Illinois Leadership

OUR MISSION

The mission of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.

VISION STATEMENT:

The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination.

OBJECTIVES:

The following statement of objectives is found on the first page of the NAACP Constitution, the principal objectives of the Association shall be:

* To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens

* To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States

* To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes

* To seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights

* To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination

* To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP's Articles of Incorporation and this Constitution.

NAACP Illinois State Officers

President: Donald R. Jackson

1st Vice President: George Mitchell

2nd Vice President: Braimah Kanu

3rd Vice President: Dr. Jeanelle Norman

Secretary: Barbara Jones

1st Assistant Secretary: Norma Joseph

2nd Assistant Secretary: Liz Sherwin

Treasurer: Mike Williams

Illinois State Conference Youth and College Executive Board

NAACP Illinois State Conference

Youth and College Council

Quincy Cummings (Advisor); Marvel Tate (2nd Treasurer), Tony Thomas (1st Treasurer); Brian Turner (2nd Vice President); Amanda White (2nd Secretary); Keeshia Winfert (1st Secretary); Front row- Spanky Edwards (President)

Diana Johnson (1st Vice President) - not pictured

NAACP Illinois State Conference * 456 Fulton Avenue Suite #218 * Peoria, IL * 61602