{"id":168,"date":"2024-01-30T18:40:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T18:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsdcnaacpyouth.org\/?p=168"},"modified":"2026-03-09T04:20:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:20:39","slug":"take-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsdcnaacpyouth.org\/?p=168","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide wp-block-main-header is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-111b2e00 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-width:4px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7a08ef4d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow 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From the Civil Rights Movement of the 60\u2019s to the anti-apartheid movement of the 1980\u2019s, student activism has forced society and the world to change. NAACP youth units across America are engaged in social justice activism addressing issues at the local, state and national level. We hope to empower youth by providing young people with personal and leadership development training, proactive political and community activism, and public awareness of the necessity of positive youth engagement. The primary focus issues for the Division are the following: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Voting Rights and Political Representation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Economic Sustainability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Juvenile Justice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Voter Empowerment&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youth and College Issues Students have always been at the forefront of most major social movements. 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