Message from President Dyotha R. Sweat

ACT-SO is an acronym for Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics. ACT-SO is a yearlong enrichment program designed to recruit, stimulate, improve, and

encourage high academic and cultural achievement among African-American high school students. The ACT-SO program centers around the dedication and commitment of community

volunteers and business leaders to serve as mentors and coaches to promote academic and artistic excellence among African-American students. There are 24 categories of competition in the sciences, humanities, performing, and visual arts.

The Committee on Armed Services and Veteran's; Affairs shall: (1) study conditions pertaining to veterans in the community; (2) serve as a center of information on material issues affecting African American veterans; (3) serve as a source of information to veterans and their families seeking information on government agencies serving veterans and; (4) receive and act on all veteran's; complaints relative to discrimination on account of race, color or creed, or denial of benefits in local areas because of discrimination. 

Disproportion incarceration, racially motivated policing strategies, and racially biased, discriminatory, and mandatory minimum sentencing. Incarceration will be greatly reduced and communities will be safer. The death penalty will be abolished at the state and federal levels, as well as the military.

The function of the Digital Technology Committee is to: (1) seek to promote media content consistent with fundamental NAACP goals which include the elimination of racial isolation and fear and the furtherance of multiracial and cultural understandings; (2) monitor local and national media, especially advertising performance; (3) provide the National office with research and data on those local businesses engaged in communications arts and sciences.

The Economic Development committee is to promote the growth of entrepreneurship among African Americans and increase employment opportunities with private and public entities. The Economic Development Committee shall implement local efforts and support national programs to preserve and expand economic empowerment among African Americans and other communities of color. 

The function of the Education Committee is to: (1) seek to eliminate segregation and other discriminatory practices in public education; (2) study local educational conditions affecting minority groups; (3)investigate the public school system and school zoning; (4) familiarize itself with textbook material used in the school and seek to eliminate material there from which is racially derogatory; (5) seek to stimulate school attendance; (6) keep informed of school conditions and strive to correct abuses where found and; (7) aim to be a center of popular education on the race question and on the work of the association.

Environmental injustices, including climate change, work with our community to:

• Reduce harmful [pollutants] emissions, including greenhouse gases, with advocacy to strengthen the development, monitoring, and enforcement of regulations at federal, state, and local levels.
• Promote energy efficiency and clean energy solutions that provide good, local jobs equitably.
• Ensure that our community is equipped to engage in sustainability/climate action planning that integrates policies and practices that advance food justice, and transportation equity, uphold civil and human rights in emergency management and facilitate participatory democracy.

The Housing Committee studies housing conditions in Charles County. The  committee receives and seeks to address complaints of discrimination and  opposes all restrictive practices whether public or private. The  committee disseminates information and renders such other assistance  which may eliminate discrimination in housing.