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Black History Month. A bittersweet 28 days of honoring, remembering and celebrating the legacy of all African Americans.
Exhale fear. Inhale courage. These two short sentences are measurable, impactful ways the Hobbs Branch NAACP is moving forward in initiating conversations throughout the community to address justice and equality.
The organization feels it cannot be fearful of the past in challenging unconstitutional inequalities. And it must inhale courage to use lived experiences in validation of the confrontations which attempt to block progress.
The goals of the Hobbs Branch NAACP are to use the month of February as a tool in advancing education on how racism has been used in preventing meaningful cross-racial dialogue and to keep the western ideology of white hierarchy in place.