BECOME A MEMBER OF THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD BRANCH 1119
Your local membership includes national membership, too!
WHEN YOU JOIN, YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
You will be part of a multigenerational community rooted in racial justice, mutual support, and collective action. Through regular meetings, Youth Council gatherings, cultural programming, community dinners, volunteer opportunities, wellness events, and public actions, members build relationships with people who are actively working toward a more just and connected Lane County. The branch intentionally creates spaces where Black community members and allies can gather around advocacy through joy, healing, culture, learning, and civic engagement.
From community storytelling events and MLK celebrations to public forums, youth leadership activities, and neighborhood outreach, members become part of a consistent community infrastructure grounded in belonging, participation, and shared responsibility.
Experience a consistent space to gather with people committed to racial justice and civic participation.
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You will have meaningful opportunities to build real-world organizing, outreach, leadership, and community engagement skills through committee work, public events, youth mentorship, resource distribution, civic engagement efforts, and issue-based campaigns. Members support initiatives ranging from education justice listening sessions and community health fairs to voter engagement, youth leadership development, legal redress efforts, and culturally responsive programming.
Volunteers receive opportunities for hands-on training in areas like public outreach, tabling, community engagement, mentorship, event support, and advocacy communications, while working alongside experienced organizers, educators, and community leaders.
Hands-on opportunities and trainings with real-world experience contributing to advocacy campaigns
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Membership provides a direct pathway to help shape the work and priorities of the Eugene-Springfield NAACP. Through committees, listening sessions, surveys, Youth Council participation, volunteer leadership, and regular branch engagement, members can elevate community concerns, identify emerging needs, and contribute to developing solutions grounded in lived experience.
Our branch actively gathers community feedback through structured processes, including education listening sessions across school districts, incident reporting systems, community needs assessments, and ongoing outreach efforts designed to inform advocacy and programming priorities. Members are encouraged to participate as both supporters and contributors whose perspectives help guide campaigns, services, partnerships, and public positions. This structure creates a way to move from your individual concerns towards collective action and local impact.
A structured way to raise issues, shape priorities, and influence branch direction and bring forward community concerns and solutions.
LOW COST, HIGH REWARD
Join us in our work to support and celebrate the local Black community and other communities of color and advocate for civil rights and racial and social justice.
$30/YEAR
ADULTS 21+
$10/YEAR
YOUTH 20 and under
Your national membership includes:
Participation in the NAACP National Convention and other major gatherings.
Networking with organizers, policymakers, and civil rights leaders across the country.
Access to coordinated advocacy efforts, including federal policy engagement and public pressure campaigns.
Support for litigation that challenges discriminatory laws and protects constitutional rights.
half of your annual membership dues go to the national naacp, and half stay with our branch.
Support your local NAACP with an additional annual or monthly donation using our online form. Your donation can cover youth membership fees and support the work that annual dues can never fully cover.
The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
— Coretta Scott King