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Our regular meeting scheduled the first Thursday of the month has been moved to August 9<sup>th</sup> for this month. We will meet at 7:15pm in the upstairs Library Friends Conference Room 215 of the Champaign Public Library.<br>
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Our September meeting will be back to the first Thursday of the month. We will meet September 6<sup>th</sup>, 2012 at 7:15pm in Robeson Pavilion Room C of the Champaign Public Library<br>
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<strong><em>NAACP staff and youth go to the national NAACP convention in Texas!</em></strong><br>
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<strong><em>Message from student attendee, Rotes McClure:</em></strong><br>
Hello! My name is Rontez McClure and this year I traveled with the local Champaign County Branch of NAACP ACT-SO to Houston, Texas! I qualified to attend as an observer and we had a blast!! While there, they had several workshops for us ranging from hair design/ fashion clinics, to social media, youth and social justice, networking, and many more. I attended the Social Media workshop and it was very beneficial. We learned about posting private information on public sites such as MySpace and Facebook is not safe because once information is posted online, anyone has access to it and it never goes away. We learned about what is appropriate to post publicly. We learned that even colleges look at potential student profiles and make decisions of acceptance based on the information shared. This workshop also drove home the issue of cyber bullying and the effects it can have on individuals, families, and communities.<br>
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Outside of the workshops we got to do lots of networking and connecting with other students in ACT-SO! We met students from all over the nation. I even met someone competing from Alaska. The people I met were extremely talented and humble!<br>
The competition was simply Amazing!! The level of talent and preparation was motivating and inspiring!! My favorite was our competitors from our own city. They represented Champaign very well! I even got to do a solo part with the national ACT-SO choir. We all had a blessed time and I cannot wait until next year’s competition!<br>
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<strong><em>Message from President Patricia Avery:</em></strong><br>
Greetings everyone,<br>
I arrived in Houston July 8<sup>th</sup> just before Texas took its first yawn and the sky opened it eyes wide to reveal all the beauty of a city that welcomed hundreds of NAACP members from all over the country. Already waiting to welcome me and to represent our Branch was our ACTSO Chair, Barbara Gillespie-Washington, members, and our talented youth who arrived a few days earlier. They did very well during their competition, and, I’m told, they brought tears to the eyes of the beholders. They didn’t bring home the gold this year but they are still all winners in our eyes. I want to thank the ACTSO committee for their hard work with our young people and making us all very proud.<br>
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I was delighted to be in Houston to renew my sense of purpose as your President and the belief that together we can make a difference. Today we are challenged with familiar issues- such as economic and heath disparities, unemployment, voter suppression efforts, and the mass-incarceration of African Americans. Once again NAACP is standing ready to defend our rights. NAACP President Ben Jealous reminded us of that when he stated, along with the crowd, we are “ever forward, never backwards.” <br>
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It is easy to get complacent and feel hopeless at a time when the country is going through the worst recession since the Great Depression. We need to be more deliberate, more vigilant, and more unified today as we gear up to fight these battles again.<br>
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I’m looking forward to sharing a wealth of knowledge as we increase our resolve to meet the challenges that we face in our community. However, we can’t do it without your help. Please join the NAACP today! Thank you.<br>
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Patricia Avery, President<br>
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<strong><em>We need your support!</em></strong><br>
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Our chapter can only be as successful and impact our community with your help and support. Support us by becoming a member and by committing to attending our monthly meetings so you can get plugged into an active committee! For more information, email josephinefaith@gmail.com.<br>
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<span style="font-size:11px;"><span style="background-color:#afeeee;">2012 Officers:</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11px; ">Patricia Avery, President</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11px; ">Minnie Pearson, 1st Vice President</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11px; ">Josephine Underwood, Secretary</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11px; ">Chris Hamb, Treasurer</span></h4>
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<span style="font-size:11px;"><span style="background-color:#afeeee;">2012 Executive Board:</span><br>
Dr. Sandra Kato, Legal Redress Chair<br>
Barbara Gillespie Washington, ACT-SO Chair<br>
Pam Burnside, Convention Planning Committee Chair <br>
Michele Cooper, Political Action Committee Chair<br>
Minnie Pearson, Education Committee Chair<br>
Josephine Underwood, Health and Wellness Committee Chair; WIN- Women In NAACP Committee Chair<br>
<span style="background-color:#afeeee;">Vacant Committee positions waiting on your leadership:</span><br>
Membership<br>
Finance<br>
Communications<br>
Community Relations<br>
Housing<br>
Labor and Industry<br>
Press and Publicity<br>
Religious Affairs<br>
Youth Council<br>
Economic Development<br>
Armed Services & Veterans Affairs<br>
Voter Empowerment</span></h4>
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