Fairfax County NAACP will be hosting a candidate forum for the gubernatorial and lieutenant governor candidates on May 27th at 10am at Chantilly Baptist Church, 14312 Chantilly Baptist Lane, Chantilly, VA 20151. House of Delegate candidates will also be in attendance for a meet and greet. Click here for a flyer containing additional details.
The Fairfax County NAACP invites youth and young adults to share their concerns about today’s social justice issues and give their perspective on how best to shape the future of the civil rights movement. This event is open to members and non-members of all ages, but we would really like to hear primarily from the youth and young adults. Click here to see details of the event including time and location. Please spread the word and we hope to see you there.
The Alexandria Virginia chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will host a membership night on Thursday, April 27, 2017. The event will be held at the Charles Houston Recreation Center at 901 Wythe Street in Alexandria beginning at 7 p.m.
The guest speaker will be Stephen “Steve” Levinson, Esq.
Steve Levinson has been the President of the Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia since 2015. He retired last year from the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department of Homeland Security, having been involved in civil rights-civil liberties for his entire career—over 41 years. Formerly, he was a partner and Chief Legal Counsel in a human and civil rights consulting firm, served as the Human Rights Director for cities in MA and VA for 12 years, and also served as the General Counsel for both the National and International Associations of Human Rights Workers. Steve has a law degree from Boston University School of Law.
The event is open to the public.
For information, contact 703-684-6190 or email naacpalx@rcn.com .
EJ Scott, our Political Action Chair, asked that the message from the PW Area of the League of Women Voters be posted. The League is showing the movie on “Gerrymandering” on May 6th. See the message below for details.
Prince William Area League of Women Voters
Reminder!
May 6th
GerryRIGGED Movie
Presented by OneVirginia2021
at the Haymarket Gainesville Library
Two showings – 10 AM & 12 Noon
Members, Guests and the Public Invited
An RSVP is requested from everyone for planning purposes.
Please RSVP to Carol Noggle at cnogg@gmail.com by May 2nd.
Results of the 2011 Redistricting
Of the 11 Congressional Districts in Virginia, 3 are partially in Prince William County.
Prince William County is represented in Richmond by 5 State Senators out of 40 & 8 State Delegates out of 100.
Of our 5 State Senate Districts, only 1 is entirely within the County boundaries. Two are mostly in Fairfax County; one is mostly in Loudoun County and one meanders from our western border down south through Stafford, Spotsylvania and 2 other Counties along the Potomac.
Of our 8 Delegate Districts, only 4 are entirely within our County boundaries. One is mostly in Loudoun County, one is mostly in Fairfax County, one is mostly in Stafford County and one also covers some of Fauquier County.
See the Senate Map and Delegate Map here.
Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Prince William County Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women invite everyone to attend their educational session on colon cancer. The seminar will be held on Saturday April 22, 2017. Click here to view a flyer containing full details.
You are reminded to vote tomorrow in the special election for Clerk of the Circuit Court. The candidates are Jacqueline Smith and Jackson Miller. The polls are open from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm. If you aren’t sure of your polling place, you can click here to locate it.
There has been a change of Venue for the April 18 General Membership Meeting. The meeting will be held at the Central Library located at 8601 Mathis Avenue in Manassas from 7:30 TO 9:00 instead of at FAME. We hope to see you there.
The following message was forwarded by the Unit President:
Dear Members,
Below is an announcement from the National Office for the vacant Senior Director of Education position Attached are additional vacancies.
Rev. Cozy Bailey
President
PW NAACP
From: Lasalle Mccoy [mccoygitlo@verizon.net]
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 6:52 PM
To: mseaster1@aol.com; vaughanstatenaacp@aol.com
Subject: Fwd: Vacancy Announcement: Senior Director of Education
Branches & Units,
From: “McKinney, Jonathan” <jmckinney@naacpnet.org>
Date: March 17, 2017 at 5:29:52 PM EDT
To: “Ali, Akosua” <akosua.ali@naacpdc.org>, Gerald Stansbury <stansger@gmail.com>, “Thomas, Linda” <LT1863@aol.com>
Subject: Fw: Vacancy Announcement: Senior Director of Education
FYI
Jonathan McKinney
Mid-Atlantic Regional Field Director
Field Operations & Membership Department
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Direct: (410) 580-5133
Mobile: (443) 257-4386
Toll Free: (877) 622-2798
Fax: (410) 358-9786
Email: jmckinney@naacpnet.org
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From: Pinchinat, Trish
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 5:17 PM
To: National Staff
Subject: Vacancy Announcement: Senior Director of Education
Senior Director of Education
Vacancy Announcement – March 17, 2017
| Location: | Baltimore, MD |
| Level: | 6 |
| FLSA Status: | Exempt |
| Union Status: | Non-Union |
| Travel: | Frequent |
SUMMARY: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) seeks a highly experienced individual to lead the Association’s programmatic efforts to ensure all students have access to high quality education. This position reports to the Executive Vice President, Programs.
The NAACP National Education Program strives to ensure that all students have access to an equal and high-quality public education through advocacy training, policy development and guidance, building collaborative networks, and direct action to eliminate education-related racial and ethnic disparities in our public schools. This is the only dynamic play advocacy policy development program in this country since Brown vs. BOE leading voice on equality and fairness.
The current and ongoing work of the Education Program which includes:
SUMMARY OF DUTIES: Under the direction of Executive Vice President, Programs, the Sr. Director of Education’s duties and responsibilities include the ability to, but are not limited to the following:
QUALIFICATIONS: The ideal candidate for this position will possess many, if not all, of the following professional qualifications, competencies and personal qualities:
Nondiscrimination: It is the continuing policy of the NAACP to take affirmative action to assure equal opportunity for all current and prospective employees without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, personal appearance, marital status, familial status, family responsibility, pregnancy or other pregnancy-related conditions, childbirth, disability, military/veteran status, citizenship status, religion or political affiliation, past convictions or incarceration, prior psychiatric treatment, or any other status protected by federal or state law, local ordinance or Executive Orders. The NAACP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Click Here: Click Here
Trish Pinchinat | Director, Human Resources | NAACP
4805 Mt. Hope Drive | Baltimore, MD. 21215
410.580.5117 Direct | 410.580.5735 Fax
www.naacp.org
The Prince William Unit of the NAACP sponsored a candidate Forum featuring candidates for Clerk of the Court on 21 March. This forum was for a special election set for 18 April. The Unit President requests that those who attended please fill out the survey which can be accessed by clicking this link. Your feedback will be very useful in planning futures forums. Thank you in advance for your support.
Following is a message from the Unit President, Rev. Cozy Bailey:
DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BAD WEATHER, TODAY, 13 March, WILL BE A VIRTUAL MEETING ONLY. Please dial in/log in using the provided GOTOMEETING information.
-Cozy
Here is the placeholder meeting for the PWC NAACP Executive Committee.
Agenda will be added to each meeting update. When the 2nd Monday occurs the day before the General Membership meeting (3rd Tuesday), then the Executive Committee meeting will be moved up by a week. If the Executive Committee meeting occurs on a holiday, then it will be moved back one day to occur on the following Tuesday.
The following meeting update is required:
October 9 th à October 10t
Calendar update for this meeting will be sent out shortly.
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Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
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You can also dial in using your phone.
United States: +1 (312) 757-3121
Access Code: 943-273-133
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