HK on J
The state NAACP and affiliated groups called a news conference yesterday to announce what they were calling HK on J, “Historic Thousands on Jones Street.”
The announcement was tied to an event their planning on Feb. 10 but, as organizers tell it, is really about a larger movement they want to start. The idea is to organize progressive groups (NAACP, El Pueblo, Democracy NC, some union groups, NC WARN, People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, etc…) to come together behind a unified agenda.
The group has set up a seb site (click here), which includes a 14 point “Peoples Agenda.”
Some are pretty mainstream ideas that are already going to get play in the General Assembly this year. Under the heading of “Health Care for All,” you could certainly put the contemplated high risk insurance pool and other health care reform efforts. “Abolishing the Death Penalty” is certainly controversial, but has been on the table.
Other items are further off the legislative radar, such as redressing the Wilmington Race Riots and bringing troops home from Iraq.
Of note locally, two folks from Greensboro spoke at Tuesday’s event.
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