Moral March Rallies in Raleigh to Transform North Carolina

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roger-hickey/moral-march-rallies-in-ra_b_4757803.html

Roger Hickey
Co-Director, Campaign for America's Future

Posted: 02/10/2014 12:43 am EST Updated: 02/10/2014 12:25 pm EST



I was honored to be part of a historic and joyful event on Saturday, February 8, as an estimated 75,000 to 100,000 North Carolinians streamed into their capital city from all over their state to participate in an historic Moral March on Raleigh.

As they were filling the long street between Shaw University and the Capitol Building, the chair of the state Republican party, Claude Pope, went on television and called the march organizer, Rev. William Barber II, the "de-facto head of the North Carolina Democratic party." He meant it as an insult.

But anyone who attended the Moral March on Raleigh came away with a very strong sense that Reverend Barber is leading a movement that is far more profoundly transformative than politics -- although it could affect politicians of all stripes this year and for years and decades to come.

What I saw in Raleigh is the culmination of state-wide organizing around a "fusion agenda' for progress that is a model for the nation -- and especially for states in the South. This important movement needs and deserves your support -- and you can help them financially here.

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1. 75,000 to 100,000 marchers? Why doesn't this get more coverage?

[cbayer]

2. Great question.

I just watched some US news and the top story was about an american surfer who's gone missing in Mexico. Lots of footage of mom crying, but odds are he's just down here having a great time somewhere.

[hrmjustin]

3. Yeah where is that liberal media when you need them.

[cbayer]

4. Here is a pretty good first hand report

http://www.alternet.org/activism/80000-march-north-carolina-proudly-pushing-back-against-radical-right-agenda

[hrmjustin]

5. Thanks. I am nit at all they covered it.

Too bad the rest of the "liberal" media did nit cover it.

[trotsky]

6. As long as they stay away from melding the agenda with religion...

it will be a positive and inclusive movement.

So just curious - why post this in the Religion group? It doesn't have anything to do with religion, but with progressive politics.

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7. Do you object to the name Moral Mondays as well?

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8. The march was led by Rev. William Barber. About one in every ten arrestees

in the Moral Monday rallies he led last year had some religious leadership position

[trotsky]

10. And as I said...

As long as they stay away from melding the agenda with religion it will be a positive and inclusive movement.

[locks]

9. Good coverage

on MSNBC tonight.

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11. Some interesting commentary today.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/02/11-0