Showing results for racial justice act
[…] positive influence on public policies that have implications for what is commonly known as social justice. What this often boils down to is spotlighting areas of decision-making in which the […]
What Makes the North Carolina Farmworker Institute Unique
[…] powerful spoken word poetry piece about her experiences in the fields and the need for justice for farmworkers. It was a beautiful day of learning new things, sharing experiences, challenging […]
Raleigh Report — March 13, 2017
By George Reed, Retired Executive Director Newly Introduced Bills CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE H 233, Ban the Box, would govern how state and local governments could use criminal histories in […]
On Finding Comrades: The 2nd Annual Faith & Immigration Summit
[…] in solidarity to make communities better for immigrants. This story of challenge and hope, of conflicting conceptions of justice, and of faith leaders forming a public voice, captured my attention early.
Raleigh Report – February 25, 2013
[…] to health care: 1) Use this link to send a message to the Governor: http://action.nc justice.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9689 Or click here to get contact information and call, fax or e-mail him. Don’t […]
NCIPL Testifies at EPA Hearing on Clean Power Plan
[…] why I made the decision a year ago to work towards addressing the ecological and justice issues of climate change as a faith-based initiative through NCIPL. Because, like a quote […]
Lenten Reflection Guide: Maundy Thursday
Excerpted from the NC Council of Churches Lenten Guide, “Journey to Justice.” Reflection written by Sabrina Rosario, NC Interfaith Power & Light intern. Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus […]
House Passage of AHCA — We are Better Than This
[…] states if they want different coverage. We are better than this. Our partners at the Justice Center have calculated the numbers and explained the impact the AHCA would have on […]
Gay Teacher’s Case Latest to Probe Religion-Sex Bias Boundaries
[…] teachings on marriage, Bursch said. Bostock doesn’t control the outcome in Billard’s case, Bursh said. The justices specifically said all they were doing was interpreting what sex discrimination means under Title […]
Artists for Abraham Jam Announced
[…] an eye on the Council’s website for additional information. Or visit the Abraham Jam site. –David LaMotte, Peace and Justice Consultant Dan Nichols and 18 Dawud Wharnsby David LaMotte Abraham Jam
Champions of Change
[…] native North Carolinian Adam Searing, Director of the Health Access Coalition for the North Carolina Justice Center, were honored for their dedication to improving access to health care. These individuals are […]
NC Council of Churches Supports National Groups to Assist the Less Fortunate
In keeping with its mission of supporting peace, unity and social justice, the Council recently has signed on to three letters involving issues being addressed at the federal level. We […]
David LaMotte: Celebrating Dad’s Day By Taking Mine to Jail
[…] beloved children of God. Moral Mondays continue on June 24 with an emphasis on labor, women and economic justice. –Aleta Payne, Development and Communications David's Blog Moral Mondays
Healthy Communities, Healthy Churches Summit
[…] organizations include: Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC, Coastal Carolina Substance Abuse Prevention, NC Justice Center, NC Cooperative Extension and Easter Seals UCP. Lunch will also be provided. You […]
Wishing Willona Stallings Well
[…] the example of Jesus Christ by caring for the least among us and promoting social justice.” Willona is the only PHW Program Director we’ve had. She joined us a little […]
ACA Open Enrollment Deadline — Feb. 15
[…] Insurance Marketplace The Council has a long history of supporting universal health care as a justice issue As people of faith, we believe that all our brothers and sisters deserve […]
NCIPL Invitation — Join the National Preach-In on Global Warming
[…] Valentine’s Day weekend. What a wonderful Valentine for the planet. The message will be climate justice and loving God’s creation and will reach more than one million people of faith. […]
Be Thankful for Immigrants and Indigenous People
[…] a historic demonstration of interfaith solidarity. Join them by saying a prayer for peace and justice for our Native American brothers and sisters and those who are standing in solidarity […]
Taking Away Health Care
[…] Town Common, 105 E 1st Street Along with our allies at NC Child, the NC Justice Center, and other organizations, we encourage you to reach out to your member in […]
