Calendar Announcements
Tom Fewel
Calendar items follow this message. Our next HKonJ OC gathering is not listed: it’s being rescheduled, probably June 18; stay tuned.
It’s a good time to take a look at HKactivists.com – interesting blog entries by Erin Byrd. Peace, Tom
Events of Interest to HKonJ OC Partners
Monday, June 1, 2009 – Sunday, June 7, 2009
Chapel Hill Community Visioning Forums
Chapel Hill residents are invited to attend community forums intended to both inform and gather public comment on community values and future growth. The information will assist the Sustainable Community Visioning Task Force, a group of volunteer citizens appointed by the Town Council to prepare recommendations on what growth should look like over the next 10 years. Although the 18-member task force has no black, Latino or Asian members, UNC-NOW advocate, Rob Stephens encourages attendance at the meetings. "The Wednesday meeting at Hargraves would be a great meeting to attend, but any of the others would be just as important." See schedule of meetings in this flyer.
Monday, June 1, 2009
3:00 pm El Pueblo, 4 N. Blount St., Suite 200, Raleigh
Launch of Reform Immigration FOR America NOW
North Carolina groups, individuals join growing national movement for
immigration reform. At Monday's launch event, locals working with Reform
Immigration FOR America NOW will
call for a fair, practical process that protects families, workers and communities.
Speakers include:
James Andrews, AFL-CIO; Sister Attracta Kelly, NC Justice Center;
Nayely Perez-Huerta, community member.
For more information, contact the NC
Justice Center:
Jeff Shaw, 919.863.2402 or Dani Martinez-Moore, 919.856.2178.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
10:30 am Outside of the Legislative Building, Jones Street, Raleigh
Together NC Press Event on the Budget
More than 80 groups will
unite on Tuesday to send state lawmakers a message: preserving public
investment in North Carolina
is worth raising much-needed revenues.
Closing North Carolina's
budget gap with cuts alone will devastate the state's neediest families, the
groups say, and will deepen and prolong the recession as well. A balanced
approach that includes strategic tax increases along with judicious cuts is the
best way to protect working families and avoid prolonging the recession. Send Gov. Perdue and your legislative representatives a
message.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm NC Central Campus, H.M. Michaux, Jr. School of Education Auditorium
Together NC Town Hall Meeting
North Carolina's state government faces a large budget shortfall. It is critical that elected officials hear from folks in their communities about the importance of public programs and services so they can make budget decisions that support communities and families and do not undermine the state's economic recovery. The institutions North Carolina families rely on — education, health care, unemployment insurance, housing assistance, just to name a few — are in jeopardy this year. Together NC is sponsoring Town Hall meetings around the state dealing with revenue issues. Learn more about Together NC.