Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on April 20, 2012
Ed West was inspired to speak out Thursday night during a Stop the Violence forum after he received a text message from his son, who was sitting across the room.
“You need to go up there and say something,” his 13-year-old son, Jamal, wrote.
That was all the impetus West needed. (More)
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Rocky Mount NC – NAACP Hosts Stop the Violence Forum Thursday April 19, 2012
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on April 18, 2012
MEDIA ADVISORY
Immediate Release
April 17, 2012
Contact: Rev. Andre’ D. Knight, President, (252) 544-2949
NAACP Hosts Stop the Violence Forum
Rocky Mount, NC – The Rocky Mount Branch of the NAACP, in conjunction with area ministers, will host a discussion with local community leaders. “Our community has been devastated by recent events of youth and gang violence. While we know that these brutal slayings do not solely define our community, we are all impacted by the loss of young men that will never have the chance to contribute to society” Andre’ Knight, President of the Rocky Mount Branch said. “Our community wants to do more than mourn. We want to reverse the trend and challenge the mindset that it is okay for anyone to gun down our citizens for any reason.”
The Stop the Violence Forum will be held in the OIC Auditorium located at 402 E. Virginia Street at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 19th. Joining President Knight will be guest panelists Rev. James Gailliard, Senior Pastor of Word Tabernacle Church; Bishop Sheldon Daniels, Senior Pastor of Greater Joy Baptist Church; Charlie Davis, noted local retired educator; Curtis Walker, aka “C Dub”, local media and entertainment professional and Trooper Clee Atkinson with the NC Highway Patrol. Host and moderator for the event, Reuben Blackwell, Education Chair for the Rocky Mount Branch added, “We want to have a frank and in-depth discussion about what is not working in our community, who we need to engage to move us forward and how to begin to support strategies that are working.” Area youth have also been invited to participate in the panel discussion.
Andre’ Knight commented, “This forum is for the person who wants to see the violence end and willing to do something about it. We need our young people to come and be willing to talk with us. We need the gang bangers to be there. We need parents and family members who have lost their children or who are afraid that they might lose their children to come. We need business and church leaders to come and be willing to do something we’ve never done before so we can rescue and redeem our future. We need everyone to be concerned and to attend. ”
The Forum is open to the public and there is no charge to attend.
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on April 11, 2012
Click on picture to view video 1 hr. 48 mins. total.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II was invited to Rocky Mount. You have to see what took place at this memorial.
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Local memorial held for slain Florida teen – Rocky Mount Telegram
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on March 24, 2012
Click on picture to watch video 2 hrs. 11 mins.
Rev. Andre Knight local NAACP President/Rocky Mount City Council opened with prayer.
Knight introduced the moderator Reuben Blackwell Rocky Mount NAACP Education Chair, NAACP NC State Executive Committee Education Committee, Education Chair Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce, Rocky Mount City Councilman and CEO Rocky Mount OIC.
Dr. Anthony D. Jackson touched on the incident at Southern Nash that occurred earlier in the week whereby a female student cut another female student. He met with around 600 parents on Wednesday at Nash Central High School and he said the meeting was very productive and he was very impressed with the parents.
Dr. Jackson touched on sagging pants. He was concerned when he visits a school and he sees a child with his pants hanging off his butt somebody else should have seen the student before him. He said he would approach the child and if they didn’t have on a belt he would give them his.
Dr. Jackson stressed that academic students are not being celebrated but we celebrate sports. He said he read about all the negative things that are going on with students but little to none about the academic students. He presented data on how the students are doing in the Nash-Rocky Mount system.
Watch the video to see the entire presentation.
Marty McCoy Rocky Mount Police Department also gave an update on what parents/community can do as it relates to criminal activities going on in our school system. He said gangs are real in the area and everyone need to be aware and how they can help.
Watch the video to see McCoy’s short presentation.
I am suggest that McCoy be invited back to us at the April monthly meeting to do a complete presentation on criminal activity as it relates to our schools and how gangs play a role in and out of the schools.
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Curmilus Dancy II
Life Fully Paid Member NAACP
Member Rocky Mount Branch
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on March 23, 2012
Superintendent Anthony Jackson said he wants to do more to promote the successes of students at Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools. (More)
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on March 20, 2012
NAACP Sponsors Education Discussion with Nash/Rocky Mount Public Schools Superintendent
Rocky Mount, NC – The Rocky Mount Branch of the NAACP will host a discussion with Dr. Anthony Jackson, Superintendent of the Nash/Rocky Mount Public Schools. “With the many changes in public education funding and priorities that have taken place over the last year, we need to know what the state of education is for all of our children in the greater Rocky Mount area,” Andre’ Knight, President of the Rocky Mount Branch said. “We want to make sure that the Nash/Rocky Mount School Board and Superintendent are given every opportunity to address concerns and issues that parents and students have that depend on a sound and fair public education.”
The meeting with the Superintendent will be held in the NAACP Conference Room located at OIC on 402 E. Virginia Street at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 22nd. President Knight also stated, “We also want to hear about the school reassignment process, what efforts are in place to increase graduation rates, the role of technology in curriculum and student programming and how the system is encouraging better engagement between parents, students and the communities in which they live.”
The dialogue with the Superintendent is open to anyone to attend and questions and interaction with the public will be encouraged.
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on July 7, 2011
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on June 23, 2011
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The Rocky Mount NAACP under the direction of Rev. Andre Knight President held it’s 36th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet. Speaker: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II NAACP North Carolina State Conference of Branches/National Board Member.
