Mystic Valley Area Branch of the NAACP

Today we honor Martin Luther King, Jr. at services around the country. Taking inspiration from his accomplishments and legacy, we devote ourselves to continuing the unfinished goals of securing civil rights and dignity for all people.

Please visit our Labor and Industry Committee page for the details about two new administrative job openings (one temp, one perm) at Tri-City Community Action Program, Inc. (Tri-CAP) in Malden.

All are welcome to join us at our branch membership meeting at 7:30pm on Monday January 23rd at the West Medford Community Center at 111 Arlington Street (Google map).

The special agenda will be a presentation by Rev. George Walters-Sleyon entitled Mass Incarceration: African Americans in the US Criminal Justice System.

Rev. Walters-Sleyon is the Director of the Center for Church and Prison. You're invited to bring friends and family to the presentation, and event postcards (front and back) are available to download and print.

On October 1st, our very own Anna Ekpenyong was awarded the Living Legend Award recognizing her many years of commitment and hard work in the NAACP. Anna received the award during the dinner at the New England Area Conference annual meeting in Bedford, MA.

When Anna commits her energy to an NAACP project, it gets instant credibility. How can anyone look Anna Ekpenyong in the eye when she asks for a little of your time, a little of your commitment, or a little of your money to support civil rights, and say no? You cannot, knowing that she personally on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis gives so much of herself. It is because she always gives, never getting or expecting anything in return, other than the satisfaction of knowing she is working to maintain the NAACP locally that the award of Living Legend is so appropriate.

Congratulations Anna, and thank you for all of your dedicated service!

We have a new job posting for an Inside Sales Account Executive position. Please visit our Labor and Industy Committee page for more information.

Mystic Valley Area Branch is pleased to announce that our new discrimination complaint form is now available for download from the Legal Redress page, and we're prepared to investigate claims of discrimination.

While we support seat belt safety, we are unwilling to take the giant leap forward to criminalize the act. The argument in opposition is that criminalizing wearing a seat belt gives too much power to rogue officers to stop, search, and harass persons of color under the guise of seat belt safety. This legislation as written empowers officers to conduct unlawful searches based on appearances.

Please see the attached fact sheet about our opposition.