- The NAACP was the pioneer of Civil Rights and is now trying to attract young people.
- It will now be more concerned with issues such as climate change, student loan, and pandemic response.
- The president of the organization said that the redesign is in progress. “absolutely necessary.”
Just in time for its 113th anniversary, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is redefining its image to appeal more to younger people. The Associated Press reported Thursday.
The NAACP Foundedby a group leader such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, who was a pioneer of the Civil Rights movement in 1909 and has largely focused his fight on voting rights and criminal Justice.
According to the AP, while these struggles will remain at the forefront, the organization will pay more attention to climate change, student loans, and the coronavirus response.
“We had to reinvigorate the organization,”Derrick Johnson, national president of NAACP, spoke to the Associated Press.
“The changes that we have seen are absolutely necessary for the organization to exist for the next 112 or 113 years,”He added. “But more importantly, we are more targeted in our work and are driven by outcomes as opposed to output.”
After the voting rights legislation failedJohnson was released Wednesday night in Senate Make a statementSaying that the “shameful outcome revealed who stands for, and who stands against democracy.”
“The fight is far from over,”He added.
Insider asked for comment from Derrick Johnson, but he did not respond immediately.