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Showing posts with label Press Conference. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Press Conference. Show all posts
Thursday, January 29, 2015
#NCGA Presser on Abortion Regs.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
National Commission on Voting Rights
- Fact-Finding Hearing-
Friday, March 28
9 am - 5:30 pm
OIC of Rocky Mount
402 East Virginia St.
Rocky Mount, NC 27802
Last year, extremists in the General Assembly passed HB 589, a blatant attempt to suppress the vote of minorities, the poor, women, students and the elderly.
Monday, October 29, 2012
The President On Hurricane Sandy (official transcript)
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
______________________
For Immediate Release
October 28, 2012
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON HURRICANE SANDY
FEMA Headquarters
Washington, D.C. 1:55 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Well, good afternoon, everybody. Obviously, all of us across the country are concerned about the potential impact of Hurricane Sandy. This is a serious and big storm. And my first message is to all the people across the Eastern seaboard, Mid-Atlantic, going north, that you need to take this very seriously and follow the instructions of your state and local officials, because they are going to be providing you with the best advice in terms of how to deal with this storm over the coming days.
We just had an excellent meeting with the FEMA team here, the various agencies that are in charge, including the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy and others that are going to need to respond very quickly.
Under Craig Fugate's leadership here at FEMA we've had a chance to talk to the regional officials as well. And I just had a phone call with the governors of the potentially impacted states, as well as some of the major cities in the region.
At this stage, everybody is confident that the staging process, the prepositioning of resources, commodities, equipment that are going to be needed to respond to this storm are in place. But as Craig has emphasized, this hasn't hit landfall yet, so we don't yet know where it's going to hit, where we're going to see the biggest impacts. And that's exactly why it's so important for us to respond big and respond fast as local information starts coming in.
I want to thank all the members of the team for the outstanding work that they’re doing. But the other thing that makes this storm unique is we anticipate that it is going to be slow moving. That means that it may take a long time not only to clear, but also to get, for example, the power companies back in to clear trees and to put things back in place so that folks can start moving back home.
So my main message to everybody involved is that we have to take this seriously. The federal government is working effectively with the state and local governments. It’s going to be very important that populations in all the impacted states take this seriously, listen to your state and local elected officials.
My message to the governors, as well as to the mayors, is anything they need, we will be there. And we’re going to cut through red tape. We’re not going to get bogged down with a lot of rules. We want to make sure that we are anticipating and leaning forward into making sure that we’ve got the best possible response to what is going to be a big and messy system.
So again, thank you, everybody. Craig, would you like add to something?
MR. FUGATE: Again, as the President says, it’s going to really come down to the public heeding those evacuation orders, taking protective measures. If they haven’t gotten ready, they can go to Ready.gov. Get information on how to protect them and their families, but also check on your neighbors. This is going to be a big storm. We need to be there for each other.
THE PRESIDENT: Okay. Let me emphasize that again -- Ready.gov -- for the general public. If you need to know how to respond, that’s where you can get centralized information.
But I think Craig’s point is exactly right. In times like this, one of the things that Americans do is we pull together and we help out one another. And so, there may be elderly populations in your area. Check on your neighbor, check on your friend. Make sure that they are prepared. If we do, then we’re going to get through this storm just fine. But we’re going to have to make sure that we are vigilant, and vigilant for a couple of days. Don’t anticipate that just because the immediate storm has passed that we’re not going to have some potential problems in a lot of these communities going forward through the week.
All right. Thank you very much, everybody.
END
Friday, June 15, 2012
NAACP: Justice for John McNeil on the Wilson County Courthouse steps
John McNeil was sentenced to life in a Georgia prison because he defended himself and his family’s 'castle' against an armed white trespasser’s assault.
His conviction was appealed.
Justice did not prevail.
One Justicealso let it be known that,
Six Georgia Supreme Court Justices reviewed the cold record of John
McNeil’s trial and found no errors in his conviction of felony murder
and life sentence. The seventh justice, Chief Justice Leah Ward
Sears, had major problems with the case.Chief Justice Sears wrote1: “I conclude that no rational trier of fact
could find, based on the evidence presented at trial, that the State
disproved McNeil’s claim of self‐defense beyond a reasonable doubt.
