Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACTSO)
Chairperson: 

Armed Services
Chairperson: Mr. Darryl Pittman

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• Study conditions pertaining to veterans in the community and serve as a source of information to veterans and their families seeking information on government agencies serving veterans

• Receive and act on all veterans’ complaints relative to discrimination on account of race, color, or creed, or denial of benefits in local areas because of discrimination

Banquets
Chairperson: Ms. Cardell Hunt - huntcardell@hotmail.com

Community Coordinator
Chairperson: Mr. Don F. Bennett, Jr. - dfbennettjr@gmail.com

 

• Enlist the support of other community organizations on issues affecting the interests of African Americans
  and other communities of color

Economic Development/Housing

Chairperson: Ms. Emily C. Grimes

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• Study housing conditions in the local community, receive and seek to address complaints of discrimination

• Oppose all restrictive practices whether public or private and disseminate information and render such other assistance which eliminates discrimination in housing

Education
Chairperson: Ms. Cynthia Brent - worship1956@yahoo.com

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• Seek to eliminate segregation and other discriminatory practices in public education

• Study local educational conditions affecting minority groups and investigate the public school system and school zoning

•  Keep informed of school conditions and strive to correct abuses where found and investigate the effects of standardized and high takes testing practices

• Promote parental involvement in education and aim to be a center of popular education on the race question and on the work of the Association

 

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Health
Chairperson: Ms. Felisa Williams-Brown

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• Work to promote, protect and maintain the health of African Americans

• Assess the health needs of the community and advocate for equal access to health education, care, treatment, and research for all Americans

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Immigration
Chairperson: Mr. Miguel Rodriguez - alamomike65@gmail.com

 

• Build deeper relationships between the NAACP and the Latino community and support immigrant justice issues in the community

 

 

Labor and Industry
Chairperson: Ms. Tiffney Knighten

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• To investigate all cases reported to supervise all litigation in which the Unit is interested.It shall not give general legal advice.

• Seeks ways to improve the economic status of minority groups, work to eliminate discriminatory employment practices in industry, government, wage differentials based on race, unequal opportunities for training, promotion and unfair dismissals

• Encourage greater participation in the trade union movement and work to end discriminatory practices in labor unions and seek the enactment of state and federal fair employment practices and legislation

 

Legal Redress/Criminal Justice
Chairperson: Mrs. Bessie C. Locus - locuslaw@aol.com

 

• Seek to eliminate harsh and unfair sentencing practices that are responsible for mass incarceration and racial disparities in the prison system

• Support and seek to increase trust and public safety by advancing effective law enforcement practices

• Fight for the restoration of the voting rights of formerly incarcerated people and the removal of barriers to employment

• Elevate the voices of crime victim survivors in order to identify and advance systemic breakdowns existing of the criminal justice system that perpetuate crime

• Eliminate zero tolerance policies implemented in our schools which are keeping kids out of classrooms and putting them on a path from a schoolhouse to the jailhouse

 

Martin L. King, Jr.
Chairperson: Ms. Patricia Randall

Membership/Life Membership
Chairpersons: Ms. Ruby C. Jones - lilbit4708@gmail.com
Mrs. Shirley M. Evans- cevans558@gmail.com

 

• Work throughout the year to maintain and increase the membership of the Association and be responsible for planning and organizing the annual membership campaign

• Be responsible on a continuous basis for soliciting new members and for securing renewals

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Mother-of-the-Year (MOY)/Woman-of-the-Year (WOY)
Chairperson: Mrs. Bertha C. Elliott - elliott.bertha@yahoo.com

 

Open House
Chairperson: 


Political Action
Chairperson: Ms. Crystal Edmonds - humanities345@hotmail.com

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• Seek to increase registration and voting and work for the enactment of municipal, state and federal legislation designed to improve the educational, political and economic status of minority groups

• Seek the repeal of racially discriminatory legislation

• Work to improve the administration of justice and to secure equal enforcement of the law, shall be nonpartisan and shall not endorse candidates for public office

Press and Publicity
Chairperson: Ms. Queen Degraphenreid – qed3131@yahoo.com

 

• Endeavor to secure publicity for the work of the Unit and the Association in the local press and on radio, to and other media

• Attempt to interest persons in charge of local news media on conditions affecting minority groups

• Seek to promote media content with fundamental NAACP goals which include the elimination of racial isolation and fear and the furtherance of multi-racial and cultural understanding

Religious Affairs
Chairperson: Rev. Paula Battle-Young

 

• Shall include ministerial and lay religious leaders who are members of the Unit and shall push membership

• Promote an educational program designed to give moral and ethical interpretation to the civil rights struggle

• Interpret the work of the Association to organized religious groups of all faiths and enlist the support of such organized groups for membership, fundraising, and the struggle for equality and full civil rights

UNC FSU College Chapter
President: Ms. Charlece Corbin

 

Women in the NAACP (WIN)
Chairperson: Mrs. Ann Shipman - shipmanDAnn@gmail.com

 

Youth Works
Chairperson: Ms. Georgeanna Pinckney