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The NAACP believes strongly that future leaders must be developed today, and such development is ongoing in the Youth & College Division, created in 1936. Today there are more than 400 Youth Councils and College Chapters actively involved in voter registration.
The NAACP has one of the largest organized groups of young people of any secular organization in the country. Some 67,000 youth are involved with the NAACP through its Youth Councils and College Division. Its objectives are to inspire, motivate, and create interest in civic activities; provide young people with an understanding of pertainent issues; develop organizational skills for implementation of community-related activities; and encourage active participation in these activities.
Youth units attend NAACP conventions, sponsor tutorial programs, conduct voter registration drives, hold black history pagents, and host Mr. and Miss. NAACP pageants.
The Youth and College Division offers workshops for college-bound students, focusing on financial aid, curriculum selection and scholarship applications; guidance and consultation for at-risk students; youth voter registration; youth seminars on the cause and effects of racial discrimination; and the facilitation of multiracial meetings.
The Memphis Branch Youth Council believes strongly in upholding and committing itself to these conditions and activities.
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