Naacp of North Carolina

Save the Date!

Taking the Dream Home!
Forward Together Movement Marches Across North Carolina
On the 50th Anniversary of March on Washington

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

5:30pm, across North Carolina!

Click HERE for the Facebook event

    On August 28th, the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, North Carolina will heed Dr. King's call at the end of his "I Have a Dream" speech to go home and organize! We will hold 13 simultaneous rallies across the state to bring to light the unconstitutional and immoral acts of the NC General Assembly and the influence their decisions have had on our local communities. We will rally in the 13 Congressional Districts and demand that our Congress People renew Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act. We will lift our voices and say "Forward Together, Not One Step Back!

Locations of 13 rallies across the state:

1. Elizabeth City

2. Dunn

3. Greenville

4. Chapel Hill

5. Wilmington

6. Boone

7. Greensboro

8. Concord

9. Charlotte

10. Lincolnton

11. Sylva

12. Winston-Salem

13. Raleigh

**Specific locations will be announced soon**

To get involved in organizing in the location nearest you, email info@naacpnc.org and write "Organizing for Taking the Dream Home: (location)" in the subject line. 

Mountain Moral Monday August 5!

Download Mountain Moral Monday Flyer

Join the Event on Facebook!

Moral Monday March to Capitol and Mass Social Justice Interfaith Rally

Download Moral Monday 13 Flyer

 

Download Map for Moral Monday March 13

 

EMERGENCY ACTION ALERT!

EMERGENCY

ACTION ALERT!

Worst-Case Anti-Voting Bill Introduced in the NC Senate TODAY!

TAKE ACTION NOW!

1. We need as many people as possible to come to today's 2:00pm Senate Rules Committee meeting in LOB Rm 544 to show opposition to this incredibly bad bill. If you can't make it to Raleigh, then listen (Click on "finance committee room") or watch it live at wral.com.
2. Contact your legislators and tell them to Respect Our Vote: Say NO to voter suppression!
3. Forward this action alert to everyone you know.
4. STAY TUNED FOR A WITNESS WEDNESDAY DEMONSTRATION ALERT FOR TOMORROW! 

This legislation, rammed through at the last minute of the session, is elitist politics at its worst - political bullies looking out for their own narrow interests. We hope that other Senators and House members will bring the legislators to their senses and stop this legislative madness.

 

Here's a quick summary of the awful scope of the newly proposed version of HB-589:

• No more pre-registration for 16 & 17 year olds
• Eliminates same day voter registration
• Voter can be challenged by any registered voter of the county rather than precinct
• Slices a week off Early Voting
• Eliminates straight party ticket voting
• Sets up a study instead of mandating electronic filing for state legislators
• Increase maximum campaign contribution to $5000 instead of $4000
• Weakens disclosure requirements for Independent Expenditure committees
• Authorizes vigilante poll observers, lots of them, with expanded range of interference
• Expands the scope of who may examine registration records and challenge voters
• Repeals out-of-precinct provisional voting
• Repeals mandate for high-school registration drives
• Eliminates flexibility in opening EV sites at different hours within a county
• Makes it more difficult to add satellite polling sites for elderly or voters with disabilities
• Changes what is the official ballot, particularly for DRE machines
• Limits who can assist a voter adjudicated to be incompetent by court
• Repeals 3 public financing programs
• Repeals disclosure requirements under Candidate Specific Communications
• No more paid voter registration drives
• Moves presidential primary to first the Tuesday after South Carolina

Courtesy Democracy NC

Moral Monday 12: Voting Rights!

 

Download Moral Monday 12 Flyer

 

Moral Monday 12 Promo!

 

 

They want to take back the rights won with the blood, sweat and tears of our forefathers and mothers with policies such as:

• A new Poll Tax disguised as Voter ID,
• Cuts to Early Voting, ending Same-Day Registration and banning Sunday Voting;
• Taking away a $2500 tax credit from parents whose children do not vote at home while they are at college;
• Making felons who have served their debt to society wait another 5 years and get supported by a unanimous decision by the local board of elections to get their right to vote back;
• An other initiatives to make it harder for some people to vote.

The program will take a special look at the impact on public education and the criminal justice system through the lens of civic engagement and voting.
 

We need you there to take a stand!

For those who choose to petition the legislature through nonviolent civil disobedience, based on their own moral conscience, it is CRITICAL that you attend a briefing and information session beforehand:

Christian Faith Baptist Church
509 Hilltop Drive
Raleigh, NC
Monday, July 22 at 3:00 pm

Everyone else please meet us at Halifax Mall!

Click to download Map of Downtown and Halifax Mall

Please note the 3 visitor parking lots/decks. There is also street parking and more decks further south on Wilmington Street.

