January 23, 2012

Join the Los Angeles NAACP in finding solutions to FOOD DESERTS, and its effects on our HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, AND A BETTER LIFE on Febraury 4, 2014 at SOUTHSIDE BETHEL CHURCH from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Click here for details.

January 23, 2012

Los Angeles NAACP, L.A. Sentinel, Alliance for Equal Opportunity in Education, SCLC, L.A. Urban League, BAMN’s Legal Team, Brotherhood Crusade, UCLA Africa Student Union, CBSE, California Law Professors and Constitutional Historians, California Social Science Researchers, BCCLA [partial list] are calling on the one million African Americans in California, and other minority groups to join us in our effort for a show of force and support for the reversal and repeal of Proposition 209 on February 13, 2012 at 9:00am before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals located at 95 7th Street,
San Francisco, California, 94103. Click here for details.

December 8, 2011

Civil rights, student groups launch campaign targeting Prop. 209

The Coalition seeks support in persuading a federal court to strike down the state law, which bars consideration of race, sex of ethnicity in public education, employment and contracting.

By Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times

A coalition of civil rights and student groups launched a statewide campaign Wednesday, December 7 to support efforts to overturn California's Proposition 209, which prohibits public universities from considering race and gender in admissions decisions. Click here to read the complete L. A. Times article.

December 7, 2011

The Los Angeles NAACP, Los Angeles Sentinel, Alliance for Equal Opportunity in Education, SCLC, Los Angeles Urban League, BAMN’s Legal Team, Brotherhood Crusade, UCLA Africa Student Union, Coalition for Black Student Equity, California Law Professors and Constitutional Historians, California Social Science Researchers, Coalition of Black Clergy and Community Leaders Association [partial list] are calling on the one million African Americans in California, and other minority groups to join us in a Press Conference to address the “LACK OF DIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITIES.”

THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD ON
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2011
AT 10:00 AM
AT THE LOS ANGELES SENTINEL
3800 CRENSHAW BLVD., LOS ANGELES, CA. 90008

Click here to view the press release.

November 14, 2011

The Los Angeles NAACP, The Los Angeles Sentinel and the California African-American community join forces to oppose Proposition 209 in Michigan and California. Click here to view the article.

October 6, 2011

The Los Angeles NAACP's Legal Redress Committee has written an Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court) Brief in support of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals overturning Michigan's version of California's 209.  Click here to view the brief.