Lenten Guide: Second Sunday in Lent
Excerpted from the NC Council of Churches Lenten Guide, “Journey to Justice” You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him; stand in awe of him, […]
Lenten Reflection Guide: Palm Sunday
Excerpted from the NC Council of Churches Lenten Guide, “Journey to Justice” Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye wastes away from grief, my soul and […]
Raleigh Report – March 25, 2019
INTRODUCED BILLS ECONOMIC JUSTICE HB 422/SB 234 – Healthy Families & Workplaces/Paid Sick Days is similar to the paid sick leave provisions of HB 46. (See RR, February 26.) Introduced […]
Senate Health Care Plan Released: Would Make the Most Vulnerable More So
[…] locations: Carrboro, Durham, and Raleigh. Please let our Senators hear from you on this critical justice issue. Let them know you are concerned for yourself and for all our sisters […]
What the Senate’s Motion to Proceed Vote Means for Health Care
[…] Tillis and Senator Burr and let them know that providing affordable health care is a justice issue, one grounded in our call to see the face of God in one […]
Spotlight: Bethel Christian Assembly
[…] the North Carolina Council of Churches, is designed to bridge issues of faith, health, and justice. We partner with faith communities to provide the necessary tools for healthy, whole, abundant […]
Spotlight: St. John AME
[…] the North Carolina Council of Churches, is designed to bridge issues of faith, health, and justice. We partner with faith communities to provide the necessary tools for healthy, whole, and […]
Press Conference in Response to Raleigh Mass Shooting
The following remarks were delivered by Eco- Justice Connection Director, Susannah Tuttle, during a gun violence prevention press conference on October 14, 2022, in response to the recent Raleigh mass […]
Budget and Taxes Move Front and Center: Raleigh Report, June 7, 2013
[…] Taxes Move Front and Center The State Budget Tax Changes Tax Cuts’ Painful Costs Racial Justice Revisited Senators Choose to Cut The State Budget Two weeks ago, leaders of the […]
Closer to Voter ID
[…] signal came as it invalidated part of the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act. The U.S. Justice Department will not be able to exercise its authority to review proposed changes in […]
Raleigh Report – April 26, 2011
Campaign and Election Laws Care of Creation Children and Families Criminal Justice Education Gambling Gun Violence Health and HealthCare Human Rights Immigration Poverty Tax Issues Work and Wages Miscellaneous Senate […]
UPDATE — High Court to NC: Draw Those Districts Fairly
[…] better part of 30 years as Republicans and Democrats have jockeyed for advantage). For the justices, their first order of business was to address claims of racial gerrymandering at the […]
Legislative Advocacy
[…] to the opioid crisis Reducing gun violence Removing confederate monuments in our state Supporting racial justice Promoting progressive tax policies Advocating for workers’ rights Supporting immigrants and farmworkers Supporting peace […]
Rush to the Right Continues (Raleigh Report, April 5, 2013)
[…] has made in recent decades. It’s frustrating to watch the Council’s work for prophetic social justice and the common good get reversed so quickly. Much of this issue of Raleigh […]
They ‘stand’ against a gerrymander
[…] histories of racial discrimination in voting need to be approved by the U.S. Department of Justice. Election rules that negatively affect certain otherwise protected voters can be okay if there […]
Raleigh Report – May 20, 2011
State Budget Suggested Action Unemployed Workers Racial Justice Act Health Benefit Exchange Interest Rates for Low-Income People Age of Jurisdiction for Juvenile Justice Discrimination in the State Constitution Election Issues […]
Thy Kingdom Come: A Call to Prophetic Ministry
[…] Thy Kingdom Come This study guide addresses the presence and practice of love and justice in nine domains within our life together in North Carolina. They are: health care, […]
Voter Suppression Highlighted From on High
[…] As it turns out, they also got the attention of at least two Supreme Court justices. A 4th Circuit panel had told the state to go ahead and let people […]
Courtroom March for Voting Rights
[…] than others. Plaintiffs, including the N.C. NAACP, the League of Women Voters, and the U.S. Justice Department, contend that in trying to shape the electorate to Republican advantage, legislators crossed […]
Resolution in Support of Organized Labor in North Carolina
