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The Political Agitator response: I was there another awesome event. Photos/Videos HKonJ 2015 Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II NAACP NC & Partners March To NC State Capitol Saturday February 14, 2015

This is the first installment in a three-part series on Reverend Barber and the Forward Together movement in North Carolina.

On Feb. 14, roughly 30,000 people got up early on a cold Saturday morning to march on the North Carolina state house in Raleigh to demand anti-poverty legislation, voting rights, healthcare access, LGBT rights, environmental justice, criminal justice reform, and reproductive rights. #MoralMarch, the official hashtag of the protest, was a top national trend on Twitter, and an image of the march posted on the US Uncut Facebook page was shared over 12,000 times and reached almost 1.5 million people. (Full disclosure: I’m one of the admins for US Uncut.)

Meanwhile, the lead story in the next day’s Raleigh News & Observer, complete with a spread of 97 photos, was about a five-mile run in which participants ate a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts halfway through. Anchors of corporate-owned local TV news stations each spent 40 seconds talking over video of the march, briefly mentioning that it happened, and the News & Observer later gave the march a brief two-sentence summary on its website. So what is it about the Forward Together movement the media is so scared to talk about? (Source: Read more)

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Lennon Lacy that was found hanging in Bladenboro, his Mother & Brother were here. Read more about The strange death of Lennon Lacy: Another lynching mistaken for suicide?

Omar AbdelBaky whom were killed along with his wife and sister in law, his Brother and Religious Family were here. Read more about Chapel Hill shooting suspect indicted.

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"LOW TURNOUT?" YOU BE THE JUDGE! HKONJ, FEBRUARY 14, 2015 CUP OVERFLOWING WITH LOVE, UNITY, DIVERSITY, DIRECTION, AND HOPE – DOWNTOWN RALEIGH by Minister Curtis Everette Gatewood

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Certain media outlets had predetermined, how they would report this year’s turnout for the Moral March on Raleigh, and HKonJ People’s Assembly in an effort to peel off momentum and downplay the rising tide of a new generation seeking justice. They knew last year’s effort of an estimated more than 80,000 could not possibly be repeated, therefore, many media outlets had already decided, if this year’s rally had 79,999,we are going to say, “This year, turnout was low!” I’m shaking my head.

Everyone who is honest, present, and not trying to deceive others, is shocked at how similar this year’s crowd was even as we never expected to have as many as last year. Because, last year was the same year Governor McCrory was elected and came into office joined at the hip of tea-party-funder Art Pope, while other Tea-Party extremists hijacked and took over the NC General assembly and began immediately legislatively assaulting children, African Americans, Hispanics, Women, LGBT, Labor, environment, Educators/education, those in need of Obamacare, those in need of unemployment benefits, poor Whites, and others who were not in the club of greed with those such as NC Civitas, ALEC, AFP, and other rich White male cliques.

In spite of those who would like to get us caught up into the numbers game, this year’s march, may have again outnumbered Selma’s final Edmund Pettus Bridge crossing (an estimated 25,000) in 1965 which had held the record for the largest civil rights mobilization in the South until, HKonJ8 – 2014, and now HKonJ9 – 2015 (the two most recent HKonJ People’s Assembly gatherings downtown Raleigh)! This year’s HKonJ turnout still “turned out” more than we have ever seen at any Tea Party rally, especially when considering this rally was not a “national” rally, but was indigenously-led by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II and other great state-grown leaders within ONE state – North Carolina. This year’s HKonJ turnout still produced more diversity (young, old, Black, White, Brown, Yellow, etc.) than any other social justice demonstration of our generation.

So let’s not get caught up into the numbers game; let’s not let them keep moving the goal post. WE HAVE PROVEN WE ARE BEST POSITIONED TO REPRESENT THE BEST INTERESTS AND BEST HOPES OF THE WHOLE BODY OF NORTH CAROLINIANS – “WE THE PEOPLE.” THIS IS WHY, NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY; NOT MATTER WHAT GAMES THEY PLAY – WE ARE GOING “FORWARD TOGETHER – NOT ONE STEP BACK!” FORWARD TODAY, FORWARD TOMORROW; FORWARD FOREVER!

Thank you for allowing God to use you to show up and show out! Thank you for letting God use you to show North Carolina and show the world what the true faces of LOVE, UNITY, TRUTH, JUSTICE, and DEMOCRACY – ENOUGH LIES AND HYPOCRISY!

