Sign Up Now for the North Carolina Law Enforcement Safety and Drug Policy Summit

Event Announcement: Law Enforcement Safety and Drug Policy Summit     WHEN: June 12th, 2012 WHAT TIME IS THE EVENT: Registration starts at 8 am, and the event begins at 9 am and will go through Noon. A lunch will be served to registered guests after the summit. WHERE: North Carolina Legislative Auditorium, 16 Jones Street, Raleigh, NC WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Law Enforcement, Legislators, Legislative, Support Staff, Public Health Officials, Lobbyists, Harm Reductionists, Drug Policy Reformers, Policy Reformers, People Who Work With Incarcerated Populations, People Working on Overdose Prevention, People Working In HIV/Viral Hepatitis, and the Substance Abuse Community WHAT WILL BE COVERED: Law Enforcement Needlestick Reduction, Law Enforcement Safety around Drug Overdoses, Reducing Recidivism While Maintaining Public Order and Drug Policy Reform WHO WILL BE PRESENTING: Law Enforcement Safety Experts, Law Enforcement, Drug Policy Experts and Republican & Democratic Legislators, and Conservative, Liberal & Moderate Policy Institutes EVENT CONTACT: Robert Childs, MPH (336) 543-8050, robert.bb.childs@gmail.com EVENT SIGN-UP PAGE: http://www.nchrc.org/news-and-events/events/event-north-carolina-law-enforcement-safety-and-drug-policy-summit/

Victory on Preclearance Pitt County Public Schools

Greeting:

We are pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Justice has informed Pitt County Schools that the reduction of the Pitt County Board of Education from 12 to 7 members will have a discriminatory impact on Black voters in Pitt County (See: attached complaint by the Coalition and attached letter from U.S. Department of Justice). The Lord has blessed us with a great victory for Black children in Pitt County. We thank the Lord and all our friends and supporters. Prayer changes things.

Sincerely,

Rev. Ozie Lee Hall, Jr., President
Pitt County Coalition for Educating Black Children

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Community Forum Discussion on the Future of Black Children in Pitt County Schools Sponsored By: Pitt County Coalition for Educating Black Children 

Pitt County Coalition for Educating Black Children

Community Forum Discussion on the Future of Black Children in Pitt County Schools Sponsored By: Pitt County Coalition for Educating Black Children

Dear Pitt County Community:

The purpose of this letter is to request your support and participation in a matter that warrants your immediate scrutiny and attention. In December, 2012, the Pitt County Board of Education will submit a report to federal District Court Judge, Malcolm Howard, outlining its progress toward “Unitary Status.” The Judge will subsequently consider whether to lift a more than forty year old federal school desegregation Order.

As the class Plaintiff representative, the Pitt County Coalition for Educating Black Children, has to decide whether we should continue to fight to keep the Court Orders in place and compell Pitt County Schools to stop practicing discrimination against Black children and their families.

The achievement of “Unitary Status” would means that Pitt County Schools has done everything that it possibly could, and has eliminated all vestiges of de jureracial segregation that is possible. In the 2010-2011 school year, Black students in Pitt County experienced a 205 point achievement gap on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for college entrance, a 40 point achievement gap on grades 3-8 State mandated End-Of-Grade (EOG) test, and increase in the black high school dropout rate of 62% of all Pitt County dropouts in 2008 to 65% of all dropouts in 2011. Black students are 79% of all out of school suspensions. The Black student population has increased to about 50% of all students while the district systematic exclusion of Black teachers results in a teacher workforce of about 15%. The district has made zero progress in increasing the percentage of Black teachers over the past 10 years.

On Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 143 of the Leslie Building, Pitt Community College main campus we will be holding a Community Forum Discussion on the Future of Black Children in Pitt County Schools. We expect to be joined by representatives from the University of North Carolina (UNC) Center for Civil Rights, the National Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights, the State NAACP, and other local leaders. We need you to support and protect Black children in Pitt County.

