April 13, 2021

DC Statehood

DC Statehood ACTION ALERT | ISSUE UPDATE EAST VALLEY – ARIZONA (1008-B) NAACP URGES SENATORS KYRSTEN SINEMA AND MARK KELLY TO COSPONSOR S.51, THE D.C. ADMISSION ACT April 13, 2021 MESA, ARIZONA (April 13, 2021) – The East Valley NAACP – Arizona (1008-B) urges Arizona Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Mark […]
April 6, 2021

Mesa Ordinance 5609

Mesa Ordinance 5609 ACTION ALERT | PRESS RELEASE EAST VALLEY NAACP – ARIZONA (1008-B) SUPPORTS MESA NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE NO. 5609; CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS April 6, 2021 MESA, ARIZONA (April 6, 2021) – On March 1, 2021, after more than 7 years of discussions, the Mesa City Council […]
March 30, 2021

Arizona House Bill 2309

Arizona House Bill 2309 ISSUE UPDATE | PRESS RELEASE EAST VALLEY (1008-B), WEST VALLEY (11AB-B), AND MARICOPA COUNTY BRANCH-NAACPsCONDEMN AGGRESSIVE ASSAULTS ON FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF ARIZONA HOUSE BILL 2309 March 30, 2021 MESA, ARIZONA (March 30, 2021) – The East Valley (1008-B), West Valley (11AB-B), and Maricopa County Branch-NAACPs, […]
February 14, 2018

Black Mothers Forum, NAACP Address CUSD

Arizona Republic, February 14, 2018 – A group of Chandler parents is rallying the community to attend a school board meeting Wednesday to send a clear message: The Chandler Unified School District must do more to address what they say is a pattern of racist incidents. Their concerns reached a boiling […]
February 14, 2018

Parents Confront Chandler School Board

AZCentral, February 14, 2018 – About 100 parents and other community members confronted the Chandler Unified School District governing board Wednesday, accusing it of failing to address a pattern of racist incidents in the district. At one point, board President Annette Auxier left the meeting in tears. Read more here.
May 30, 2017

Confederate Monuments: Should They Stay or Go in Arizona?

PHOENIX (12 News), May 30, 2017 – Should they stay or should they go? The uproar over monuments dedicated to soldiers from the Confederate Army has spread to Arizona, with some demanding similar monuments be taken down. “It’s offensive and once again, these soldiers fought for segregation, for separation, for slavery,” said Roy Tatem, […]
May 29, 2017

Questions Raised over Confederate Monuments in Arizona

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5), May 29, 2017 – As the nation pauses to remember the servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice, we’re looking into the question of how our state should remember the Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. Arizona has six Confederate monuments in the state, […]