WE ARE WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW – LOVE SWEET LOVE! LOVE FOR THE LEAST; LOVE FOR THE LESS; LOVE FOR THE OPPRESSED!

CONGRATULATIONS TO REV. DR. WILLIAM J. BARBER, II, AND THE FORWARD TOGETHER MORAL MOVEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES YOU AND THE MIGHTY HKONJ COALITION!!!

Wilson NAACP Bus To HKOnJ In Raleigh NC February 14, 2015

We have a charter bus leaving Wilson at 7:30 AM on February 14 to the HKOnJ in Raleigh NC. Seats available for $10.00 each. Inbox Arthur Johnson Branch President. You can also contact me.

NAACP NC HKonJ Moral March On Raleigh How Many People Really Attended? Does It Really Matter?

I keep hearing there were 80,00, 20,000 even maybe 100,000 people at the march. I don’t know how many were there but it damn sure was a lot of people there.

Were you there? Hell, if you had been there the number would have been greater, but it still would not have changed the outcome of the purpose of the march.

Okay now back to the numbers game. It does not matter what the actual count was because I don’t think you can possibly figure out exactly how many people were there since there was no way to actually count the people. Hell, who can count to 10,000, 20,000, 80,000 or 100,000 off the top of their head. Not my ignant ass.

Well I was at the march just like I have been at most if not all of them. I am listed as a partner of the HKonJ and I am a Life Fully Paid Member of the NAACP and I am glad about it.

The point is folks are sick and tired of being sick and tired of what is going on in NC and we participated in the march. While some folks are trying to count how many people were there, frankly I don’t give a damn. What I do care about is I witnessed and recorded via video and photos the 1,000’s of people that were there to hear the messages that we received.

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Work, Watch as well as Pray going Forward if you Love Justice in North Carolina! by Curtis Gatewood Columnist

All those who love justice, pray for our movement here in North Carolina. Also pray for Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II.

As you may know, Saturday’s event (2/8/14 – ‘Moral March on Raleigh & HKonJ People’s Assembly’) put Dr. Barber and our Moral/HKonJ movement above the radar nationally/internationally.

Our justice-loving Black, White, Brown, Yellow, and Red brothers and sisters came together and helped to make the event so successful at demonstrating love, unity, diversity, order, intellect, strength and power, it scared the hell into some ‘powerful’ opposition who has since panicked.

The journalist ‘FOXES’ are now bitterly crawling out of their holes in an attempt to stomp this fire out which threatens to breath new light/life, new hope, and new faith into a ‘Perverse and Faithless Generation!’

Expect to see meaner, more divisive, and more perverted journalism aimed toward our movement as we win more and more support and momentum.

Gutter-journalism has been historically used to create dissension, confusion, and even domestic terrorism as righteous movements emerge to bring truth to the light. But the truth is marching on!

I therefore remind you like never before – those who love justice must ENDURE UNTIL THE END – KEEPING THE FOCUS; KEEPING THE (good) FIGHT; KEEPING THE FAITH; KEEPING THE FIRE; KEEPING FORWARD (not one step back)!!!

HKonJ March Did Not Require ID To Participate by Curtis Everette Gatewood

Well, congratulations to our great leader, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II for an outstanding message and the demonstration of Prophetic leadership as Saturday’s Moral March on Raleigh & HKonJ People Assembly left the naysayers shocked and almost speechless. Unfortunately, they did not remain speechless – they immediately and desperately began spinning and spewing lies in blogs and newspapers throughout the nation.

Since they do not want North Carolinians and other observers across the nation and world to hear us tell the truth about the ‘constitutionally inconsistent, morally indefensible, and economically insane policies’ being passed by an extremist-Tea-Party-drunk group of legislators and Governor who declared war on their own state, they have resorted to a mass production of lies.

Rather than doing the right thing and make sure we are providing Medicaid that would morally expand and cover 500,000 struggling and poor North Carolinians, they would rather lie; rather than ensuring we provide the unemployment benefits to the 170,000 they betrayed, they would rather lie; rather than providing a fair earned income tax credit that would best served the 907,000 poor hardworking North Carolinians who had their taxes raised to give tax breaks to 23 millionaires, they would rather lie; and rather than ensuring all North Carolinians right to vote will in no way be denied or abridged, they would rather lie.

They are now desperate as they suddenly realize their economically insane, morally pathetic, and politically destructive agenda is headed toward divine defeat from the Almighty, as God cracked the sky and flooded the streets of Raleigh with a human rainbow which illuminated this state, nation, and world on Saturday.