The future of Black Children in our schools is such a crucial issue that we are personally appealing to Clergy, local business leaders, parents, and the community to come out and hear what’s going on and share your own experiences.

Very sincerely,

Rev. Ozie Lee Hall, Jr., President
Pitt County Coalition for Educating Black Children
P.O. Box 1699
Winterville, NC 28590

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PUBLIC NOTICE: Special Meeting of the Board of Education Date: Monday, April 16, 2012 Time: 6:30 p.m. In the ECC Board Room/Building A Purpose: Personnel (CLOSED SESSION)

PUBLIC NOTICE: Special Meeting of the Board of Education Date: Monday, April 16, 2012 Time: 6:30 p.m. In the ECC Board Room/Building A Purpose: Personnel (CLOSED SESSION)

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Announcements: Edgecombe County Public Schools

Board to meet in special meeting April 11 The Edgecombe County Board of Education will meet in a special closed meeting Wednesday April 11, 2012 at 12:45 p.m. at Edgecombe Community College to discuss personnel matters.

Board to hold training session April 12 The Edgecombe County Board of Education will hold a Board work session to continue their Facilitative Leadership training on Thursday, April 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Central Office board rooms.

Twin Counties Vision Edgecombe and Nash Counties along with the City of Rocky Mount are leading an effort to develop a Vision and Strategic Plan for the Twin County Region. Read on…

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Butterfield to Emphasize the Need for Economic Development and Jobs in the First District

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For Release: Immediate     Date:  April 5, 2012

Contact: Kezmiché "Kim" Atterbury   Office:   (202) 225.3101 Mobile: (202) 465.5125

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Butterfield to Emphasize the Need for Economic Development and Jobs in the First District

 

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) will continue to promote the theme of jobs, economic development, health care access, and education for First District residents through a series of public appearances next week. 

 

Monday, Butterfield will join a Wayne County JobLink Career Center forum to speak about the challenges of securing employment in the District.  During the discussion, Butterfield will highlight new proposals to help displaced workers back to work, including funding for job training for current and prospective trade sector workers.

 

Addressing the importance of economic development in the District, Butterfield will assist in presenting a $2.7 million check to construct two new fire stations in Kinston from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act fund.  The new stations, which will replace a two-bay building that was built more than 30 years ago, will be centrally located and fitted with a training area, storage space, and sleeping quarters.

 

Wednesday, Butterfield will return to the broader theme of increased job opportunities, health care, and education by engaging in a dialogue with many influential members of the First District’s Latino community at a Latino Listening Session.  The meeting is intended to facilitate appreciation and understanding of North Carolina’s fastest growing demographic group and develop solutions to issues affecting the Latino community.

 

On Thursday, Butterfield will join USDA in awarding $2.4 million to improve water access for more than 300 potential water customers in eastern Warren County.  The residents across the construction area have recently been troubled with their private ground water wells going dry, and have historically been impacted by very poor water quality.  With the funds, Warren County can ensure that its residents will have uninterrupted service and better water quality.  In addition, a reliable water source will allow local businesses to now consider eastern Warren County as a potential site for growth.

 

The Congressman’s full public schedule follows.

 

 

WHAT:                                 Butterfield to Emphasize the Need for Economic Development and Jobs in the First District

 

WHEN and WHERE:

Monday, April 9

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Workforce Training in a Changing Economy

Wayne County JobLink Career Center

303 South Roxboro Street

Durham, NC

 

Tuesday, April 10

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Kinston Fire Station Check Presentation

Fire Station #3

1247 Hill Farm Road

Kinston, NC 

                                                                                            

Wednesday, April 11

Latino Listening Session

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Wilson Public Library

249 Nash St W

Wilson, NC

 

Thursday, April 12

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Warren County Water & Sewer Check Presentation

Warren County Library Committee Room

119 South Front Street

Warrenton, NC

 

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Glen Raven Fabrics Tour

US Highway 1 South

Norlina, NC

               

Friday, April 13

9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

We Can’t Wait…for Jobs!

