Our Mission The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination
Our Vision The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination.
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.
Note: General NAACP
Membership meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month,
with the exception of July and August, at the Zion Missionary
Baptist Church, 16th & Laurel, at 6:30 p.m.
News You Can Use
MLK Unity March on January 16, 2012
The NAACP hosted the Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity March on Jan.16, 2012. The march started at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church and end at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, and was followed by a program on anti-bullying and voter registration drive. More than 150 people of different ages and races participated in the event.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please call 217-789-2721 or email thaley526@springfieldnaacp.org.
"Emancipation & the Dream of Freedom - From Slavery to the White House" a dramatic portrayal of the quest for freedom from the 1860's through 1960's and today.
A podcast series of eye-witness accounts of individuals who were in the Springfield Race Riot of 1908.
Veatrice Crawford
Mary A. Daniels
Michael Gaines
Larry Golden
Marian Goza
Deborah J. Grant
Judith A. Johnson
Braimah Kanu
Kenneth L. Page
R. Beverly Peters
Ethel Gingold, ex-official
Back-to-School/Stay-in-School Alternative Education Program
