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NAACP Supports Reduction in Small Arms and Light Munitions Traffic in Pots- Conflict African
The NAACP shall use its non-governmental organization (NGO) observer status at the UN to participate in the 2010 BMS to speak out against small arms trafficking and work in coalition with other NGO observers to strengthen international laws and regulations to prevent small arms trafficking.
NAACP Supports Sustainable African Development by Building Human Resource Capacity and Expanding Quality Education
The NAACP shall, in consultation and coordination with African nations and other supportive organizations advocate for policies that advance Sub-Saharan Africa's sustainable development through building human resources by capacity building and an education agenda.
NAACP Supports Applying the Decision by the US Sentencing Commission to Reduce Mandatory Sentences for People Convicted of Crack Cocaine Possession Retroactively to Those Already in Prison and Reiterates Support for Eliminating the Sentencing Disparity
The NAACP commends, supports and appreciates all of the efforts by the US Sentencing Commission to eliminate the crack cocaine/powder cocaine sentencing disparity which has resulted in too many African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities and the poor in prison today. The NAACP reiterates its strong support for one-to- one sentencing ranges for crack and powder cocaine convictions consistent with existing powder cocaine sentences.
NAACP Supports Reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act and Strengthening of its Programs and Core Protections
The NAACP supports a prohibition on use of federal JJDPA funds for any programs or facilities that engage in these dangerous practices. The NAACP supports Congress requiring the OJJDP to adopt best practices for providing safe and humane environments for youth.
NAACP Supports a New Look at Federal Budget in FY 2009
The NAACP can and should continue to fight for more federal funding for public education, access to safe, secure and affordable housing, health care access and quality, crime prevention, job training and job creation, small business promotion, the protection of our basic civil rights and liberties, energy assistance, the protection of workers' rights and more, including continued assistance for those whose lives were devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.
NAACP Calls for Federal Action to End the Home Foreclosure Crisis Facing our Nation
The NAACP supports strong anti-predatory lending legislation that establishes higher standards for loan originators and provides stronger penalties and remedies for lenders who break the law, as well as ensuring that any final federal product is the minimum, and that states be allowed to continue to be more aggressive in eliminating predatory lending.
Support of Veterans in Unity with the Community
The NAACP use its Armed Services and Veterans Affairs committees throughout all of its units across the Nation to disseminate the identified resources, services, and programs to its members who are veterans and their families. The NAACP, through its national and state conventions, and regional conferences, continue to raise the level of awareness of the American citizenry of the need to support our veterans when they return back into our communities.
Quality Military Healthcare Resolution
The NAACP calls upon Congress to enact legislation to restructure the healthcare delivery system for active military personnel, veterans and their families to guarantee access to existing VA facilities and private sector healthcare providers for both physical and mental healthcare needs, including necessary medications.
Proposed NAACP National Popular Vote Resolution
The NAACP supports a constitutional amendment abolishing the Electoral College. The NAACP supports election of the President of the United States by direct popular vote.
NAACP Condemns Islam-A-Phobic, Mean Spirited, Tasteless and Racially Offensive July 21, 2008 New Yorker Magazine Cover
The NAACP calls on every American who is similarly offended by the cover to contact the New Yorker magazine, either by e-mail at themail@newyorker.com, or via phone at (212) 508 – 0803, or by post at The Mail, The New Yorker, 4 Times Square, New York, NY 10036.
NAACP Supports Efforts to Stop and Reverse the Dramatic Increase the Dramatic Increase in Fuel Process; Supports Long-Term, Aggressive Energy Policy to Insulate Us Against Future Situations
The NAACP calls on all interested parties, domestic and international, to develop long-term strategies to reduce the global demand for gasoline and stabilize the price of energy.
NAACP Continues to Oppose the Death Penalty and Supports the Creation of a Commission to Investigate the Current Disparities Plaguing the Federal Death Penalty Sentencing Process
The NAACP strongly supports and calls for the enactment of legislation to be introduced by Senator Russ Feingold (WI), the National Commission on Capital Punishment Act of 2008 as a means of investigating the inadequacies surrounding the current Federal Death Penalty.