Edgecombe Community College

Tarboro, NC

              

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Aviation Industry Workforce Development Forum

Telephonics

1014 Consolidated Road

Elizabeth City, NC

 

 

http://Butterfield.House.Gov

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Democratic Women Meeting Today At Parker’s Restaurant Wilson NC Wilson Host Chapter

The following is posted on the Democratic Women of Wilson County Facebook Page.

Good Stuff coming on 3/31/12 – Hope to see you at Parker’s Restaurant 11:30 a – We, Wilson will be the Host Chapter – Other Chapters coming from: Wayne, Pitt, Greene, Edgecombe, Nash, Lenoir, Harnett, Johnston -

Tarboro NC – If You Are A Democrat And Vote At Precinct 11-1 Lewis Community Volunteer Fire Department Please Attend The Annual Precinct Meeting On Tuesday March 6, 2012

All Democrats that vote at Precinct 11-1 Lewis Community Volunteer Fire Department please attend the annual precinct meeting on Tuesday March 6, 2012 6:00 PM. The secretary has resigned and we will elect a new secretary. For more information please call precinct chair Curmilus Dancy II @ 252.314.5484 (Cell), 252.827.5484 (Home) or email me at cdancyii@embarqmail.com

All 21 Edgecombe County Democratic Party Precinct organizations hold their annual precinct meetings.

When: March 6, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30p.m.

Precinct agendas should include
• ELECTION ACTION PLAN
• GOTV Canvassing
• Primary Election Day GOTV
• Table with voter information
• Develop Resolutions for the County Convention
• Fill all Precinct officer vacancies
• Identify delegates to the County Convention.
• Identify persons interested in attending the DNP Convention in Charlotte.
• REMEMBER:
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 6:00pm

Edgecombe County Democratic Party Executive Committee Meeting Thursday, February 16, 2012

Edgecombe County Party Executive Committee meeting Thursday February 16, 2012 at the Edgecombe County Administrative Building 201 St. Andrews Street, Tarboro NC 27886 at 6:00 PM.

Precinct meetings to be scheduled for March 6 with March 10 being the make up date if needed. Meeting should begin no earlier than 6 p.m. and no later than 7:30 p.m.

County Conventions statewide will be April 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Announcement: Edgecombe County African American Caucus of The NC Democratic Party Meeting

Announcement: Building a Grad Nation Summit : March 18-21 : Free

Building a Grad Nation Summit: March 18-21 Dear Rural Trust Supporter: Is the high school dropout rate a problem in your community? Are you looking for innovative ways to keep young people in school and prepare them for college and the 21st century workforce? If so, you may want to learn more about the 2012 Building a Grad Nation Summit. Free and open to the public, the Summit will be held in Washington, DC from March 18-21, 2012. The Summit is the premier event of Grad Nation, a growing movement of dedicated organizations, individuals, and communities working to end the high school dropout crisis and prepare young people for college and the 21st century workforce. The Summit provides an important national platform to: Continue to build awareness about the urgency of ending the dropout crisis and ensuring career/post-secondary readiness and success Help participants create valuable connections across networks to enable greater impact Inspire and motivate participants by highlighting local, state and national successes Educate and engage participants through collaborative discussions Provide participants with the tools and knowledge they need to turn awareness into action, and to potentially replicate successes seen elsewhere Report on our nation’s progress on key indicators relevant to Grad Nation goals Register today for this free event at www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/Grad-Nation/Summit.aspx. Registration will be open until February 20, 2012. America’s Promise Alliance hosts the Summit in partnership with the Alliance for Excellent Education, Civic Enterprises and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University. Premier Sponsors for the Summit are Grad Nation Presenting Sponsor State Farm, AT&T, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Target. Signature Sponsors are Casey Family Programs, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Ford Foundation, Ford Motor Company, Lumina Foundation and Pearson Foundation. Find out more about the Grad Nation Summit at www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/Grad-Nation/Summit.aspx. More from the Rural Trust Center for Midwestern Initiatives   Consolidation Fight-Back Toolkit   Formula Fairness Campaign           Remove me from this list © 2012 The Rural School and Community Trust