[…] worker complaints along these lines. The Council’s Executive Board passed a resolution in support of the Witness: Justice at Smithfield campaign, on September 2, 2003. Smithfield-style management suppression of the legally guaranteed right […]
Deadlines Pass – Raleigh Report April 22, 2013
[…] include 16- and 17-year-olds who have committed misdemeanors, enabling them to stay in the juvenile justice system rather than going into the adult courts. Introduced by Rep. Avila, Moffitt, Mobley, […]
Arizona-like Immigration Bill Introduced: Raleigh Report, May 3, 2013
[…] Agriculture Committee. SB 306, Capital Punishment/Amendments, which would repeal the last traces of the Racial Justice Act and make it easier for the state to return to the use of […]
Judges Give ‘The Full Bill’ Thumbs-Down
[…] photo identification at the polls, starting in 2016. That requirement is troubling from the social justice perspective embraced by the NC Council of Churches and its allies, because a lack […]
District Lines Entangle Race, Politics
[…] legal challenges by groups such as the NC NAACP and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice. The plaintiffs had to contend with the fact that President Obama’s Justice Department had […]
A Statement on Christians, Churches and Politics
[…] Christians we believe in a God who works in and through the world to bring justice, peace, and reconciliation. God’s salvation includes the whole creation of social and economic orders, […]
Hog Lagoons
[…] of creation, to celebrate God’s great gift of creation, and to seek peace rooted in justice in the midst of a broken and sinful world. Caring for creation entails fostering […]
Raleigh Report — March 7, 2017
[…] Introduced by Sens. Lowe (D-Winston-Salem) and Foushee (D-Hillsborough). Referred to Senate Rules. CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE H 204, School-Justice Partnership Training, would require local boards of education to establish school-justice […]
Raleigh Report — April 17, 2017
[…] to Rules and to the House Homelessness and, if favorable, to Appropriations. CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE Two new bills which would raise the age of juvenile jurisdiction from 16 to […]
Waging Peace in the Midst of War
[…] conspicuous consumption on such a grand scale that he realized that this was social in justice pure and simple. You know, prophets are, by their very nature, inconvenient party-poopers. It […]
Raleigh Report-Gun Bills Flood In
[…] Hardister and is now in House Appropriations. S 306, Capital Punishment/Amendments, would repeal the Racial Justice Act completely. The RJA, which permitted the uses of statistical evidence to show that […]
Disturbing the Peace
[…] made its mark on the world through advocacy and prophetic action on concerns of racial justice, gender equality, the affirmation of LGBTQ people, just relations between the U.S. and Cuba, […]
Race, Courts and Twisted Districts
[…] the redistricting chiefs found themselves in court, answering lawsuits filed by civil rights and social justice advocates. The essence of the complaint was that many black voters had been packed […]
Map Showdown: Rights on the Line
[…] legislators back to their drawing board. No, the ruling wasn’t unanimous. Three of the seven justices filed a strong dissent, arguing that partisan gerrymandering, whatever its practical effects on election […]
Execution Foes at Legislature
[…] without possibility of parole has found favor with juries newly attuned to flaws in the justice system. People convicted of murder have been exonerated – relief that could come too […]
Jesus, Money, and Taxes
[…] love are freely given by the creator. But salvation also takes on the form of justice and that’s what Mary is channeling—salvation that is justice, the justice first proclaimed by […]
Lenten Guide – Palm Sunday
[…] disciples are expressing what we know to be—in the end God’s reign of peace and justice will prevail. Or as Dr. King put it, “the moral arc of the universe […]
High court careens back to the future
[…] opinions were the work of the court’s previous Democratic majority. And of course the Republican justices are quick to say it was those opinions that were infected with partisanship. Here’s […]
Raleigh Report – April 19, 2011
Campaign and Election Law Care of Creation Children and Families Crinminal Justice Gambling Gun Violence Health and HealthCare Housing Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Substance Abuse Juvenile Justice Miscellaneous Contacting State […]
Raleigh Report – June 21, 2011
[…] related entities in order to avoid NC taxes. The following summary is from the NC Justice Center: The House voted on Friday to concur with complicated changes to House Bill […]
