Civic Engagement

The NAACP, along with our half-million adult and youth members throughout the United States, are frontline advocates committed to raising awareness for political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens in the electoral process. With approximately 2,200 adult branches, youth councils, and college chapters in 49 states, 5 countries and the District of Columbia, the NAACP is actively engaged in increasing the African American responsiveness of citizens to be fully engaged in the democratic process.

As we move forward this year, the NAACP is actively engaged in helping people to use the power of their voice by voting. With an aim to increase the young electorate turnout (18-29), the NAACP continues to make voter education a priority. Depending on our regional, state and local units for ongoing electoral work, the NAACP will lead in the struggle for voting rights in the field of grassroots advocacy.

The NAACP will register 300,000 new voters across the nation. We will work through our units to increase the number of young voters by enhancing the Association’s capacity to sustain a perennial grassroots program. Our plan is to equip our units with educational materials, technical assistance, training, online voter registration, new media tools, marketing messaging, mobile text messaging, web based “VAN” style voter contact systems, and constituency coalition building. While Civic Engagement efforts remain at the forefront of the NAACP’s agenda, ensuring Americans’ voting rights are equally important.

Blog Posts

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Eric Wingerter, Vice President of Communications & New Media

Kemba Smith Pradia Fights for Voting Rights of the Formerly Incarcerated Before the United Nations.

Ms. Smith was part of a delegation by the NAACP to bring the topic of voting rights before the UN's Human Rights Commission.

Posted on March 07, 2012 by Adora Obi Nweze, NAACP Florida State Conference President

The Great Equalizer

The act of casting a ballot that gets counted on Election Day is the nation’s great equalizer. For the NAACP in particular, unfettered access to the ballot box and the transformative potential of the franchise is inextricable from who we are and every bit what we must leave for future generations.

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Benjamin Todd Jealous, President & CEO

5 million people…

When all is said and done, millions could be disenfranchised by changes to voting laws in states around the country. Here's what you can do to help prevent it.

Posted on November 19, 2010 by NAACP National Youth & College Director Stefanie Brown & Executive Director of the League of Young Voters Rob "Biko" Baker

A PROMISE for Our Children

We all remember how important self-perception was when we were young. As we worked to shape our identity and learn from new experiences, our self-esteem could rise and fall faster than a 13-year old’s voice.

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