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**NC NAACP "Moral March" in Raleigh on Saturday, February 8th @ 9:00AM**
Historic Thousands on Jones St. People's Assembly Coalition
Members from the more than 125 North Carolina State Conference NAACP branches, youth
councils, high school and college chapters from the four corners of the state and members and friends of over 150 other social justice organizations make up the “Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ) People’s Assembly Coalition!”
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HKonJ achievements include, but are not limited to successful voting, mobilization, legal, and public awareness campaigns aimed toward preventing the unconstitutional resegregation of Wake County Schools (the largest school system in NC); an increase in the minimum wage; successful passage of The Racial Justice Act; obtained Same Day Voting; won Smithfield workers their right to unionize; secured former Governor Perdue's veto of Voter I.D. Laws, veto of unfair budget, veto of legislative efforts to repeal the Racial Justice Act in 2012; and helped to initiate groundwork for former Governor Perdue's “Eugenics Compensation Program Bill.”
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HKonJ has become a fusion movement which works 365 days per year! Rev. Barber, the HKonJ Convener, now works with a professional team which includes a full-time HKonJ Coalition Coordinator, a full-time Legal Redress & Public Policy Analyst, and a growing NC NAACP staff. The more than 150 partnering organizations are further “coordinated” with the help of a volunteer “HKonJ Steering Committee” headed by two Co-Chairs.
The HKonJ Annual Mobilization has grown from approximately 3,500 attendees in 2007 to approximately 15,000 in 2012! Each year, on the 2nd Saturday, in February, at 9:00 a.m., thousands of HKonJ marchers flood downtown Raleigh, NC where the “HKonJ People’s Assembly” convenes and ultimately marches to the North Carolina General Assembly on Jones Street.
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http://www.hkonj.com/
Members from the more than 125 North Carolina State Conference NAACP branches, youth
councils, high school and college chapters from the four corners of the state and members and friends of over 150 other social justice organizations make up the “Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ) People’s Assembly Coalition!”
....
HKonJ achievements include, but are not limited to successful voting, mobilization, legal, and public awareness campaigns aimed toward preventing the unconstitutional resegregation of Wake County Schools (the largest school system in NC); an increase in the minimum wage; successful passage of The Racial Justice Act; obtained Same Day Voting; won Smithfield workers their right to unionize; secured former Governor Perdue's veto of Voter I.D. Laws, veto of unfair budget, veto of legislative efforts to repeal the Racial Justice Act in 2012; and helped to initiate groundwork for former Governor Perdue's “Eugenics Compensation Program Bill.”
....
HKonJ has become a fusion movement which works 365 days per year! Rev. Barber, the HKonJ Convener, now works with a professional team which includes a full-time HKonJ Coalition Coordinator, a full-time Legal Redress & Public Policy Analyst, and a growing NC NAACP staff. The more than 150 partnering organizations are further “coordinated” with the help of a volunteer “HKonJ Steering Committee” headed by two Co-Chairs.
The HKonJ Annual Mobilization has grown from approximately 3,500 attendees in 2007 to approximately 15,000 in 2012! Each year, on the 2nd Saturday, in February, at 9:00 a.m., thousands of HKonJ marchers flood downtown Raleigh, NC where the “HKonJ People’s Assembly” convenes and ultimately marches to the North Carolina General Assembly on Jones Street.
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http://www.hkonj.com/
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Some rain showers predicted for the afternoon but since this starts at 9:30, maybe not so bad.
Good news is temp 52 degrees. 
I like that better than some of the steamy hot days from last summer. 
