Mountain Moral Monday Set for August 5th in Asheville, NC!

Cross-post from NC State AFL-CIO

 

A Moral Monday video you simply must see.

If you only ever watch one video about Moral Monday, we hope it’d be this one by staff photojournalist Travis Long for the News & Observer. We cannot embed the video here, so follow this link to watch it.

From Rev. Barber’s remarks in the News & Observer video:

“There was a time we wouldn’t be together like this. There was a time the right wing’s wedge issues would have kept us from holding together.

“But look at us now. Holding hands together.

“Educators fighting with the unions.

“Unions fighting with civil rights.

“People of faith fighting with the children.

“Environmentalists coming together with the health workers.

“Doctors standing on the side of the sick.

“Millionaires standing with the unemployed.

“And straight folks standing with gay folk.

“People of faith standing with those wrestling with their faith.

“Look out what the law has done!”

On July 29th, thousands of people from all walks of faith and life flooded the streets of Raleigh, North Carolina to march for social justice and stand in solidarity against regressive legislation bore out of the NC General Assembly. ”It was also the biggest protest yet against the ultra conservative agenda of the Republican-controlled legislature,” says Sue Sturgis writing for Facing South, “drawing as many as 10,000 people to the state capital’s downtown streets.
Watch the official Moral Monday 13 recap video.

Moral Monday will now go statewide, and the first stop is in Asheville on Monday, August 5th. Asheville in particular was the target of conservative lawmakers this year. Sue Sturgis explains:

“North Carolina lawmakers were successful in passing a bill that takes control of the municipal water system away from Asheville and hands it over to a state-chartered regional authority without compensating the city for the loss. The measure, which opponents say is theft by the state and would harm regional economic development efforts, is the subject of a lawsuit set to begin next month. Save Our Water WNC, a group opposed to the takeover, is among the organizers of Mountain Moral Monday.”

Mountain Moral Monday is August 5th

On Monday, August 5, from 5-6:30 p.m., a coalition of Western North Carolina groups will host Mountain Moral Monday, a non-partisan event to highlight the abuse of power and cruel policies coming out of the N.C. statehouse.

The event will take place at Pack Square Park and will feature Rev. Dr. William Barber, President of the NC NAACP, the grassroots leader responsible for shining a national spotlight on what the New York Times has called “The Decline of North Carolina.”

What: Mountain Moral Monday

When: August 5 at 5:00 pm

Where: Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville (in front of Buncombe County Courthouse and City Hall)

Follow this event online at http://www.mountainmoralmonday.com/.

Grab the flyer for Mountain Moral Monday.

Also of interest:

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Save the People’s Post Office

Massive March Today for Final Moral Monday: 5 PM With March to the NC Capitol at 5:30

This is a cross-post from NC State AFL-CIO

The end of the beginning

Moral Mondays have been going strong since the first Moral Monday on April 29, 2013.

There have been twelve waves of protests since then, at which thousands of North Carolinians have assembled on Halifax Mall, many hundreds have packed the rotunda of the state house, and almost 1,000 people – including state AFL-CIO president James Andrews – have been arrested by the leaders of the North Carolina General Assembly for daring to be disobedient in the face of injustice.

Watch a recap of Moral Monday 12 – the NC Attack on Voting Rights.

Now that the legislature has adjourned until May 2014, Moral Mondays are about to go statewide. But not before one last massive gathering in Raleigh on July 29th and a march on the Old North State Capitol!

Watch the promo video for Moral Monday 13.

What: Moral Monday 13
When: July 29 at 5:00 pm – march to the Capitol at 5:30 pm
Where: Halifax Mall (the great lawn behind the legislative building, 16 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601)

Join this event and share it with your friends on Facebook.

Here’s the flyer for Moral Monday 13:
Mountain Moral Monday is August 5th

On Monday August 5 from 5-6:30 p.m., a coalition of Western North Carolina groups will host Mountain Moral Monday, a non-partisan event to highlight the abuse of power and cruel policies coming out of the N.C. statehouse.

The event will take place at Pack Square Park and will feature Rev. Dr. William Barber, President of the NC NAACP, the grassroots leader responsible for shining a national spotlight on what the New York Times has called “The Decline of North Carolina.”

What: Mountain Moral Monday
When: August 5 at 5:00 pm
Where: Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville (in front of Buncombe County Courthouse and City Hall)

Follow this event online at http://www.mountainmoralmonday.com/.

Grab the flyer for Mountain Moral Monday.

Fed Up and Fired Up! Moral Monday 12: Voting Rights, July 22

This is a cross-post from NC State AFL-CIO

Take it from a 92 year-old Moral Monday arrestee:

“Here I am at 92 years old, doing the same battling,” says Rosa Nell Eaton in this video. “We need more – not less – public access to the ballot!”

Watch Rosa Nell Eaton testify at Moral Monday last week.

“At the age of 92, I am fed up and fired up!”

North Carolina’s unions are planning now for another major turnout for the next Moral Monday – the 12th Wave on July 22. WEAR UNION SHIRTS!

What: Moral Monday 12th wave for Voting Rights
When: July 22, 2013 at 5 PM
Where: Halifax Mall (the great lawn behind the legislative building, 16 W. Jones St., Raleigh, NC 27601)

See pictures of union members at past Moral Mondays.

For those who choose to petition the legislature through nonviolent civil disobedience, based on their own moral conscience, it is CRITICAL that you attend a briefing and information session beforehand at 3:00 pm.

What: July 22 civil disobedience prep session
When: 3 PM
Where: Christian Faith Baptist Church, 509 Hilltop Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610

Grab the flyer for Moral Monday 12 (PDF):

Moral Monday 8–Monday, June 24th–Raleigh, NC