NAACP DeKalb County Branch
General Membership Meeting
URGENT!!!!! Meeting Location change for Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, General meeting. We are relocating to Rainbow Park Baptist Church 2941 Columbia Drive Decatur GA 30034. PLEASE, REMEMBER CHANGE IN LOCATION.
SATURDAY, August 17, 2019
10:00
with a focus on alternatives to incarceration and a report from the NAACP Convention in Detroit, MI. Special Guests this month will be Chief Judge Asha Jackson, DeKalb County Superior Court, and Shani Robinson, Former APS Teacher & Author of None of the Above: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal. 3015 S. Rainbow Dr. Decatur, GA 30034
Disney Dreamer Academy
A 4-Day Event, A Lifetime of Success
Let Your Dream Change Your Life
Each spring, 100 exceptional young people arrive at the Disney Dreamers Academy with ambition, excitement, and hopes for the future. Four days later, they return home with the motivation, guidance, and skills to help make those dreams come true. SEE FULL ARTICLE AND APPLICATION
63rd Annual Freedom Fund Awards Gala
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) DeKalb County Branch is hosting its 63rd Annual Freedom Fund Awards Gala. The affair will be a throwback to the Harlem Nights Renaissance, taking place Saturday, November 2, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. SEE FULL STORY AND NOMINATION FORMS
Housing Scams and Renter’s Rights
Home-purchases and rental transactions both involve large amounts of cash, and cash attracts scammers. Most people are inexperienced in this area of their life and should be wary of “special deals” and fast financing options. There are predatory lenders in the marketplace that can challenge your knowledge with mortgage scams, bait-n-switch scams, mortgage fraud, and Loan Officers screw-ups. Renting a house or apartment can present challenges as well. How can you avoid being scammed or bilked out of large sums of money when purchasing or renting? SEE FULL STORY
NAACP
Our mission has been clear since our founding in 1909. We work to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.
Next Steps…
Join us on this journey; then show a loved one that you care by giving them the gift that works. Give a NAACP membership for birthdays, wedding gifts, graduations, and special occasions. The NAACP works for you.
Discrimination is real. It happens everyday and it could happen to you. If you have a discrimination complaint about an event that has occurred in DeKalb County Georgia let us know. Contact us.
You may click here to download and print a Discrimination Complaint Form (PDF) based on: Race, Color, Religion, National Origin, Sex, Age and Handicapped Status. We ask that those who seek our assistance put their complaint in writing, provide as much information as possible.
Mail the form to the address below, the Legal Redress committee will contact you within 24 hours in an attempt to resolve them where possible, or provide guidance to individuals on how to exercise their rights. The NAACP Dekalb County Branch may provide legal information and assistance to concerned citizens, but does not provide legal advice or legal information via e-mail. For legal advice, you should consult a local attorney.