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Meet the Los Angeles
NAACP New President
"LEON JENKINS"
The
Los Angeles Branch will be headed by our new president
Leon Jenkins, whose community involvement includes
judicial and legal intervention programs for at risk youth
for over 25 years, mentoring and sponsoring community
youth groups, spearheading gang intervention, prison reform,
and rehabilitation programs.
His strong community presence in challenging Proposition
209
in the courts, the three strike laws, increasing Afro-American
student enrollment at UCLA are just a few of the accomplishments
and experience he brings to the office.
President Jenkins understanding of the historic significance
of the role the NAACP has played in shaping today's America
through its past efforts in being the key player in integrating
America by challenging the 100 years old legal principle
of: "Separate but
Equal," in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,
Kansas. In
Morgan v. Virginia, banning states from sanctioning laws
that segregated facilities in interstate travel by trains
and buses. The
right to protect its members while engaging in free speech
and assembly, NAACP v. Alabama. The numerous other lawsuits
filed
to protect and promote the right to vote, to stop unlawful
gerrymandering, to enforce equal hiring practices and
fair housing.
The NAACP has a history of being in the forefront of change
in America, whether by peaceful protest, through the ballot,
or the courts. President Jenkins sees the NAACP's future
through the
eyes of its past, where millions of individuals sacrificed
so much, including their lives for what most of us now
take for granted. "The advocacy for equal rights
for all people is not just a slogan, but the fundament
principle that will drive the Los Angeles NAACP to increase
its presence in the everyday lives of those who need a
voice to advocate principles of fundamental fairness,
equality,
respect and dignity.
A voice that advocates equal access to a college education,
which begins with equal preparation through K-12. A voice
that advocates equal job opportunities, promotions, and
job placement. We will always be an inclusive voice of
fairness for all people regardless of race, color or creed
united under a big tent of understanding, teamwork, shared
opportunity, and cooperation through the democratic process.
Come Home to your roots,
there is no better time to become active
in the Los Angeles NAACP, we need you, America needs
to hear your voice.
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