About Us​

​Our Mission
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
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Our Vision
The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination.
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Our Objectives
  • To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens
  • To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States
  • To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes
  • To seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights
  • To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination
  • To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise thereof

​NAACP Austin Accomplishments
  • Mr. Nelson Linder, Winner of the Austin Urban League Whitney Young Award, 2009
  • Mr. Nelson Linder, Winner of the National NAACP Rupert Richardson Award, July 2012
  • Mr. Nelson Linder, winner of the University of Texas - Dr. James Hill Community Circle Award, December 2012
  • Mr. Nelson Linder, Winner of the Delta Sigma Theta Austin Chapter Political Activism Award, April 2013
  • Mr. Nelson Linder, Winner of the Story Changer Award, 2013
  • Mr. Nelson Linder, Winner of the National League of Cities Award, 2014
  • Mr. Nelson Linder, Winner of the Community Star Award, 2014
  • Mr. Nelson Linder, Winner of the Cesar Chavez Award from PODER, 2015
  • Mr. Nelson Linder, Winner of the KAZI Lifetime Achievement Award, 2015
  • Mr. Nelson Linder, Winner of the Precinct #1 Lifetime Achievement Award, 2017
  • Mr. Nelson Linder, Winner of the Austin Community College Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018
  • Mr. Nelson Linder, Excellence in Community Service Award, 2019