The Forward Together Moral Movement and Coalition Leaders to Host Conference Call

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 3, 2014

For More Information: Cynthia Gordy, Advancement Project, 202.341.0555

     Sarah Bufkin, NC NAACP, 404.285.3413

The Forward Together Moral Movement and Coalition Leaders to Host Conference Call for Media Outlets on Feb. 4 in Advance of Mass Moral March HKonJ People's Assembly

*MEDIA LOGISTICS FOR MORAL MARCH INCLUDED*

RALEIGH - The Forward Together Moral Movement, a broad, multiracial coalition movement led by the North Carolina NAACP, has called for thousands of people to assemble at the North Carolina State Capitol on Saturday, February 8 for a Moral March to protest the extremist policies passed by the state government last year.

Comprised of more than 160 partner organizations from the civil rights, faith-based, labor, women's rights, LGBT, immigrant justice, student, and environmentalist communities, participants will help map out sustained direct action and voter empowerment campaigns for the rest of 2014.

In a media conference call on Tuesday, February 4 at 11 a.m., the North Carolina NAACP will brief reporters on the goals and agenda for Saturday's Moral March on Raleigh and the year ahead.

WHO:                  North Carolina NAACP State Conference

WHAT:                Media Conference Call on the Moral March on Raleigh

WHEN:               Tuesday, February 4 at 11 a.m. EST

WHERE:             Toll Free Number: 1.800.434.1335

                             Direct Dial Number: 1.404.920.6442

                             Conference Code: 569511#

* Call will be answered by a live operators

SPEAKERS:        Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President of the NC NAACP, 

                              and two Forward Together Moral Movement coalition partners

Members of the media who would like to attend the Moral March on Raleigh HKonJ People's Assembly on Feb. 8 in Raleigh must RSVP here by Friday, Feb. 7 at 3 pm EST. Provide a

main contact person and the number of press credentials requested.

The schedule for the Moral March HKonJ People's Assembly is as follows:

8:00 AM               Pastors lead prayer service

(NC state capitol)

8:30 AM               Press check-in begins

(Press table locations detailed below)

8:45 AM               Rabbis lead prayer service

(Shaw University)

9:00 AM               Moral March convenes and pre-rally program begins

                              (On Wilmington St. between South St. and MLK Jr. Blvd)

10:30 AM             Mass Moral March

(From same starting location listed above; see route map here.)

11:00 AM             Moral March People's Assembly and Demonstration

                              (Across from state capitol on Fayetteville St)

12:30 PM             Program speakers available for interviews

                              (Press Suite-Location to be released on Friday)

1:00 PM                Press conference with guests from national organizations

(First Baptist Church-99 N. Salisbury St, Raleigh)

When members of the media arrive at the Moral March on Feb. 8, they should first proceed to the press tables to check in and receive their media kits and credentials. Only media outlets who have RSVPed will have press credentials and a media kit waiting for them. Media check-in will open at 8:30 am.

One press table will be located at the start of the Moral March at the corner of Wilmington St and South St. near Shaw University in Raleigh. The second press table will be located near the Moral March's ending point and the People's Assembly stage at the corner of Fayetteville St and Morgan St. See the Moral March route map as a visual aid.

There will be a raised platform near the main stage that will be reserved for the media throughout the event. Reporters and camera people must be wearing the press credentials issued by the Moral March organizers in order to gain access to the reserved media area near the People's Assembly stage. The camera and press platform will be clearly marked and located in front of and to one side of the main stage on Fayetteville St between Hargett St. and Morgan St.

Throughout the day, media outlets, including cable news and other television stations will have

access to a nearby press suite where they can set up cameras and use the WIFI. At the end of the march, program speakers will move to the press suite for interviews with media outlets. The suite location will be released in the media kit, and the volunteers at the press check-in tables can provide directions to members of the media on the morning of the event. (Again, this room is for credentialed media only.)*

During the march and the assembly, no members of the media will be allowed at any time into the holding space behind the main stage for security reasons. Instead, a number of program speakers and coalition leaders will be available for interviews after the Moral March concludes in the press suite. A full list of spokespeople will be included in the media kit. 

A PDF version of the media kit will be released on Friday night (Feb. 7) to media outlets who have sent in an RSVP. A hard copy will be available the next morning at press check-in. In the media kit, we will include maps with media hot spots marked, including the media platform, the press suite, and the afternoon press conference. We will also include a list of program speakers available for interviews after the program, contact information for the NC NAACP communications staff, and a more detailed version of the day's schedule.

Please send any further questions to forwardtogether@naacpnc.org.

AS A REMINDER: Media outlets must RSVP to receive a media kit and to be allowed into the reserved media space in front of the stage area or into the nearby press suite.

*Depending on the number of media personnel, not all media outlets with credentials may be given access to the press suite. 

For more information, please contact Cynthia Gordy at cgordy@advancementproject.org or 202-341-0555, or Sarah Bufkin at forwardtogether@naacpnc.org or 404.285.3413.

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