FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 31, 2014 For More Information: Laurel Ashton, Field Secretary, 828 713 3864 Atty. Jamie Cole, Public Policy Coordinator, 919 682 4700 Places of Worship to Host Moral March Services Statewide this Weekend to Rally Their Communities for HKonJ in an Effort that Transcends Religion and Denomination DURHAM - In preparation for Moral March on Raleigh HKonJ People's Assembly, more than 50 places of worship around the state will be hosting their own Moral March services...
Friday, January 31, 2014
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Forward Together Movement to Host a Moral Monday 'Cost and Loss'
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 30, 2014 For More Information: Laurel Ashton, Field Secretary, 828 713 3864 Atty. Jamie Cole, Public Policy Coordinator, 919 682 4700 Forward Together Movement to Host a Moral Monday 'Cost and Loss' Policy Briefingon Feb. 3 to Explore Damages Inflicted on North Carolinians by the Extremist Policies Passed by the General Assembly and Signed by Gov. McCroryRALEIGH - In order to better understand the damage inflicted on our state last year by extremists in the General...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Letter Calling on Sen. Richard Burr to Stop Blocking a Vote on Ms. Jennifer May-Parker's Candidacy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 29, 2014 For More Information: Laurel Ashton, Field Secretary, 828 713 3864 Atty. Jamie Cole, Public Policy Coordinator, 919 682 4700 NC NAACP Releases Letter Calling on Sen. Richard Burr to Stop Blocking a Vote on Ms. Jennifer May-Parker's Candidacy to Fill an Open Seat on the U.S. District Court for Eastern North Carolina RALEIGH - The North Carolina NAACP released a letter today urging Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) to stop blocking the congressional...
7 Days to Go.. HKonJ
All HKonJ Coalition Partners, NC NAACP State Executive Committee Members, Local Branch Presidents & Executive Committee Members, and Movement Supporters are invited to join the 7 Days Out! Mobilizing for the Moral March Conference Call This important conference call is scheduled for Saturday, February 1st at 9:00 PM Topics to be discussed are: Mobilization for the Moral March on Raleigh HKonJ People's Assembly Conference Call Number: 530-881-1212 Meeting ID Number: 762 504 921 # Forward Together, Not One Step Back!...
Moral Movement State Tour Calls People to Raise Their Voices
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 29, 2014 For More Information: Laurel Ashton, Field Secretary, 828 713 3864 Atty. Jamie Cole, Public Policy Coordinator, 919 682 4700 Forward Together Moral Movement State Tour Calls People to Raise Their Voices Against Extremist Policies at the Moral March on Raleigh DURHAM - Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, the president of the North Carolina NAACP, will take his statewide tour into Eastern North Carolina starting on Jan. 31 in order to mobilize for the Moral March on Raleigh HKonJ People's...
Blood Drive in Rocky Mount, NC
On February 14, 2014 at 10:30 am the American Red Cross will hold a Blood Drive at the Braswell Memorial Library, in the Warner Meeting Room. So Please come out and give blood, Help save a life. 1 pint of blood can save up to 3 lives.. Rare blood types are in demand.. However Blood typed O is mostly needed since it can be giving to the other four types Recipient.. So if you have a rare blood, please give blood, you might just save a life.. Braswell...
RMT Pflag Event
A Staged Reading of Out in Left Field, a play by Lela Chesson, will be directed by Marilynn Anselmi on Saturday, March 29, 7 p.m., at Nash Arts Center in Nashville. Donations to PFLAG-RM ($5 suggested) will fund scholarships for area youth. The public is invit...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
NC NAACP Outlines Five Key Initiatives
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 28, 2014
For More Information: Laurel Ashton, Field Secretary, 828 713 3864
Atty. Jamie Cole, Public Policy Coordinator, 919 682 4700
NC NAACP Outlines Five Key Initiatives of the Forward Together Moral Movement
for Early 2014 at Winter Session
RALEIGH - Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II opened the NC NAACP's annual winter conference on Jan. 25 by declaring that its members were prepared to oppose any attempt by government officials to deny an equal voice...