The desperate lie they have polluting the airwaves since the overwhelming success of the Moral March/HKonJ People’s Assembly is the claim we ‘hypocritically required protesters/marchers to bring ID while we protest the Voter ID Bill.’ The problem with such a lie is, we have about 100,000 witnesses who know they were not required to show us ID before protesting. They are basing this lie on our list of ‘Dos and Don’t for Marchers’ which recommends bringing ID. ID is recommended in the event of an emergency – not as a requirement to protest or march.

But even if we did require ID, it is not the same as using ID to abridge one’s right to vote. Even if we did require ID to march, it would not be the same as cutting a week out of early voting, or eliminating straight ticket voting, or discarding ballots which were erroneously cast in the wrong precinct, or prohibiting Sunday voting, or refusing to accept college ID, or the elimination of youth preregistration, or giving the greenlight for voter intimidation, and list goes on.

In other words, the first act of deceit is to claim the Governor simply passed a ‘Voter ID Bill,’ when in fact the requirement of ID, the first time in 237 years, is just one of several voter suppression tactics associated with the legislation in question. Therefore, contrary to popular misinformation, we are not fighting a ‘Voter ID Bill.’ WE ARE FIGHTING A VOTER SUPPRESSION BILL.

Their allegations of hypocrisy are consistent with the efforts to engage in voter suppression while claiming they are fighting ‘voter fraud.’ Or their attempts to call our leaders ‘racists’ for having the audacity to fight their racism. Or their claims that White men are poor victims of ‘reverse discrimination’ while they discriminate fast-forwardly against women, African Americans, Latinos, and every other non-White male. So why should anyone on earth be surprised when some of the biggest hypocrites on earth attempt to label the victims of their hypocrisy as the ‘hypocrites?

Similar to the voter suppression pushers, when certain people are defeated by a beautiful rainbow of God’s good people who work hard, organize, use love, intelligence, justice, and win by the rules – historically, the oppressive naysayers and powerful opposition will become more and more willing to lie, cheat, and change the rules.

Also, historically, there will be those of us who willl remain standing until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. People all over the world, will join hands, and get on the ‘LOVE TRAIN, the LOVE TRAIN (GET ON BOARD)!’ Lies can’t live forever!

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HKonJ: Thousands march in downtown Raleigh – Thomasi McDonald was a former reporter with the Tarboro Daily Southerner. My friend always have done a great job of reporting the news.

Raleigh NC: It Is Going Down Today, HKonJ

• For more information, go to hkonj.com On February 8, 2014, we will gather on Wilmington St. between South St. and MLK Jr. Blvd at 9:00 AM in downtown Raleigh. From 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM there will be music and welcoming followed by an hour long program with speakers and more music. We will march to Fayetteville Street at 10:30 AM after which we will begin the mass people’s assembly on the doorstep of the State Capitol. If you arrive early, feel free to join the prayer service at 8:00 AM at the State Capitol, led by pastors or the prayer service at 8:30 AM at Shaw University, led by rabbis. Reminder: there will not be civil disobedience at this event. For the past seven years, a fusion movement has been growing in North Carolina. In 2006, the Historic Thousands on Jones St. (HKonJ) People’s Assembly Coalition was formed under the leadership of Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II and the North Carolina NAACP. It has grown to include over 150 coalition partners. Each year this fusion movement comes together on the second Saturday in February to hold a mass people’s assembly to reaffirm its commitment to the 14 Point People’s Agenda and to hold lawmakers accountable to the people of North Carolina. This year’s annual people’s assembly will be held in the wake of a powerful push back to the immoral and unconstitutional policies supported and passed by Governor Pat McCrory, Speaker Thom Tillis, Senate Leader Phil Berger, Budget Director Art Pope and other extremists in the NC General Assembly during the 2013 Session. After 13 Moral Mondays in Raleigh leading to almost 1,000 arrests for civil disobedience and 23 local Moral Mondays spanning the entire state, the Forward Together Moral Movement and the HKonJ coalition will join together once again for the Moral March on Raleigh HKonJ People’s Assembly. We are calling on all people of conscience and concern to join us as we stand against the extreme and regressive agenda being pushed in North Carolina. This agenda is a reflection of what is happening across the United States. If you believe that an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, if you understand that what happens in North Carolina has implications for the future of the nation, if you believe that we can build a moral movement together to save the soul of our state and country, then join us as we tell Governor McCrory and the North Carolina General Assembly, "Forward Together, Not One Step Back!"