Accordingly, I must dissent…Because my examination of the record shows that the State failed to
disprove John McNeil’s claim of self‐defense beyond a reasonable
doubt, I respectfully dissent to the Court’s affirmance of McNeil’s
conviction for murder.”
The officers determined that John McNeil acted in self defense and did not arrest him. Later, however, the District Attorney brought the matter before a grand jury. Indictments were brought. The man who tried to defend himself and his home was tried, convicted of felony murder and sentenced to life in prison.
He was solely convicted because Epps was a white man, and in Georgia no matter what, they can’t allow a black man to kill a white man ever, even in self defense.
Race still play a huge part in our legal system,
In calling for a reexamination of the case, NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous said, “ Unfortunately, this court and prosecutor - who overruled local police to pursue this case – is more influenced by Georgia’s legacy of racism than current law. This appears to be opportunism on the part of the prosecutor. I find it curious that no white man is serving time under similar circumstances in the state.”
Friday, March 30, 2012
We cannot be quiet or silent or comforted: Prayer Vigil and Rally for Trayvon Martin
"We are determined to raise our voices. We cannot be quiet or silent or comforted. Some say we march and we organize until they arrest Zimmerman. We say that's just the first step on a long journey. We must raise our voices and our efforts until change comes in racial profiling for every Trayvon, my sons, your sons, your brothers, your nephews, and your cousins." - Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II
DATE: Saturday, March 31, 2012
TIME: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
PLACE: The Dr. Marting Luther King, Jr. Memorial Gardens
1100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Raleigh, NC 27610
Wake County Branches of the NAACP is holding a Prayer Vigil and Rally for Trayvon Martin tomorrow, Saturday, March 31 at 10:00 AM in Raleigh. The branches have invited the President of the North Carolina NAACP to speak at the program, which will take place at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Gardens at 1100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
"We must make this a Movement and not a Moment. President of the Raleigh/Apex Branch of the NAACP. "Stand with us on Saturday as we stand against injustice!"
- Rev. Portia Rochelle, President, Raleigh/Apex NAACP
Friday, March 2, 2012
HRC: New President Email Press Release from Joe.
While you know him as the mastermind behind the federal lawsuit to overturn California's
Proposition 8,
Chad's spent his career taking on the toughest fights against entrenched, well-financed interests. He's passionate about our equality and more importantly, has a proven track record of consistently delivering results. Already, the fight to overturn Prop. 8 has prevailed in two federal court rooms.
Chad Griffin has the leadership qualities critical to propel our movement for equality forward and I am so proud that he will succeed me this June leading HRC.
A native of Arkansas and a veteran of the Clinton White House, Chad was inspired by young people in taking on this new endeavor. He told the board this morning, "All over this country in big cities and small towns, there are families and young people who long to be accepted for who they are, and who want be treated with the same dignity and respect as everyone else. Today's generation of young people, and each generation hereafter, must grow up with the full and equal protection of our laws, and finally be free to participate in the American dream. As HRC president, I'll approach our work with a great sense of urgency because there are real life consequences to inaction."
With your support, HRC has won historic victories over the past several years. In addition to passing marriage equality in New York, the District of Columbia, Washington and Maryland, repealing the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law, and convincing the Obama administration to stop defending DOMA, HRC also spearheaded successful efforts to pass hate-crimes protections, secure equal hospital visitation rights for same-sex partners, and much more.
But following our recent string of advances, anti-LGBT leaders are trying to dismantle what we have built, brick by brick. That's what makes Chad's leadership – and HRC's work in Congress and in communities across the country – and your voice – even more crucial.
I think of HRC as a family. Over my seven years as president of this great organization, you've been there to help us make tremendous progress for our community. I know that you'll continue to be there as Chad fights to propel our movement forward. He is uniquely qualified to lead HRC into the future.
