The Greater Bangor Area Branch NAACP

The Greater Bangor Area Branch welcomes all people of goodwill as members. Membership is confidential and contact information will not be distributed to outside organizations or individuals. 

A membership application is attached to this homepage for your consideration. Please send a printout of the form and your check to the address on the form. 

We welcome your participation in the Branch. After your membership has been entered into our roles, you will be informed about upcoming virtual meetings and events. Please stay safe during the pandemic. When health conditions improve, we will return to in-person meetings and other activities.

Mission Statement:

Organized in the early 1960s, the Greater Bangor Area Branch NAACP is an all-volunteer, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the eradication of racism in all its forms. We hold membership meetings on a regular basis, organize events that serve the cause of racial justice, and help individuals who are confronting racial bias. We are the only nationally recognized civil-rights organization in Central and Northern Maine. 

Vision Statement:

The GBA Branch NAACP adheres to the Vision Statement and Objectives of the National NAACP: 

The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race.

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, and to take any other lawful action in furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the National NAACP’s Articles of Incorporation and Constitution.