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Program and Registration for 2013 Legislative Seminar

February 18, 2013 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

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If you are interested in attending, but have not pre-registered, you may call our office at 919-828-6501 on Tuesday, April 9 until 5:00 p.m.

Gene Nichol, Director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the UNC-CH School of Law will be the lunch speaker at this year’s Legislative Seminar.The day’s topic for Nichol, who is also the school’s Boyd Tinsley Distinguished Professor, is “It’s Better Not to Be Poor in NC.”

The seminar takes place Thursday, April 11 at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 4801 Six Forks Road, Raleigh. It begins with worship led by the Rev. Joe Brown, a presiding elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. The Rev. Fletcher Harper, Executive Driector of GreenFaith, will provide the opening plenary address, “Communicating the Values We Believe.”

The full day of workshops is led by expert presenters and offers opportunities for progressive people of faith to learn about critical issues facing the General Assembly. Grassroots activists working for social justice and all other interested people are encouraged to attend.

As Executive Director George Reed has said, “It’s important to come together at gathering like this for at least two reasons: First, it shows others that prophetic, progressive people of faith aren’t going to go away and hide just because the legislative climate is not so favorable here in North Carolina. And, second, it’s important for us to be together with like-minded souls. It’s going to be a hard session; we need each other.”

A program follows.  For a more detailed program and additional information on workshops, click here.

–Aleta Payne, Development and Communications

8:30 Registration (coffee, juice, pastries and fresh fruit)

9:15 Opening Session
Worship led by Rev. Joseph Brown, Presiding Elder, AME Zion Church
Plenary led by Rev. Fletcher Harper, Executive Director, GreenFaith, Communicating the Values We Believe

10:30 Workshops – Session 1
Tax Reform
Energy Policy
Immigration
Public Education
Affordable Housing and Consumer Finance

11:40 Lunch and Networking
Annual Assembly and Awards:
Brief Legislative Updates
Awards
Luncheon Address: Gene Nichol, Director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at UNC-CH School of Law

1:15 Workshops – Session 2
Grieving Legislative Losses
Tax Reform (repeated)
Voting Rights
Encouraging Healthy Lifestyles and Public Policy
Agricultural Policy
Building Relationships at the Legislature

2:25 Workshops – Session 3
Implementing the Affordable Care Act
Farmworker Issues
Gun Violence
Voting Rights (repeated)
Legislative Process and Advocacy

3:30 Closing Session
Worship led by Rev. Ben Williams, Pastor, St. Mark’s UMC, Raleigh

3:45 Adjourn


If you are interested in attending, but have not pre-registered, you may call our office at 919-828-6501 on Tuesday, April 9 until 5:00 p.m.

The office is closed on Wednesdays and you can not make reservations after end of business on Tuesday.

Filed Under: Blog, Events, Raleigh Report Tagged With: Children & Youth, Civil Discourse, Civil Liberties, Council News, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Economic Justice, Environment, Equality & Reconciliation, Fracking, Good Government, Gun Violence, Healthcare Reform, Housing, Immigration, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Organized Labor, People with Disabilities, Prophetic Voice, Public Education, State Budget, Taxes

About Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Aleta Payne first joined the Council staff in the spring of 2001 as the Communications Associate. She continues to oversee that work along with development, represents the Council in several partnership efforts, and serves in other administrative roles, as well. Aleta is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in government and foreign affairs and spent much of her early career as a journalist. She has three young adult sons who continue to come home to Cary for dinner, or at least groceries, and two young adult terrier-mix dogs who keep the nest from feeling too empty.

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