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Reparations for Unpaid Labor Rendered by Enslaved Persons of African Descent
The NAACP reaffirms its previous position on reparations, established in 1991, as embodied in H.R. 40 by representative John Conyers that demands the United States Government take immediate action to commence hearings and to establish a congressional commission to examine the issue of reparations for descendants of enslaved persons of African descent.
The United States Government to Consider Reparations to African Americans
The NAACP supports the bill by Congressman John Conyers of the State of Michigan to create a Congressional Commission to make reparation proposals to direct descendants of African slaves.
NAACP Calls to Action to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities
The national office shall provide technical assistance to the units to support the implementation of the national calls to action in order to get state conferences to take appropriate action.
NAACP Resolution for Comprehensive Election Reform
The NAACP calls for the use of verifiable, reliable and trustworthy voting machines and other technologies that allow voters to cast a ballot and have it counted on Election Day as well as in any audit conducted after an election.
In Support of Full Voting Rights for the Citizens of the District of Columbia
The NAACP through its national, regional and local offices and its members will continue to raise awareness and educate the American citizenry about this injustice and to take action towards a solution.
Change Article VIII, Section 5(s) Duties of Standing Committees in the Bylaws for the Units of the NAACP
Change Article VIII, Section 5(s) Duties of Standing Committees in the Bylaws for the Units of the NAACP
NAACP Resolution and Action Item Policy Sun-Set Provision
Every two years, the national staff should produce and update a policy database, accessible to the membership, which sets out the Association's policy on key issues.
NAACP Hospitality Report Card
The NAACP will use UNITE HERE's broad institutional knowledge base, and will partner with the Union to help gain an understanding of these issues and to help inform the grades of the hotel corporations in the portions of the hospitality report card outlined above.
Retaining the Original Name of the ACT-SO Program as Defined by its Founder, Vernon Jarrett
The NAACP will always remember the legacy of Vernon Jarrett, founder and creator of the ACT-SO program as the Afro Academic Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics.
Clean Water
This issue will be coordinated through the NMCP's International Affairs Department and will ensure that these issues are presented to the appropriate government agencies, policy makers, and multilateral institutions.
Establishment of a Point Person for International Affairs that Will Link Local Units to the Work of the NAACP in That Area
Each Unit may appoint a liaison for International Affairs who can serve to link the work of the National International Affairs Office with the state or local units to increase the involvement of those units with international issues.
Source of Income Discrimination
The NAACP strengthen existing campaigns, such as the NAACP STOP Campaign and any other subsequent initiatives that support balance and diversity of content in the entertainment industry to create positive role models for young people and by demanding more African Americans and other people of color in decision making positions in the entertainment industry.