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Calling Upon the President of the United States to Establish a Blue Ribbon Commission to Address the Racial Disparities in America’s Jails and Prisons
The NAACP call upon the President of the United States to (1) appoint a Blue Ribbon Commission and (2) urge both Houses of the United States Congress to hold hearings to assess the reasons for the racial disparities and (3) develop intervention strategies to address the causes in America's jails and prisons at all levels.
Predatory and Payday Lending Practices
The NAACP vigorously seek to prohibit payday and predatory lending. These reforms should address steering borrowers to subprime loans, preventing financing of excessive fees, limiting prepayment penalties, sufficiently addressing mortgage broker abuse and addressing unfair forced arbitration clauses;
Implementation of the “NAACP Call for Action in Education”
The NAACP, through direct action, litigation, enactment of legislation and coalition building, supports the right to live in a safe and healthy environment as a civil right. All units of the NAACP shall closely monitor the response to the NAACP Call for Action in Education.
Environmental Injustice
The NAACP reaffirms its 1993 Health Policy on Environmental Health. The NAACP declares that the right to live in a safe and healthy environment is a civil right that no person should have to sacrifice for economic security or employment.
Mercury Dental Fillings
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People call for: 1. disclosure to all dental patients that the main material in so-called silver fillings is mercury (not silver), that mercury is toxic, and that such fillings constitute a hazardous waste when removed. 2. A ban on mercury-containing dental fillings being placed in young children, pregnant women, or nursing mothers. 3. All Americans be given a choice of dental fillings, including the right to choose alternatives to mercury fillings. 4. The United States Congress give immediate consideration to the Watson-Burton Bill to phase out all mercury in dentistry within five years. 5. State Legislatures to give immediate consideration to legislation comparable to the Watson-Burton Bill.
Equity in Heath Care & Safety
The NAACP urges health plans, federal and state payors to collect, report and monitor patient care data as a means to assess progress in eliminating disparities, to evaluate intervention efforts, and to assess potential civil rights violations.
Reaffirming 1992 Policy on National Health Care
The NAACP strongly urges the President and the Congress to enact into law a single-payer, publicly-administered health care program which includes a prescription drug plan for all the Nation's residents.
Resolution to Save Historical Area in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The NAACP supports the process and application of Murphy Farm and landscape surrounding Harpers Ferry to the National Register of Historic Places to further preserve and ensure its historical significance.
“Administrative Location: National Head Start Program”
The NAACP endorse the strengthening of the Head Start Program under DHHS and that the NAACP further reaffirm its confidence in the DHHS which has the ability and history to move the Head Start Program forward in this New Century.
United Nations World Conference, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Reparations
The NAACP actively participate in demanding that three issues be addressed at the United Nations Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa, August 31 to September 7, 2001:
Credit Cards for Youth
The NAACP and its Units call upon the United States Congress and state legislature to request that institutions include credit card education in the form of a pamphlet, prior to issuing credit cards.
Resolution of Continued Support for a New Flag for the State of Mississippi
The NAACP join with those Mississippians adamantly opposing the validation of the April 17, 2001 referendum vote retaining the confederate flag.