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Working to Achieve Equality and Social Justice

In this section you find helpful information on the following topics, click on each to find out more information:

• Civic Engagement: The focus of Civic engagement department is addressing Voter Empowerment, increasing public awareness and civic participation in Federal, State, and Local Agencies and ensuring Equal Representation.
• Criminal Justice: Goals are to eliminate disparate treatment of blacks in all aspects of law enforcement and criminal justice systems.
  
• Fairness and Opportunity: The NAACP is dedicated to accelerating economic growth in our communities and eliminating existing racial and ethnic economic disparities.
• Education: The overall goal of the NAACP National Education Department is to ensure that all students have access to an equal and high-quality public education by eliminating all education related racial and ethnic disparities.
• Health: The NAACP Health Department's goals are to organize new NAACP Branch health committees; develop national health education initiatives; expand community outreach; and sponsor collaborative programs with other national and local health organizations.
• International Affairs: The NAACP is dedicated to closing the gap of disparities faced by people of color across the globe by promoting fair and equitable human rights and economic justice.
• Legislative: Established June 1, 1941, the NAACP Washington Bureau is the federal legislative liaison and national public policy office of the NAACP.
• Legal Redress: The Legal Department provides legal advice and representation to the Board of Directors and the President/CEO regarding the activities of the NAACP, to ensure maximum protection of the organization's legal rights and to maintain its operations.
• Religious Affairs: The NAACP has always had a strong relationship with the religious community—one of its closest allies for nearly a century. From the beginning, the NAACP has been regarded as the fighting arm of many churches with numerous members participating on both fronts.