The NAACP Professional & Executive Diversity Job Fair is coming to Houston, and you’re invited! This event provides a great opportunity to meet face-to-face with companies that are hiring and looking for experienced candidates just like you. NAACP delegates from across the USA and professionals from throughout Texas will attend the 2- day Career Fair. Employers are […]
via:christianpost The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the nation’s oldest African American civil rights group, voted Saturday to support a resolution endorsing same-sex marriage at its board meeting in Miami, Fla. “The mission of the NAACP has always been to ensure political, social and economic equality of all people,” said […]
Yolanda Adams delivered a moving performance dedicated to the late Whitney Houston tonight at the 43rd annual NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles. Click here to take a look at the video of Yolanda Adams’ emotional delivery of “I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry.” WATCH: Brian Courtney Wilson: “Whitney Was Unprotected…” [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO] WATCH: […]
via:eurweb Critically-acclaimed drama “The Help” picked up eight nominations today for the 2012 NAACP Image Awards. The film starring Viola Davis and Golden Globe winner Octavia Spencer will compete for Outstanding Motion Picture against seven-time nominee “Pariah,” Eddie Murphy’s comedy “Tower Heist,” “Jumping The Broom” and “The First Grader.” Read More
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said in a recent speech that African-Americans should demand paychecks and not food stamps. He has also made comments about the NAACP and what members of his party didn't do with the organization!
The NAACP Houston has a new president in the person of Reverend Reginald Lillie, associate minister at Greater True Faith Missionary Baptist Church.
Benjamin Todd Jealous is the president and CEO of the NAACP. Seventeen years ago, I was an organizer in Mississippi. And I was scared. SOURCE: NPR | The Root Benjamin Jealous
Via: defendernetwork.com From March 31 – April 2 the NAACP’s Region VI will hold its 2011 Civil Rights Advocacy Training Institute (CRATI). The event will take place at Houston’s Crown Plaza Hotel Northwest Brookhollow (12801 Northwest Fwy, 77040). The theme for this year’s conference is “Civil Rights Under Siege: Planning for a Better Future.” Advocacy […]
Via: defendernetwork.com A year after stepping down as board chair of the NAACP, Julian Bond is as vocal as ever about the ongoing fight for civil rights.
Via: defendernetwork.com The 42nd annual NAACP Image Awards’ was a star-studded affair that brought together some of the most notable personalities in entertainment to Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium. From Angela Bassett and Anthony Mackie to LL Cool J and Regina King, the stars came out in full force. Tyler Perry, who garnered the most Image […]
