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Health and Racial Implications of Hair Straightening Chemicals

NAACP resolution be widely disseminated via outlets, including but not limited to, public forums, health committee meetings of each unit, other community activations and engagements to raise awareness of the intersection between environmental health hazards and racial injustice, and that it serves as a catalyst for meaningful change in cosmetic regulation and cultural representation.

NAACP and Singleton Schreiber Announce Official Partnership to Pursue Justice for Sickle Cell Patients Harmed by Pfizer’s Oxbryta

NAACP and Singleton Schreiber Champion Justice for Women of Color in Groundbreaking Hair Relaxer Lawsuit

NAACP Partners with Singleton Schreiber to Advocate for Justice for Women of Color Exposed to Harmful Hair Relaxers

Pledge to Educate, Validate, and Litigate the Link Between Hair Relaxers and Cancer

The NAACP will vigorously seek to educate its members, especially Black women members, Black women in general, and all people of color about the higher risk for uterine cancer associated with use of chemical hair straightening product, and encourage and support further and greater research of the harmful effects of such products.

Hair Discrimination is Race Discrimination

The NAACP will advocate for federal, state, and local legislation and public policy recognizing that hair discrimination is racially discriminatory and work to further prohibit such practices as they relate to employment, education, sports, housing accommodations, and public accommodations