NAACP Resolutions

Each year during the Annual Convention, delegates participate in a legislative session to establish policies and programs that the NAACP will pursue during the upcoming year. The resolutions are then ratified by the National Board of Directors at the October  Board of Directors' meeting. There is so much happening at the national level, and you can follow it here: NAACP Resolutions Library

For 2024, these are some of the topics addressed in the resolutions:

• Civil rights: LGBTQ+ resolution, reclaiming the word "woke" as part of African American culture.

• Commemorative and memorial: Designation of the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument

• Criminal justice: Addressing the need for gun control, enforcing policies and practices for canine units, interpersonal violence.

• Health: Addressing food insecurity and the future of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), eliminating the shortage of medical workers, expanding treatment for sickle cell disease

• Education: Language to boost historically Black colleges and universities, expand Black students' access to extracurricular activities

• Environment: Environmental justice, artificial intelligence 

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