The Nation's First Rural Branch
NAACP, Fairfax County Branch
P.O. Box 2363
Falls Church, VA 22042
Phone (703) 591-4488
fairfaxnaacp@aol.com
General Membership Meeting - 3/9 at 7 pm
At our March 9, 2010 meeting, there will be a special presentation on Police Misconduct in Fairfax County. According to the media, "minority groups have been especially targeted by the police for racial profiling which has been a major point of contention between the police and communities of color." The Branch wants to address this issue in our community. Following the presentation there will be a question and answer session. The meetings will be at Bethlehem Baptist Church, 7836 Fordson Road, Alexandria, VA 22306.
Join the Mount Vernon CROP Hunger Walk - 3/21 at 1 pm
What is a CROP Hunger Walk? It's neighbors walking together to take a stand against hunger in our world. Together we raise awareness and funds for international relief and development, as well as local hunger-fighting. The walk begins at 1 pm at Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church (2100 Sherwood Hall Lane). We will walk along Sherwood Hall Lane, then proceed around the library, and back to the church. Three-fourths of the proceeds from the walk will go to Church World Service (CWS), the remainder of the proceeds will go to the relief fund for Haiti. Registration begins now! For more information call Owen Shortt (202) 215-7320 or Lisa Aggison (703) 360-4212.
Richmond Highway Community Job Fair - 3/26 at 10 am
Mount Vernon Athletic Club, 7950 Audubon Ave., Alexandria, VA 22306
You'll have a chance to meet with many local companies AND have on the spot interviews. Come prepared to distribute your resumes and meet face-t0-face with potential employers. Come DRESSED for SUCCESS. Please wear appropriate business attire. For more information, please call 703-360-7300.
Come and take advantage of this great opportunity! Sponsored by the Mount Vernon Athletic Club & Together We Are The Answer.
White House Initiative on
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
President Obama's 2011 budget calls for $98 million in new money for HBCUs, including a commitment of $850 million over 10 years, according to the White House. The current budget also calls for an increase in the Pell Grant program, raising the annual payout to $5,710. More than half of all students attending HBCUs qualify for Pell Grants and other forms of support, according to the administration. Read more...
Fairfax County Budget - Fiscal Year 2011
The Fiscal Year 2011 Advertised Budget (July 1, 2010 thru June 30, 2011) has been presented to the Board of Supervisors. You can submit your comments online, view the budget, and sign up to speak at a hearing. Make your opinions known!
Yes, We Count!
It’s Census time. Every 10 years, the U.S. government conducts a national survey by sending a short questionnaire to every household in the country. Participation is crucial, because every person counted--or not counted-- impacts the next ten years of federal funds, political representation, public infrastructure, and private investment in your community. Join us on the NAACP’s Yes We Count Census web page, where you can get involved, take our online pledge and sign up for our Census mobile network.
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Founded Feb. 12. 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest, largest, and most widely recognized grassroots–based civil rights organization is in its Centennial year. Its more than half-million members and supporters throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization, and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.
Tinner Hill has been recognized as being the location where the first rural branch of the National Association for the Protection of Colored People (NAACP) was initiated in the United States. In 1915, a few brave African American citizens—led by E.B. Henderson and Joseph Tinner—fought an ordinance that was proposed that would have segregated housing. They called themselves the Colored Citizens Protective League (CCPL) the group evolved to become the first rural branch of the NAACP in the nation.
Join the NAACP, Fairfax County Branch to support the mission and objectives below:
Our Mission and Vision Statement
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
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.
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.
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