Below is a letter from President Ben Jealous.
Please join or renew your membership. Go to www.naacp.org or contact me if you need a membership application. DC NAACP number is 7001.
DC NAACP Membership Chair
Shirley Rivens Smith
srs-usasc@rcn.com
202-635-3138
| | | The Supreme Court decision in Shelby County vs. Holder this summer shook the very foundation of the Voting Rights Act. The very same Voting Rights Act that brought tens of thousands of activists to march on Washington in August, 1963.
On that hot summer day, people from every corner of our country united for a momentous event, rallying around a shared message of civil liberty, civil rights, and economic freedom and opportunity for all.
Fifty years later, it's time for us to march again. The NAACP, along with the National Action Network, Realizing the Dream, and many other conveners will host a march in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
Join us on August 24th, Shirley. The 2013 March on Washington is a people's movement. It will only be energized by your decision to participate. We need you there alongside us:
RSVP for the 50th Anniversary March on Washington on Saturday, August 24, 2013.
Can't make it but still want to help? Join the NAACP or renew your membership today.
We remain inspired by the titans of our movement — Wilkins, Parks, King and more — who marched at a pivotal time in the fight for civil rights. And if our experience this year has shown us anything, it's that we are at another pivotal moment in history.
Discriminatory laws cripple the chances of too many people, of all ages and backgrounds, who want nothing more than a shot at the American Dream.
Voter disenfranchisement prevents far too many Americans from having free and unfettered access to the ballot box, and keeps our most vulnerable citizens from having proper representation in government.
And far, far too many of our children are gunned down in senseless acts of violence every day. We march in the name of Trayvon Martin and other victims of racial profiling and gun violence.
We've made incredible progress, but we have a long way to go. We must carry the torch of freedom and equality forward for the next generation. So we march again on August 24th. We march for those who have been trampled by injustice, and for all our heroes who marched 50 years ago. This grassroots movement belongs to you.
The size, the strength, and the power of our movement depends on you.
Will you be there? RSVP for the 50th Anniversary March on Washington:
http://naacp.org/march-on-washington
Thank you,
Ben
Benjamin Todd Jealous
President and CEO
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