WVU Collegiate Chapter of the NAACP

The West Virginia University Collegiate Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The term "colored" is no longer appropriate, the term "People of Color" is much more acceptable, and classifies a much larger group of individuals. The NAACP is a nationally recognized organization that has fought for, maintained, and protected the civil rights of ALL people! 

Founded in 1909, the NAACP was established to combat lynchings, segregation and injustices happening to people of color during the time! Today, NAACP fights to maintain civil rights having to do with, voting rights, equal pay, police brutality, education, healthcare, and advocacy.

The NAACP believes strongly that future leaders must be developed today, and such development is ongoing in the Youth & College Division, created in 1936. Today there are more than 25,000 young people, under the age of 25, representing 550 Junior Youth Councils, Youth Councils, High School Chapters and College Chapters actively involved in the fight for civil rights. The NAACP has one of the largest organized groups of young people of any secular organization in the country. 

 The mission of the NAACP Youth & College Division shall be to inform youth of the problems affecting African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities; to advance the economic, education, social and political status of African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities and their harmonious cooperation with other peoples; to stimulate an appreciation of the African Diaspora and other people of color’s contribution to civilization; and to develop an intelligent, effective youth leadership.

Students have always been at the forefront of most major social movements. From the Civil Rights Movement of the 60’s to the anti-apartheid movement of the 1980’s, 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. The primary focus issues for the Division are the following:

• Voting Rights and Political Representation
• Economic Sustainability
• Education
• Health
• Juvenile Justice