West Virginia NAACP Holds Annual Convention
INSTITUTE, W.Va.
West Virginia NAACP members want to get more young people involved in the organization.
The goal was among several addressed at the group’s 61st annual convention held at West Virginia State University in Institute over the weekend. About 40 members attended.
“When a lot of our youth graduate from West Virginia (schools), they move to other cities,” James Tolbert, president of the state group, said after the conference.
The NAACP is planning a youth summit for high school and college students that is expected to be held by the end of the year in either Morgantown or Charleston. The summit will focus on voter registration, NAACP history and how to be more productive in communities.
West Virginia has 16 NAACP branches and one active youth council in Beckley.
