New North Carolina Project Weekly Bulletin
Introducing our regional organizers, Black History Month, redistricting, from the desk of our digital director, Kristen Havlik.
Meet Tayler Mickens, one of our Regional Organizers
Tayler Mickens is the organizer in the Southern Piedmont area of NC.
Tayler earned a Bachelors of Art in Political Science and African American & African Diaspora studies from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She began her organizing career as a Corps member with NC Cohort for Organizing Corps 2020. Following completion of the program she went onto work as a Field Organizer for the North Carolina Coordinated Campaign in the 2020 election. Her passion for capacity building and her love of helping marginalized communities is what led her to join the NNCP team.
Redistricting & Voter Registration Updates
Last Friday, the NC State Supreme Court ruled that our congressional and state legislature maps were unconstitutional beyond an unreasonable doubt for partisan gerrymandering. The NC Legislature has to submit new maps by next Friday, February 18 for the state supreme court to approve by February 23. The filing period for candidates starts on February 24 for our May 17 primary. This week, more of the court order was published that gave the legislature guidelines and ordered a "special master" be appointed by the lower court to help oversee the reviewing process. The process will not be open to the public compared to last fall where everything was livestreamed and public comments were available. Senate president Phil Berger and Senate minority leader Dan Blue have said they are working together to reach maps that will hopefully be deemed constitutional by the State Supreme Court panel.
Important Dates to Note:
April 22 - Deadline to register to vote to request ballot by mail or to vote in person on May 17
April 28 - May 14 - Early Voting Open in NC; Same-Day registration when you early vote
March 28 - Mail-in ballots start being sent out; mail-in ballot requests have not opened yet,
but we will let you know when they do
May 10 - Last day to request a mail-in ballot
May 17 - Primary Date and last day to postmark ballots via mail
Upcoming Events
Our next Town Hall is about Climate and it's coming up on Wednesday, February 16. We're excited to have Mary Black, candidate for Raleigh City Council and climate organizer, Hwa Huang, chair of the Capital Group Sierra Club, and Senator DeAndrea Salvador.
In the News & Volunteer Spotlight
We are so grateful to have amazing volunteers like Claire Stone from Stoneville, NC, who have been enthusiastic about the work we are doing and getting in the fight with us. Last Friday, Spectrum News 1 in the Triangle walked around with Claire in Burlington while she talked to potential voters about the upcoming election as well as concerns they have and connecting them to resources they may need. You read see the full coverage HERE.
Claire also wrote a letter to the editor and it was published in the Greensboro News & Record last week, which you can read HERE.
Volunteer Opportunities
Our community clothing and food distribution event is coming up in Robeson County to February 19. We are hoping to make the event bigger and better- if you know of any businesses that can donate clothing and non-perishable food, please e-mail me: [email protected]
Canvassing is happening this weekend in Fayetteville as well as phone banking via Zoom!
Sitting on the sidelines is no longer an option - take action today to make an impact on our democracy.
Black History Month
The Greensboro Four
On February 1, 1960, when segregation was still legal, the group now famously known as the "Greensboro Four", David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan), and Joe McNeil were all students at NC A&T, staged a sit-in at Woolworth's after being denied service. 25 other students from colleges in Guilford County joined them in their protest. In the weeks after, in 250 cities across the country, demonstrations had spread to at least 250 major cities and towns in the U.S. in which over 400 demonstrations took place by the end of 1960.
Woolworth's was desegregated by the end of July 1960.
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Check Your Voter Registration
We’re no stranger to voter suppression in our state. So we encourage you to check your voter registration often as board of elections offices purge voters from time to time.
Help us reach our goals in 2022
With your generosity, we are able to build a permanent infrastructure that will increase voter registration and turnout as well as take care of our communities of color, in and outside of election cycles.
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