“The NAACP Florida State Conference is calling on Bethune Cookman University President Dr. Edison Jackson and Board Chairman Dr. Joe Petrock to resign effective immediately. Since our initial public outcry last week, multiple allegations have surfaced including faculty intimidation demanding their silence or risk termination and threats to students by potentially withholding earned degrees and…
The NAACP Florida State Conference is calling on U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nearly 50,000 long resident Haitians and who support 10 times that number of persons in Haiti. On December 16, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security in a detailed analysis supported extension due to the continuing…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE… “The NAACP Florida State Conference is calling on U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to decline the commencement speaking invitation from Bethune Cookman University based on her horrible public education record impacting blacks and minorities in Florida and around the country. In terms of higher education, Secretary DeVos, is responsible for monitoring…