The Ecumenical Journey
[…] movement was the one to help bring about a church that truly witnesses to unity, justice, and peace. We had hoped that this council was the one to spread an […]
Tax Cuts’ Painful Costs
[…] to side with Democrats. They criticize a perceived legislative indifference to racial discrimination in the justice system. It’s fair to say they’re not imagining things. No wonder the demonstrations have […]
The Liberal Protest that Would Shock the Right: Moral Monday
[…] regressive conservative forces have cloaked themselves in Biblical rhetoric throughout our history, so have social justice movements in this historic site of Civil Rights Movement activism. Jesus has been a […]
Costs of Election Changes
[…] laws – and sends taxpayers the bill. Legislators could rely on the state Department of Justice, which is full of lawyers with a responsibility to defend challenges to state statutes. […]
North Carolina Passes a Decade with No Executions
[…] of the state’s lethal injection protocol, as well as continuing litigation of the N.C. Racial Justice Act. During those ten years: Four people wrongly sentenced to death in North Carolina were exonerated, bringing […]
Community Superstar: Alberta Hairston
[…] first Community Superstar is Alberta Hairston, former Council Governing Board President and lifelong advocate for justice and women’s rights. Alberta Hairston was born in 1937 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and raised […]
Policy Statement on the Public Schools
[…] because the North Carolina Council of Churches has a long history of support for racial justice, we are recommitting to supporting a public school system that is built on racial […]
Schools face ‘sound basic’ showdown
[…] mandate. That’s the heart of the conflict now coming to a head – with Republican justices who have taken control of the high court poised to side with ideological allies […]
Raleigh Report – February 18, 2011
[…] and Cleveland, and in House Elections Comm. S 47/H 64 would return the election of justices of the NC Supreme Court and judges of the Court of Appeals, superior courts, […]
Court Tests for New Election Law
[…] filed by the state League of Women Voters and the Durham-based Southern Coalition for Social Justice. Legacies of Bias Says the NAACP: “The history of racial discrimination in North Carolina […]
Tar Heel Beacon of Tolerance
[…] populations from harm,” she told a Washington audience as she explained a push by her Department of Justice to have H.B. 2 declared in violation of the federal Civil Rights Act. “Instead, […]
Remembering the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
[…] assembled today, wherever people are working today to get rid of racial and economic in justice, they are the real saviours of democracy: they are working to make the American […]
Raleigh Report — April 21, 2017
[…] and give it to the Independent Redistricting Commission, made up of seven retired judges and justices and appointed by the Chief Justice of the NC Supreme Court, the Governor, the […]
Thumbs-up to Fairer Districts
[…] request for a stay from the high court will be turned away. That’s because the justices already have agreed that the maps used for legislative elections since 2012 were shot […]
Raleigh Report – April 22, 2019
INTRODUCED BILLS CRIMINAL JUSTICE HB 781 – Limitations on Use of Solitary Confinementactually contains several items related to prisons: Solitary confinement couldn’t be used for inmates with serious mental illness […]
2021 Legislative Seminar Resources
[…] you would like to watch, click on the links below: Opening Worship and Award Ceremony Eco- Justice and Energy Policy in NC Current Landscape of Gun Laws Current Immigration Legislation NC […]
High court faces school funds switcheroo
[…] spending decisions in the Tar Heel State, those Republicans maintain. No quartet of Supreme Court justices – a Democratic quartet at that – is going to lecture them about constitutional […]
Veto Showdowns and Voter ID
[…] no shortage of such issues, to put it mildly. And from the viewpoint of social justice advocates, including the N.C. Council of Churches, the terrain heading into 2023 looks even […]
Strangers No More
[…] over five years ago, I entered a community with a passion for working for greater justice and peace. I imagine that almost any justice and witness issue currently being resourced here […]
Raleigh Report – March 7, 2011
[…] include Damon Circosta, Sarah Preston, Bill Wilson, and George Reed. Sponsored by the NC Social Justice Project. The People of Color/HKonJ Justice and Unity Legislative Day is this Wednesday, March […]
