FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
30 May 2013
For More Information: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137
Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700
Rev. Curtis E. Gatewood, HKonJ Coalition Coordinator, 919-682-4700
For Media Assistance: Rob Stephens, Field Secretary, 336-577-9335
The Forward Together Movement Local Organizing Tour Meets with Hundreds During Six Stops in First Two Days; Greenville and Goldsboro Next
RALEIGH - Following six stops during the first two days of the Forward Together Movement Local Organizing Tour, teams with the NC NAACP and others will visit Greenville and Goldsboro on Thursday, May 30. By the end of visits to Wake, Wilson, Edgecombe/Nash, Northhampton, Orange and Pasquotank, hundreds of North Carolinians had heard about Tea Party-backed extremist forces who have high-jacked the NC General Assembly and how their legislators voted on key legislation.
The Tour makes its first stop of the day at the Pitt County NAACP headquarters, 800 W. 5th St., Greenville, NC on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 3:00 pm. The Tour will then go to Rebuilding Broken Places, 2105 N. William Street, Goldsboro, NC at 7:00 pm. There will be five more stops on Friday and Saturday before picking back up again on Tuesday of next week. All updated dates, times and locations are listed below.
"The Forward Together Movement in North Carolina is about the moral fabric of our society," said Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President of the NC NAACP. "People who are black, white and Latino, young and old, are coming together to fight against a dangerous agenda of ultra-conservative right wing extremism. These Tea Party forces in North Carolina are trying to make it harder for people to vote; cutting Medicaid for more than 500,000; raising taxes on 900,000 poor and working people in order to give a tax cut to 23 of North Carolina's wealthiest families; cutting unemployment benefits for more than 165,000 struggling North Carolinians; undermining labor rights; re-segregating and defunding public schools through cuts and vouchers; and eliminating access to pre-K education for more than 30,000 poor children."
"This avalanche of extreme public policy demands action and we are standing shoulder-to-shoulder on the streets and in the courts to stop them in the Legislature and the Governor's office. The policies you see in the North Carolina General Assembly are being replicated by right wing politicians across the nation, particularly in the South. And we must take a stand here."
"We are called to a deeply moral and constitutional vision of society. This vision of society demands that public policy focuses on justice for all and care for the common good. In other words, it is imperative that we begin to look at these extreme policies through the lens of morality and our constitutions. While we are fighting for the type of democracy that places the common good and justice for all at the center, we must be willing to rightfully name their policies that hurt the poor and sick as both unconstitutional as well as immoral."
On Tuesday, May 28, the Tour met with communities in Raleigh, Wilson and Rocky Mount before traveling to Northampton County, Chapel Hill and Elizabeth City on Wednesday. Tour organizers distributed thousands of legislative Report Card grading legislators' votes on ten critical votes. Download the Report Card by clicking here.
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| NC NAACP President Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II goes over legislative report card with a full church during the Forward Together Movement's Local Organizing Tour stop in Jackson, NC, Northampton County on Wednesday. |
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Forward Together Movement Local Organizing Tour Stops:
Wake County
Martin Street Baptist Church
1001 E. Martin St., Raleigh
Tues., May 28 at 10 AM
Wilson County
Calvary Presbyterian Church USA
209 N. Pender St., Wilson
Tues., May 28 at 2 PM
Nash/Edgecombe Counties
St. James Baptist Church
527 E. Thomas St., Rocky Mount
Tues. May 28 at 7 PM
Northhampton/Halifax Counties
Mount Hope Baptist Church
606 Atherton St., Jackson
Wed., May 29 at 10 AM
Orange County
Peace & Justice Plaza
179 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill
Wed, May 29 at 12 PM
Pasquotank County
Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church
501 S. Martin St., Elizabeth City
Wed., May 29 at 6 PM
Pitt/Beaufort Counties
Pitt County NAACP Headquarters
800 W. 5th St., Greenville
Thurs., May 30 at 3 PM
Wayne/Sampson/Lenoir Counties
Rebuilding Broken Places
2105 N. William St., Goldsboro
Thurs., May 30 at 7 PM
Cumberland/Robeson Counties
Fayetteville NAACP Headquarters
707 Murchinson Rd., Fayetteville
Fri., May 31 at 10 AM
New Hanover/Pender Counties
Warner Temple AME Zion Church
620 Nixon St., Wilmington (3 blocks from 1898 Memorial)
Fri., May 31 at 3 PM
Onslow County
AFGE Local 2065
4124 Gumbranch Rd., Jacksonville
Fri., May 31 at 7 PM
Harnett/Johnston/Lee Counties
Church of God and Prophecy
105 E. Granville St., Dunn
Sat., June 1 at 2 PM
Moore/Scotland/Montgomery/Hoke Counties
Spaulding Chapel AME Zion Church
8254 Main St., Taylortown
Sat., June 1 at 7 PM
Union/Anson Counties
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
501 E. Bazemore St., Monroe
Tues., June 4 at 3 PM
Mecklenburg County
Little Rock AME Zion Church (CDC Building)
401 N. McDowell St., Charlotte
Tues., June 4 at 7 PM
Cleveland County
TBA
Shelby
Wed., June 5 at 10 AM
Catawba County
Morning Star Baptist Church
126 4th Ave., SW, Hickory
Wed., June 5 at 3 PM
Buncombe/Henderson Counties
St. Paul Tabernacle AME Zion Church
813 6th Ave. W, Hendersonville
Wed., June 5 at 7 PM
Davie/Iredell/Rowan Counties
New Jerusalem Apostolic Church
508 Campbell Rd., Mocksville
Thurs., June 6 at 11 AM
Forsyth/Rockingham Counties
Shiloh Baptist Church
916 E. 12th St., Winston-Salem
Thurs. June 6 at 6 PM
Guilford/Alamance Counties
New Light Missionary Baptist Church
1105 Willow Road, Greensboro
Thurs. June 6 at 6 PM
Randolph County
Greater St. John's Baptist Church
819 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Asheboro
Thurs. June 6 at 7 PM
Person/Granville/Caswell Counties
Shady Hill Missionary Baptist Church
1500 Old Durham Rd. Roxboro
Fri., June 7 at 10 AM
Vance/Franklin Counties
Spring Street Missionary Baptist Church
511 Orange St., Henderson
Fri., June 7 at 3 PM
Durham County
Covenant Presbyterian Church
2620 Weaver St., Durham
Fri., June 7 at 7 PM
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