September Newsletter: The Volunteer Issue



1) September 7: Join PA-PAC for a fall election endorsement meeting



2) Centerfest is back! September 17 & 18: Volunteers <[link removed]> needed for the PA booth!



3) Renew <[link removed]> or donate to support the work (renew NOW to vote in upcoming PAC meeting)



4) Help your neighbors in crisis — volunteer at Eviction Court



5) Opportunities from our partners at the Community Empowerment Fund <[link removed]>



6) Support a new History Marker <[link removed]>







PA Political Action Committee (PAC) Endorsement Meeting



The People's Alliance PAC will host a virtual endorsement meeting on Wednesday, September 7th at 6 pm.



To attend you must:



(1) be a current member of People's Alliance <[link removed]>, and



(2) register <[link removed]> to attend the endorsement meeting.



If you have already registered, there is no need to do so again. The Zoom link will be emailed to the address you used to register before the meeting begins.



People's Alliance PAC members will consider endorsements in races for Sheriff, and Soil and Water Supervisor. We will also consider an endorsement regarding municipal bonds that will appear on the November ballot.



Your Voice Mattered





Back in July we joined in an effort to stop the NC General Assembly from changing the rules regarding valid signatures for mail-in ballots. According to Politico (July 17, 2022):





The NC Board of Elections, in a 3-2 party line vote, rejected state Republicans’ request for signature verification on absentee ballots.  



Republicans wanted local elections officials to be able to compare voters’ signatures on their registration cards against signatures on requests for absentee ballots and on the returned ballots. 



Instead, the board’s Democratic majority approved a declaratory ruling stating the opposite. They decided county elections officials don’t have the legal authority to verify signatures to determine if voters should receive mail-in ballots and if votes should be counted.  



Thank you for calling and writing to the State Board of Elections!



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.



<[link removed]>Renew or Donate <[link removed]>



Renewing before September 5th will allow you to vote in the upcoming PAC meeting.



Centerfest 2022 - PA needs you to staff our table



Since 1974, Durham Arts Council has brought the Durham community together with an annual arts festival in the fall. Centerfest is Durham’s signature arts festival!



This is a great opportunity to introduce Durham to the work of People's Alliance. Please come out and volunteer <[link removed]> at our table for a two-hour shift and then enjoy Centerfest!







Upcoming Action Team Meetings



The Education Action Teamwill meet Tuesday, September 20 at 8:00 PM.



Register here <[link removed]> to attend (required). Registrants will receive the Zoom details the week of the meeting.















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The Economic Justice Action Team will meet Tuesday, September 6th at 7:00 PM via Zoom.



Click here <[link removed]> to attend.



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VOLUNTEER - Join the Housing and Transit Action Team as they assist our neighbors in crisis. Contact [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> if you have a few hours on a weekday morning to come to the courthouse and distribute accurate information to people facing eviction. You will be trained and equipped with resources.



The Housing and Transit Action Teamwill meet Thursday, September 15 at 6:00 PM.



Contact Lorisa Seibel if you would like to join this next virtual meeting: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>











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Honoring Booker T. Spicely



The People's Alliance board has decided to write a letter in support of a historic marker to commemorate the life and martyrdom of Booker T. Spicely <[link removed]>, an African American soldier who was fatally shot by a white bus driver in Durham after he objected to Jim Crow segregation during WWII. 



You can find that letter on the PA blog <[link removed]>.



If you would also like to make your voice heard please send a word document or PDF, or just paste your text into an email and send to John Schelp ([email protected]) by September 30, 2022.  The salutation can be “Dear NC Marker Advisory Committee Members.”  It will then include all submissions with our application for a historic marker.



Gratitude from the Committee working on this effort:



Mandy Carter, Eddie Davis, Gretchen M. Engel, Walter Jackson, Joseph F. Jordan, Irving Joyner, Philip J. Penn, John Schelp, Tim Tyson, James E. Williams Jr.





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