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Happy New Year & Happy Martin Luther King Day

Jan 133 min read

Happy New Year & Happy Martin Luther King Day

Dear NAACP true families, friends, and communities who remain working diligently to eradicate racism within our environments, I wish you...

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Yolanda Frazier

Jun 19, 20231 min read

Happy Juneteenth from President Yolanda Frazier!

Happy Juneteenth today and every day as we continually acknowledge and celebrate the African American freedom our country experienced on...

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Jun 1, 20232 min read

June 17: Juneteenth Freedom Celebration

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, is a significant commemoration in American history. On this day, we celebrate the emancipation of...

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Apr 3, 20232 min read

April is Black Women's History Month

While Black History Month is celebrated in February, it is important to recognize that the contributions of Black women to American...

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United States Postal Service will honor former Congressman and Civil Rights leader, John Lewis

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Feb 20, 20232 min read

United States Postal Service will honor former Congressman and Civil Rights leader, John Lewis

See John Lewis talk about the importance of voting: https://youtu.be/gpojMGle0Nc If anyone embodied this year’s NAACP theme of...

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Know Your Black History: Black Women in National Politics

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Feb 13, 20232 min read

Know Your Black History: Black Women in National Politics

Although Black women got the right to vote with the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1920, it wasn’t until the Civil Rights Act of...

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Know Your Black History: York — The first Black man in the Pacific Northwest

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Feb 7, 20232 min read

Know Your Black History: York — The first Black man in the Pacific Northwest

The first Black man known to visit the Vancouver, Washington area and to see the Pacific Ocean, was York, the Black man who was enslaved...

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NAACP VANCOUVER SWEARS IN NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS

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Feb 4, 20232 min read

NAACP VANCOUVER SWEARS IN NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 11, 2023 NAACP VANCOUVER SWEARS IN NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS Vancouver, WA – In November of 2022, the NAACP...

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Know Your Black History: the 15th Amendment

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Feb 1, 20232 min read

Know Your Black History: the 15th Amendment

153 years ago, on February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment was ratified, which granted African American men the right to vote by prohibiting...

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NAACP Vancouver Announces ACT-SO Winners

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Jul 20, 20221 min read

NAACP Vancouver Announces ACT-SO Winners

In April of 2022, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Vancouver Branch held their first National NAACP...

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Jasmine Tolbert NAACP

Jun 2, 20222 min read

NAACP Statement on Recent Events

I want to address and acknowledge the traumas we've experienced at the national level over the last month. We have seen Roe V Wade begin...

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Claudia Carter, Cherished NAACP Executive Board Member, Dies Peacefully

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Apr 23, 20222 min read

Claudia Carter, Cherished NAACP Executive Board Member, Dies Peacefully

Claudia Carter, cherished NAACP Executive Board Member and Chair of the Black History Month Committee, historian, artist and children’s...

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We're Hiring! Apply to be a Black Student Engagement Coordinator.

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Mar 17, 20222 min read

We're Hiring! Apply to be a Black Student Engagement Coordinator.

Hours: 40 Hours per week Compensation: $25.00/hour Start Date: April 1, 2022 End Date: July 31, 2022 with the potential to extend...

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NAACP and CCHM Partner for new Black History Exhibit

Jasmine Tolbert NAACP

Feb 16, 20222 min read

NAACP and CCHM Partner for new Black History Exhibit

The Vancouver National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) #1139 and Clark County Historical Museum (CCHM) are...

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NAACP Statement on 1/30 Police Friendly Fire Shooting

Jasmine Tolbert NAACP

Feb 3, 20221 min read

NAACP Statement on 1/30 Police Friendly Fire Shooting

My Dear Community, We are saddened by this incident as our African American communities can undoubtedly relate to this unfortunate...

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NAACP Vancouver

Feb 1, 20221 min read

February is Black History Month

"Hello Everyone, I'm excited to begin 2022 Black History Month, the national theme this year is "Black Health and Wellness". On the...

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Press Conference on Request to Department of Justice on Policing in Vancouver and Clark County

Jasmine Tolbert NAACP

Nov 10, 20211 min read

Press Conference on Request to Department of Justice on Policing in Vancouver and Clark County

After years of racial profiling, discriminatory policing, excessive force, and disturbing favoritism to known white supremacist extremist...

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Jasmine Tolbert NAACP

Sep 2, 20211 min read

WA Police Legislation Interpretation

This is a clip from our August 2021 General Meeting

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Jasmine Tolbert NAACP

Jul 14, 20211 min read

Police Accountability

July 14, 2021 My dear community, The announcement yesterday in the case of Mr.Donald was disheartening, but did not come as a shock....

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Jasmine Tolbert NAACP

Jun 19, 20210 min read

2021 Juneteenth Recording

2021 NAACP Vancouver Juneteenth recording featuring Dr.Karin Edwards and keynote Dominique Christina

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