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Youth Action

The NAACP believes strongly that future leaders must be developed today, and such development is ongoing in the Youth & College Division, created in 1936. Today there are more than 30,000 young people representing 600 Youth Councils, High School Chapters and College Chapters actively involved in the fight for civil rights. The NAACP has one of the largest organized groups of young people of any secular organization in the country.

Mission

The mission of the NAACP Youth & College Division shall be to inform youth of the problems affecting African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities; to advance the economic, education, social and political status of African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities and their harmonious cooperation with other peoples; to stimulate an appreciation of the African Diaspora and other people of color’s contribution to civilization; and to develop an intelligent, militant effective youth leadership.

Vision

Developing a New Generation of Leadership

Objectives

• Leadership and Activism Training
• Proactive Political and Community Activism
• Recruitment of new Youth Units
• Maintenance of existing Youth Units
• Public awareness of the necessity of youth involvement
• To be the leaders and trendsetters in the area of youth leadership and civil rights training

2010 -2011  Youth Council Officers

• President:  Lillian M. Cook
• 1st Vice President:  Britton Wilson
• 2nd Vice President:  Coree DeShields
• Secretary:  Reyni Sexius
• Asst. Secretary:  Alana Simms-Cleckley
• Treasurer:  Faraline Clebert
• Asst. Treasurer:  Barron Williams