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Protecting the Elderly from Financial Fraud
The NAACP will urge all of its units to work to educate seniors on how to avoid these frauds and assists victims of financial fraud, and take action necessary to expose and halt those who perpetrate the financial fraud in our communities.
School Vouchers and Tax Credits Scholarship Programs
The NAACP will continue to encourage all of its Units to work to provide support for the public school system, to encourage community members to provide services and support to parents, teachers, and students in public schools, and to promote the public school system as the most effective way of providing high quality education to all children.
Reducing Post-Secondary Education Remediation
The NAACP advocates for the creation of an Office of Ombudsmen in the U.S. Department of Education to receive and act upon general complaints and that the Office should be widely publicized.
In Support of Expanding Young Scholars Programs
All units of the NAACP will promote the recruitment of African-Americans to Young Scholars Apprenticeship program models with the goal of curing the number of underrepresented minorities in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers.
A Call for Teacher Diversity in Elementary and Secondary Education
NAACP units will work through the local, state and federal legislative processes to ensure that teacher diversity will be closely monitored and reformed for a more equitable educational system.
Ensuring Adoption of U.S. Department of Education and Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights, Guidance on School Discipline & Follow Up on All Cases Referred by the Schools to Juvenile Courts
NAACP advocates for the adoption of the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education policy on school discipline and urges public elementary and secondary schools and Juvenile Courts to take action and return students referred to Juvenile Courts to the classroom as soon as possible.
Preventing Wrongful Convictions by Improving Accuracy in Eyewitness Interrogation Techniques and Access to DNA Testing
The NAACP advocates that the federal government promote forensic science research and require scientifically developed standards, and implement uniform standards to ensure that scientific evidence offered in court is valid, comprehensive, and conforms to the limits of science so that criminal justice can be adjudicated objectively, transparently, and accurately.
Examination of Law Enforcement/Peace Officers Bill of Rights for Possible Inconsistencies with the U.S. Constitution
In the event of a complaint of a civil rights violation, police misconduct, misuse of force, or abuse of force, NAACP units will provide any such Law Enforcement/Peace Officers Bill of Rights to the NAACP so that it may undertake a review to determine if any constitutional violations can be ascertained.
NAACP Demands Strong Action to Reduce Unemployment and Underemployment Among African Americans
The NAACP continues to support and calls on Congress to pass the yet to be enacted components of President Obama's 2011 American Jobs Act including full funding of the job creation provisions, which would result in an additional 500,000 new public sector jobs and 500,000 new private sector jobs.
Increase in Resource Limit and Means Testing for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to Increase
The NAACP demands that SSI means testing asset limits and resource limits be raised and indexed to inflation in order that the original mandate of the program, making monthly, basic payments to individuals who have low income and few resources and are age 65 or older, blind or disabled. The NAACP supports the "Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2014".
Support of the Fast Food Industry Workers' Movement Fighting to Win a Living Wage & the Right to Form a Union Without Retaliation
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People fully supports the movement of fast food workers to win a living wage and the right to form a union without retaliation and will stand with workers, and take necessary action to build a better and more equal future for all workers.
Calling for a Trauma-Informed Education
All NAACP Units will stand united in challenging the entire education system including colleges and universities that prepare educators, to address the need for a universal, trauma-informed education system across the nation.