NAACP Returns to Lincoln University
J'Nai Pinkard
Issue date: 10/9/09 Section: News
Following the efforts of faculty members and a handful of motivated students, the internationally celebrated NAACP returns to Lincoln University this semester as a student centered organization.
The return of the NAACP-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People-comes as the organization is celebrating its 100th birthday.
Kristina Wilkinson, a senior, couldn't wait to attend the September interest meeting for the highly acclaimed organization.
"The NAACP is known all over the world for its contribution to the black experience," Wilkinson said. "Lincoln definitely has a lot to offer to its legacy."
Founded in 1909, the NAACP has been instrumental in advancing the legal, educational, and economic lives of African Americans and in present day has over 500,000 members. Benjamin Todd Jealous is president and chief executive officer of the organization. Julian Bond-a veteran civil rights leader-and the son of Lincoln's first Black President, Horace Mann Bond, is chairman of the organization.
Though this will not be Lincoln's first chartered branch of the NAACP, as there was a former branch on campus several years ago, the vision for the organization in present day is incredibly progressive.
"Our objective is to inform students about Black America and end racism, collectively," said Candace England, a senior and president of the Lincoln branch. She, along with university professors Dr. William Dadson and Dr. Daryl Poe, seriously pushed for the re-chartering of the historical group on group.
"Lincoln is the first historically black university; our opportunity to help change the world is here," said England
But before the battle to end racism and change the world can begin, Lincoln's branch of NAACP will first establish an active presence on campus and in the surrounding areas. According to England, the organization is expected to host a series of forums geared toward enlightening the student body on health and other issues in Black America. Their premiere forum is scheduled to tale place on October 27th entitled: "So I graduated…now what?"
With the help of the organization's faculty advisor, Dr. Dadson, the NAACP will also host several prominent speakers on campus, and is even preparing for a student trip to the historical NAACP headquarters in Washington D.C., England says. An invitation has also been extended to Bond to return back to campus.
"This is just the beginning; we've got a lot of work to do and more than enough student interest to do it," said England.
The return of the NAACP-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People-comes as the organization is celebrating its 100th birthday.
Kristina Wilkinson, a senior, couldn't wait to attend the September interest meeting for the highly acclaimed organization.
"The NAACP is known all over the world for its contribution to the black experience," Wilkinson said. "Lincoln definitely has a lot to offer to its legacy."
Founded in 1909, the NAACP has been instrumental in advancing the legal, educational, and economic lives of African Americans and in present day has over 500,000 members. Benjamin Todd Jealous is president and chief executive officer of the organization. Julian Bond-a veteran civil rights leader-and the son of Lincoln's first Black President, Horace Mann Bond, is chairman of the organization.
Though this will not be Lincoln's first chartered branch of the NAACP, as there was a former branch on campus several years ago, the vision for the organization in present day is incredibly progressive.
"Our objective is to inform students about Black America and end racism, collectively," said Candace England, a senior and president of the Lincoln branch. She, along with university professors Dr. William Dadson and Dr. Daryl Poe, seriously pushed for the re-chartering of the historical group on group.
"Lincoln is the first historically black university; our opportunity to help change the world is here," said England
But before the battle to end racism and change the world can begin, Lincoln's branch of NAACP will first establish an active presence on campus and in the surrounding areas. According to England, the organization is expected to host a series of forums geared toward enlightening the student body on health and other issues in Black America. Their premiere forum is scheduled to tale place on October 27th entitled: "So I graduated…now what?"
With the help of the organization's faculty advisor, Dr. Dadson, the NAACP will also host several prominent speakers on campus, and is even preparing for a student trip to the historical NAACP headquarters in Washington D.C., England says. An invitation has also been extended to Bond to return back to campus.
"This is just the beginning; we've got a lot of work to do and more than enough student interest to do it," said England.
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