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Governor Signs California NAACP-Sponsored Bill to Ban Terror With a Noose

August 12, 2009
After being passed by the State Legislature with no opposition, Governor Schwarzenegger has signed into law the California State NAACP’s sponsored bill prohibiting the act of terrorizing and threatening a person’s life, by hanging a noose...

California NAACP Salutes Confirmation of Judge Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court

August 08, 2009
"The California NAACP salutes the United States Senate vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor to be the next Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. History has been made with Judge Sotomayor being the first Hispanic and only the third woman to serve in this esteemed position," stated Alice Huffman, State President...

ALERT! California NAACP Bill to Stop Terror With a Noose Goes to Governor

July 23, 2009
The State Legislature has passed the California State NAACP’s sponsored bill prohibiting the act of terrorizing and threatening a person’s life, by hanging a noose...

CALIFORNIA NAACP PRESIDENT ALICE HUFFMAN TO WARD CONNERLY:
“We need more equal opportunity in our state – not less.”

June 11, 2009
California State NAACP president Alice Huffman issued the following statement in response to a Pacific Legal Foundation lawsuit promoted today by anti-affirmative action advocate Ward Connerly...

CALIFORNIA NAACP DECRIES BILINGUAL MANDATES THAT MAY FOSTER EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST QUALIFIED JOB SEEKERS

May 12, 2009
The California Assembly Judiciary Committee failed today to pass out of committee AB 781 that provides that city, county, or state governmental entities shall not discriminate against an employee or an applicant for employment on the basis of the ability of the employee or applicant to speak a language other than English, unless an ability to speak a language other than English constitutes a bona fide occupational qualification...

Assembly Committee Passes Ban On Terrorizing With A Noose

Mar 31, 2009
The Assembly Public Safety Committee today passed the California State NAACP’s sponsored bill prohibiting the act of terrorizing and threatening a person’s life, by hanging a noose...

CALIFORNIA STATE NAACP ISSUES STATEMENT ON OAKLAND POLICE OFFICER DEATHS

March 23, 2009
The California State NAACP today issued the following statement regarding the deaths of four police officers slain in the City of Oakland...

CA NAACP Addresses Death of Oscar Grant in Oakland

Jan 8, 2009
The California State NAACP today urged California Attorney General, Jerry Brown, to intervene into the investigation of the January 1, 2009 shooting of Oscar Grant.

STATEMENT FROM ALICE HUFFMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE NAACP Regarding the State Supreme Court's Refusal To Overturn Proposition 8

January 08, 2009
"The NAACP is celebrating 100 years of fighting for social justice and equal opportunity for minorities. The rights of Gay and Lesbians to marry is most certainly a civil rights issue of the first order. By refusing to overturn Proposition 8 the California Supreme Court deferred to a simple majority to eliminate equal protection rights for a disenfranchised minority. This is what the NAACP has fought about for over 100 years...

CA NAACP to host "Civil Rights and Marriage Equality" a Forum on Same Gender Marriage

Oct 1, 2008
The California State Conference of the NAACP is hosting a Town Hall meeting on Civil Rights and Marriage Equality: a Forum on Same Gender Marriage.

CALIFORNIA STATE NAACP HIRES MALAKI SEKU-AMEN AS LOBBYIST

July 28, 2008
The California State NAACP today issued the following statement regarding the deaths of four police officers slain in the City of Oakland...

CA NAACP Salutes Decision on Same-Sex Unions

May 16, 2008
The California NAACP salutes the ruling of the California Supreme Court mandating that same-sex couples have the same right to benefits of civil marriage as opposite-sex couples.

Media Advisory: Clearlake 3 Press Conference

Nov 14, 2007
CA NAACP will be holding a press conference in support of the Clealake 3.

CA NAACP Takes Up Cause Of Clearlake 3

Nov 14, 2007
The California State Conference of the NAACP has taken an advocacy role in a criminal case known as the Clearlake 3 in which a young man is charged with murdering his two childhood friends when they allegedly broke into a home to buy drugs.