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==Current objectives and activities==
==Current objectives and activities==


This section should discuss the group's current initiatives and tactics for influencing political outcomes (which may or may not be very different from its original goals and modus operandi).<ref>"The Things We Do and How We Do Them," Interest Group X. 2006. Retrieved July 21, 2009 from [http://www.interestgroupx.org/things_we_do.html http://www.interestgroupx.org/things_we_do.html]</ref>
According to its own website,http://www.naacp.org/about/mission/index.htm, the vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to promote an end to racial hatred and discrimination in our society where all  citizens are to be treated equally under the law. The objectives listed by the organization are:
 
'''To ensure the politcal, educational, social and economic equality of all citizens.'''
 
'''To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States'''
 
'''To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes'''
 
'''To seek enactiment and enforcment of federal, state and local laws securing civil rights'''
 
'''To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination'''
 
'''To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in the furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP's Articles of Incorporation and this Constitution'''


==Organizational structure==
==Organizational structure==

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A brief overview of your interest group (be sure to put its name in bold in the first sentence) and the scope of the article goes here.[1]

The following list of sections should serve as a loose guideline for developing the body of your article. The works cited in references 2-5 are all fake; their purpose is to serve as a formatting model for your own citations.

History

This section should describe the interest group's founding and development. It would probably be a good idea to divide it into chronological subsections, for example:

Founding

This subsection should provide some historical context for the founding of your group, explain the motivations behind it, and describe the steps taken and challenges faced by its founders to get the ball rolling.[2]

Current objectives and activities

According to its own website,http://www.naacp.org/about/mission/index.htm, the vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to promote an end to racial hatred and discrimination in our society where all citizens are to be treated equally under the law. The objectives listed by the organization are:

To ensure the politcal, educational, social and economic equality of all citizens.

To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States

To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes

To seek enactiment and enforcment of federal, state and local laws securing civil rights

To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination

To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in the furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP's Articles of Incorporation and this Constitution

Organizational structure

This section should describe the group's organizational structure, including its principal leadership positions and their current incumbents.[3]

Achievements

This section should recount the group's major achievements, including but not limited to legislative and/or legal victories.[4]

Public perception and controversies

In developing this final section, be especially careful about maintaining a neutral stance and tone. Your aim should be to document the public's perception of your group and/or any controversies in which it is or has been embroiled without weighing in with your own opinion about them.

References

  1. See the "Writing an Encyclopedia Article" handout for more details.
  2. John Q. Sample, Why and How Interest Group X Was Founded. City: Publisher, 2015.
  3. First Author and Second Author, "The Organizational Structure of Interest Group X," Fake Journal of Nonexistent Scholarship 36:2 (2015) pp. 36-52.
  4. "Major Success for Interest Group X," Anytown Daily News, January 1, 2015, p. A6.