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Posted on 06/07/2007 11:39:21 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
BALTIMORE - The NAACP said it is cutting about 40 percent of its national staff and closing, at least temporarily, its seven regional offices to cover three years of budget shortfalls.
The civil rights group will reduce its staff from 119 to 70 through layoffs and attrition to avoid draining more of its shrinking reserves, interim president and chief executive officer Dennis Hayes said. The Baltimore headquarters will remain open and still offer services provided by the regional offices, he said.
"We are right-sizing our organization to meet present circumstances," Hayes told The Baltimore Sun for an article published Thursday.
"We had the unexpected departure of our CEO at a time when we were already without a chief development officer. So, understandably, we have to regenerate our revenue machine, our fundraising machine, to get us to where we should have been," Hayes said.
Bruce Gordon quit as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's president and CEO in March after 19 months on the job.
The NAACP has used about $10 million in reserve funds to cover shortfalls over the past three years, Hayes said. He declined to say how much is left in the fund.
Hayes gave several reasons for the budget shortfall.
"Gas is more expensive, the cost of living is higher, people are not giving as much as they used to," he said. "And membership, we always need more members. Our impression is we can improve and enhance the way we do things."
(This version CORRECTS that the NAACP is cutting 40 percent of national staff, not just from its Baltimore staff)
“Gas is more expensive, the cost of living is higher, people are not giving as much as they used to,” he said. “And membership, we always need more members. Our impression is we can improve and enhance the way we do things.”
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Excuses Excuses..
“We had the unexpected departure of our CEO at a time when we were already without a chief development officer. So, understandably, we have to regenerate our revenue machine, our fundraising machine, to get us to where we should have been,” Hayes said.
Bruce Gordon quit as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s president and CEO in March after 19 months on the job.
Bush’s fault. /lib /bs /whine
The rodents not ante’ing up to support their racist propaganda arm ? Tsk tsk.
You will be fired if you say ‘’colored’’ - the NAACP
Thank God this “dinosaur” appears headed for the tar-pits.
>> membership, we always need more members
Duh!! Of course membership is declining, there aren’t any more “Colored People” to advance. Our politically correct masters decreed it to be so.
But, all will be well if they simply change the name to “National Association for the Advancement of African-Americans”...
NAAAA...
Let’s bury these turds in the litter box.
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Good news.
Those poor Colored People!!
Egads. Where’d you find that?
Translation: Jesse and Al have dried up our fund sources........
This is no fair; they can’t just close up shop and leave.
Somebody needs to organize a national bake-sale or something.
It wouldn’t be right around here anymore without them.
Time to shake down some corporate sponsers?
They’ve all been hit by Jesse and Al, no more easy pickins. Foreign companies don’t play dat game and Mexicans don’t contribute! What’s a brutha to do?..............
The NAACP hits its peak of membership in 1963.
Could it be that the NAACP and other groups were so successful in the ‘60s that they no longer have a reason for being?
The civil rights groups active in the ‘50s and ‘60s achieved all of their goals. Could it be that people no longer see relevance to being dues paying members of groups such as the NAACP??
That’s floated around online for quite some time. I seem to remember that bit from an ‘80s show. That kid is probably 30 by now ! ;-D
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