Sincerely,
Joe Solmonese
President
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
COALITION TO PROTECT ALL NC FAMILIES LEADS “NC BAPTISTS AGAINST AMENDMENT ONE” CONFERENCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Jen Jones, (919) 260-5906, jen@equalitync.org
Ryan Rowe, (919) 274-3203, ryan@protectncfamilies.org
COALITION TO PROTECT ALL NC FAMILIES LEADS “NC BAPTISTS AGAINST AMENDMENT ONE” CONFERENCE
Charlotte, N.C. – Protect All NC Families, the coalition effort to defeat Amendment One on the N.C. primary ballot on May 8, 2012, will join other local and national organizations in leading “NC Baptists Against Amendment One: Justice, Equality and Personal Freedom,” from Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C., February 25, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. This event is a part of the national Many Voices, One Love campaign sponsored by the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists (AWAB), the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America (BPFNA), and the Alliance of Baptists.
WHEN: Saturday, February 25, 2012 8:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: Myers Park Baptist Church 1900 Queens Rd Charlotte, NC 28207-2582
WHAT: “NC Baptists Against Amendment One: Justice, Equality & Personal Freedom”
The February 25 event, the first of three planned events in the Many Voices, One Love campaign, is focused on Amendment One, which would ban legal recognitions for all unmarried couples in North Carolina. Along with the national groups named above, representatives from The Human Rights Campaign, and the Faith and Justice Servant Leadership Group of Myers Park Baptist Church join The Coalition to Protect NC Families in planning this Queen City event.
The day will feature an hour-long panel discussion (9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.) that touches on the many reasons Amendment One is dangerous for North Carolina and against fundamental Baptist beliefs; as well as workshops to train others how to share their stories and start conversations on the issues.
Those interested in attending NC Baptists Against Amendment One: Justice, Equality and Personal Freedom should register by February 20 at www.ManyVoicesOneLove.com. Admission is a suggested donation of $10 per person. All money goes toward the campaign to defeat Amendment One. All are welcome to participate.
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Protect All NC Families (protectncfamilies.org) is a broad coalition of state and national Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) and human rights groups, faith organizations, communities of color, nonpartisan organizations, and business & community leaders, coming together for one purpose: to defeat Amendment One on the NC primary ballot on May 8, 2012.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Ordinances that Prohibit Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination By Government Contractors Protect Employees Without Burdening Governments of Businesses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Cathy Renna, 917-757-6123, cathy@rennacommunications.com, Christy Mallory, 310-794-9469, mallory@law.ucla.edu, Brad Sears, 310-794-5279, sears@law.ucla.edu
LOS ANGELES, CA – February 16, 2012 – Local ordinances that require city and county contractors to prohibit sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination protect thousands of workers without burdening governments or businesses, according to a new study from the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute.
“This study provides evidence that a federal executive order that similarly barred discrimination could protect millions of workers while not overburdening federal contractors or the U.S. government,” said the study’s co-author, Christy Mallory, Legal Fellow, Williams Institute.
Currently, only 21 states and the District of Columbia include sexual orientation or gender identity in their statewide non-discrimination laws, and no federal law prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in the private sector. A federal executive order that prohibited such discrimination could protect up to 16.5 million workers.
The local governments in the study reported widespread compliance among contractors and very little, if any, resistance to adopting LGBT-related employment policies. Further, no locality reported that any employees had filed complaints of sexual orientation or gender identity discrimination after the policies were implemented.
“Their responses indicate businesses were willing to adopt these policies in order to contract with cities like Raleigh and Indianapolis,” said Mallory. She continued, “This demonstrates that contractors accept the possibility of government enforcement, even when no state law imposes similar requirements.”
The survey responses also indicate that the laws are not burdensome or costly for the agencies to implement and enforce. No locality reported that it had to hire additional staff to enforce these ordinances, or that there was any cost associated in adding sexual orientation and gender identity to existing non-discrimination policies and practices.
“Our analysis shows that concerns about these laws have not been born out,” said Brad Sears, Roberta A. Conroy Senior Scholar of Law & Policy and Williams Institute Executive Director, “the agencies reported no disruption to the contracting process as a result of passing these ordinances—for themselves or their contractors. In short, it’s business as usual after a locality has decided to add these protections for LGBT people.”
