Join the NAACP ACT-SO Youth Program to acquire skills in artistic, scientific and academic disciplines and compete for scholarships.

Each year, high school students across the country start a journey to sharpen their skills through the Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO). From visual arts and business to performing and culinary arts, participants work with community-based volunteers for a year to develop projects and performances.

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The NAACP’s Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) is a yearlong achievement program designed to recruit, stimulate, and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among African American high school students.

Our New Orleans ACT-SO is an enrichment program grounded in Social Justice, dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty by providing opportunities for 9th – 12th graders to engage in critical, evaluative dialog with community members in their areas of expertise.

What is ACT-SO? The NAACP's Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics is a yearlong achievement program designed to recruit, stimulate, and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among African-American high school students.

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ACT-SO is a year-long youth achievement program that begins in August of each year in local communities nationwide. In more than 200 local communities throughout the U.S., ACT-SO adult volunteers recruit students and mentors.

The NAACP’s Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) is a yearlong achievement program designed to recruit, stimulate, and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among African-American high school students.

The Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) is a year round enrichment program for Black high school students to showcase their brilliance, innovation and creativity.