Citing Recent Supreme Court Ruling, NC Judges Dismiss Combined 13 Moral Monday Cases on Constitutional Grounds

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 15, 2014

 

Contact: Sarah Bufkin, NC NAACP - smbufkin@gmail.com or 404.285.3413

                                                    

DURHAM, NC - Two judges have now dismissed 13 cases against Moral Monday arrestees on the Constitutional grounds that Police Chief Jeff Weaver's order to leave the General Assembly building was not "narrowly tailored," that the Legislative rules were vague and overbroad and that the Moral Monday arrestees' constitutionally protected right to assemble, speak and redress their grievances were violated by these arrests on June 24 and July 15, 2013. These rights were protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Sections 12 and 14 of the North Carolina constitution.

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People’s Assembly of Rockingham County

Their Facebook Page,

• • Thursday, August 21 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm

  • Market Square Reidsville, NC 303 S Scales St, Reidsville, North Carolina 27320

  Democracy North Carolina and Rockingham County NAACP are cosponsoring this awesome event!!
  
  All summer we are working to reach our Moral Freedom Summer 2014 goal of organizing, and registering 1,000 new voters in the county!!!! All partners who committed, our communities, leaders, all people are invited to come celebrate our wins and discuss how this coalition building can be further advanced in the upcoming season!
  
  *Light refreshments to be provided*

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The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and the Forward Together Moral Movement Leads Seven Days of Moral Action at the State Capitol in Raleigh

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August 15, 2014

 

Contact: Sarah Bufkin, NC NAACP - smbufkin@gmail.com or 404.285.3413

 

 

Other States Coordinating Similar Efforts Across the South and Beyond

 

 

RALEIGH - The North Carolina NAACP and its coalition partners in the Forward Together Moral Movement are mobilizing for a Moral Week of Action at the State Capitol from August 22-28 to challenge the ongoing extremist legislative attack on poor people and minorities in the state.

 

Across the South and the nation, coalitions in other states are coordinating their own campaigns during the Moral Week of Action at their state capitols to protest extremists that are using the legislature and governor's office to take aim at the country's most vulnerable communities.

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Mark Donka on ACA, Marriage and Education

@brothertoldjah Obama care must go it will not work,The Government has no place in marriage, Education should remain in local control

http://twitter.com/MarkDonka/status/498485960108425216

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Killer Cops must be stopped

	Antonio French (@AntonioFrench)
10 Aug 2014 10:45 AM EDT Lots of people -- some prayerful, some sad, some angry -- have gathered outside the #Ferguson police headquarters http://t.co/KfbHCGNrzk

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Teacher Truth Tour Comes To Raleigh!

Facebook Event page here,

• Thursday, August 14

  at 11:00am

  Show Map

• North Carolina State Capitol

  1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

Now that the bogus "biggest raise in NC history" claim has been debunked, folks are taking a closer look at the numbers.
McCrory claimed he would veto any budget that cut teacher assistant funding, yet school districts are already reporting teacher assistant funding shortfalls that may cost them hundreds of positions.
For many veteran teachers, raises will be less than 2% and this budget does almost nothing to improve our ranking of 46th in the nation for per pupil standing. Textbook funding is still far below previous years, so chances are your kids will have outdated textbooks and might not even be able to bring them home!
Join teachers, parents and concerned citizens who are all speaking out against this budget and the ongoing attacks on public education!

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The Hocus Pocus of NC GOP Budget

Taken from Facebook,

This great graphic, made by a teacher in Wake County, highlights many of the major problems with this budget. We need to do better for our teachers and students!
Here's a link to the teacher's blog: http://teachingspeaksvolumes.com/

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Walker and Fjeld Campaigns Announce Debate Agreement for the 6th Congressional District

MARK WALKER FOR U.S. CONGRESS                              MEDIA CONTACT: Scott Luginbill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 8, 2014                        scott@walker4nc.com | (336) 500-3002

Walker and Fjeld Campaigns Announce Debate Agreement

(6th Congressional District) – Congressional candidates Mark Walker (Republican) and Laura Fjeld (Democrat) released a joint statement announcing their agreement on the number and location of debates in the 6th Congressional District election:

"In an effort to focus on the issues that matter most to voters in the District, our campaigns have agreed to participate in debates in both the Greensboro and Raleigh areas. We believe this will present voters with a full and fair examination of the issues, the candidates, and our positions."

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