A reorganization of the Greater Bridgeport NAACP will take place Monday 7 p.m. at Messiah Baptist Church, 210 Congress Street, according to branch President Carolyn Vermont. Scot Esdaile, Connecticut NAACP State Conference president, will chair the meeting ordered by leaders of the national civil rights organization. The National Board of NAACP ordered “all elected officers [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Bobby Simmons'
Reorganization Of Local NAACP On Monday Night
April 21st, 2013 · 3 Comments · News and Events
Tags: Bobby Simmons·Carolyn Vermont
National NAACP Powerwashes Local Branch, Orders Reorganization
April 1st, 2013 · 7 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Dissension within the ranks of the Greater Bridgeport NAACP branch as well as non-compliance processing financial information have reached such a boiling point the National Board of Directors for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has ordered “all elected officers and executive committee members be removed” and the local branch reorganized including [...]
Tags: Bobby Simmons·Carolyn Vermont
The Bank Letter That Led To Bobby Simmons’ Suspension From the NAACP
March 28th, 2013 · 5 Comments · News and Events
Board of Education member Bobby Simmons has provided OIB the letter in question that led to his suspension as a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People by the national civil rights organization’s President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous who claims Simmons and three officers prepared an unauthorized letter removing two [...]
Tags: Bobby Simmons·Carolyn Vermont
School Board Member Bobby Simmons Suspended From NAACP For Rules Violations, Denies Charges
March 28th, 2013 · 15 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Bridgeport Board of Education member Bobby Simmons has been suspended as a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, accused of an unauthorized attempt to remove the names of two officers as signatories of the local Bridgeport branch account at People’s United Bank, according to a letter issued by Benjamin Todd [...]
City Republicans Have A Pulse, Plan Rally Against Mayor’s Budget
April 4th, 2013 · 28 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Education, News and Events
When you’re outgunned nearly 10 to 1 by the city’s Democratic registration, it’s hard to bore through the party layers. But this is an election year for the all-Democratic City Council as well as five seats on the Board of Education where city Republicans could regain footing through minority-party representation controlled by members of Connecticut’s [...]
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