ESPECIALLY
FOR BRANCHES IN SECTION 5 COUNTIES, HKONJ PARTNERS,
AREA
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OTHERS LISTED IN LETTER
6 July 2011
SPECIAL INVITATION
REDISTRICTING
CONFERENCE
10:00am until 1:00pm
July 16, 2011
Rocky Mount, NC
Dear NC NAACP Unit
Leader:
The North Carolina
State Conference invites you to participate in our upcoming Redistricting
Conference co-sponsored by The Alliance for Black Elected Officials
scheduled for Saturday, July 16 at the OIC Building in Rocky Mount,
NC.
The purpose is to
invite area elected officials, local and state NAACP leadership, and community
leaders who live and work in North Carolina's Section V counties (list
attached) to discuss gerrymandering efforts spawned by the ultra-conservative,
far right Tea Party Republicans on the national and state levels. These
attempts will have a retrogressive effect on voting rights and protections for
the next decade and beyond, and we want to ensure that all North Carolinians' voting
rights are protected and not diluted. It is incumbent upon us to educate
all elected officials, in particular those whose positions have been created by
the protections of the United States Constitution through the 15th
Amendment, and by Section V of the Voting Rights Act.
We are inviting
Congressman G. K. Butterfield (D-NC 1st District), Congressman Mel
Watt (D-NC 12th District), State Senator Floyd McKissick, Jr.,
Chairman and members of the NC Legislative Black Caucus; Walter Rogers,
President and members of the NC Black Leadership Caucus, and Brad Thompson,
Executive Director and members of the NC Alliance of Black Elected Officials.
The OIC Building is
located at 402 East Virginia Street in downtown Rocky Mount, NC. The
conference begins at 10:00am and will end at 1:00pm. Please confirm
that you will be joining us by Monday, July 11th by calling Amina
Turner, State Executive Director toll-free at 1-866-NC-NAACP OR send an e-mail
to ncnaacpoffice@gmail.com
with "REDISTRICTING CONFERENCE" in the subject line.
We look forward to hearing from you and
seeing you there.
Yours in the Spirit of Truth and Justice,
/s/
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II
President
Enclosure
SECTION
5
Covered
Jurisdictions in North Carolina
40
Counties
VOTING
RIGHTS ACT OF 1965
|
Anson
County
|
Hoke
County
|
|
Beaufort
County
|
Jackson
County
|
|
Bertie
County
|
Lee
County
|
|
Bladen
County
|
Lenoir
County
|
|
Camden
County
|
Martin
County
|
|
Caswell
County
|
Nash
County
|
|
Chowan
County
|
Northampton
County
|
|
Cleveland
County
|
Onslow
County
|
|
Craven
County
|
Pasquotank
County
|
|
Cumberland
County
|
Perquimans
County
|
|
Edgecombe
County
|
Person
County
|
|
Franklin
County
|
Pitt
County
|
|
Gaston
County
|
Robeson
County
|
|
Gates
County
|
Rockingham
County
|
|
Granville
County
|
Scotland
County
|
|
Greene
County
|
Union
County
|
|
Guilford
County
|
Vance
County
|
|
Halifax
County
|
Washington
County
|
|
Harnett
County
|
Wayne
County
|
|
Hertford
County
|
Wilson
County
|
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