Halifax Mall is located between the Legislative Office Building (300 N. Salisbury Street) and the General Assembly (16 W. Jones Street).

Moral Monday 11: United for Women!

 Click to download Moral Monday 11 Flyer 

Join us for the 11th Wave of the Forward Together Movement's Moral Mondays!

 

5:00 PM Rally at Halifax Mall behind NC General Assembly

Women's Voices Matter! Stand With Our Sisters!

 

Women Lead the Fight For:

Voting Rights for All

Economic Justice & Jobs

Healthcare and Women's Health

Public Education

Justice in the Criminal Justice System

All Men Need to be There to Support!!

For those who choose to petition the legislature through nonviolent civil disobedience, based on their own moral conscience, it is CRITICAL that you attend a briefing and information session beforehand at 3:00 pm. Note DIFFERENT LOCATION for the information session:

Pullen Memorial Baptist Church 
1801 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC
Monday, July 15
 

Everyone else please meet us at Halifax Mall!

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VIDEO RELEASE!

 

NC Legislature Hurting Thousands: Moral Monday 10th Wave

 

Click to download Parking Map of Downtown and Halifax Mall

 

Please note the 3 visitor parking lots/decks. There is also street parking and more decks further south on Wilmington Street.

Halifax Mall is located between the Legislative Office Building (300 N. Salisbury Street) and the General Assembly (16 W. Jones Street). 

Moral Dissenters Are a Necessity for the Destiny of Democracy

Download Full Text of Moral Dissenters are a Necessity for the Destiny of Democracy

 

"The Numbers Matter"

Facts Presented at the 10th Wave of Moral Mondays*

July 8, 2013 - Halifax Mall

 

Theme for Moral Monday 10:

Who have they hurt? What have they cost us? What are the numbers?

 

Download PDF of Fact Sheet Here 

Medicaid/Health

DID YOU KNOW 500,000 low-income adults have been denied health care coverage because of the decision made by Gov. McCrory and the General Assembly to refuse Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act?

DID YOU KNOW 25,000 uninsured veterans will lose out on coverage because of their refusal to expand Medicaid?

DID YOU KNOW health care services for 1 in 10 women nationwide are provided by Medicaid?

Witness Wednesday Call-In

 

Witness Wednesday 5

Call-In Day:

Make Calls to Protect Voting Rights in North Carolina!

 

On this Witness Wednesday, honor the rights won by the many martyrs and freedom fighters who have come before us by making five phone calls:

 

Call Gov. Pat McCrory (800-662-7952), House Speaker Thom Tillis (919-733-3451) and Senate leader Phil Berger (919-733-5708). 

The message is simple: 

1) Tell them to Respect Voters and stop trying to make voting harder. 

2) Tell them to say no to cuts to Early Voting, banning same-day registration or ending Sunday Voting.

3) Tell them to say no to a poll tax disguised as Voter ID.

 

Also call your NC House and Senate representatives at 919-733-4111 (switchboard) OR Click here to find your representative. 

 

GO TO: http://protectourvotenc.com/ for more information

Text NAACP to 46988 for text alerts

Follow us on Twitter @ncnaacp

VIDEO RELEASE FROM WITNESS WEDNESDAY 4!

 

Moral Monday 10!

Download Moral Monday 10 Flyer

Wednesday Witness IV!

Join us for...

Witness Wednesday IV!

July 3, 2013 @ 1:30 PM

Meet at the Bicenttenial Mall

Across from the NC General Assembly

16 W. Jones Street, Raleigh, NC

 

When Voting Rights Are Under Attack, What Do We Do?

 

STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!

 

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VIDEOS FROM WITNESS WEDNESDAY III

 

 

 

 

Protect the Unemployed! Let the People Vote! Mass Moral Monday!

Download Moral Monday 9 Flyer

July 1 Mass Moral Monday Video Promo!

 

LABOR, WOMEN AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE!

8th Wave Video Release

 

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Download Map of Downtown and Halifax Mall

Please note the 3 visitor parking lots/decks. There is also street parking and more decks further south on Wilmington Street.

Halifax Mall is located between the Legislative Office Building (300 N. Salisbury Street) and the General Assembly (16 W. Jones Street). 

 

JOIN US FOR 

Wednesday Witness III! 

 

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

2:00 PM 

Planning Meeting and Information Session at 

St. Paul AME Church, 402 W. Edenton St. in Raleigh

3:30 PM

 News Conference at St. Paul AME Church 

4:00 PM

Walk to State Capitol (1 E. Edenton Street)

 

 

On Wednesday, June 19, NC young people delivered 12 Commitments for NC Governor Pat McCrory to sign, pledging that he veto or reverse his decision on extremist, devastating and regressive legislation coming to his desk from the NC General Assembly. On June 26, they will return to get his response.

