About Us

Serving Cheltenham, Springfield, Jenkintown, Plymouth Meeting, Whitemarsh Township

Our Mission

The mission of the Cheltenham Area Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons, and to eliminate racial hatred, ethnic, religious and sexual orientation discrimination in Cheltenham, Jenkintown, Springfield, Plymouth Meeting, and Whitemarsh Townships.

Our Leadership

Cheltenham Branch of the NAACP Executive Committee

The Executive Committee serves as the branch’s board of directors. The branch officers who hold the primary positions on this committee, all standing committee chairpersons are also on the executive committee. However, the main purpose of the executive committee is to oversee all of the branch’s operations.

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Dr. William Taylor III

President

Chairperson-Legal Redress Committee

Chairperson-Religious Affairs Committee

Martha Woods

Membership

Herman Carter

Chairperson-Communications, Scholarship Committees

Cynthia M. Green

Treasurer, Freedom Committees

Frederica D. Hale

Executive Committee Member at Large

Bill England

Political Action Committee

GENERAL MEETING SCHEDULE

Meetings are held virtually until further notice. REGISTRATION LINK.

Third Monday of Every Month at 7:00pm at the LaMott Community Center, 7420 Sycamore Ave, Elkins Park, PA 19027.

VISION STATEMENT

The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination.

NAACP Objectives

To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens
To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States
To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes
To seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights
To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination
To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in furtherance of these objectives.