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Chapel Hill will be the home of one of thirteen rallies going on simultaneously across North Carolina on Wednesday. Join us in rising up against the immoral attempts to drag our state back to the bad old days!
From ncaacpnc.org:
Taking the Dream HomeForward Together Movement Rallies across North Carolina on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
After many of you attend the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the March on Washington in D.C. on August 24th, we will return to North Carolina and rally in our home state on August 28th, the actual 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. We will heed Dr. King's call at the end of his "I Have a Dream" speech to go home and organize! We will hold 13 simultaneous rallies across the state to bring to light the unconstitutional and immoral acts of the NC General Assembly and the influence their decisions have had on our local communities. We will rally in the 13 Congressional Districts and demand that our Congress People renew Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act.
Date:
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 5:30pm
Location:
Peace and Justice Plaza, Franklin St. Post Office, 179 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill
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I'm pretty sure that no other municipality in North Carolina could have done business from prison in Raleigh tonight. But Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton (who helped instigate Mega Moral Monday) as well as Alderpeople Michelle Johnson, Damon Seils, and Sammy Slade all committed civil disobedience with about 140 other people - including Chapel Hill Town Council Member Donna Bell and OP Editor Molly De Marco - by refusing to leave the rotunda in the N.C. General Assembly.
Among the 1,000 protesters outside the NCGA were a quorum of Orange County Commissioners (Bernadette Pelissier, Penny Rich, Renee Price, and Mark Dorosin), a Carrboro Alderperson (Randee Haven-O'Donnell), OP regular Mark Marcoplos, and two more OP editors (Travis Crayton and myself).
Historic Thousands on Jones Street People's Assembly 6
14 Point People's Agenda for North Carolina
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Health Care for All. NC
ought to provide its people with health insurance and prescription
drugs, while funding public health programs to treat social diseases
that plague Black and poor communities including HIV/AIDS, diseases
caused by environmental pollution and warming, drugs, domestic violence,
mental illness, diabetes, and obesity.
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Lift Every HBCU. NC
must financially support our Historically Black Colleges and
Universities to develop equitable infrastructure and programs with
doctoral-level leadership for today's challenges.
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Provide Affordable Housing and Stop Consumer Abuse. NC
must provide an Affordable Housing Trust Fund for low-income renters,
vouchers for wounded veterans who can not find accessible housing,
meaningful tax breaks for seniors forced out of their homes, and
protection against predatory lending and foreclosures.
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Date:
Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location:
Assemble at Shaw University in Raleigh, NC
Last week, I received a press release about the 2011 endorsements by the Anderson-Thorpe-Chapman Breakfast Club (quoted in its entirety at the end of this post). Unfortunately, the statement raised more questions than it answered. I spoke by phone with my friend Nate Davis, corresponded with NAACP representative Rob Stephens, and also e-mailed Fred Battle and Al McSurely, but was not able to get any answers to my questions. If candidates and the media are going to tout these endorsements, I think we should know a little more about where they came from.
Info receive via e-mail from Julie McClintock:
Greetings Candidates!
As a candidate for the Chapel Hill Town Council, you are invited to participate in a Community Forum sponsored by organizations who value community participation in Town decisions. Organizers for this event are Empowerment, NRG (Neighbors for Responsible Growth), CURB (Citizens United for Responsive Building), and the NAACP.
When and where? Tuesday,October 11th, 6:30 - 8:30pm, Hargraves Center St. Joseph's Church .
6:30 - 7 pm Candidates meet and greet neighbors and community members, light refreshments
7 - 8:30 pm Candidates
answer questions gathered from our neighborhoods and organizations.
(Questions will be sent to candidates in advance.)
Kindly return by email this invitation to confirm your attendance. We look forward to a fun and informative evening.
Thank you for your participation in ourTown elections!
Sincerely,
Community Forum Organizing Committee: Dolores Bailey, Julie McClintock, Del Snow, Al McSurely
Date:
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location:
St. Joseph's Church (NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION)
I would like to paste some information about the 5th annual HKonJ (Historic Thousands on Jones Street) here, but their web site has nothing but ugly graphics. Nothing that I can copy. You can go there to see them.
I can tell you that this will be the first time in 5 years that I have missed the event (I learned of the date too late and will be out of town).
You should go!
Date:
Saturday, February 12, 2011 - 4:30am
Dozens of people are commenting in public at rallies, in newspapers, and in Town Council meetings about how two men, Kerry Bigelow and Clyde Clark, were fired from the Chapel Hill Public Works department last fall. However, almost none of those people have access to the private details of the personnel decision that was made by the Town. How is it that these folks have a better understanding of the Manager's decisions than the Manager? Why don't the two fired workers make these details public? As Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt pointed out tonight, they and they alone can speak publicly about their ongoing appeal process with the Town.
I am increasingly alarmed at the confidence of statements I hear from people who seem to know almost nothing about the situation. No-one likes to see people lose their jobs, but I haven't heard any evidence that the Town has done anything wrong, and I'm not willing to condemn any staff members nor elected officials - who are legally obligated not to comment on the matter, especially while the appeal is ongoing.
Do you know the truth? If so, please spill the beans. If not...
Zoiks, I only just learned about this and have apparently already missed one of today's two airings on The People's Channel.
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the town of Chapel Hill will air a documentary about the renaming of Airport Rd.
Monday at noon and 7 p.m. Chapel Hillians can follow the process of how the town’s Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard came to be. The film includes the entire dedication as well as the various ceremonial activities associated with the event.
The film features speeches by former Mayor Kevin Foy, United Methodist Reverend Jill Edens, late Council Member Bill Thorpe and former president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP president Fred Battle. Their powerful words are underscored by the music of the J.R. Manley Essence of God Youth Choir and the St. Joseph Male Chorus.
The 2005 spring day highlighted by the film marked Dr. King’s 45th anniversary visit to Chapel Hill. Monday, the town will celebrate Dr. King’s birthday for the 26th time.
Chapel Hill was one of the first communities in North Carolina to declare Martin Luther King Jr. Day a municipal holiday.
The film will air twice on Chapel Hill TV 18.
- 1360wchl.com: Chapel Hill To Air Film About MLK Jr. Boulevard, 01/17/11
Date:
Monday, January 17, 2011 - 2:00pm
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