Word: naacp
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...change the world for the better.” “This award will serve as a constant reminder to me to chart the right course,” Madigan said. Matos, on the other hand, started out as a human rights advocate for Amnesty International and the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Her work with death row inmates led her to focus on preventive measures that would discourage vulnerable individuals from leading lives of crime. Now, Matos leads the oldest Latino community service organization in New Haven, Conn. “Lisa Madigan and Kica Matos have...
...Mehlman has been particularly aggressive in this initiative. Since taking over as head of the Republican Party earlier this year, the former White House political director has spoken at 31 events focused on outreach to African-Americans, from historically black colleges to small NAACP chapters. He's pointedly criticized the so-called "Southern Strategy" Republicans used in the past to appeal to white voters in the South by using race as a wedge issue. Mehlman's message is twofold: that some GOP policies appeal to blacks better than those of the Democrats, and that because blacks give 90% of their...
...majority of the money raised went to the American Red Cross, the NAACP Disaster Relief Fund, the Bush-Clinton Relief Fund, and the Salvation Army Disaster Relief Fund, Power wrote. Several smaller organizations also received...
...rely on our tribal government—the real Sioux, Dakota, and Lakota tribal governments who have also steadfastly opposed the “Fighting Sioux” nickname—to represent us. Perhaps we would also benefit from the support of organizations such as the NAACP and the Rainbow Coalition, who would surely be up in arms if any school name referred to black Americans. But for now, we will stick with the regulatory organizations that can sanction UND, be it the NCAA or through academic accreditation associations.Everyone, from the governor of North Dakota to our U.S. senators...
...Farrakhan: It was a long time before the President met with the Congressional Black caucus, and he's never appeared before the NAACP. Even though he has put black people into high positions, that has not made black people feel that he is closer...