A Return to Glory and A Bit of Irony!- Van Jones Receives NAACP Presidents Image Award « Green Justice!!!
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Post Submitted by Kirin Kennedy
The NAACP, the oldest and most powerful Civil Rights organization in America, is going to honor former Green Czar Van Jones with an Image Award. The NAACP is stating that he is a pioneer in the “green collar jobs” with movement. This well deserved award is so ironic as roughly 6 months ago, Fox News Anchor Glenn Beck single handedly caused a furor within the conservative right community that led to Mr. Jones resignation. Beck took a series of Van’s remarks out of context and blew them out of proportion, leading to unwanted negative attention on the newly appoint ‘czar’ on green economy. Where the irony lies is that the NAACP Image Awards are aired each year by the Fox Network, and is a prestigious awards show that honors the achievements of people of color and their allies for advancements in the areas, of Music, Movies, Social justice and Civil rights!!! I am sure that Glenn Beck sat in astonishment as the NAACP announced that Van Jones would be receiving the Presidents Award….
NAACP Image awards air tonight on Fox To read the full post click on the link below!
Kirin Kennedy is a rising young leader and student at Penn State University. She is on the youth executive board of the Pennsylvania Chapter of NAACP and affiliated with League of Young Voters, Energy Justice Network and The Energy Action Coalition. you can read more of her thoughts at environmentaladvocate.wordpress.com
