July Newsletter: In Short

1) August 4: Join us for an Issue Forum on Reproductive Justice

2) Help stop voter suppression in our state

3) Renew or donate to support the work

4) Updates on PA Action Teams

5) July 14: Opportunities from our partners at

DataWorks NC

6) July 5: Find another way to celebrate the 4th of July at Stagville Historic Site

Reproductive Rights: Progressive Issues Forum

Get the RIGHT information and then get to work. Join the People's Alliance at our August 4th Progressive Issues Forum to hear from the following speakers:

Maya Hart - From SisterSong to educate us about Reproductive Justice

Senator Natalie Murdock - Who will share information about the NC legislative agenda for Reproductive Rights

Jillian Riley - To share some idea for messaging used by Planned Parenthood

Tara Romano - Has information about state elections in light of the SCOTUS ruling from Pro Choice NC

At the meeting, attendees will have a chance to connect with campaigns and actions. Additional speakers TBA. 

Please REGISTER to attend. A zoom link will be sent the morning of the event.

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STOP Voter Suppression

The NC State Board of Elections (NCSBE) has opened a public comment period in response to a Request for Declaratory Ruling proposed by the NC Republican Party. The proposed Declaratory Ruling would allow individual members of county boards of elections to attempt to verify signatures on absentee ballots. Signature verification is unreliable and could result in many voters being disenfranchised! The public comment period closes on July 5, 2022.

This is urgent – all public comments must be submitted by July 5. We need thousands of North Carolina voters to push back on this proposal using the NCSBE comment portal.

Learn more via the League of Women Voters at this website.

Please renew your PA membership for 2022! There is a LOT of work to do and PA is building the team and infrastructure to make it happen.

Renew or Donate

Renewing now will allow you to vote in the upcoming PAC meeting.

DPS Board of Education Approves Growing Together Plan

The PA Education Action Team met with DPS staff and issued a statement to the Board of Education in response. Visit the PA Blog to read the full statement.

The Education Action Team will meet Tuesday, July 19 at 8:00 PM.

Register here to attend (required). Registrants will receive the Zoom details the week of the meeting.

Upcoming Action Team Meetings

The Economic Justice Action Team will meet Tuesday, July 5th at 7:00 PM via Zoom.
Click here to attend.
The Housing and Transit Action Team will meet Thursday, July 21 at 6:00 PM.
Contact Lorisa Seibel if you would like to join this next virtual meeting: [email protected]

View from the Ground

Poor People's Campaign Moral March on DC

Reckoning with Racial Covenants

Workshop and Action

The Hacking into History team invites Durham residents with whom we share an affinity for racial equity, gentrification, and the lack of affordable housing in Durham to join us for our free public workshop/volunteer training on Thursday, July 14th from 6:00-8:00pm.

Reserve your space here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reckoning-with-racial-covenants-tickets-345852663627 

Hacking into History is a community of neighbors committed to interrogating the legacy of racist and exclusionary housing practices in Durham. Our collective hope is to grow involvement in our project, and strengthen our engaged, antiracist community. 

Hacking Into History: Discovering Racial Covenants in Durham Property Deeds is a collaborative project between DataWorks NC, The School of Library and Information Sciences at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and the Durham County Register of Deeds.

July 5th at Stagville Historic Site

Commemorate Independence Day with a community reading of Frederick Douglass' powerful Fourth of July address, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July." This is a participatory event! Stagville will provide copies of the speech to all attendees (English or Spanish available), and volunteers will read it out loud together at Horton Grove.
You can RSVP on EventBright or look for the event on Facebook. Come out to this family friendly event and meet other PA members.

"There is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven, that does not know that slavery is wrong for him."

Bring a chair or blanket to sit on the grounds. This free event will last about 1 hour, with the option to tour the slave dwellings at Horton Grove available afterwards.

 


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