Front Cover Feature Benjamin Todd Jealous NAACP Washington DC Bright House Orlando , Florida July 2013
Standing with the Scott Sisters Campaign : The NAACP helped lead a national campaign in support of the Scott Sisters , two Mississippi women sentenced to double-life sentences for a 1994 crime which yielded $ 11 . NAACP President & CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous requested a pardon for the sisters from Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour in September 2010 .
Result : After a national campaign in which the NAACP obtained more than 40,000 signatures in support of the Scott Sisters ' release , thousands of letters of encouragement from our e-mail list , several NAACP-led rallies and personal requests from President Jealous , Governor Barbour granted the Scott Sisters their release in December 2010 .
Fighting for Health Care as a Civil Right Campaign : The NAACP established an unprecedented Civil Rights Health Care War Room in Washington , DC along with the National Urban League and Black Leadership Forum . Together we generated tens of thousands of phone calls to Congress , thousands of letters , and more than a dozen visits from State NAACP leadership to Congressional leaders in Washington .
Result : The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care & Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 will extend health insurance coverage to 32 million Americans and will outlaw discrimination against patients with pre-existing medical conditions .
National Victories
Strengthening Hate Crimes Enforcement Campaign : NAACP supporters sent hundreds of letters and phone calls to Congress demanding tougher measures against hate crimes .
Result : The Mathew Shepard , James Byrd Jr . Hate Crimes Prevention Act , which allows the federal government to prevent , investigate and prosecute hate crimes after 13 years .
Protecting the Working Poor Campaign : Through calls and letters to Congress , NAACP members and supporters demanded action for families struggling with unemployment in difficult financial times .
Result : The Continuing Extension Act of 2010 , extending federal unemployment benefits to those whose state-paid benefits have expired .
Upholding Justice for All Campaign : The NAACP ' s I Am Troy Campaign made Troy Davis , a former sports coach sitting on death row even after seven of nine witnesses recanted their testimony , the face of racial disparities that remain in our criminal justice system .
Result : In a rare Supreme Court decision , evidence against Troy Davis was ordered to be re-heard and his sentence reconsidered .
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