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Engaging the Methods of Change: Media Coverage of 65th Annual NC NAACP State Convention in Raleigh

UPDATE, Media Coverage of NAACP Convention: NAACP Convention Focuses on Politics (Channel 17)

NAACP Holds State Convention (Channel 14); NAACP Urges NC to Set Example for Nation (News and Observer); Video Preview of the Convention (Channel 5).

North Carolina's Capital City of Raleigh hosted the 65th Annual NAACP State Convention, "Engaging the Methods of Change:  Power, Justice, Freedom and the Vote, Then & Now" October 8 -11, 2008 at the North Raleigh Hilton.

Leading national and state experts keynoted and led workshops/seminars on the continuing disparities in the economy, health care, education, housing, workers' rights and other issues that affect the quality of life for all North Carolinians, particularly people of color. 

The new national NAACP President and CEO, Ben Jealous, spoke at the popular Membership Luncheon. He is the youngest ever national leader of the organization. Previously, he served as president of the Rosenberg Foundation, and director of the U.S. Human Rights Program for Amnesty International. 

Actor and activist Danny Glover was the keynote speaker at the Freedom Fund Awards Banquet. Glover is well-known for many films as well as his outspoken stance for workers' rights and his stance against racism.

"Ours is a movement/organizing/engagement convention which brings together the grassroots with the intension of pushing a civil rights aggressive agenda in North Carolina," says Rev. William Barber, president of the NC NAACP. 

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Pilgrimage for Truth and Justice

UPDATED News Coverage: NAACP Marches to State Capitol in Pilgrimage for Truth and Justice (WTVD, Channel 11); NAACP Convention Opens With Pilgrimage (News and Observer, Oct. 9, 2008); Reparations Sought for 1898 Riot: Statewide Series of Marches to End in Raleigh As NAACP Convention Begins (N&O, Oct. 6, 2008); Group Marches for 'Truth, Justice' (Sampson Independent, Oct. 7, 2008); NAACP March to Pass Through Dunn (Dunn Daily Record, Oct. 2, 2008).

 On Thursday, October 2nd, the North Carolina NAACP and its partners embarked upon a historic Pilgrimage for Justice.  The Pilgrimage started from two different points in the state, Winston-Salem and Wilmington, and walked through cities along the routes, stopping for evening spiritual renewal services and local news conferences.  The two legs of the Pilgrimage joined together at the NAACP State Conference in Raleigh on October 9th.