HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda 04-02-2019 8-f - Proclamation Recognizing the 110th Anniversary of the NAACP 1
ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: April 2, 2019
Action Agenda
Item No. 8-f
SUBJECT: Proclamation Recognizing the 110th Anniversary of the NAACP
DEPARTMENT: BOCC
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Proclamation Donna Baker, Clerk to the Orange
County Board of Commissioners,
919-245-2130
PURPOSE: To approve a proclamation recognizing the 110th Anniversary of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 2019.
BACKGROUND: The NAACP was founded in 1909 as a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice
for African Americans and has grown to over 500,000 members.
The mission of the organization has evolved to secure the political, educational, social, and
economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health
and well-being of all persons.
The NAACP played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with consideration of the
proclamation.
SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to
this item:
• FOSTER A COMMUNITY CULTURE THAT REJECTS OPPRESSION AND INEQUITY -
The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race or color;
religious or philosophical beliefs; sex, gender or sexual orientation; national origin or
ethnic background; age; military service; disability; and familial, residential or economic
status.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the Proclamation
Recognizing the 110th Anniversary of the NAACP and authorize the Chair to sign.
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING
THE 110TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NAACP
WHEREAS, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in
1909; and
WHEREAS, the bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans was formed by a group
including W. E. B. DuBois, Mary White Ovington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Henry
Moskowitz; and
WHEREAS, the charter of the NAACP states its mission as follows: "To promote equality of rights and to
eradicate caste or race prejudice among the citizens of the United States; to advance the
interest of colored citizens; to secure for them impartial suffrage; and to increase their
opportunities for securing justice in the courts, education for the children, employment
according to their ability and complete equality before the law."; and
WHEREAS, during the early decades of the NAACP, an anti-lynching campaign was central to its agenda;
and
WHEREAS, the NAACP played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s; and
WHEREAS, one of the organization's key victories was the U. S. Supreme Court's 1954 decision in
Brown v. Board of Education that outlawed segregation in public schools; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the NAACP has evolved today"to secure the political, educational, social, and
economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the
health and well-being of all persons"; and
WHEREAS, the NAACP has grown to more than half a million members worldwide; and
WHEREAS, historically marginalized and oppressed people remain encouraged and continue the march
for the full measure of social justice and equality that they believe they shall achieve one
day;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby recognizes the I I Oh
anniversary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and urges
all residents to support and engage in the ongoing struggle to ensure justice and equality for
all of humanity...locally, nationally and globally.
This the 2nd day of April 2019.
Penny Rich, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners