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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 29, 2012
For More Information: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137
Atty. Jennifer Marsh, Acting Director, 919-682-4700
For Media Assistance: Rob Stephens, Office Manager, 336-577-9335
*SCHEDULE UPDATED*
Second Leg of Truth and Hope Tour, Putting a Face on Poverty in Southeastern NC
Click to Download Map of Truth and Hope Tour
Friday, March 2 7:00 am BUS DEPARTURE - Media Welcome for Kick Off First Baptist Church 101 S Wilmington Street Raleigh, NC 9:00-10:30 am PITT COUNTY Lucille W. Gorham Intergenerational Community Center 1100 Ward Street Greenville, NC 27834 11:45 am -1:30 pm WAYNE COUNTY Community Crisis Center 607 S Slocumb Street Goldsboro, NC 27530-5815 4:00 - 6:00 pm DUPLIN/SAMPSON COUNTY Juniper Community Center 226 Juniper Road Faison, NC 28341 Saturday March 3 9:00- 10:30 am NEW HANOVER COUNTY Macedonia Missionary Baptist church 3701 Princess Place Wilmington, NC 10:50 - 11:20 am BRUNSWICK COUNTY Navassa, NC Site of 600 acres of intentionally contaminated land Call Jerry Jackson (631-806-9677) for on-site directions
11:45 - 12:15 am Supply, NC
Royal Oak Community Site Visit
Call Jerry Jackson (631-806-9677) for on-site directions
1:30 - 3:00 pm ROBESON COUNTY
Red Springs Community Building
122 Cross Street
Red Springs, NC
5:00 - 6:30 pm CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Walker-Spivey School, Recreation Center
500 Fisher Street
Fayetteville, NC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 27, 2012
WHAT: Truth & Hope Tour, Putting a Face on Poverty in North Carolina
WHEN: Friday, March 2 and Saturday March 3, 2012
WHO: North Carolina NAACP, UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, NC Justice Center, Institute for Civic Engagement and Social Change at North Carolina Central University, and AARP of NC
WHERE: Greenville, Goldsboro, Sampson/Duplin Counties, Wilmington, Brunswick County, Robeson County and Fayetteville
DURHAM - On Friday, March 2nd, the North Carolina NAACP, NC Justice Center, UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, the Institute for Civic Engagement and Social Change at North Carolina Central University and AARP of NC will kick off the second leg of the "Truth and Hope Tour of Poverty in North Carolina," a state-wide tour of rural counties and inner city neighborhoods where North Carolinians struggle to find work, decent housing, transportation, and sufficient food for their families.
"Our second leg of the Tour of Truth and Hope will take activists, academics, media and economists to places of poverty in Southeast North Carolina. This problem of structural and systemic poverty is complex," said Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, NC NAACP President. "It has many faces that we must dare to see if we're going to dream and have a hopeful vision to do better. Maybe then we can develop a Marshall-type plan for North Carolina and model a progressive agenda for the nation. Individual charity alone will not address this problem. The moral requirement of our Constitution and the moral underpinnings of the Biblical truths require more than a call to private charity. They require a call to structural change and systemic reorientation."
Departing from Raleigh on March 2nd, a bus full of activists, reporters, foundation leaders, students and scholars will travel through the southeast quadrant of the state, engaging in town hall meetings, sessions with local leaders, and tours of neighborhoods directly affected by poverty.
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Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.
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