HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANGSTON HUGHES READING TRIBUTES - February 1, 2012 - More

Middle School Over Achievers Program - Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 6:30pm

First Park Baptist Church - 315 West 7th Street Plainfield

Board of Education Candidates Forum - March 25, 2012 5:15pm - Whitney Allen Young Community Room - (Confirmation Pending)

70th Annual Freedom Fund 2011

HELP US CURB CHILDHOOD OBESITY

NAACP Childhood Obesity Advocacy Manual

For the first time in U.S. history, the current generation of young people could be the first to live sicker and die younger than their parents’ generation. Childhood obesity is plaguing African-American populations at a rate that is disproportionately higher than the rest of the country. The NAACP is focusing on three policy areas to address the root causes of childhood obesity.

1) Built environment:

2) Food environments:

3) School-based policies:

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