Sunday, January 26, 2014
NC NAACP to Implement 3 New Initiatives to Fight for Fair Representation and Democratic Participation in North Carolina
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25, 2014 For More Information: Laurel Ashton, Field Secretary, 828 713 3864 Atty. Jamie Cole, Public Policy Coordinator, 919 682 4700 NC NAACP to Implement Three New Initiatives to Fight for Fair Representation and Democratic Participation in North Carolina January 25, 2014 9:10 a.m. Abundant Life Church of God in Christ & Life Center 4400 Old Poole Rd. Raleigh, NC RALEIGH-Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II opened the NC NAACP's annual winter conference today by declaring that its members...
Friday, January 24, 2014
NAACP Members Come Together at Winter Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 24, 2014 For More Information: Laurel Ashton, Field Secretary, 828 713 3864 Atty. Jamie Cole, Public Policy Coordinator, 919 682 4700 Hundreds of North Carolina NAACP Members Come Together at Winter Conference to Recognize its 2013 Efforts and to Step Forward with Renewed Strength into 2014 January 25, 2014 Abundant Life Church of God in Christ & Life Center4400 Old Poole Rd. Raleigh, NC News Conference9:10 a.m. Conference Sessions9:30 a.m. -...
WTF: Flags on Sticks are more Dangerous than Guns..
What are they smoke or drinking at the Capital in Virginia?? From ThinkProgress.org, What is the bigger risk inside a state capitol building: openly carrying an American flag or an assault rifle? In Virginia, capitol visitors can not bring American flags and signs affixed to sticks, because capitol security considers sticks a public threat. Firearms, however, are allowed....
NOM is calling for Impeachment!!! No really they are
National Organization for Marriage Calls for Impeachment of Virginia's Attorney General for Malfeasance and Neglect of Duty, Abandoning His Oath of Office and Betraying the People of Virginia [NOM]...
Thursday, January 23, 2014
GROUPS URGING DOJ TO DISMANTLE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 23, 2014
For More Information: Atty. Jamie Cole, Public Policy Coordinator, 919-682-4700
For Media Assistance: Laurel Ashton, Field Secretary, 828-713-3864
NORTH CAROLINA NAACP STATE CONFERENCE, LOCAL BRANCHES JOIN COALITION OF COMMUNITY, LEGAL, AND NATIONAL GROUPS URGING DOJ TO DISMANTLE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE FUELED BY WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM & POLICE DEPARTMENT
RALEIGH - The North...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
The Collapse of the State's Case Against Moral Monday Protesters
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 22, 2014
For More Information: Laurel Ashton, Field Secretary, 828 713 3864
Atty. Jamie Cole, Public Policy Coordinator, 919 682 4700
RALEIGH - This morning, January 22nd, in Wake County District Court, after failing to get a conviction on any of the defendants it accused and tried, the District Attorney's office announced it was dismissing...
Rev. Dr. William Barber to Continue Moral March Tour Across the State
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 21, 2014
For More Information: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919 394 8137
Atty. Jamie Cole, Public Policy Coordinator, 919 682 4700
For Media Assistance: Laurel Ashton, Field Secretary, 828 713 3864
DURHAM - Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, president of the North Carolina NAACP, began a statewide tour on January 14th to mobilize for the Moral March on Raleigh HKonJ People's Assembly...
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Rev. Dr. William Barber to Speak in Plymouth, NC
For IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 16, 2014
For More Information: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919 394 8137
Atty. Jamie Cole, Public Policy Coordinator, 919 682 4700
For Media Assistance: Laurel Ashton, Field Secretary, 828 713 3864
Rev. Dr. William Barber to Speak in Plymouth, NC
for the 2nd Stop of the Moral March on Raleigh Statewide Tour
Thursday, January 16, 2014
7:00 PM
New Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
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