Mission Statement
Our mission is to achieve equity, political rights, and social inclusion by advancing policies and practices that expand human and civil rights, eliminate discrimination, and accelerate the well-being, education, and economic security of Black people and all persons of color.
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
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.
The Six Game Changers
The six NAACP Game Changers below address the major areas of inequality facing African Americans that are the focus of the NAACP’s work.
ABOUT UNIT #6013
Formally created on November 11, 1942, the chapter was designed to eliminate segregation in education, employment, politics, and the community… The chapter was secretly chartered during discussion in city hotel linen closets and homes on Malvern and Central Avenues in Hot Springs. It was often said that members kept their membership cards hidden inside their shoes.
