About Sacramento NAACP
Giving a Voice to the Voiceless
Celebrating 100 years of advocacy, the NAACP
Celebrating 100 years of advocacy, the NAACP
While we have made many accomplishments as an organization and as Black people there is still much to do. The Greater Sacramento NAACP is committed to make the Sacramento Region the safest place to live in California and a model of community policing, demonstrated by a measurable decrease in crime and a measurable increase in community engagement. The Greater Sacramento NAACP is poised to unite the community to bring about systematic changes with solution based recommendations.
The National and Local Branches play a vital role in voter registration and in addressing human and civil rights issues. NAACP – 21st Century Game Changers focused areas are:
(1) Economic Stability
(2) Education
(3) Health
(4) Public Safety and Criminal Justice
(5) Voting Rights and Public Education
(6) Expanding Youth and Young Adult Engagement
The Greater Sacramento NAACP through its mission to bring about justice for all, will continue to illuminate the truth, remind us our past and will lead us to our future. We will continue to work in partnership to leverage our community strengths and will take note of past lessons to guide us through.
The Greater Sacramento NAACP partners with: California Black Chamber of Commerce; Greater Sacramento Urban League; Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, Sacramento Observer, Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), Asian Pacific-Islander American Public Affairs (APAPA), (partial listing)
What We Do
Mission To
Ensure political, educational, economic and social equality and to eliminate race-based discrimination for all persons.
Vision To
Ensure political, educational, economic and social equality and to eliminate race-based discrimination for all persons.
The Legal Defense Fund
Also referred to as the NAACP-LDF was founded in 1940 as a part of the NAACP, but separated in 1957 to become a completely separate entity. It is recognized as the nation’s first civil and human rights law organization, and shares our commitment to equal rights
What's Our Objective
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.
Useful Information
55 years after the Voting Rights Act was signed into law, advocates continue fighting to close registration gap.
We have outlined everything you need to know for voting in the 2020 election.
Check out our events page for annual Sacramento NAACP events.
The NAACP is a c4 organization (contributions are not tax-deductible), and we have a partner c3 organization known as NAACP Empowerment Programs (contributions are fully tax-deductible as allowed by the IRS).
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