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Historic K (Thousands) on Jones Street
Historic K(Thousands) On Jones Street
The North Carolina State NAACP and invites you and your organization to Historic K(Thousands) on Jones Street on Saturday, February 10, 2007.
Agenda
Arrival at 11:00 a.m. - Program at 12 p.m. followed by a march
to the State Legislative Building on Jones Street -
Progress Energy Center (Old Raleigh Memorial Auditorium) 2 East South Street, Raleigh, NC 27601
In order to make substantial and progressive change in North Carolina public policy, we need a movement and not a moment.
HKonJ is a call by the North Carolina NAACP to the progressive and civil rights community to come together to support 14-point public policy strategy that will begin to shift North Carolina political action in a way that will more clearly match our rhetoric with reality.
February 12, 2007 is the 98th birthday of the NAACP, in commemoration of a time when progressive whites and blacks came together to fight racial injustice and social inequality. Today, our challenges revolve around the issues of education, health, labor rights, economic empowerment, civic engagement, and criminal justice.
The goals of HKonJ are to:
Gather 50-100 people from 100 counties in Raleigh before the General Assembly to embrace a 14-point agenda that we demand the legislature to act upon. We will insert the 14-point agenda in every political debate and discussion until they become a reality.
Remind North Carolina that the General Assembly belongs to the people, not the powerful; to everyday folk, not just those with the money and the influence.
Create a statewide network of the progressive and civil rights community which we will build in order to promote a progressive agenda and civil rights in North Carolina .
HKonJ will not be a moment, but a movement. This event will bring hardworking, everyday people together and on March 28, 2007 the Second Annual People of Color Legislative Day where we bring hundreds of people together to lobby the General Assembly will be held.
“OUR servants meet in OUR House. They decide how to spend OUR taxes. But their decisions have been corrupted. Rich corporations pay to play in our House. We can't match their money, but with God's Grace and your hard work, we can sure out-number them! Please join me on February 10, 2007 in Raleigh.”
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber
President, North Carolina State NAACP
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THE PEOPLE'S AGENDA:
14 POINTS
All Children Need High Quality, Well Funded, Diverse Schools.
NC must meet its Constitution's requirement of adequate and diverse schools by fully funding Leandro with transparent accountability and creating special leadership teams in its failing schools.
Livable Wages and Support for Low Income People. NC ought to provide livable wages, make sure no person goes hungry and that everyone in need has affordable, accessible childcare.
Health Care for All.
NC ought to provide its people with health insurance and prescription drugs, while funding public health programs to treat social diseases that plague Black and poor communities including HIV/AIDS, diseases caused by environmental pollution and warming, drugs, domestic violence, mental illness, diabetes, and obesity.
Redress Two Ugly Chapters in N. C.'s Racist History: The overthrow of the bi-racial 1898 Wilmington Government and the sterilization of poor, mainly Black, women from 1947-1977.
NC must implement its 1898 Wilmington Riot Commission recommendations and pay damages to the poor women it forcibly sterilized.
Same Day Registration and Public Financing of Elections.
Lift Every HBCU.
NC must financially support our Historically Black Colleges and Universities to develop equitable infrastructure and programs with doctoral-level leadership for today's challenges.
Document and Redress 200 years of State Discrimination in Hiring and Contracting.
NC must commission historical documentation of its contracting practices with racial minorities to justify constitutional redress.
Provide Affordable Housing and Stop Consumer Abuse.
NC must provide an Affordable Housing Trust Fund for low-income renters, vouchers for wounded veterans who can not find accessible housing, meaningful tax breaks for seniors forced out of their homes, and protection against predatory lending and foreclosures.
Abolish Racially Biased Death Penalty and Mandatory Sentencing Laws; Reform our Prisons.
Put Young People to Work to Save the Environment and Fight for Environmental Justice.
NC must establish an Environmental Job Corps for young people who did not graduate from high school to re-engage them in public service. NC must fight all forms of environmental injustice.
Collective Bargaining for Public Employees.
NC must allow its public employees' unions to negotiate work issues with their employers in a mutually-respectful manner.
Protect the Rights of Immigrants from Latin America and other Nations.
NC must provide immigrants with health care, education, workers rights and protection from discrimination.
Organize, Strengthen and Provide Funding For Our Civil Rights Enforcement Agencies and Statutes Now.
Bring Our Troops Home from Iraq Now.
NC cannot address injustice at home while we wage an unjust war abroad.
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