Act-So: Pine Bluff NAACP

02/27/2026

Indigo Blue Coffeeshop will be closed Saturday, February 28 2026. We are supporting the Pine Bluff NAACP ACTSO program tomorrow with a RUMMAGE Sale to benefit the program. For the past 5 years, Indigo Blue Coffeehouse has been a major sponsor of ACTSO and a chief fundraiser as well. If you are looking for great deals on furniture, clothing, appliances, and household items and want to support a program aimed at supporting academic excellence meet us at 2008 and 2010 West 30th Street in Pine Bluff from 7:30 am till we are done tomorrow February 28th. Bring cash or cashapp. All funds raised benefit ACTSO Thank you for your support.

07/02/2025

Hey Pine Bluff. Indigo Blue will be open Saturday July 5 from 10 am till 3. We will be hosting the ACTSO fundraising fish fry. Also, we have framed are for sale and other items. We are working to raise funds for ACTSO contestants’ trip to Charlotte next week. Hope you can come

06/19/2025

Bid on items & unique creations to support our local ACT-SO program which promotes academic achievements for Pine Bluff's high school students.

All proceeds support our gold-winner ACT-SO students who are representing our city at the National ACT-SO competitions scheduled July 9-13 in Charlotte North Carolina.

05/24/2023

ACT-SO (Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics) is a program sponsored by the NAACP that recognizes academic achievements of students. It is the largest program of its kind for African American youth. Since the mid 1970's ACT-SO has attracted over 250,000 young people who have participated in its national competitions and tens of thousands more in local competitions held annually around the country. Your Pine Bluff NAACP held its competitions in April 2023. Dozens of volunteers participated as judges and contestants were awarded gold medals in music, visual arts, short story, and poetry written. These awardees will represent Pine Bluff at the NAACP National Competitions in July 2023 in Boston MA. The Pine Bluff ACT-SO Committee is engaged in fundraising for this trip to Boston and need your support. Please join our 'Circle of Friends' campaign by giving $50 or more to help pay for travel expenses, which include meals, lodging for 5 days, and airline tickets for 4 contestants and two chaperones. We need 150 people or more to contribute $50. Please see the attached flyer for more information. Thank you for your support,

10/09/2022

Congratulations to Emarie Mahogany, a student at Watson Chapel High School, who was a competitor in the short story ACT-SO competition at the National ACT-SO Competition held in Atlantic City, July 14-18, 2022. She was also recognized at the State NAACP Annual Conference held last month in Little Rock and met Miss Arkansas.

10/09/2022

The 2022-23 Program for ACT-SO is now accepting student applications for participation. iF you know high school students of African American descent in the City of Pine Bluff & Watson Chapel who you think may be interested in participating this program year, please ask them to contact us at 870.718.5330. Competitions are scheduled for March and April 2023. Monetary prizes for 1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place. Plus first place winners win a trip to Baltimore, Maryland to participate at the national NAACP ACT-SO Competitions. Monetary prizes range from $1000 to $2000 plus the change to receive college scholarships and other financial awards.

05/16/2022

04/03/2022

We are looking forward to our next set of local competitions at the end of the month! To was a good day for the PB NAACP Act-So Competition.

03/04/2022

The Pine Bluff ACT-SO competitions begin in April and the committee is looking for volunteers who can act as volunteer judges. The attached flyer lists the different competitions. The committee is looking for professionals in their fields who are non-high school teachers. We need volunteers right away. Please contact me at 870.718.5330.