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Chairperson: Rev. Dr. Richelle Foreman Gunter
The Political Action Committee: (1) seeks to increase registration and voting; (2) works for the enactment of municipal, state and federal legislation designed to improve the educational, political and economic status of minority groups; (3) seeks the repeal of racially discriminatory legislation; (4) works to improve the administration of justice; (5) works to secure equal enforcement of the law; and (6) keeps the National NAACP Office, the NAACP Washington Bureau, and the Branch informed of all proposed legislation which affects minority groups. The Committee is non-partisan and does not endorse candidates for public office.
Thank you to everyone who voted at the Polls, who completed an
absentee/mail in ballot and assisted others in exercising their rights as citizens.
Many believe that the results sent a strong message that democracy is here to stay. Election Day 2025 reminded us that local elections are important to our local communities and economy. Thank you for educating and informing the public that facts and truth matter.
The work will continue, Primary Day 2026 will be here before we know it. Please continue to encourage those who have not registered to vote to take advantage of their rights to participate in determining who leads. Keep voter registration applications handy to share with others who have not yet registered to vote.
Please consider becoming a leader yourself; there were a number of unopposed candidates on the ballots on Election Day 2025. You may be the one who will make a difference in Chester County.
Thank you again for voting! Finally please consider becoming a member of West Chester NAACP. There is much to do and we cannot do it alone!
Be well,
Dr. Richelle Foreman Gunter
President, WC NAACP
The path to justice requires that we challenge federal, state, and local laws, statutes, & policies.
Through affirmative litigation, we aim to further our mission to ensure equitable treatment and opportunities when it comes to voting rights, education, economic empowerment, criminal justice, and health, including environmental justice.
Learn more about the issues NAACP tackles every day to dismantle racism and build Black political, social, and economic power.
From city halls to the Supreme Court, using advocacy and litigation, we will secure civil rights for everyone. We don't do this work alone.
Establishment in 1971, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has been committed to using the full Constitutional power, statutory authority, and financial resources of the federal government to ensure that African Americans and other marginalized communities in the United States have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream. As part o
Establishment in 1971, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has been committed to using the full Constitutional power, statutory authority, and financial resources of the federal government to ensure that African Americans and other marginalized communities in the United States have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream. As part of this commitment, the CBC has fought for the past 48 years to empower these citizens and address their legislative concerns.
The Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus was founded in 1973. The purpose of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus is to serve as an information and advocacy vehicle to advance the interests of African American, Latino, and other people of color of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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"For over a century, the NAACP has been proud to galvanize the Black vote, ensuring our voices are heard on the most pressing policy issues for our community.
THE 2025 MANDATE FOR LEADERSHIP
NAACP President Johnson reacts to
President-elect Trump’s Cabinet Appointments.
From accused criminals to confirmed authors of Project 2025, the President-elect's cabinet appointments present a daunting outlook for the next four years". Proposed policies under Project 2025 include significant rollbacks in regulatory protections, reductions in social welfare programs, the dismantling of the federal civil service workforce, and ban any focus on equity. It's implementation threatens to reverse decades of progress in civil rights, social justice, and equity, particularly impacting Black and marginalized communities.
Let's be clear - Our 2025 should be a year that advances the progress made in the last four years, not seek to revert it." —
President and CEO
Addressing the Disastrous Impacts of Project 2025 on the Black Community
Decoration Day May 1, 1865
This 1865 Photo from the Library of Congress shows the graves of the Union soldiers after former slaves and free Black men moved the bodies from a mass grave. The 21st Colored Infantry along with the 54th Massachusetts and the 34th and 104th United States Colored Troops held a celebration on May 1, 1865, the first “Decoration Day,” which later became Memorial Day. The plaque in Hampton Park Commemorating the first Memorial Day was dedicated in 2010.
We reflect on Decoration Day May 1, 1865 in Charleston South Carolina where recently freed Black men, women and children honored deceased Union Soldiers who died from disease or starvation at a Confederate Prisoner of War Camp known as the Washington Horse Racecourse.
The 257 soldiers who died there were dumped into a shallow mass grave and on April 25, 1865, citizens and soldiers alike deserted Charleston after the news finally reached them that Robert E. Lee had surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant two weeks earlier in Appomattox Court House Virginia. Twenty seven recently freed Black men uncovered and reburied each of the Union soldiers who had died for the freedom of 4 million slaves in America, in their own individual graves.
After decorating each grave, Blacks in the area gathered for a parade, words of gratitude and songs that remind us to remember, to honor and give thanks.
This Memorial Day we reflect on those across all American Wars who died that we might enjoy the freedoms of democracy. Freedoms that we cannot take for granted and that we must stand together to defend and protect.
Please consider standing with the West Chester NAACP by joining or renewing your membership today.
I pray that the words from this song, sung on the first Decoration (Memorial) Day will encourage you:
“Oh, beautiful our heroes proved in liberating strife,
Who more than self, their country loved, and mercy more than life.
America, America may God thy gold refine.
Til all success, be nobleness and every gain divine!”
Dr. Rev. Richelle Foreman Gunter- President WC branch of the NAACP
Chairperson: 2nd Vice President- Mr. Jennings
Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs Committee seeks to: (1) establish a working relationship with those agencies in government, national, state & local, having the responsibility in the affairs of members of the various Armed Services & Veterans and to ensure that the programs to which they are responsible are administered fairly and justly to members of the minority community; (2) study conditions pertaining to veterans and members of the Military Service and their dependents and/or survivors in the community; (3) serve as a center of information on matters affecting the members of Active Military, Reserves, State National Guard.
Fighting for liberty and justice for all.
Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs
