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Front Row: state Rep. Anastasia Pittman; Annie C. Kirk, president of the central Oklahoma chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction and sponsor for the Teens of America Inc; Traveno Carter, president of the Langston College chapter of the NAACP and of the state conference for the youth and college division; Nina Ellison, partnership specialist with the U.S. Census Bureau; and Anthony R. Douglas, president of the Oklahoma State Conference for the NAACP.
*Also in picture is state Rep. Mike Shelton; District Judge Tammy Bass LeSure; Vice President of the Oklahoma City NAACP Branch Garland Pruitt and students from Teens of America Inc., NAACP and of the state conference for the youth and college division and Oklahoma City Youth Council division
OKLAHOMA CITY —State Rep. Anastasia Pittman helped sponsor the statewide NAACP youth and college-division membership training in the House Chamber recently, which focused on preparing the students for leadership roles and assist with the Census 2010 project.
Traveno Carter, president of the Langston College chapter of the NAACP and of the state conference for the youth and college division, was the facilitator for the event.
“Training young leaders to establish new chapters and revive pre-existing chapters is essential to our growth and our national goal of reaching over 20,000 active members by March 2010,” said Carter.
Pittman said the main focus of the meeting was to prepare the youths of Oklahoma to be ready for the 2010 Census and to get the community involved to help develop community partnership with all organizations involved with sponsoring the youth of Oklahoma.
“Next time the census comes around this year, it’ll be youths filling it out, and we want to make sure they are trained on how to correctly enter information plus be able to show others. It is important this census is as up-to-date and accurate as possible and that all young individuals are counted.”
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