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Pictures/Video: Raleigh NC – HKonJ 7 NAACP and Partners March On Jones Street NC Legislative Building Saturday February 9, 2013

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Raleigh NC – NC NAACP/HKonJ People’s Coalition March On Jones Street To The Legislative Building The NC General Assembly

NC NAACP/HKonJ People’s Coalition ACTION ALERT:   Share HKonJ Promotional Video, Flyers, Fact Sheets and Facebook Banner Widely! AND  Sign and Share the Petition Telling Governor McCrory and the NC General Assembly to Govern For the Good of the Whole in the Face of Extremism Join Us on Saturday, February 9th, 2013 in Raleigh! Register for HKonJ7 Here! Saturday, February 9, 2013 — 9:30 am Shaw University, South Street, Raleigh, NC For more information or to support the movement, Please call the NC NAACP: 919-682-4700 or visit www.HKonJ.org   Join the Event on Facebook! Follow us @hkonj7 Text NAACP to 46988 to receive alerts Download Flyer Number 1 Here Download Flyer Number 2 Here Download NAACP-HKonJ Strategy for Addressing Poverty Poster Download Fact Sheet on Poverty Here     Use for your Facebook Banner!:

 

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Visit The Young Democrats On Facebook See Upcoming Membership Drive Saturday February 9, 2013. Can You Say HKonJ?

Thousands of people from across North Carolina will gather on Saturday, February 9 in Raleigh to protest the right wing agenda of Governor McCrory and the Republican led General Assembly. We have the unique opportunity to get many of these young people signed up and involved with their local Young Democrat charters. We will be meeting up at the McDonalds on South Street at 9 am. Recruitment will take place before and after the march. Clipboards and signup sheets will be provided. Please join us as we canvass the crowd and start building our army of change! (More)

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Politics – Randy Voller Newly Elected Chairman North Carolina Democratic Party Gets It! Can You Say HKonJ? 

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Politics – Randy Voller Newly Elected Chairman North Carolina Democratic Party Gets It! Can You Say HKonJ?

So why haven’t anyone mentioned this about Randy Voller? I get so sick and tired of folks not talking about things that may sound controversial or whatever. Damn these folks are dangerous as hell because if they will not talk about things that matter I am afraid to walk with them. I am talking about folks who have posted about Randy’s Press Conference today but did mention that he mentioned HKonJ. I am talking about those folks who have not posted also.

Folks  “If You Are Scared, Say It!” Sit Down Shut Up And Get The Hell Out Of The Way!

I could not wait to get the opportunity to look at the press conference held this morning by the Randy Voller the new chair of the NC Democratic Party. Although the press conference only lasted about 26 minutes it was later tonight before I got the opportunity to watch it all. I had began earlier this evening but had to stop so I start it from the beginning tonight. As I watched it I was happy to hear my new chair asking everyone to join him as he will be marching with the NAACP HKonJ on Saturday morning in Raleigh NC. The annual event will begin at Shaw University and will end at the Legislative Building on Jones Street.

NC NAACP/HKonJ People’s Coalition ACTION ALERT:   Share HKonJ Promotional Video, Flyers, Fact Sheets and Facebook Banner Widely! AND  Sign and Share the Petition Telling Governor McCrory and the NC General Assembly to Govern For the Good of the Whole in the Face of Extremism Join Us on Saturday, February 9th, 2013 in Raleigh! Register for HKonJ7 Here! Saturday, February 9, 2013 — 9:30 am Shaw University, South Street, Raleigh, NC For more information or to support the movement, Please call the NC NAACP: 919-682-4700 or visit www.HKonJ.org   Join the Event on Facebook! Follow us @hkonj7 Text NAACP to 46988 to receive alerts Download Flyer Number 1 Here Download Flyer Number 2 Here Download NAACP-HKonJ Strategy for Addressing Poverty Poster Download Fact Sheet on Poverty Here     Use for your Facebook Banner!:

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HKonJ Partners Retreat – August 28 – RSVP NOW (by 8/22/12)