 

ALL PEOPLE ARE WELCOME! 

PLEASE COME OUT TO WEDNESDAYWITNESS III

 

You can meet us at the Church or the 

State Capitol if you can't make it to the Church.

 

Mass Moral Monday! June 24: Labor, Women and Economic Justice

Download Moral Monday 8 Flyer

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Change is Coming! June 24 Moral Monday 7

 

Join the event on Facebook

And Follow us on Twitter @ncnaacp  

 

Download Map of Downtown Raleigh and Halifax Mall

Please note the 3 visitor parking lots/decks. There is also street parking and more decks further south on Wilmington Street.

Halifax Mall is located between the Legislative Office Building (300 N. Salisbury Street) and the General Assembly (16 W. Jones Street). 

7th Wave of Moral Mondays: Meet Us at The Mall!

Click to download Moral Monday 7 Flyer!!

 

PRINT AND SHARE!!  

  

 

Download Map of Downtown Parking and Halifax Mall

Download Map of Downtown and Halifax Mall

Announcing The Forward Together Movement's 25-Stop Local Organizing Tour

Forward Together Movement Local Organizing Tour Stops

UPDATED LOCATIONS

 Catawba County

Clinton Tabernacle AME Zion Church

145 Lenoir Rhyne Blvd, Hickory

Wed., June 5 at 3 pm

 

Buncombe/Henderson Counties

Hendersonville City Works Building

305 Williams Street, Hendersonville

Wed., June 5 at 7 PM

 

Davie/Iredell/Rowan Counties

New Jerusalem Apostolic Church

508 Campbell Rd., Mocksville

Thurs., June 6 at 11 AM

 

Forsyth/Rockingham Counties

Shiloh Baptist Church

916 E. 12th St., Winston-Salem

Thurs. June 6 at 6 PM

 

Guilford/Alamance Counties

New Light Missionary Baptist Church

1105 Willow Road, Greensboro

Thurs. June 6 at 6 PM

 

Randolph County

Greater St. John's Baptist Church

819 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Asheboro

Thurs. June 6 at 7 PM

 

Person/Granville/Caswell Counties

Shady Hill Missionary Baptist Church

1500 Old Durham Rd. Roxboro

Fri., June 7 at 10 AM

 

Vance/Franklin Counties

Spring Street Missionary Baptist Church

511 Orange St., Henderson 

Fri., June 7 at 3 PM

 

Durham County

Covenant Presbyterian Church

2620 Weaver St., Durham

Fri., June 7 at 7 PM

Download NC Legislature Report Card Spring2013

 

 

 

Moral Monday Mass Rally

 

LOCATION CHANGE FOR TODAY'S

MORAL MONDAY MASS RALLY!

Due to the enormous response, the NC Department of Administration has asked that we move the 5:00 pm Moral Monday Mass Rally to

 

HALIFAX MALL

behind the General Assembly

 Download Parking Map for General Assembly and Halifax Mall

 

MORAL MONDAY MASS RALLY:

JUNE 3, 2013  at 5:00 pm*

Bring raincoats and umbrellas in case of inclement weather. 

Stay tuned to email blasts for further updates.

Halifax Mall - Located between the Legislative Office Building (300 N. Salisbury Street) and the General Assembly (16 W. Jones Street). See Map (Click to Download Parking Map for General Assembly and Halifax Mall). There will be volunteers there to direct people from Bicentennial Mall to Halifax Mall:

 

 

 

 

Workers and Veterans Arrested at NC General Assembly

  

Announcing Another Moral Monday

   Video Release and 

Moral Monday Announcement    

NC Historians and Others Jailed for Protesting Voting Rights Abuses and Old South Policies

   

 

NOW JOIN US!   

For Another

"MORAL MONDAY" 

      May 13, 2013     

Announcing the next Moral Monday for people of goodwill to join us to support a

Pray-In, Sing-In and Teach-In

as we petition the NC Legislature on

Monday, May 13, 2013

to hear the grievances of the people.

       WE NEED SUPPORTERS!       

Those who wish to be supporters and not participate directly should meet at the Becentennial Mall by 5:30pm to join the group!

 NEW VIDEO:

Teen Jailed for Protesting Voting Rights Abuses in North Carolina 

 

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Email info@naacpnc.org for more information 

FORWARD TOGETHER...

NOT ONE STEP BACK! 

NEW LOCATION FOR TONIGHT'S VIGIL

Rally, Protest and Vigil on Tuesday, May 7 at 7:00 PM

 

 

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Civil Disobedience Leads to Arrests at NC General Assembly