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		<title>Texas Black Education Summit</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In September of 2012 we hosted an education summit and invited Black education organizations, Civil Rights organizations and Legislative staff in Austin, TX to discuss what changes and improvements need to be done in public education and higher education]]></description>
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		<title>African American Males in College Achievement &amp; Success Symposium</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 3-5, 2012, more than 150 higher education stakeholders from around Texas and the U.S. convened in Austin, Texas, for the first annual Texas African American Males in College Achievement &#38; Success Symposium. The event was held at the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center located at 1165 Angelina Street.  For a complete [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Judge Panel of Federal Judges Strike Down Texas Voter ID law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A three-judge panel in Washington ruled today that Texas&#8217; voter ID law, SB 14, imposes &#8220;strict, unforgiving burdens on the poor&#8221;.  In the opinion the Judges state: &#8220;The State of Texas enacted a voter ID law that—at least to our knowledge—is the most stringent in the country. That law will almost certainly have retrogressive effect: it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Judge Panel Denies Preclearance of Texas Redistricting Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are grateful for the decision issued today by the 3 Judge bi-partisan panel sitting in D.C. The panel looked at the evidence objectively and applied the law to the facts. It is notable that the bi-partisan opinion concluded that intentional discrimination existed in the manner that the State of Texas drew the new Congressional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking Schools’ Rules: A Statewide Study on How School Discipline Relates to Students’ Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year the CSG Justice Center, in partnership with the Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&#38;M University, released a statewide study of nearly 1 million Texas public secondary school students, followed for at least six years. One of the more shocking discoveries of this report is that the majority of students were suspended or expelled between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Educational Outreach and Advocacy Workshop Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas NAACP in partnership with the Dallas NAACP and the Texas High School Project will be hosting an Educational Outreach and Advocacy Workshop in Dallas Texas on Saturday March 24 from 9am &#8211; 12pm at Kathyln Gilliam Collegiate Academy 1700 E Camp Wisdom Rd. Dallas, TX.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Texas NAACP Files to Intervene in Voter ID Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the Texas NAACP along with the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) filed to intervene in the Texas Voter ID case to be heard in D.C. District Court.  The law passed during the 83rd Legislative session sets up unnecessary and harmful barriers that would disenfranchise thousands of voters in the state of Texas, a clear violation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fair Funding Now</title>
		<link>http://texasnaacp.org/?p=711</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the spring of 2011, the Texas legislature cut education funding the first time in over four decades. And given the chance to end funding disparities, they walked away – pushing millions of Texas children aside. But communities across the state are taking action to make sure that schools are equipped to guarantee that all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil Action 5281</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Civil Action 5281 is the desegregation order that for Texas School Districts.  The order was issued by the courts on April 20, 1971.  A copy of the courts order can be found here]]></description>
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		<title>How to file an education complaint with the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights</title>
		<link>http://texasnaacp.org/?p=702</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces five federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability and age in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance from the Department of Education (ED). Discrimination on the bases of race, color and national origin is prohibited by [...]]]></description>
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