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August 17, 2012                                Re: HKonJ Coalition Partners Retreat Dear HKonJ Coalition Partners: With great enthusiasm, we are writing you in regards to our upcoming Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ) Coalition Partners Retreat which will be held on the historic date of Tuesday, August 28, 2012 from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. at the University United Methodist Church. The church is located at 150 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC. The Reverend Carl King is Pastor. As you know, August 28th serves as the 49th anniversary of the historic 1963 "March on Washington." The early morning of August 28, 1955 is also the date the horrific and shameful murder of 14 year-old Emmett Till took place during his visit to Mississippi.   While racially motivated hate-crimes and lynching were nothing new in the South especially during this period, this particular killing would throw America’s racism in the South into the international spotlight and further served as a catalyst for building unified coalitions and a national civil rights movement.   It is in the spirit of young Emmett Till, the March on Washington, and the countless courageous civil rights champions whose shoulders we stand upon, we thank you for becoming an HKonJ Partner and extend this invitation to be with us on Tuesday, August 28th and become even closer and stronger in the months and years to come!   We have enclosed a general outline of the day with hopes to see you there. We are hopeful each Partner will send a representative for the full day as the need for us to spend as much time together as possible is self-explanatory.   However, if just a portion of your day is all that is available, please let us know the time you will be available and/or let us know if another representative will come during that period of the day you will be absent. RSVP: Our RSVP deadline was set for Friday, August 17. If some how you erroneously overlooked this deadline but still wish to attend, immediately inform Rev. Curtis E. Gatewood , the HKonJ Coalition Coordinator no later than Wednesday, August 22, to see if arrangements can be made. Lastly, we are hopeful you will join us in telling constituents across this state as we look at the escalation of hateful political race-baiting, voter suppression, racial profiling, legislative racism, immoral-budget-cutting, homophobia, resegregation, unemployment, wealth disparities, poverty, and frontal attacks on all aspects of civil/human rights – "If ever there was a time we should vote; if ever there was a time we should mobilize; if ever there was a time we should organize; if ever there was a time we should speak truth to power; if ever there was a time we should build an anti-racist, anti-poverty, and anti-militarism HKonJ Coalition, THAT TIME SURE IS NOW!" Therefore, we are excitedly looking toward seeing you in Chapel Hill, on Tuesday, August 28th! FORWARD TOGETHER, NOT ONE STEP BACK! Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II,                                                                            Rev. Curtis E. Gatewood, HKonJ Convener                                                                                                 HKonJ Coalition Coordinator   Mrs. Debra Tyler-Horton                                                                                   Mr. Reuben Blackwell                        HKonJ Steering Committee Co-Chair                                                             HKonJ Steering Committee Co-Chair   ____________________________________________________________________  Historic Thousands on Jones Street People’s Assembly Coalition HKonJ Coalition Partners Retreat Program Outline 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, August, 28, 2012 ~ University United Methodist Church 150 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC 9:00 a.m. Fellowship/Continental Breakfast (30 Minutes)   9:30 a.m. Welcome, Who’s in the Room (45 Minutes)   10:15 a.m. Opening Faith and Fellowship Service   11:15 a.m. HKonJ History, and "Forward Together" Overview   11:30 a.m. HKonJ Report   11.45 a.m. Truth & Hope Poverty Tour Report and Videos                      12:30 Noon Unity Luncheon and Fellowship (1 hour)   1:30 p.m. Reconvening Call to Order   1:45 p.m. Youth Voices (1 hour)     2:45 p.m. Legislative Report Card      3:00 p.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions (2 hours):   Defending Democracy, Protecting the Vote (HKonJ Items 5 and 14) Same Day Voting Public Financing of Elections GOTV Using HKonJ Coalitions The Dollars and Sense of National Defense   Economic Justice/Jobs/Fighting Poverty/Livable Wages and Worker’s Rights (HKonJ Items 2, 3, 7, 8, and 11) Livable Wages and Support for Low Income People Health Care for All State Discrimination in Hiring and Contracting Affordable Housing and Consumer Abuse Collective Bargaining for Public Employees and Worker Safety   Education Equality, The Greatest Hope for Our State (HKonJ Items 1 and 6) Constitutional, High Quality, Well Funded, Diverse Schools for All Children Lifting our Historically Black Colleges and Universities Preschool Funding/Quality/Availability   Equal Protection Under the Law (HKonJ Items 4, 9, 10, 12, and 13) Redress 1898 Violent Wilmington Governmental Overthrow Redress 1947-1977 Sterilization/Eugenics Abolish the Death Penalty and Mandatory Sentencing Laws Racial Justice Act Environmental Justice Protect the Rights of Immigrants from Latin America and other Nations Organize, Strengthen and Provide Funding for our Civil Rights Enforcement Agencies/Statutes   5:00 p.m. HKonJ Partners Unity Dinner, Fellowship, and Social (1 Hour)   6:00 p.m. Reconvening and Call for Reports from Breakout Leaders (15 minutes each) (1 Hour) Defending Democracy, Protecting the Vote (HKonJ Items 5 and 14) Economic Justice/Jobs/Fighting Poverty (HKonJ Items 2, 3, 7, 8, and 11) Education Equality, The Greatest Hope for Our State (HKonJ Items 1 and 6) Equal Protection Under the Law (HKonJ Items 4, 9, 10, 12, and 13)  7:00 p.m. HKonJ Plenaries (15 minutes each) (45 Minutes) Coalition GOTV and Civic Engagement Strategies HKonJ7 Mobilization Strategies HKonJ Steering Committee Composition and Strategies  7:45 p.m. Questions and Answers (15 Minutes)   8:00 p.m. Wrap Up and ‘Things To Do’ Going ‘Forward’ – HKonJ Convener (15 Minutes)   8:15 p.m. Announcements   8:20 p.m. Closing Chants (i.e. "Forward Together, Not One Step Back!")   8:30 p.m. Benediction/Adjournment O      Historic Thousands on Jones Street People’s Assembly Coalition 2012 HKonJ Partners Retreat Scheduled for the ‘Historic’ Date of August 28   "IF EVER THERE WAS A TIME TO VOTE…  THAT TIME IS NOW!"      Pictured below:  HKonJ6 Mobilization, 02/11/12   University United Methodist Church 150 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC   Tuesday, August 28, 2012 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.   STRATEGIZE, SEEK JUSTICE FOR THE FULL DAY!     RSVP NO LATER THAN 08/22     RSVP:  Let us know you are coming! Call our HKonJ Coalition Coordinator, Rev. Curtis E. Gatewood at 919 682-4700 and/or send an email to gatewoodlovesjustice@gmail.com.             Forward Together, We Shall Not Be Divided! Forward Together, For Freedom and Democracy! Forward Together, We Shall Not Be Moved! Forward Together, Not One Step Back!

