Through the generous support of the Ford Foundation and contributions from Global Justice, Inc., the NAACP Youth & College Division has created a nationwide Social Security Empowerment Initiative aimed at increasing African American students' knowledge about Social Security and the proposed changes to how the system currently operates.
The initiative will run from January to March, 2008
OVERVIEW
Due to the ongoing national debate about proposed changes to Social Security and the possible effect of these changes on the community, the NAACP strongly believes in engaging dialog with African American college students across the country about this issue. The major component of the YBS Initiative is the Social Security student forums that will take place on 25 NAACP College Chapter campuses around the country. In an effort to personalize the impact of Social Security on African American young people, personal testimonies will be documented from at least 30 African American college students during the course of the project. A compilation of the testimonies will be formulated into a report, included on the Youth & College Division webpage and distributed to national organizations, media outlets and NAACP units.
RESOURCES
In addition to the information about Social Security provided during the forums, students will receive a YBS tool-kit that will contain fact sheets and resource lists for their continued education. Students will also be encouraged to regularly visit the NAACP Youth & College Division webpage for updates about Social Security via email alerts and personal reminders from NAACP College Chapters.
LONG TERM INITIATIVE GOALS
The long term goals of the project are increased knowledge about Social Security among African American college students as evidence by pre and post testing; continued engagement of African American college students and the community in discussions about Social Security; increased collaboration between the NAACP Youth & College Division and various national organizations around domestic justice issues; and increased public awareness about Social Security’s impact on African American college-age students.
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