NAACP branch jumps on the "school choice" bandwagon

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Open Letter to the CEO and Board of Directors of the NAACP

(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

by Doug Mann with input from other NAACP members

August 6, 2003

NAACP members in Minneapolis call on Kweisi Mfume, NAACP president and CEO to take immediate action to disassociate the NAACP from the Parent Information Centers sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Education. (see "Community Alert," next item down)

Community Alert

Statement prepared by an ad hoc committee of NAACP members (not a committee of the NAACP). Contact person: Doug Mann Email: dougmann99@cs.com

August 1, 2003

By a two-thirds majority, the Minneapolis NAACP branch membership voted on June 28, 2003 to not open two proposed Parent Information Centers and to return $152,400 (plus interest) recieved from the state due to a conflict of interest and failure to oversee the implementation of an agreement to settle a lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Education (approved by Courts in 2000). The NAACP sued the Minnesota Department of Education on behalf of public school students who are not getting an adequate education in the Minneapolis Public Schools The NAACP has a duty to act as an advocate for the public school students it claims to represent.

The President and Executive Committee of the Minnespolis NAACP Branch plan to open the Parent Information Centers on August 16, 2003 without authorization from the branch membership.

Job opening: 130,000 per year plus benefits

Yes, that's $130,000 per year plus benefits for the director of two proposed Parent Information Centers funded by the state of Minnesota and run by the Minneapolis Branch of the NAACP. Except briefly in 2002, the Minneapolis NAACP branch has not had a K-12 education committee functioning within the by-laws of the branch since June 1999. Yet the branch, represented by a secret negotiating team, settled an educational adequacy lawsuit with the state in 2001 and is legally obligated to serve as an advocate for the students it claims to represent.

by Doug Mann, June 1, 2003

Crisis in the Minneapolis NAACP Branch

by Doug Mann, August 9, 2003


	Mann for School Board \| home NAACP branch jumps on the "school choice" bandwagon Open Letter to the CEO and Board of Directors of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) by Doug Mann with input from other NAACP members August 6, 2003 NAACP members in Minneapolis call on Kweisi Mfume, NAACP president and CEO to take immediate action to disassociate the NAACP from the Parent Information Centers sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Education. (see "Community Alert," next item down) Community Alert Statement prepared by an ad hoc committee of NAACP members (not a committee of the NAACP). Contact person: Doug Mann Email: dougmann99@cs.com August 1, 2003 By a two-thirds majority, the Minneapolis NAACP branch membership voted on June 28, 2003 to not open two proposed Parent Information Centers and to return $152,400 (plus interest) recieved from the state due to a conflict of interest and failure to oversee the implementation of an agreement to settle a lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Education (approved by Courts in 2000). The NAACP sued the Minnesota Department of Education on behalf of public school students who are not getting an adequate education in the Minneapolis Public Schools The NAACP has a duty to act as an advocate for the public school students it claims to represent. The President and Executive Committee of the Minnespolis NAACP Branch plan to open the Parent Information Centers on August 16, 2003 without authorization from the branch membership. Job opening: 130,000 per year plus benefits Yes, that's $130,000 per year plus benefits for the director of two proposed Parent Information Centers funded by the state of Minnesota and run by the Minneapolis Branch of the NAACP. Except briefly in 2002, the Minneapolis NAACP branch has not had a K-12 education committee functioning within the by-laws of the branch since June 1999. Yet the branch, represented by a secret negotiating team, settled an educational adequacy lawsuit with the state in 2001 and is legally obligated to serve as an advocate for the students it claims to represent. by Doug Mann, June 1, 2003 Crisis in the Minneapolis NAACP Branch by Doug Mann, August 9, 2003