The study evaluated data from 29 city and county government agencies that require local government contractors to adopt sexual orientation and gender identity employment non-discrimination policies. Some cities and counties also require local government contractors to take further steps to protect LGBT workers, such as posting inclusive Equal Employment opportunity policies, training managers and employees to prevent harassment and discrimination, and including the LGBT community in outreach and recruitment efforts.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
NC Rep. LaRoque acting like a child at his own Press Conference..
#ncga Rep. LaRoque's name calling bit.ly/qirHJw doesn't address the facts is.gd/szzbWH unearthed by NC Policy Watch.
Well I guess if you can’t change the facts, then starting calling your accuser names, which never really works, but LaRoque is going through his second childhood while in the NCGA. Where daddies Tillis and Berger had help to protect him.. (more like the ncga crook-gang)
We all know if a NC NCGA Democrat, did ever thing that was reported that LaRoque did, the Republican NCGA members would be calling for their resignation ASAP.. So, Why aren’t the NCGA Dem’s calling for his?
LaRoque, a conservative Republican from Kinston, maintained at his hour-long press conference that he had done nothing wrong in the management of his two economic development non-profits, which have been funded with $8 million in federal dollars since 1997. The recent articles by NC Policy Watch were “political hit pieces” by a “liberal propaganda tabloid,” LaRoque said.
(The NC Policy Watch investigation, which can be read here, found that LaRoque received up to $195,000 a year, much more than what his counterparts received; allowed immediate family members on the board of directors that’s supposed to independently determine his pay; and loaned out federally-funded loans to personal and political associates, including two fellow GOP legislators.)
He stated that out of his $100,000 to $195,000, he had to pay his staff as well.
He declined to say how much he paid those employees, and how much he personally received out of the $100,000 to $195,000 in annual compensation he reported receiving each year to the IRS.
“It’s none of your business,” LaRoque said.
If this is public money then is our business you douche bag..
I would have to wonder why he would place his family on these boards if not to help him to get his way on money issues.
Finally, LaRoque also said he plans on keeping his wife and brother on the board of directors for his non-profits, unless they choose to step down. He says the two abstained from a recent vote to extend his contract with the non-profit, though did say after questioning that his family members hadn’t abstained from previous votes on LaRoque’s contract over the years.
Friday, August 12, 2011
NC NAACP Statement Regarding Executive Order No. 100
For Immediate Release
August 12, 2011
Contact: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137
Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700
Atty. Jennifer W. Marsh, Legal Redress Coordinator, 919-682-4700
The NC NAACP Commends Governor Perdue for Upholding the Constitutional Rights of Poor and Minority Four-Year-Old Children
In 1868, Blacks and Whites came together in Raleigh, NC to create a constitution that guarantees a sound, basic public education for all North Carolinians. Last month, 143 years after the historic gathering in Raleigh, Judge Howard Manning ruled that the budget passed by extremists in the NC General Assembly violates the constitutional rights of four-year-old children in North Carolina. The North Carolina NAACP commends Governor Perdue for fulfilling her duties to the North Carolina State Constitution by issuing Executive Order No. 100, demanding the state fulfill its moral and legal obligations to at-risk children. The Governor knows that not taking action is not an option. It is time the leadership in the General Assembly realizes the same.
"Apparently the radical right-wing forces in the General Assembly have the illusion that Judge Manning's ruling is only a suggestion," said Rev. Dr. William J Barber, II, President of the NC NAACP. "They have been so blinded by an ideologically-driven agenda that they cannot bring themselves to see how their actions are hurting our most precious little ones. The legislators, both Democrats and Republicans, who voted for the destructive budget, are not denying their own children access to a sound, basic education. Instead, they targeted poor and minority four-year-olds to bear the brunt of unwise and devastating cuts to public education. Judge Manning's ruling is a confirmation of what the NC NAACP and other progressive organizations have argued all along: the people running the NC General Assembly are breaking the law."
The NC NAACP calls on the NC General Assembly to comply with the State Constitution and a higher moral law and correct the funding problem. They should provide the money to properly fund a sound basic education as ordered by the courts and constitution.
