Branch Voices

Jun 30, 20201 min read

Get out the vote! (While staying in.)

Election 2020 GOTV! The state and national NAACP are planning engagement programs for voter registration, vote by mail education and GOTV...

Feb 10, 20201 min read

Branch Voices: My Effort to Make Black Lives Matter

Growing up poor and Black in Jim Crow America, how we treat the poor has always been of paramount importance to me. That is why my first...

Jan 21, 20202 min read

Effort underway to request removal of portrait of former Supreme Court Justice Ruffin

I thought I would share a bit of good news on this Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. On Dec. 24, I sent an email to the Orange County Board...

Jan 14, 20203 min read

Documentary highlights CHCCS achievement gap

To my equity advocate friends, I'm writing to tell you about a new project that has enormous potential to bring attention to the...

Nov 26, 20191 min read

Community Forum on Criminal Justice scheduled for Dec. 14

The NAACP is first and foremost a civil rights organization. I agree with Terrell Thomas, the new Criminal Justice Director of the...