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TO:
Officers, Branch Presidents, Regional
Directors, Youth President and Youth
Advisor
RE:
Updated and Pertinent Information
2010 mid-term
election, November 2, 2010
We have come to
the final count-down for this crucial
election. As you know we must elect the
following office holders for our state:
Governor
Lt. Governor
Comptroller
Attorney General
Assembly Persons
US Congress Persons
US Senators
I
have previously requested that branches
who will be participating in the “Get
Out the Vote,” activities this weekend
and on election day – canvassing,
leafing, sound trucks, telephone
banking, to please e-mail or fax the
information into the state office.
The state office
will be the command center. You must
report if polling places open late, if
there is a shortage of poll workers,
problems with the voting machines; (from
the news reports, there will be
problems).
I
am sure many or all of the above
problems will occur in our communities,
so we must have monitors visiting our
polling sites where there is a heavy
concentration of African American
voters.
Below pasted is an Amsterdam News
article from Roslyn Brock, National
NAACP chairman of the board of
Directors, “Calling Us to
Action!”We, the NAACP New
York State Conference must answer. We
did it for 10/2/10; we must do it for
11/2/10.
I
thank you for your immediate attention
and response.
Hazel N. Dukes
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It’s time to
do it again in 2010
By
ROSLYN M. BROCK Chairman
of the NAACP Board of Directors
Published: Thursday, October
21, 2010 12:05 AM EDT
In
2008, we voted for change.
We voted for policies that
would protect individuals
over corporations; we voted
for a health care system
that would work for all of
us; and we voted to move
this country forward—and we
did it together. It is time
that we do something
together again, and that is
vote on November 2. There is
too much at stake to stay at
home. Quite simply, the
future of our economy, our
education system and our
nation are at risk. It is
time for us to stand
together to vote and ensure
that our agenda gets through
Congress. We did it in 2008,
and we need to do it again
in 2010.
In the
2008 election, we saw a
level of voter participation
unparalleled in our nation’s
history, particularly with
young people and communities
of color. For the first
time, Black women had the
highest voter turnout rate
among all racial, ethnic and
gender groups, while the
turnout rate of young Black
voters was higher than that
of young voters of any other
racial or ethnic group.
Midterm elections in 2010
will change the direction of
this country if we don’t
stand up and get out to the
polls and vote. We have
already seen dwindling
turnouts in primaries across
this country. If we don’t
show up to vote on November
2, we will not be able to
move this country forward
and we will not be able to
make this country work for
all of us—not just for the
privileged.
History has taught us not to
blindly believe what we see
and not to indiscriminately
adhere to what we are told.
Engaged voters in 2008
showed that our nation
believes in hope and the
possibilities of the
American Dream. For too
many, that dream remains
unfulfilled. While schools
crumble, the prison
population soars, and
hospitals close, we edge
closer to being the first
generation to be worse off
than our parents. Small
businesses continue to
shutter on the brink of
existence, crushing daily
the entrepreneurial spirit
of thousands who embraced
the American Dream.
We all
can do something to ensure
that the forces of progress
will continue to move
forward. You can visit our
Get Out The Vote portal atwww.naacp.org/gotv,
where you or your family can
make phone calls, set up
times to go door-to-door,
attend a local event and
many other efforts to get
out the vote and make our
voices heard.
We
must continue what we
started in 2008—to put
schools before wars, to
fight against massive
joblessness and to fight
massive tax breaks for the
nation’s wealthiest
denizens. We must be as
aggressive as parents
fighting for their
children’s lives or as
individuals fighting for
their own lives—because we
are. We must be as inclusive
as our long-standing vision
for the 21st century—because
it is here. Our time is
here, our time is now, and
on November 2, we must
return to the voting booths
to ensure that freedom,
justice and equal
opportunity rings for all
throughout our great nation.
NAACP Mid-Manhattan Branch
"Make King Day Count"
2010 Census Panel Discussion
In
celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday,
NAACP Branches across the nation participated in the
NAACP's National "Make King Day Count," 2010 Census
Initiative.
The results of the 2000 Census showed that
African Americans across the nation were amongst the
highest under-counted ethnic groups in the United States
of America.
The lowest mail back responses happened in African
American neighborhoods across the country and the NAACP
has partnered with the US Census Bureau to correct this
undercount in the upcoming 2010 Census Count. The NAACP
Mid-Manhattan Branch led by its President Geoffrey E.
Eaton held its - 'Make King Day Count" event at their
General Membership Meeting on Wednesday, January 20.
A panel of census experts, which included Stacy
Cumberbatch, New York City Census Coordinator for the
Office of the Mayor; Deputy Borough President Rosemonde
Pierre-Louis, Chair of the Manhattan Borough President
Complete Count Committee; Dr. John Flateau, Director of
the State Senate Complete Count Committee & Deputy
Secretary to the New York State Senate Majority
Conference; Lucia Gomez-Jimenez, New York State Census
Coordinator & Assistant to the Governor for Community
Affairs; and
Lester "Tony" Farthing, New York State Regional Director
for the United States Census Bureau presented to a
standing room only crowd the strategies and campaigns
that will be coordinated by community, local, state and
federal officials to ensure a more complete count for
the 2010 Census. City Council Majority Whip Inez E.
Dickens reiterated the importance of the 2010 Census and
City Council Education Chair Bob Jackson was on hand to
hear from the expert panel assembled.
The meeting was taped by Manhattan Neighborhood
Network Public Access Television and will be aired at a
future date.
