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Student Loan Services - Unfair, Abusive & Deceptive Trade Practices
The NAACP affirms the position of state attorneys general, that states have the right to license and regulate the business of student lending and the servicers operating in their state.
Summer Food Supplemental/Child Nutrition Reauthorization
The NAACP will work to fully fund child nutrition reauthorization and work with their Congressional delegation to increase access to the critical federal child nutrition programs-the School Breakfast and Lunch Programs, the Summer Food Service Program, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), which all play a pivotal role in the growth and development of millions of our children.
NAACP Re-affirms its Support for Voting Rights for All and Lifting Up Pro-voter Solutions
The NAACP will never forget and shall always honor those who struggled, and were sometimes met with violence or death, in the name of voting rights for all Americans.
Abolish Prison-Based Gerrymandering
The NAACP Office of the General Counsel will continue to explore the viability of federal and state litigation challenging prison-based gerrymandering.
Eliminate Gender Disparities and Advancing Gender Equity
The NAACP will urge all of its Units to work to identify key local issues that seek to close gender disparities in our communities.
Supports Decriminalization and Regulation of Medical-and Adult-Use of Cannabis
The NAACP calls for Congress to remove cannabis from the list of federal controlled substances and provide federal grants to states seekingto implement entrepreneurship opportunities and job creation in the cannabis industry for low-income individuals and people of color from communities that have been disproportionately impacted by marijuana arrests and prosecutions.
NAACP Calls for an Investigation of Fatal Police-Involved Shootings Around the Nation
The will work with its social justice partners in seeking legal remedies for unlawful killings of Blacks by police officers.
The Call for the NAACP to Support Bail Reform in America
The NAACP will support efforts to implement risk assessment systems to replace money bail.
Decertification of Law Enforcement Officers
The NAACP calls for all states governments to report decertified officers to a national decertification index to ensure that decertification is effective across state lines.
Opposition to Stacking Charges
NAACP units will actively advocate against policies and practices resulting in the stacking of charges by prosecutors at every level of government.
Supporting Imposing a National Surcharge on Bullet Sales to Offset Healthcare and Infrastructure Costs
The NAACP further supports a national surcharge on ammunition, the proceeds of which should go towards our local, state, and national health care needs and systems to help alleviate the high monetary cost of gun violence.
Expanding the Electorate by Giving Youth a Voice in their Future
The NAACP will work to support legislation and ballot initiatives granting sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds the right to vote.