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Education cuts targeted at local NAACP banquet – Source: The Rocky Mount Telegram
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on June 10, 2011
Twin Counties residents opposed to the N.C. General Assembly’s proposed cuts to next year’s budget demanded that lawmakers abandon the spending plan at a news conference sponsored by the local chapter of the NAACP. (Paid Content)
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on June 8, 2011
Rocky Mount Branch
Immediate Release
8 June 2011
Contact: Rev. Andre’ Knight, President, Rocky Mount Branch of the NAACP, 252-544-2949
Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700
Atty. Jennifer Marsh, Legal Redress Coordinator, 919-682-4700
Rocky Mount NAACP/HKonJ To Hold News Conference and Meetings with Community Leaders to Discuss the State of Emergency and Moral Crisis Produced by the NC Legislature’s Budget Passed Last Week.
The Rocky Mount Branch of the NAACP and Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ) People’s Coalition will participate in the “North Carolina: A State in Emergency Action Tour” on Thursday, June 9 at 10 AM in the parking lot of the Fairview Early Childhood Center at 720 N. Fairview Road. Simultaneous news conferences organized by the NC NAACP will occur across North Carolina. The General Assembly voted for a budget last week that was developed by the ultra-conservative, radical Tea Party-backed leadership in the General Assembly and has been identified by multi-racial and multi-faith voices across the state as bad, regressive and harmful for children, minorities, women, the poor and vulnerable communities in North Carolina.
"Thirty-one State Senators and seventy-three House Representatives, mostly Republicans and including five Democrats who play a key role in making the budget veto-proof for now, betrayed the people of North Carolina and voted one of the worst budget in North Carolina’s history–it takes us backwards in education, backwards in economic justice, backwards in human services, backwards in healthcare," said Rev. Dr. William J Barber, President of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. "This week, we are launching our "North Carolina: A State in Emergency Action Tour” across the State to bring the bad news of a bad budget to the local communities who these legislators are supposed to represent demanding we can do better.
We are concerned that outside of Raleigh, the media and local representatives are not getting the information on the consequences of this budget.
We have held many events in Raleigh to address the issues. Now we want to bring the information to the local level. We believe once our NAACP/HKonJ network learns how out of touch the Legislative Majority is with the people of North Carolina, they will know how to challenge their representatives in General Assembly from the grassroots.”
Grassroots leaders and community members will detail why we believe the Governor should veto the budget, why our legislators should follow their conscience and sustain the Governor’s veto and why, if passed, the budget would take all of North Carolina backwards. Speakers will also identify other regressive legislation being pushed by the right-wing, such as repealing the Racial Justice Act, voter suppression bills and direct attacks on immigrant children in our public schools.
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on November 21, 2010
Received my letter from the North Carolina NAACP State Conference of Branches on yesterday stating the Rocky Mount Branch Elections were postponed and rescheduled for Tuesday, November 30, 2010. For more information contact the Rocky Mount Branch, the State Office or yours truly.
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on July 17, 2010
In the meantime while we wait on the article let’s review the last event that was held in Rocky Mount NC. This was a powerful service.
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on June 26, 2010
I attended the NAACP meeting on Thursday evening and I thought it went well. This was the 1st meeting that I have attended since last year because several folks keep mess stirred up. The last time I attended a meeting the State NAACP President Rev. William J. Barber II and Carl White District Director were present.
On yesterday I received a phone call that Ms. Mattie called to “The Truth Hurts Talk Show” and said that Rocky Mount NAACP President Andre Knight had talked about Bronson Williams the owner of FM 107.3 The Promise and host of The Truth Hurts Talk Show. Bronson’s name didn’t come up during the time I was at the meeting.
Bronson Williams formed the “The Truth Hurts Talk Show” to talk about the Rocky Mount City Council and the Utility Bills. Williams has been trying to pull some folks together to deal with the issue of “high utilities” in Rocky Mount NC.
I do not believe the President would have talked about Bronson in the negative at the meeting knowing that a mother and daughter who are members would put it out there.
I called the President on yesterday but he was in a banquet so I am waiting to hear back from him so that I can ask him what was said at the meeting before I arrived.
What did happen at the meeting is a female whom is a new member, I believe is the publicity chair, asked a member to pass me a copy of the agenda. The female member said to her, “I am not passing that to him,” however I couldn’t hear the rest of what she said. This person is the treasurer and do not like me because of the President. She also sent me a Christmas Card a couple of years ago and I returned it to sender. Why in the hell would she send me a Christmas Card when she do not like me? You see this is why I do not attend the meetings because I don’t have time for her and her mother’s drama.
As soon as I hear from the President I am going to post my findings. I may ask for some contacts for some others who attended the meeting to ask them what was said.
Stay tuned.
Curmilus Dancy II
Life Fully Paid Member NAACP
Originally posted: 6.26.10 8:40 AM
Note: Spoke to the President and he said that it came up about the utilities and he said that Bronson was lining up with some folks who are with the Tea Party who have other agendas.
He said it was said that the NAACP need to reach out to Bronson because he was a mouthpiece and his broadcast is heard as far as up to Virginia.
Utilities was an agenda item for Thursday’s meeting because it was discussed at the May meeting. The President didn’t attend the May meeting because he was out of town attending the National NAACP Leadership 500 Summit in Florida.
I have said it over and over again we can have our differences however when there is something that we can do to help make a difference for all folks then we need to lay our differences aside. Sometimes some folks just need to go home, sit down and shut the hell up. Rev. Al Sharpton said it best in this video, “If You Are Scared, Say It.”
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on April 22, 2010
The Rocky Mount Branch of the NAACP will sponsor a memorial service at 5:30 p.m. Thursday to honor the contributions made by civil rights icons Dr. Benjamin Hooks and Dr. Dorothy Height. (Read more @ The Rocky Mount Telegram)
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