Uncover the Reason Kayla Griffin Wants You to Join the NAACP NOW!

Looking for reasons to join the NAACP? Look no further than President Kayla Griffin, Esq.! In this video, she shares with us the importance of the NAACP and why it's important for you to join now.  President Griffin shares with us why the NAACP is so important, and what you can do to support the organization. She covers topics like social justice, the history of the NAACP, and the work the NAACP is doing today. If you're interested in learning more about the NAACP or want to join up and help support their work, then this is the video for you!  Meet the new president of the Cleveland NAACP CLEVELAND - As a little girl, Kayla Griffin knew she had the qualities that would prepare her for the role she has today.  "I've always wanted to protect others that were innate in me. And for as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be an attorney and do justice work," Griffin said.  Her time on the high school basketball court set her up for a future in the court of law.  "My father was my basketball coach and he trained me just as hard at home as he did on the court. We had a very strict home when it came to discipline," Griffin said.  After she graduated from Cleveland State, she got a job with the City of Cleveland and that's when she noticed there was something lacking when it came to how issues were addressed in our communities.  So she got involved with the NAACP.  "When you understand that you're connected to something bigger and greater than you and you understand the legacy and the resources that they have, that we can plug into, it really reshapes and reframes how you do the work," Griffin said. "There's definitely a weight and a responsibility that comes with the position."  On top of her to-do list are voting and civic engagement.  "I work as a voting rights specialist. I'm the state director for an organization called All Voting is local," Griffin said. "We're on the precipice of like a shift in our regime where we can really see democracy crumble or we could see our country stand up to the values and the ideas that it was founded on."  Cleveland has one of the lowest voting rates in the state and Griffin said voting is the front door to democracy, so getting people to vote is her main focus.  Kayla Griffin is All Voting's Local's Ohio Campaign State Director.  Griffin previously served as the special project director for the Division of Recreation for the City of Cleveland, implementing youth and young-adult violence prevention, intervention, and opportunity initiatives.  With a background in community organizing, Griffin advocates for voter rights and election protection as the chair of the Norman S. Minor Bar Association community engagement committee and serves the Cleveland Branch of the NAACP as the criminal justice and legal redress chair.  Griffin holds a Juris Doctorate and a Master of Public Administration from Cleveland State University and a bachelor's degree from Kent State University.