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DREW COUNTY
NAACP BRANCH #6042
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INVOLVED
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Our mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.
Our Drew County Monticello Branch hosts the annual freedom fund banquet and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration events.
There's more to come.
Monticello City Council
Drew County Quorum Court
Monticello School Board meetings
Drew Central School Board Meetings
MEDC
City Parks & Recreation
Community Sports
Take a stand. Answer the call for equality. Answer the call for civil rights. Join the oldest and boldest civil rights organization in the nation. Join the Monticello Branch #6042. Help make our community equal.
DREW COUNTY
NAACP BRANCH #6042
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Vision Statement
The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race.
Objectives
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To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens
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To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States
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To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes
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To seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights
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To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination
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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.
LOCAL GOALS
The Monticello Branch goals are to strengthen the presence of the local branch in city and county government, education, health, wealth and economics, politics and community. We pledge to network with fellow organizations to insure the practice of justice and equality for people of color and all minority groups.