NAACP
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Branch of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People will sponsor its annual Martin L. King,
Jr. Day Rally, March and Worship Service at 9 a.m. Everyone is welcome
to join them for a peaceful rally, followed with a march down Franklin
Street starting at the Post Office at 179 E. Franklin St. that starts
at 10:15 a.m. The march will end at First Baptist Church, where the
worship service will start at 10:30 am.
Date:
Monday, January 18, 2010 - 4:00am
Location:
Post Office at 179 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill
By Michelle Cotton Laws, President of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP
(Also submitted to Mayor Kevin Foy.)
On behalf of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP, I am writing to express our concerns over what appears to be some post-election jockeying about who the Council should appoint to the vacant seat left by Bill Strom. Buttressing our concerns is the outcome of the recent elections which have resulted in what will be a racially homogeneous Council that does not reflect the broader Chapel Hill community. While some Council members (and their constituents) may feel comfortable with this outcome and argue that “the people” spoke through the casting of their votes, there are others—including the NAACP—who believe that the results of the election have left us in a similar place where the “Founding” American colonists were when they protested against the British Crown through the historical Boston Tea party -- “taxation without representation” for many Chapel Hill residents in particularly a relatively large and deeply rooted African American community.
Many of you know that local civil rights activist and historian Yonni Chapman has been struggling with cancer. Last night he peacefully ended that battle. Here's part of the touching e-mail that his daughters Sandi and Joyce sent out last night:
Yonni lived his life for The Struggle but has spent the last 29
years with his own intense struggle to live with cancer. His struggle
is over, but our struggle continues and what he would want from all of
us is to use his passing to renew our commitment to justice, equality
and to each other as sisters and brothers. We'd like a few days just to
be on our own so we probably won't be answering the phone right away.
We'll be organizing a celebration of his life and will contact you all
as soon as that plan is made. For now, please just send him your best wishes to speed him on his way home.
Yonni gave so much of himself to this community, and I have no doubt
that we are a more just and equitable place because of it. I also think
I'm a better person for having been poked, prodded, enlightened, and
inspired by his work.
Gene Nichol moderates this social justice
focused candidate forum on Wednesday, Oct 21 from 7-9 p.m. Hear
candidate ideas and positions on issues like affordable housing,
democracy reform and civil rights, welcoming Chapel Hill's immigrant
and refugee communities, and environmental justice.
Candidate
forum sponsors include: NC Common Cause, Democracy North Carolina,
League of Women Voters, NAACP (UNC Chapter), Justice and Peace
Commission of The Church of Reconciliation. Individual sponsors
include: Rev. Stephen Elkins-Williams (Chapel of the Cross), Rev. Bob
Dunham (University Presbyterian Church), Richard andJill Edens (United
Church of Chapel Hill), and Rev. Peter JB Carman (Binkley Baptist
Church).
Due to other church business that evening, THERE IS NO PARKING AT UUMC. Please plan to use street or other available parking.
Contact Josh Glasser, JGlasser@CommonCause.org or 919-260-1364 for more information
Date:
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Location:
University United Methodist Church, 150 E Franklin St.
Thanks to MaryAnne for the tip.
Date:
Monday, September 21, 2009 - 3:00pm
Location:
St. Paul AME Church, Merritt Mill Road, Chapel Hill
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