Youth & College
A New Generation of Leadership
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 intrest in civic activities; provide young people with an understanding of pertinent 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 essay contests, and host Mr. and Miss. NAACP pageants.
There are more than 12,000,000 registered African American voters. Believing that "a voteless people is a hopeless people", the NAACP's voter empowerment efforts work tirelessly to achieve full political empowerment for African Americans.
Regional Offices
Virginia
Alexandria Branch
Phone: (703)566-1575
Address: P.O. Box 1740, Alexandria 22313
Web Site: www.naacpalexandria.org
Area II Network Branch
Phone: (757)627-1096
Chesapeake Branch
Phone: (757)485-8916
Address: 2604 Lake Ridge Crossing, Chesapeake 23323
Fairfax County Branch
Phone: (703)591-4488
Address: P.O. Box 389, Oakton, VA 22124
Web Site: www.naacpfairfax.org
Hanover County Branch
Phone: (804)798-9798
Address: P.O. Box 2112, Mechanicsville, VA 23116
Web Site: www.hcbnaacp.org
Loudoun County Branch
Phone: (703-779-2990
Fax: (703)777-1041
Address: P.O. Box 2439, Leesburg, VA 20177
Web Site: www.naacploudoun.org
Newport News VA Branch
Phone: (757)886-7538
Address: 327 Woodbrook Run, Newport, VA 23606
Portsmouth Youth Branch
Phone: (757)488-4776
Address: 1106 Roosevelt Blvd., Portsmouth, VA 23701
Sussex Branch
Phone: (804)834-8881
Address: P.O. Box 199, Waverly, VA 23890
Web Site: sussexnaacpbranch.org
Vienna Branch
Phone: (703)938-8525
Virginia Branch
Phone: (757)490-7799
Address: P.O. Box 6114, Virginia Beach, VA 23466
Washington & Lee University Branch
Address: P.O. Box 5122, Lexington, VA 24450
Web Site: naacp.wlu.edu
Williamsburg Branch
Phone: (757)253-0841
Address: 479 McLaws Circle Suite 3, Williamsburg, VA 23185
