The Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) is a year-long enrichment program designed to recruit, stimulate, improve and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among African-American high school students.
ACT-SO includes 33 categories of competition for more information CLICK HERE.
The ACT-SO Fact Sheet provides in-depth information about ACT-SO and its origins.
Our ACT-SO Competition happens every spring. For those interested in participating in the ACT-SO competition, Registration is completed online ACT-SO Contestant Registration
Contact:
NAACP ACT-SO
Greater Harrisburg Area
PO Box 2757
Harrisburg, PA 17106
(717) 710-3109
Hbgnaacp97@gmail.com:Hbgnaacp.com
ACT-SO Training Video – Click Here
For more than 25 years, the Harrisburg NAACP Chapter has supported our students attending the national ACTSO Competition with no cost to the student. This year will be no exception. We will continue to fundraise to support our deserving Gold Medalist to attend the 2026 National ACTSO Competition, and to support the local ACTSO program in 2027.
In order to take our students to the national competition, we will need to cover the following expenses:
Please support our fundraising efforts by giving to the $26.00 for 2026. You can make a direct payment to the Greater Harrisburg Chapter NAACP ACTSO Program., P.O. Box 2757, Harrisburg, PA 17105. You can make a CASH APP payment to: $GreaterhbgACTSO2263 GreaterHarrisburgArea ACT-SO Branch name will come up. You can give as much as you want to support our ACTSO program.
