products in African-American Communities
The NAACP and its local units explore ways to collaborate with public officials, community organizations, churches, schools, local recreation centers, the business community and organizations such as Let's Move!, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the many others, including food and beverage companies, working on initiatives to reduce the prevalence of obesity in the African-American community.
NAACP Supports an Aggressive Approach to Maternal and Infant Mortality Disparities in the United States
The NAACP mobilizes its members to advocate for the establishment of presumptive eligibility for Medicaid in all 50 States and the District of Columbia.
Faith Leaders Mobilization to End HIV/AIDS in the Black Community
The NAACP will commit to mobilize and provide technical assistance to faith leaders serving Black communities to address HIV and AIDS.
Vision Screening for Children and Learning
The NAACP will encourage full implementation of the act, appropriate evaluation methods and management strategies be provided and utilized by our medical community, insurance industry and educate families and school communities to reduce the risk of vision problems interference with the learning process, and to inform the public about the importance of developmental vision screenings, and vision hygiene for successful learning, through the use of all media outlets in order to educate the community by holding workshops; town hall meetings; and meeting with State and National Legislators and the State Governors to give immediate attention to this matter and take aggressive action.
Recognizing the Prevalence of Heart Disease and Stroke and its Impact on the Health of African-Americans and Latinos
The NAACP urges its units and members to partner with the American Heart Association's Search Your Heart and Power To End Stroke Campaigns and to advocate for policies that reduce health disparities, and implement programs that educate and empower individuals and families on chronic disease risk factors and warning signs, healthy eating, and physical activities to address these critical issues within the African-American and Latino populations.
Promote Training Via the Internet, On-Line Video for Small Group or Self-Study
The NAACP create and implement a plan of action to make training and educational materials available by the 2011 NAACP National Convention, supplying materials to units digitally and in paper format.
Establishing a Criminal Justice Committee for All NAACP Units
The National Board of the NAACP calls on each State Conference and unit to establish Criminal Justice Committees, and to develop Criminal Justice Action Plans that will advance Criminal Justice Strategies at the state and local levels.
The NAACP Strengthening its Relationship with Africa and African Diaspora
The NAACP pledges to continue to support the efforts of all African nations, and Africans throughout the Diaspora to peacefully promote human rights and growth for the tourism and trade opportunities to include excursions endorsed by the NAACP to Accra, Ghana; to visit the DuBois Center and Cape Coast Castle slave port with the United States while preserving its natural beauty, resources, sovereignty and rich heritage.
Involvement of the Diaspora in Haitian Recovery Efforts
The NAACP work toward including the Haitian Diaspora to play an active and decision-making role in recovery and economic development efforts by making the importance of this issue known to the United States and United Nations officials as well as non–governmental organizations involved in disaster relief.
NAACP Youth & College Division’s Partnership with the Young Leaders of the United Nations for Reaching the Millennium Developmental Goals by the Year 2015
The partnership will also develop educational training and resources to inform youth on measures to significantly decrease the cause and spread of HIV/AIDS throughout the world, especially in the United States and Africa.