NAACP Weekly News Update 11.12.21
GMA:Judge in Ahmaud Arbery murder trial acknowledges ‘intentional discrimination’
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson weighs in on the state of race relations during high-profile trials.
NAACP Weekly News Update 11.5.21
WYPR: NAACP asks athletes to avoid playing in Texas. Last week, the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization asked athletes to essentially mess with Texas by staying away.
What to Do If You Are a Victim of Racial Discrimination in the Workplace
Discrimination in the workplace based on your racial identity is illegal. Both state and federal anti-discrimination legislation prohibits this sort of discrimination.
Organizers, city officials look to boost turnout in an off-year election
Although Tuesday’s general election in Philadelphia lacks the draw of a national candidate and the city’s most high-profile races — City Controller and District Attorney — are all but settled, get out the vote efforts are persisting across the region.
One year after Wallace shooting, we ask: Do more Philadelphia police officers have Tasers?
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The last seconds of Walter Wallace Jr’s life have played in the minds of many people for the past year. They are among those who watched the police bodycam video of Wallace right before he was shot by Philadelphia police.
NAACP Weekly News Update 10.22.21
USA Today:Biden: Fight for voting rights ‘far from over,’ a day after third bill fails in the Senate
“At the end of the day, if we don’t make this happen, it’s going to rest at the feet of not only the president but members of the Senate,
NAACP Weekly News Update 10.15.21
The Hill: NAACP president pushes for more emails from NFL after Gruden resignation. NAACP President Derrick Johnson called Thursday for the release of additional emails from the NFL investigation that prompted the resignation of Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden
Mt. Airy street renamed for J. Whyatt Mondesire
The City of Philadelphia officially named the 6600 block of Germantown Avenue as J. Whyatt Mondesire Way. It was a very special ceremony that took place in the heart of Germantown Avenue in the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia. Most of the day’s celebration was in honor of the hard work and dedication of newly elected NAACP president and Philadelphia Sunday Sun publisher Catherine Hicks, Philadelphia City Council and the Mondesire family.
VOTERS’ GUIDE: PENNSYLVANIA GENERAL ELECTION 2021
Polls will be open on November 2, 2021, from 7am to 8pm. You know the drill—you are able to vote as long as you get in line by 8pm, even if it takes you hours to get inside.
Philadelphia Officer Taken Off Patrol After Video Surfaces
Philly PD will conduct an internal investigation. The video shows an officer, who police have not identified, talking with a man who claims he is trying to walk to his car.
