Standing Committees

• Education
• Health
• Legal Redress
• Political Action
• Youth Council
• Relgious Affairs

Standing Committees meet monthly (see below for dates and times) at the NAACP office located at 75 Washington Avenue, Portland, 3rd Floor. Our office is located in the former Nissen Bakery building now the home of Casey Family Services.

Education Committee
The goal of the NAACP’s education advocacy agenda is to provide all students access to quality education. To accomplish this goal, the Education Committee focuses on three major objectives: preventing racial discrimination in educational programs and services; advancing educational excellence; and promoting an equal opportunity education agenda.

Committee Chair: Regina Phillips (rlp@portlandmaine.gov)

Monthly Meeting: Second Wednesday, 4:30—6:00 p.m.

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Health Committee
The Health committee works to educate on disease prevention, and to advocate for access to quality healthcare and the elimination of health disparities. The Health Committee also addresses the ongoing need to increase cultural competency in the delivery of healthcare services.

Committee Chair: Jessica Loney (jessexcell@yahoo.com)

Monthly Meeting: Third Tuesday, 5:30—6:45 p.m.

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Legal Redress
This committee investigates all cases reported to the Branch, supervises all litigation the Branch is interested in pursuing, and keeps the NAACP national office and the Branch informed on the progress of every case. The Committee does not give general legal advice.

Committee Chair: David Lourie (dal@maine.rr.com)

Monthly Meeting: Second Friday, 2:30—4:00 p.m.

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Political Action
This committee seeks to address and protect the political interests of disenfranchised communities.

Committee Chair: Sallie Chandler (salliebc@metrocast.net)

Monthly Meeting: Second Friday, 2:30—4:00 p.m.

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Students have been on 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, campus activism has forced society and the world to change. NAACP Youth Councils and College Chapters all across America are engaged in social justice activism addressing issues at the local, state, and national level.*

* Quote taken from the NAACP National Office flyer “NAACP Youth and College Freedom Fighters Since 1936”

Council Advisor: Winston McGill (dunya46@yahoo.com)

Monthly Meeting: Third Tuesday, 7—9:00 p.m.

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Religious Affairs
The Religious Affairs Committee seeks to: promote an educational program designed to give a moral and ethical interpretation to the civil rights struggle; interpret the work of the Association to organized religious groups of all faiths; enlist the support of such organized religious groups for membership, fund raising, and the struggle for equality and full civil rights; and provide resource assistance for religious education and social action activities associated with the improvement of race relations.

Committee Chair: Dawud Ummah (dummah@maine.rr.com)

Monthly Meeting: Third Tuesday, 5:30–7:00 p.m

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