Forward Together Movement Takes Moral Mondays to Charlotte

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

9 August 2013

For More Information:               Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137

                                                   Atty. Jamie Phillips Cole, Public Policy Coordinator,  

      919-682-4700 

For Media Assistance:               Rev. Kojo Nantambu, Charlotte/Mecklenberg NAACP

      President, 704-641-7951

 

CHARLOTTE - The Charlotte/Mecklenberg County Branch of the NAACP and partners will announce plans for "Charlotte Moral Monday", scheduled for later this month, at a news conference on Friday.

            The news conference will take place at Little Rock AME Zion Church, 401 N. McDowell Street, Charlotte, NC, at 11:00 am on Friday, August 9, 2013.

            Charlotte Moral Monday will take place on Monday, August 19 at 5:00 pm in Marshall Park, 800 E. Third Street. On the same day, Dare County and Manteo will host a Coastal Moral Monday in Eastern NC.

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