 

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Leader of Largest Healthcare Union in the Nation to Join NAACP at HKonJ People’s Assembly this Saturday

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 8, 2012 For More Information:     Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137     Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700  Leader of Largest Healthcare Union in the Nation to Speak on Jones Street Saturday Morning, February 11th The President of HealthcareWorkers Union, 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest healthcare union in the country representing over 350,000 workers, will bring greetings to human rights and labor rights advocates assembled in front of the State Legislature on Saturday morning, February 11th.  George Gresham leads 1199 SEIU, which grew out of the civil rights movement in the 1960’s.  1199 organized hospital workers in New York City in one of the first grass-roots fusion movements in a large metropolitan area, since the advent of Jim Crow in the late 1800’s.  Gresham is also Vice President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the fastest growing union in North America, with over 2.1 million members.  Gresham notified Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, President of the NC NAACP, that 1199 SEIU would be on Jones Street, with his executive staff and other members traveling to Raleigh in solidarity with the struggles of North Carolina workers and those who are out of work.  "On HKonJ Day," Gresham told Barber, "We are all North Carolinians."  The Historic Thousands on Jones Street  (HKonJ) People’s Assembly Coalition is one of the nation’s broadest, most diverse anti-racist, anti-poverty and anti-war coalitions in the nation.  For over six years, the HKonJ Coalition has fought for its 14-Point Legislative Agenda. (attached). On Saturday, February at 9:30 AM, marchers will assemble at Shaw University on South Street and march to the General Assembly on Jones Street at 10:30 AM for a People’s General Assembly. "Protecting voting rights, fighting for labor rights and demanding economic justice are essential to a just and progressive society," said Rev. Barber.  "We in the civil rights and labor rights community march together and stand together as we work for the common good…together. For six years, the North Carolina NAACP and the HKonJ People’s Assembly Coalition of over 125 local and national organizations have fought for the rights of workers to livable wages and the end to the Jim Crow Law GS 95-98 that makes it illegal for public employees to exercise their collective bargaining rights in North Carolina." "The support of 1199 and SEIU, and my friend George Gresham and the proud members of 1199 who are spending their Saturday on buses to be with us is a wonderful tribute to the solidarity of labor and civil rights." ### Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.

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