NAACP Says It Will Rebound From Recent Setbacks
July 9, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
Despite financial problems and the recent departure of it chief executive, the chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said his group is still strong and active, reports The Baltimore Sun.
At the group’s national meeting, which opened Sunday in Detroit, Julian Bond named numerous causes his group would continue to champion, including poverty and school integration.
“As we find ourselves refighting battles we thought we had already won, we are reminded that the NAACP is as needed now as ever before,” said Mr. Bond.
Mr. Bond was candid about the organization’s financial troubles, the newspaper said, noting that 70 people had lost their jobs as the organization made spending cuts. Money is so tight that the organization made a plea for donations to people attending the annual convention, collecting money in the aisles of the ballroom where the association was meeting.
Read The Chronicle’s article on the departure of the organization’s most-recent president, Bruce Gordon.
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