Battle Creek Branch of the NAACP

172 W. Van Buren Battle Creek Michigan 49037 269-963-8805


Battle Creek Branch President from: Roberta H. Cribbs President                          

Welcome Freedom Fighters to the website of the Battle Creek Branch of the NAACP.   It is our hope and intent to inform our community of all the efforts and initiatives of the Battle Creek Branch of the NAACP.   We want you to be informed  and be a part of the progress of freedom, justice and equity here in Battle Creek Michigan. 

 

2009-2010 BC NAACP OFFICERS   

The Battle Creek Senior Branch of the NAACP recently held its election of Officers and Executive Committee members for the 2008 and 2010 calendar year.  The installation was performed by Past President Emily Word at the December 2008 Executive Committee Meeting. To view the newly elected officers and committee members for 2009-2010 click here

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 Membership is Power -

IN THE YEAR OF 2010, We are asking all of our members to make a STRONGER COMMITMENT TO THE ORGANIZATION.  We are encouraging all of our members to select a volunteer opportunity that benefits your education, training, experience or interest. In 2010 we also will be strengthening our NAACP Youth Council Participation.  YOUTH MEMBERSHIP is only 10.00, and we are asking all parents and grandparents with children 10 and older to enroll your child with a  NAACP Youth Council Membership.  Also, in 2010 you can also make a stronger commitment and upgrade your membership to a SILVER LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP.  SILVER LIFETIME  MEMBERSHIP IS  $75.00  per year or one time investment  of $750.00.  Whatever your membership status is, we are asking all of our members to please bring their membership status current and participation ALIVE in 2010.

 

 BC NAACP UPDATE  FEB 2010 

 Political Action- The Urban League and the Battle Creek Senior Branch NAACP are partners with the US Census Bureau and will be offering testing for the  

at the Urban League of Battle Creek, 172 W. Van Buren, Battle Creek, MI 49017 on the following dates and times.

February 4, 1:00 pm

February 9, 3:00 pm

February 11, 1:00 pm

February 18, 1:00 pm

February 23, 3:00 pm

February 25, 1:00 pm 

Committee-  Legal Redress- The Peoples Law School Workshop live taping on  February 16th  (the third Tuesday),  (presented on Access Vision) will take place at the  Urban League Building, 172 W. Van Buren Street.  

 

Committee -  EDUCATION - The BC  NAACP HERITAGE QUIZ BOWL will take place this year on Friday February 26th and Saturday Februray  27th , 2009. Since 1991, the  Battle Creek  Branch of the NAACP has engaged its community youth in the ANNUAL  NAACP  Heritage Quiz Bowl during February Black History Month. 

  

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FROM OUR NATIONAL PRESIDENT AND NAACP's  ACROSS AMERICA  

 


FROM OUR NATIONAL PRESIDENT  Benjamin Jealous

 

  I witnessed President Barack Obama complete his first State of the Union address. Sitting there the House chambers, I was humbled by how far we have come as a nation.

 

The president's address was a testimony to the power of we:  we, who dared to dream that breaking the centuries-old color barrier, even at the lofty heights of the White House was possible; we, who continue to fight for expanding voting rights; we, who battle tirelessly every election to maximize voter participation and minimize voter intimidation.  We who struggled to guarantee that every vote cast will indeed be counted.  President Obama's State of the Union address is a paean to those who have joined together throughout history to change our country for the better.

Today our country is in crisis.  Wall Street greed has unleashed a torrent of predatory lending that is turning homeowners into the homeless.  The unemployment rate for Americans of all colors is over 10 percent, and black and brown American unemployment hovers above 16 percent.  Over 40 million Americans lack health insurance. Millions more-- disproportionately children-- don't get enough to eat.

Tonight the President unveiled new polices to support working families.  He reiterated his commitment to rein in some of the worst excesses of Wall Street, and pledged to bring health care to millions of uninsured Americans.   He expressed his forceful and compassionate commitment to the people of Haiti -- a swift, comprehensive response to the human tragedy that stands in stark contrast to his predecessor's reaction to the thousands victimized by Hurricane Katrina.

President Obama outlined the right agenda-- one that is pro- civil rights, pro- human dignity, and pro- American Dream for every American.  But he cannot do it without us.

Predatory lenders, profit-driven health care CEOs, and those business leaders who would see our country and our families go bankrupt before they would pay their own way are committed to funding a fierce battle for the status quo. The Supreme Court has unleashed unlimited amounts of corporate dollars into the political landscape with its ruling this month on campaign finance reform, money sure to undercut and distort the real priorities of our democracy.

President Obama has vowed to fight.  He has pledged to reverse the worst impact of the Supreme Court decision. Yet without each of us fully engaged, billions of dollars will be harnessed to crush his agenda and those who support it for simply daring to do the people's will.

 

Still, we can win.  Organized and educated people ultimately trump misdirected money.

But without you and all your friends and neighbors back on the battlefield, harnessing the power of we, there is no guarantee progress will continue.  Like every great wave, the one that made it possible for an African-American family to live in the White House must be regenerated, or it will ebb. More importantly, our communities' and families' fates, which are in perilous condition, will ebb with it.

Too many times over the past 12 months we have powered down, left the field for the bleachers, and chosen to play armchair pundit rather than continue to build and lead.   When our president is not bold enough, it is up to us to build the next wave for bolder action.

Frederick Douglass said, "If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation…want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters…. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."

We cannot be silent.  The change we seek is in our hands.

I hope you will join me.

 

 

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DID YOU KNOW...HERE IN BATTLE CREEK ?

Sojourner Truth was the first woman, civil rights activist in our community.  In Battle Creek, the NAACP and the City of Battle Creek, paid a special tribute to Sojourner Truth.  Sojourner Truth is known nationally for her fight against slavery and the womens suffrage movement.   She came to Battle Creek Michigan in the late 1850's calling Battle Creek, Michigan home. She spent her last 26 years here, Her memorial grave lays in Oakhill Cemetery. 

In September 1999, a 12 foot bronze statue of Sojourner Truth was unveiled in the City of Battle Creek commemorating her legacy of Truth and Freedom for All. To read more on Sojourner Truth click here

The NAACP was founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private

The Battle Creek NAACP Executive Committee meets every 4th Thursday of each month 5:30 PM, followed by the General NAACP Meeting at 6:30 pm.              MUST BE A MEMBER TO ATTEND

Location: Urban League Building. 172 W. Van Buren, Battle Creek Michigan 49017

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