The budget required the state to cut spending on pre-kindergarten programs by 20 percent. It also required 80 percent of families to pay up to 10 percent of their income to participate and limited the enrollment of at-risk children to 20 percent of the four-year-old children served in the pre-kindergarten program.
These barriers would all but eliminate the pre-kindergarten program for the children who needed it the most. It is unfathomable to ask families of at-risk children to pay thousands of dollars so their child can attend public school. Asking most families to pay 10 percent of their income would mean a family scraping by on $20,000 per year would be asked to pay $2000 for their child could attend a public school program. It is ridiculous to believe that families who have children meeting the requirements for the pre-kindergarten programs would have the disposable income to pay 10 percent of their income for these programs.
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Ok Berger, what the hell have you been smoking???
A few weeks ago, GOP legislative leaders were lambasting Governor Perdue for criticizing the Senate version of the budget before she had thoroughly reviewed every detail. Now, they’re sending the opposite message.
This morning, Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger called on Governor Perdue to act right away on the 343 page. $19+ billion budget that he and his colleagues sent to her all of three days ago.
Ok, it would seem that Berger is in need of some new light bulbs cause he can’t make up his dim lit brain.. First the Bev was to fast with her decision about the Budget, now she is taking too long.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Email statement from the NC Democrats
Bev Perdue stunned the GOP leadership today by issuing an Executive Order for the immediate release of federal unemployment benefits to 47,000 out of work North Carolinians.
The order ends nearly two months of deadlock during which Republican legislators employed the jobless as pawns in budget negotiations with her office. Finally, these unemployed – our friends, family and neighbors – will have help paying bills, mortgages and putting food on their tables.
In a statement moments ago, the Governor explained that she had finally had enough of the GOP's petty political games and the very real suffering they were causing:
"Just yesterday, they voted down a measure to separate this issue from their budget. Enough is enough. They continue to use desperate people as leverage to extort my support for an ideologically-driven budget that needlessly cuts millions from our public schools and inflicts millions of dollars more in damage to our universities, pre-school programs, community colleges, job creation efforts and vital health care services. I will not stand for it and I will not sit by idly as the legislature continues to play these games and deny the jobless the unemployment benefits they need."
There will be howls from the offices of the Republican leadership over the next few days, but I think that what our Governor did today is nothing short of heroic.
I've watched the honest attempts of Governor Perdue and the legislative Democrats to work with the Republican majority during this session. She has been equally clear about the limits to cuts she'll tolerate for schools and services. With this unprecedented move, however, she has demonstrated that there are no limits to the lengths she'll go to preserve the rights of the people of our state.
I'm proud of her and the Democrats in the General Assembly, who have fought so tirelessly on this issue. In these troubled times, when it seems that the Republican agenda is boundless in its capacity to hurt working people, women, children and the shrinking middle class, North Carolina feels like one of the luckiest places left.
Bev Perdue is truly one of the strongest Democratic leaders serving in America today.
David Parker
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
NAACP leader Barber arrested in legislature
RALEIGH -- The Rev. William Barber, president of the North Carolina branch of the NAACP, and six others arrested during Tuesday's session of the N.C. House decided to spend the night in the Wake County jail.
As he was being taken into custody, Barber said they were protesting the "extreme, draconian" budgets proposed by legislative Republicans. Both the proposed House and Senate spending plans would make deep cuts to nearly every area of state government, especially education and social programs.
Each of those arrested with Rev Barber was charge with two misdemeanors, one for disorderly conduct and trespassing, which I will never understand this charge since he was on public property which was and is open to the public by law..
Total bond for all those arrested was $12,500, which average out to $1785 person.
Rev Barber and group will hold a meeting tentatively scheduled this morning about 9:30 am at the Martin Street Baptist Church in Downtown Raleigh..
The NC Republicans got control of the NCGA thru lies which are not unusual at all. They Claim they were for jobs creation, yet no jobs have been created, but many have, and will be lost by their actions.
One could say to be a Republican is like being a KKK member the only different is they don’t wear the white sheets..
