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Promoting Restorative Justice
The NAACP will promote restorative justice principles wherever possible, seek expansions in restorative justice programs at the local, state and national level, and hold state governments accountable for collecting data on the status and quality of restorative justice programs to ensure that these programs are equally accessible to communities without race or class bias.
Task Force on Long-Term Prisoners
Branch prison support committees, and where applicable, state conference prison project committees, monitor and report annually on the progress of the Task Force on Long Term Prisoners in its year end unit activity report.
Restoration of Prisoners' Pell Grant Eligibility
The NAACP calls upon the Congress of the United States of America to enact legislation to restore prisoners' Pell Grant eligibility.
Resolution to Establish a National Program to Empower Families and Communities
The NAACP launch a national Empowerment Campaign focused on addressing and eradicating poverty. The Empowerment Campaign will focus on these target areas: Family and Community Financial Empowerment, Educational Empowerment, Health Empowerment, Civic Engagement and Empowerment.
NAACP Resolution for Decreasing the Dropout Rate for Minority Students
The NAACP calls on federal, state, and local policymakers to devise means of rewarding schools for decreasing dropout rates and increasing graduation rates for minority students;
NAACP Resolution for Increasing National Board Certified Minority Teachers
The NAACP calls on HBCU's and other colleges of education nationwide to work with NAACP state conferences to develop a range of appropriate cultural competency development opportunities for teacher education students prior to graduation.
Inaccuracies in the Depiction of Africans and African Americans in Social Studies Textbooks
All students and especially, African-American students, will be able to read in their school history texts an accurate account of the contributions of African-Americans (in all fields of endeavor) to the settlement, growth and development of this country.
Climate Changes and Discriminatory Practices
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will educate communities on the impact of global warming as well as advocate for legislative policies at the local, state and federal level, and urge its international affairs department to promote policy as non-governmental organization (NGO) that aims to meaningfully reduce climate change which impacts communities of color.
Call for Recompense for Victims of Environmental Racism
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hereby demands that the Congress of the United States of America with cooperation from other legislative bodies move expeditiously to identify solutions, enact laws, appropriate funds and set policy that will eradicate the blight of environmental racism across the nation.
NAACP Anti-Tobacco Policy
The NAACP commit to eliminating disparities in access to tobacco prevention and cessation services
Psychiatric Drugs & Foster Care
In all cases where parental rights have not been terminated, parents will have the right to demand due process in controlling all attempts to medicate their children for previously Undiagnosed psychiatric conditions. Their rights shall include, but not be limited to, second opinions, legal guidance and support from the advocacy agency of their choice.
National Call to Action to Address Housing Affordability
The NAACP provide information and training materials about Housing Trust Funds to units and engage branches, Women In the NAACP and the NAACP Youth and College Division to include information about Housing Trust Funds in existing and new programming.