First Day.

Today was my first day at the NAACP. I met with the president at the Washington Bureau, Hilary O. Shelton. We talked about the NAACP Washington Bureau and its role within the NAACP at a whole.  I found out the NAACP is a government assistance agency. It has a 64 member Board of Directors, many of which are volunteers. They meet 4 times a year and elected in district elections in 38 State Conferences. In order to advocate for an issue, the NAACP meets and all resolutions from different states are looked at by a resolution committee over a period of two weeks. I also found out there are seven youth members on the board.


Additionally, in talking with Mr. Shelton I narrowed down the focus of my project. I wanted to do the American Jobs Act as both of my parents are currently unemployed. I wanted to research the intentions of the American Jobs Act. I was informed that my binde would have to include:

• A copy of each bill (President, Senate, and House)
• A summary of each bill.
• Side by side comparison of all issues in each bill.
• State by State grid of unemployment broken own into various demographics such as: age, gender, race and ethnicity, and education.
• Articles in opposition, support and opinion of the Jobs Act.

I could tell this was going to be a strenuous project but, I was prepared to tackle it.