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NAACP Chapter 1120B
P.O. Box 12333
Portland, Oregon, 97212
Company Overview
Objectives
The following statement of objectives is found on the first page of the NAACP Constitution – the principal objectives of the Association shall be:
To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens
To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States
To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes
To seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights
To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination
To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP’s Articles of Incorporation and this Constitution.
Founded
1914
Mission
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.
Description
The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination.
To this end, the following objectives are proclaimed on the first page of the NAACP Constitution:
-To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens
-To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States
-To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes
-To seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights
-To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination
-To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP's Articles of Incorporation and this Constitution.
General Info
Twitter: @pdxnaacp
General Membership Meeting: Every 4th Saturday, 12:00 - 2:00 at
Executive Committee Meetings: Every 2nd Tuesday, 4:00 - 5:30 at
Public Transit
MAX, #8, #6
Awards
May 19th, 2018 - City of Portland Declared May, 19th Malcolm X Day