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Left to right: Joyce Batten, Secretary; Carol Collier, Second Vice-President; Rev. Marva Edwards, First Vice-President; Deena Pierott, Treasurer; and Margo Bryant, President. The NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is the oldest, largest and strongest Civil Rights Organization in the United States. The principle objective of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of the United States. The NAACP is committed to achievement through non-violence and relies upon the press, the petition, the ballot and the courts, and is persistent in the use of legal and moral persuasion even in the fact of overt and violent racial hostility. National History information.

The Vancouver Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People shall work to advance the political, educational, and social status of Black people and other people of color; to eliminate racial prejudice; to establish a harmonious relationship between all people.

Unless announced otherwise, NAACP general membership meetings from now through 2010 will be held on the third Saturday of each month, 10:00 am - Noon, at YWCA Clark County, 3609 Main Street, Vancouver.

NAACP President and CEO Remarks on Haiti Earthquake

“The entire NAACP family is deeply saddened by the earthquake that occurred in Haiti yesterday afternoon. The thoughts and prayers of the NAACP’s 2200 units go out to the families and those affected by this tragedy,” stated NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous. “The swift actions by the US Government and other countries show the world’s compassion for tragedies like the one that occurred in Haiti. The NAACP commends President Obama for the Administration’s rapid response to this tragedy.”

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December2009 Newsletter

The Skanner News Book Project Documents the First Families of Vancouver (October 22, 2009)

Gifford Pinchot National Forest Hosts Ten Summer Youth Employment Program Participants

THEME: TOGETHER WE CAN Together We Can: Vancouver Branch NAACP Annual Awards Banquet (9-26-09) From CVTV Program video archives

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Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Archive (CRBEHA)

The CRBEHA brings together selected highlights of the ethnic collections from leading repositories in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

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Clark County Historical Society and Museum

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