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In this Feb. 18, 2010
photo, Roslyn M. Brock, 44, speaks during an interview with
The Associated Press in New York. The National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People elected the health
care executive as its youngest board chairman Saturday,
continuing a youth movement for the nation's oldest civil
rights organization. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) |
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NAACP
elects
Brock,
44, as
youngest
board
chairman
NEW YORK
(Tell Us
NY) -
The
NAACP
elected
a health
care
executive
as its
youngest
board
chairman
Saturday,
continuing
a youth
movement
for the
nation's
oldest
civil
rights
organization.
Roslyn
M.
Brock,
44, was
chosen
to
succeed
Julian
Bond.
She had
been
vice
chairman
since
2001 and
a member
of the
NAACP
for 25
years.
Rev.
Wendell
Anthony,
the nine
term
president
of the
Detroit
Branch
NAACP,
by many
was
considered
to be
the top
candidate
because
of his
civil
rights
organization
and
track
record
of
leading
successful
initiatives
through
his
Detroit
branch
office.
Anthony
said,
“Our
membership
nationwide
must be
reenergized.
It is
imperative
that we
work
harder
to
engage
members
where
they
live,
and
empower
them
with the
tools
and
information
they
need to
overcome
socioeconomic
issues
that are
threatening
their
quality
of life
today.
Brock
works
for Bon
Secours
Health
Systems
in
Maryland
as vice
president
for
advocacy
and
government
relations,
and
spent 10
years
working
on
health
issues
for the
W.K.
Kellogg
Foundation.
She
joins
Benjamin
Todd
Jealous,
the
37-year-old
CEO of
the
NAACP,
as
leader
of the
500,000-member
organization.
Brock
said she
plans to
focus on
pushing
for
policy
changes
to
eliminate
inequality,
strengthening
the
relationship
between
the
national
and
local
NAACP
branches
and
holding
people
accountable.
She said
the
nation
was at a
pivotal
moment
after
electing
the
first
black
president.
"I'd be
the
first to
say that
at the
NAACP we
have to
acknowledge
how far
we've
come as
a nation
in terms
of race
relations,
but also
in that
acknowledgment,
understanding
that
we're
not
where we
ought to
be, but
we thank
God
we're
not what
we used
to be.
"We need
to draw
a line
in the
sand and
say
thank
you,
America
... but
also
challenge
America
that we
still
have
much
more
work to
do."
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