Announcement: Pre-HKonJ Worship Service – St. Paul AME Church in Raleigh, NC – Friday, February 10th at 7:00 PM

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Announcement: Notice of Redistricting Hearing – Friday, Jan. 20, 2012

NC NAACP et. al. v. NC and Dickson v. Rucho – Redistricting Case

NOTICE OF HEARING

Friday, January 20, 2012 at 11:00a.m

NOTICE is herewith given of a hearing before the undersigned three-judge panel in the above-referenced consolidated matters to consider the Plaintiffs’ Motions for Injunctive Relief.

The hearing shall be on the 20th day of January, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at:

Wake County Courthouse

316 Fayetteville Street

Courtroom 10-B (10th Floor)

Raleigh, North Carolina 27601  

Tarboro NC – Rosenwald Schools History Collection Saturday February 4, 2012

 

 

EdgecombeCounty

 

RosenwaldSchools History Collection

TheirStory: Teachers and Students

 

February4, 2012

1:00p.m.

EdgecombeCounty Administration Building Auditorium

201St. Andrew Street

Tarboro,NC

 

BettieMurchison, Historian

FeaturedSpeaker

 

Reception

 

JointlySponsored by Perry-Weston Institute

andthe

EdgecombeCounty Extension Center

AcornHill

Bellamy

Bryan

Chinquapin

Coakley

Dixon

Draughn

HarryKnight

HickoryView

Keech(Dogtown)

Kingsboro

Lancaster

Lawrence

Leggett

LivingHope

Logsboro#1

Logsboro#2

MarksChapel

Mt.Olive

PittmanGrove

Providence

St.Luke

Tarboro

White’sChapel

WillowGrove

Wimberley

Keech(Dog Town) Rosenwald School, ca. 1970

Announcements: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY EVENTS IN HALIFAX, NASH, FRANKLIN COUNTIES AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY EVENTS IN HALIFAX, NASH, FRANKLIN COUNTIES AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

HALIFAX COUNTY EVENTS

Monday, January, 16 at 9:30am Oak Grove Baptist Church in Littleton & Piney Grove Baptist Church in Halifax is sponsoring the 7^th Annual MLK Day Parade line-up will begin at 9:30 on Mosby Avenue near Lakeland Cultural Center in Littleton and process down Main St. at 10am.  For more information contact Ophelia Gould-Faison at 252.532.0071 or email gouldfaison@hotmail.com and Lori Parrott at 919.358.0980 or email laneashe@yahoo.com

Monday, January, 16, Oak Grove Baptist Church in Littleton & Piney Grove Baptist Church in Halifax is sponsoring The 10^th Annual MLK Program and Reception. The Reception will begin at 10:45am at Oak Grove in the C. E. McCollum Fellowship Hall and the program at 12noon at Oak Grove in the PromiseLand Sanctuary. Keynote Speaker: Rev. Dr. Thomas L. Walker. For more information contact Ophelia Gould-Faison at 252.532.0071 or email gouldfaison@hotmail.com and Lori Parrott at 919.358.0980 or email laneashe@yahoo.com

Monday, January, 16, Oak Grove Baptist Church in Littleton & Piney Grove Baptist Church in Halifax is sponsoring The 2012 MLK Service Project will benefit "The Learning Pot" an afterschool center in Littleton serving students in 2nd-5th grades.  The project will be to collect snacks for the students at the center.  For more information contact Ophelia Gould-Faison at 252.532.0071 or email gouldfaison@hotmail.com and Lori Parrott at 919.358.0980 or email laneashe@yahoo.com.

