New York NAACP takes top awards in Houston
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The New York state NAACP won three first-place awards at the 93rd annual national convention of the NAACP held in Houston, Texas, earlier this month.
We worked hard and we pushed the national priorities so as to further the freedom-and-equality mission of the association, said the proud and beaming Hazel Dukes, president of the New York State Conference of NAACP branches.
The honors were for best state conference newsletter, the Thalheimer Award for outstanding programs and the coveted Kelly M. Alexander Award for the most outstanding state conference president in the association for achievement in membership enrollment and programmatic activities.
I lead by example, Dukes said. If I work hard and focus on the national program priorities, then the local branch volunteers are encouraged to work hard, as well, she continued. We cannot rest on our laurels, however, because freedom is under fire from many fronts. We must and we will go forward with renewed energy and dedication to the task of protecting civil rights in our quest for equal justice under the law, Dukes said.
The immediate program priority for the next quarter is voter empowerment. There are 77 branches of the NAACP statewide, including youth, college and prison units, and they will focus on voter registration, voter education and voter mobilization in anticipation of the fall elections.
We worked hard and we pushed the national priorities so as to further the freedom-and-equality mission of the association, said the proud and beaming Hazel Dukes, president of the New York State Conference of NAACP branches.
The honors were for best state conference newsletter, the Thalheimer Award for outstanding programs and the coveted Kelly M. Alexander Award for the most outstanding state conference president in the association for achievement in membership enrollment and programmatic activities.
I lead by example, Dukes said. If I work hard and focus on the national program priorities, then the local branch volunteers are encouraged to work hard, as well, she continued. We cannot rest on our laurels, however, because freedom is under fire from many fronts. We must and we will go forward with renewed energy and dedication to the task of protecting civil rights in our quest for equal justice under the law, Dukes said.
The immediate program priority for the next quarter is voter empowerment. There are 77 branches of the NAACP statewide, including youth, college and prison units, and they will focus on voter registration, voter education and voter mobilization in anticipation of the fall elections.
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“New York NAACP takes top awards in Houston,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/1406/.