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Merced County NAACP Monthly Membership Meeting

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Merced County NAACP Monthly Membership Meeting

Merced County Office of Education 632 W. 13th Street Merced, CA 95340

Join us at our monthly membership meeting even if you are not a member yet.

CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND YOU
As a member, you’ll make a difference each and every day in this fight and become part of a vibrant community of people who stand for justice and equality. NAACP relies on the commitment and dedication of our members to help us stand up to racial disparities that are still too prevalent in America.

Your membership allows you to:

Work with activists and organizers in local NAACP branches
Organize marches, rallies, and direct action campaigns to bring attention to local issues
Support access to quality education, healthcare, economic opportunities
Advocate for laws and policies to improve your community
Participate in voter registration and get out the vote campaigns
Attend national events, regional conferences, and trainings to sharpen your advocacy and leadership skills.

NAACP Merced County Branch General Membership Meeting


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Felicia Roberts took an idea gathered a few people to reached into a minority community to highlight the positive, using a minority newspaper the Central Valley Voice. Roberts was joined by her sisters Carolyn Williams, Alleashia Thomas, niece Hermonie Lynn Williams, nephew Ron Williams, cousin Jerald Lester, Jay Slaffey, Greg Savage, Tim Daniels and the late J Denise Fontaine. Each individual played an important role in the birth of the newspapers. Since, then many have stood strong behind the success of the newspapers and its goal to fill a void in the Central Valley community The Central Valley Voice published their 1st issue in November 1991. Its purposed was to highlight the achievements of minorities in the Central Valley. The Voice focuses on the accomplishments of African Americans and Hispanics giving young people role models while diminishing the stereotypical pictures of gangs, crime and violence that permeate the minority communities. Since 1991, the Central Valley Voice has provided an important voice for the minority community throughout the Madera, Merced. Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties.

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