About Us
Our Vision
Our Mission
Our Mission
We envision an inclusive community rooted in liberation where all persons can exercise their civil and human rights without discrimination.
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our mission is to achieve equity, political rights, and social inclusion by advancing policies and practices that expand human and civil rights, eliminate discrimination, and accelerate the well-being, education, and economic security of Black people and all persons of color.
Our Programs
Education
Economic Opportunity
Criminal Justice
The NAACP works to ensure that all disadvantaged students and students of color are on the path to college or a successful career... read more
Criminal Justice
Economic Opportunity
Criminal Justice
The criminal justice system is heavily impacted by the bias of police mentality, as well as outdated judicial precedents. It is largely driven by racial disparities, which directly obstruct and deconstruct our minority communities.
Read our Fact Sheet
Download our John Lewis Voting Rights Act Action Update
Read our 10 Demands For All Police Departments
Economic Opportunity
Economic Opportunity
Economic Opportunity
The NAACP Economic Department recognizes the importance of the economy and economic issues in advancing an equal opportunity society and aims to address the challenging economic realities facing our country including poverty, lack of jobs and disproportionate high unemployment, lack of affordable housing, foreclosures, etc. The NAACP Economic Department’s work enhances the capacity of African Americans... read more
Health
Environmental Justice
Economic Opportunity
The mission of the NAACP is to ensure equal political, educational, social, and economic rights for all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. This mission includes a focus on the right of African Americans and other people of color to have optimal health outcomes and access to timely, quality, affordable health care. African Americans continue to have the highest incidence, prevalence and mortality rates from chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity... read more
Civic Engagement
Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice
Environmental injustice, including the proliferation of climate change, has a disproportionate impact on communities of color and low income communities in the United States and around the world. The NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program was created to support community leadership in addressing this human and civil rights issue... read more
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