Chicago Westside NAACP ACT-SO

The Chicago NAACP Westside Branch conducts the Afro-Academic Cultural,

Scientific and Technological Olympics (ACT-SO) each year. ACT-SO was created by
the late Chicago Journalist, Vernon Jarrett to allow the talented high school students
(Grades 9-12) in the African American Community to hone and display their
academic, cultural and scientific skills just as the athletes do. Students compete in
twenty-six different areas and those who win on the local level with a score of 95 or
better earn a Gold Medal and the opportunity to represent the local branch at the
national competition each year.

This is an important activity in which our students compete with a positive impact
on them and the local community. Each year we work with students who have not
competed in academic or cultural activities. We frequently interact with students
who have not travelled to another part of the City, let alone outside of Chicago. We
desperately need your assistance in supporting these young people in their positive
and constructive activities.

Please make a donation to the Chicago Westside Branch for the ACT-SO Program to
support the students on the local and national levels. Contributions are tax
deductible. Your contributions will show the students that we support them and
their pursuits.

Contributions to Chicago Westside ACT-SO

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Please remember to specify that your donation is for ACT-S0 by on the Memo Line
on your check or Money Order.

You will receive a notice and receipt when your contribution is processed.