NC NAACP Announces Future Plans for the Forward Together Movement and Moral Mondays; "United for Women" the Rallying Cry for 11th Moral Monday;

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

13 July 2013

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

                                               Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700

For Media Assistance:            Rob Stephens, Field Secretary, 336-577-9335

RALEIGH - The North Carolina NAACP is announcing the following next steps for the Forward Together Movement:

• The 11^th Wave of Moral Monday demonstrations on July 15, will have a focus on the rights and leadership of women in NC. While women have always been at the forefront of the HKonJ and Forward Together Movement, the 11^th Wave will make a unique space to highlight women in the Movement.
• Voting rights will headline the 12^th Wave on July 22, and their impact on public education and criminal justice.
• The 13^th Wave will be an interfaith assembly on July 29. A permit for the State Capitol facing Fayetteville Street has been submitted.
• Throughout the month of August, local Moral Mondays will take place in select cities and communities across the state.
• Each of the growing number of Moral Monday participants will be asked to register 50 people.
• On August 28, the Forward Together Movement will honor the 50^th Anniversary of the March on Washington with events in each of the 13 congressional districts in North Carolina, including one at the State Capitol.
• Clergy will deliver special sermons throughout the weekend on August 24 and 25 in advance of the Anniversary.
• North Carolinians are mobilizing for the 50^th Anniversary March on Washington, planned for August 24, 2013 in Washington DC.

"On Monday, women are speaking out on unemployment, poverty, Medicaid, voting rights, women's rights and education from a moral and constitutional perspective," said Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President of the North Carolina NAACP. "They will not only lift up the devastating impact of the NC General Assembly's regressive policies on women of all races and backgrounds, but to emphasize the importance of women leadership for the Movement."

            A news conference will be held prior to the 11^th Moral Monday at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, Raleigh, NC at 4:00 pm, July 15, 2013. The mass rally will be held on Halifax Mall at 5:00 pm and will uplift the devastating impact of the NC General Assembly's policies regarding women and voting rights, economic justice, poverty and jobs, healthcare, public education and criminal justice.

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Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.