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 Statewide Candidates Invited to the 82nd Annual Virginia State Conference NAACP Convention, October 28, 2017

CANDIDATES INVITED TO VIRGINIA STATE CONFERENCE NAACP Convention 
Saturday, October 28th, 2017  from 2:00pm- 4:00pm
at the Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa at Short Pump

RICHMOND, Va. — Today, all candidates seeking statewide offices to include: Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General have been invited to the 82nd Annual Convention Virginia State Conference NAACP being held on Saturday, October 28th, 2017 at the Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa at Short Pump, from 2:00pm- 4:00pm. “We look forward to having all candidates at our Convention to share some time to discuss their platforms and address concerns of the Virginia State Conference NAACP “  said Linda Thomas, President of the Virginia State Conference NAACP

Affordable Housing Meetings Coming Up – Please Attend!

This Tuesday (9/12) at 10am and 6pm at the Ix Building  (955 2nd St SE, Charlottesville, VA  22902)

Show up to show you care!  These meetings, also called “charettes” will bring together the community and consultants who are working on part of the plans for the Strategic Investment Area (SIA).  They need to see community members and their supporters to understand how important affordable housing is, especially for people making $30,000 or less.  For more info. See the Charlottesville Low-Income Housing Coalition website: https://affordablehousingcville.org/.

Please mark your calendar, hope to see you Tuesday!
Emily

Emily Dreyfus | Community Organizer | Legal Aid Justice Center | 1000 Preston Avenue | Charlottesville, Virginia  22903 | 434-529-1809 | emily@justice4all.org

August 2017 Branch meeting: Showing of the movie 13th

Monday, August 14, 2017  In lieu of our regular meeting and in partnership with the Jefferson-Madision Regional Library, the film "13th" will be shown on Monday, August 14, 2017 from 6:30 – 8:30 at the  Central Library – 201 E. Market St.

"13th" is a Netflix original documentary.  Filmmaker, Ava DuVernay, explores the history of racial inequality in the United States – focusing on the fact that the nations prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.

The documentary was done in 2016 and lasts 100 minutes.  This event is free and open to the public.

Pipeline to Prison

Dr. M. Rick Turner

Dr. M. Rick Turner, Immediate Past President of the Albemarle-Charlottesville NAACP will speak on Pipeline to Prison at the Democrats Breakfast meeting on August 19 at 9:00 A.M. at the JMRL Central Library at 225 Market Street. 

Virginia State Conference NAACP’s 2017 Lobby Team Activities and Update

Summary of Virginia State Conference NAACP’s 2017 Lobby Team Lobbying Activities and Lobby Day Update for Our Community Partners

January 11, 2017 – February 24, 2017

In 2017/2018 You Are Encouraged To Exercise All of Your Rights as Citizens In Virginia 
For More Info & Help with Your 2017/2018 Planning Efforts E-mail: VSCNAACPLobbyDay@gmail.com 
Call: VSC NAAACP Lobby Team at 1-804-647-7087 
Visit: www.VANAACP.org

Click here to download their 2017-2018 brochure.

Commemorate the African American Military Experience

WE WANT YOU
to Commemorate the African American Military Experience
on Friday, November 10, 2017
at Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 4th Street, N.W., Charlottesville, Virginia and
Carver Recreation Center 9:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

We want African American Military Exhibitors and Reenactors
Deadline to submit: October 15, 2017

Help us locate African American Female Veterans

Organizers: The Vet Committee
Contact Information: mmaxineholland@gmail.com  

Click here to download the flyer for this event.
 

NAACP To Counter Virginia KKK Rally with Peace Rally

NAACP To Counter Virginia KKK Rally with Peace Rally

Hate-Group Seeking to Contest Removal of Confederate Statue

Malik Russell
Director of Communications
mrussell@naacpnet.org
410-580-5761 office

Contact:  Lynn M. Bod, Secretary
Albemarle-Charlottesville NAACP
naacp1947@gmail.com

Saturday, July 8, 2017, 2- 5: p.m. Jack Jouett Middle School 210 Lambs Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22901

Charlottesville, VA—In response to reports of a Klu Klux Klan rally to contest the removal of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s statue, the Albemarle-Charlottesville NAACP plans a peaceful counter rally on Saturday, July 8th in Charlottesville.  The NAACP has committed to removing and advocating the removal of Confederate symbols, including statues and from flags in cities all around the nation. In Charlottesville, they continue to support the call to remove the statue of Robert E. Lee.

In response to the NAACP’s call to remove symbols of hatred and White Supremacy around the nation, many White Supremacist groups have attempted to force jurisdictions to move backwards to a time when racism was lawful and legal by maintaining the symbols of a culture that could only exist off the backs of millions of enslaved Africans.  

The NAACP’s has fought against the KKK for a century and was a staunch  protester of the 1915 film, Birth of a Nation — which depicted freed blacks as slovenly, frivolous, lazy brutes who lusted after white women while depicting the KKK as “gallant saviors” – the film is still used today as a recruitment tool for Klan Membership.

 “As the nation’s oldest and most revered civil rights organization, 108 years to be exact, the NAACP recognizes, appreciates and supports the 1st amendment rights of all persons whether or not we agree with particular forms of expression,” said Janette B. Martin, President, and Albemarle-Charlottesville NAACP.

“We will remain vigilant and true to our mission: to ensure the political, social, economic and educational equality of rights of all persons, and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination,” she added.

On Saturday, the Charlottesville NAACP will hold its Albemarle- Steadfast and Immovable Rally from 2- 5: p.m. at the Jack Jouett Middle School 210 Lambs Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22901

The Albemarle-Charlottesville NAACP Branch and other branches throughout Virginia are asking others to join them in taking a stand against racism and for justice, equality and civil rights.

Confirmed Rally Speakers include:     

  • Janette Boyd Martin, President, Albemarle- Charlottesville NAACP
  • Rev. Dr. Susan Minasian, Pastor, Sojourners United Church of Christ in Charlottesville
  • Joe Szakos, Executive Director, Virginia Organizing
  • Shirley Roundtree, Area Chair, Region 11. VSC
  • George Mentore, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia
  • Walt Heinecke, Associate Professor. Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia
  • Claudrena Harold, Associate Professor of History, Carter G. Woodson Institute at the University of Virginia
  • Philip Thompson, President, Loudoun County NAACP Branch
  • King Salim Khalfani, Director, Americans Resisting Minority & Ethnic Discrimination
  • Weston Gobar, President, Black Student Alliance at the University of Virginia

Saturday, July 8, 2017, 2- 5: p.m. Jack Jouett Middle School 210 Lambs Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22901

Last month’s NAACP meeting, June 12, 2017

At our regular monthly branch meeting on Monday, June 12, 2017 at 7:00 PM at the Jefferson School City Center, Charlottesville Police Chief Al Thomas, Jr. spoke about his past year in Charlottesville and how the police department is handling community relations and law enforcement.

Message from our branch president

As the nation’s oldest and most revered civil rights organization, 108 years to be exact, the NAACP recognizes, appreciates and supports the 1st amendment rights of all persons whether or not we agree with particular forms of expression. We will remain vigilant and true to our mission: to ensure the political, social, economic and educational equality of rights of all persons, and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.

Janette B. Martin, President
Albemarle-Charlottesville NAACP