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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