NAACP Longview Branch Education

NAACP Longview Branch

Welcome to the NAACP Longview Branch Unit #6197

Education

The NAACP strives to eliminate education-related racial and ethnic disparities.

The Education Committee works to ensure all students in the Greater Longview area have access to an equal and high-quality public education by: promoting school resource equity; increasing teacher quality; promoting parent engagement, and; enhancing early childhood literacy initiatives.

We work to reduce undue placement of minority youth in special education programs. We promote affirmative action and funding equity in higher education. We lobby to maintain and expand financial aid and PELL grants for higher education.

Click HERE to Read more about EDUCATION at the NAACP.

Youth and College

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 25,000 young people, under the age of 25, representing 700 Youth Councils, High School Chapters and College Chapters actively involved in the fight for civil rights. The NAACP has one of the largest organized groups of young people of any secular organization in the country.

Scholarship and Loan Application Information

Scholarships- Each year the NAACP, through generous donations, is able to provide scholarships to outstanding students. It is the duty of our dedicated Scholarship Committee to determine the most outstanding individuals to receive these awards. The NAACP does not provide financial aid to individuals, only scholarships through this process.

Texas B-On-Time Loan (BOT)

This is a no-interest loan for eligible Texas Students. If the borrower meets certain requirements, then the entire loan amount can be forgiven upon graduation. The State of Texas funds the loan.

For more information or scholarships and loans,
Please click HERE for the Youth Council #6779 Page.

Careers In Medicine

Are you wanting to become a medical doctor or a doctor of osteopathic medicine? Check out the Joint Admission Medical Program (JAMP), which is a special program created by the Texas Legislature to support and encourage highly qualified, economically disadvantaged Texas resident students pursuing a medical education.

Complaint Process

How to file an education complaint with the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces five federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability and age in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance from the Department of Education (ED)

Discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin is prohibited by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; sex discrimination is prohibited by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; discrimination on the basis of disability is prohibited by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Title II prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability by public entities, whether or not they receive federal financial assistance); and age discrimination is prohibited by the Age Discrimination Act of 1975.

For more information on how to file a complaint go to OCR website.

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