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From Economic Reciprocity Initiative to Opportunity and Diversity Report Card
The NAACP Economic Department will work with local units and state conferences to advance diversity and inclusive practices in the aforementioned industries and will provide toolkits and other resources for local advocacy concerning corporate diversity and inclusion.
Promoting Job Creation and Economic Diversification through Attraction and Expansion of Film, Television and Digital Media Production
States must establish an environment within their borders to attract, retain and expand film, television and digital media production and recognizes that the centerpiece for any plan to diversify and strengthen their respective economies through film, television and digital media production begins with a competitive incentive that is nimble enough to adjust to the rapidly evolving industry.
Community Reinvestment Act
State Conferences will take the opportunity to engage banking commissions to ensure the full intent of the CRA be implemented within the respective communities.
Overcoming the Racial Wealth Gap through the Development of Affordable and Sound Mortgage Lending Products for the African American Community and Communities of Color
The NAACP will engage with our banking and mortgage partners and other lending institutions to adopt and utilize homeownership assistance and mortgage programs that focus on increasing homeownership and home equity for African-American and other communities of color.
NAACP Reaffirms Support for Low Paid Workers
With recognition of the disproportionately high levels of unemployment and low wage work in the African American community, the NAACP advocates for the specific inclusion of African Americans in jobs that provide a living wage and fair benefits.
Medical Student Loan Forgiveness
The NAACP will advocate for a long-term solution to level of education debt that forces many people committed to public service from pursing such options.
Common Core State Standards
The NAACP supports Standard Core Curriculum and Assessment measures that take into consideration all students ethnic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds in delivering education services.
NAACP Supports Every Child Reading by the First Grade, Mastery by the Third Grade
The NAACP advocates for reading proficiency by the end of the first grade in an effort to promote early literacy building interventions in pre-K through third grade that would make retention unnecessary. The NAACP Education Department will assemble a basic set of tools and training modules available to NAACP units to implement this crucial policy.
Universal Early Childhood Education
The NAACP provides its support to the President and to Congress in enacting, and in implementing, a universal, high quality pre-K early childhood education program.
NAACP Calls for Full Implementation of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act
The NAACP opposes the decisions of either the governor and/or the state legislatures of following states: Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming that have chosen to oppose the ACA funds needed to expand services to the most vulnerable Americans who will now qualify for Medicaid under the new law. The NAACP directs all of its units in these states to take immediate action with legislative office visits, press conferences, public forums, op-ed's and other promotional initiatives to speak out against these decisions.
NAACP Opposes Funding Cuts to Support Healthy Start Programs Across the U.S.
The NAACP encourages all local units and state conferences to support Healthy Start programs in your jurisdiction by contacting their federal and state legislative leaders to ask them to maintain their current Healthy Start services with no cuts to the proposed budget.
NAACP Healthy Living Program
The NAACP units are encouraged to offer healthy food and exercise options during conventions, meetings, and other events.