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The Jackson County NC NAACP Branch 54AB in conjunction with the Town of Sylva are proud to host Harriet Tubman – “Journey to Freedom” a traveling monumental sculpture that will be on public display in downtown Sylva at Bridge Park from mid-September to mid-December 2021. The nine-foot, 2,400 lb. bronze sculpture arrived on the morning of September 20, 2021. A
» Read moreEvery month, we meet online on the 3rd Saturday at 10am. Please check the Calendar tab above or our Facebook page a few days before for the announcement with instructions on how to join the online meeting.
» Read moreYou can find a link to our 2021 NAACP MLK Day presentation below. Thank you to all the participants: Rev. Patricia Curtis of St. Johns Episcopal in Sylva, Sky Sampson (Director of the WCU Cherokee program), WCU Chancellor Kelli Brown, Dr. Brandi Hinnant-Crawford (WCU associate professor, Department of Human Services), Ricardo Nazario y Colón (chief diversity officer at WCU and
» Read morePlease join us for a celebration of the life and vison of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr in a virtual presentation and day of service. You can join us at the Jackson NAACP YouTube Live Channel or on Facebook Live. The event will be from 2 pm to 3:30 pm on Monday January, 18 2021. We will have a
» Read morePress release from the Jackson County NAACP chapter: Last December the Jackson County Branch of the North Carolina NAACP received a $5000 grant from NC Wins to hold a one-day workshop at Western Carolina University, facilitated by Dr. Dana Murray Patterson, Director of the WCU Office of Intercultural Affairs. Participants included business, religious, academic, and other community leaders. They discussed
» Read moreThe Jackson County NAACP is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Diversity Scholarship, established to support high school seniors of Jackson, Swain and Macon counties. There were three winners from Blue Ridge Early College: Ramon Morales, Dallas Dean and Allison Morales. From Smoky Mountain High School were Karis Borchelt and Alexandra Zimmerman; and from Swain County High School,
» Read moreLots of organizing in preparation for the upcoming elections. Join in! Shorter meeting as our program was last Sunday, Charles Person. Please email jcnaacp54ab@gmail.com to receive instructions to join online. Saturday, August 15th, 2020 at 10:00 am will NOT be meeting face to face but online. Please email jcnaacp54ab@gmail.com to receive instructions to join online.
» Read moreSunday August 9 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm We will be hosting a special town hall meeting with the historic Civil Rights figure Charles Person co-sponsored by the Heartland Project and Reconcile Sylva on Sunday, August 9th at 3 pm. Charles Person played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights period and will share with us his insight on the
» Read moreThe Jackson County Branch of the NC NAACP meeting for Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 10:00 am will NOT be meeting face to face but online. Monthly meeting begins at 10 am, program starts at 11 am. The program topic will be “Being Allies to the Asian American Community”, presented by Ricky Leung, from NC Asian Americans Together. Please email jcnaacp54ab@gmail.com
» Read moreNAACP meeting for Saturday June 20 at 10 am will NOT be meeting face to face, but online. The program topic is ‘The Movement for Black Lives in WNC: What Next?’ Email jcnaacp54ab ( at ) gmail . com to receive instructions to join online.
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