FRANKLIN COUNTY EVENTS

Sunday, January 15, at 5:00pm (Franklin Area Clergical Ecumenical Society) (F.A.C.E.S) (local ministerial alliance will host it’s Annual MLK Jr. Service at Louisburg High School Auditorium.  For more information call Sidney Dunston at (919) 496-7855.

Saturday, January 14, at 10:00am, The Town of Franklinton and the Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Committee will sponsor an MLK Parade. The march will begin at Franklinton High School gym to First Baptist Church.  For more information call the Town of Franklinton 919-494-2520.

ROCKY MOUNT EVENTS

Saturday, January 7 at 9:00am, The City of Rocky Mount Humans Relations Department sponsors Youth Oratorical Contests. The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences. Theme for grades 6–8: “Building Dreams Through Education”. Theme for grades 9–12: “Learning to Build Dreams”. For more information call 252-972-1181 or visit www.rockymountnc.gov.

Monday, January 16, at 7:00am (Breakfast), 8:00am (Program) The City of Rocky Mount Humans Relations Department sponsors the 24th Annual Unity Breakfast Keynote Speaker: Dr. Dudley Flood. The Dunn Center (on the campus of NC Wesleyan College). For more information call 252-972-1181 or visit www.rockymountnc.gov.

Monday, January 16, The City of Rocky Mount Humans Relations Department sponsors A Day Of Service.  Volunteers will team together to perform community service projects throughout the Rocky Mount area. To participate, call the United Way-Tar River Region at 937-2213. 

Special thanks to event partners United Way-Tar River Region & NC Wesleyan College. For more information call 252-972-1181 or visit www.rockymountnc.gov.

Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 4pm, CDC Workers Unity Committee/Carolina Auto, Aerospace & Machine Workers Union-UE150, and the Bloomer Hill Community Association sponsors the 20th Annual Martin Luther King Memorial Concert St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 5987 Red Oak Road, Battleboro, NC featuring Youth and Gospel Choirs from Whitakers, Battleboro, Enfield area.  For more information call, 252-641-0294.

Monday, January 16, 2012 at 11am, CDC Workers Unity Committee/Carolina Auto, Aerospace & Machine Workers Union-UE150, and the Bloomer Hill Community Association sponsors the 22nd Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration Bloomer Hill Community Center, US 301, Whitakers, NC. Keynote Speaker: Rep. Angela Bryant NC General Assembly Representative District 7 – Halifax and Nash Counties. For more information call, 252-641-0294.

Monday, January 16, 2012 at 7:30am, CDC Workers Unity Committee/Carolina Auto, Aerospace & Machine Workers Union-UE150, and the Bloomer Hill Community Association sponsors the 15th Annual MLK Community Empowerment Breakfast, Franklinton Center at Bricks, US 301 North, Whitakers, NC. Speaker:  Ms. Barbara S. Simmons, Mayor of Enfield NC. Sponsored by Community Empowerment Alliance. For more information call, 252-641-0294.

Monday, January 16, 2012 at 9:30am, CDC Workers Unity Committee/Carolina Auto, Aerospace & Machine Workers Union-UE150, and the Bloomer Hill Community Association sponsors the 13th Annual Whitakers MLK Day Motorcade & March Monday, start at Whitakers Town Park, NW Railroad Street; march ends at Bloomer Hill Community Center, Sponsored by the Whitakers Community Club. For more information call, 252-641-0294.

during Black tory Month

Saturday, February 25, noon – 4:00pm, The City of Rocky Mount Humans Relations Department sponsors the International Festival Of Cultures. A celebration of Rocky Mount’s diverse cultures! Brown Auditorium [on the campus of Nash Community College]

Special thanks to event partner Nash Community College. Call 972-1181 or visit www.rockymountnc.gov.

DURHAM EVENT

Sat. Feb. 4, 2012 at 12 noon, Fayetteville Street 10th Annual Durham MLK/Black History Month Parade.   Grand Marshall: Dr. Chuck Davis. For more information, call 919-680-0465