Resource on Tax Fairness
[…] have affirmed it as an acceptable practice for the common good that is conditioned by justice and concern for those in need. This document provides a summary of a report […]
A Troubling Choice, Yet Glimmers of Hope
[…] by his party’s legislators, and similarly for a judge who’s a Democrat. Republican Supreme Court Justice Bob Edmunds, an able court veteran, was squarely in the middle of such a […]
Democracy Under the Reign of God
[…] that ideal and we call out those who don’t–not from a political perspective, from a justice perspective. We may find the one with whom we disagree politically is the one […]
Protect Dreamers This Thanksgiving
[…] our country. However, since President Trump ended the DACA program, according to the National Immigrant Justice Center, “Every day that Congress delays , 122 immigrant youth lose their status and […]
Lenten Guide – Maundy Thursday
[…] allows us to witness a compassionate deed, a rejection of status norms, and a barrier-shattering justice. Jesus stands up in order to kneel down; takes something off in order to […]
2019 Legislative Seminar
[…] teeth? How is Cooper handling these challenges? Shape of the Bench: Bob Orr, Former Associate Justice of the NC Supreme Court Can the state’s courts remain independent in the face […]
Raleigh Report — April 26, 2017
By George Reed, Retired Executive Director Newly Introduced Bills CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE H 842, Solitary Confinement in Prisons, would require the state to set uniform guidelines for the use […]
The Gospel and Closing the Medicaid Gap
[…] how many workshops have you attended or heard about using words like: Racial Equity, Racial Justice, or White Privilege? We were trendsetters 85 years ago, but not because we’re trendy. […]
From Jerusalem to Jericho: Christian Witness on the Tax-Sustained Road
[…] have affirmed it as an acceptable practice for the common good that is conditioned by justice and concern for those in need. This document provides a summary of a report […]
Out of the starting gate — sideways
[…] to grant requests by legislative Republicans to revisit two key, recent decisions made by Democratic justices over GOP objections. One of those decisions had disallowed congressional and state Senate district […]
The Role of Religion in Public Education
[…] educators believe that it is unconstitutional to teach students about religion (though no Supreme Court justice has ever taken this position). Others fear that including religion in the curriculum will […]
September 11 – Six Months Later
[…] provision of humanitarian aid to those who need it. We believe we are called to justice and mercy in our dealings with others, and we believe we must follow Jesus’ […]
What Do You See?
[…] conjunction with our lectionary-based worship resource Acts of Faith. We believe that issues of peace and justice can be expressed in the worship life of congregations, and we remain committed to […]
Statement on Local Immigration Enforcement
[…] lepers, welcomed children, embraced outcasts, and denied a bloodthirsty mob of its brand of “ justice” against an accused adulteress. Christian tradition is clear that any abuse of power, including intimidation […]
Blessed are the Merciful
[…] taken back as a hired hand on his father’s farm. In other words, he expects only justice. But he receives mercy. His father exemplifies chesed, the Hebrew word meaning loving-kindness—mercy. The father will have nothing […]
Being a Creature Means You Eat
[…] with our lectionary-based worship resource Acts of Faith. We believe that issues of peace and justice can be expressed in the worship life of congregations, and we remain committed to […]
Immigration reform can’t wait any longer
[…] time for President Obama to lead, and for Republican leadership to engage. The Department of Justice was right to sue Arizona, and indeed the President has voiced his condemnation of […]
PHW Honors Helen Livingston
[…] You will find that embedded within her eloquent words are the Council’s program charges: peace, justice, health, unity, collaboration, and a call to action. I hope you will enjoy her […]
Statement on the Shootings in Charleston
[…] still face as a nation. May God continue to embolden each of us to continue marching for justice, peace, and the well-being of all. –The Rev. George Reed, Executive Director of the […]
Voting Rights Sense, in a New Light
[…] supposed to just sit down and shut up. That didn’t happen. The Southern Coalition for Social Justice and the N.C. League of Women Voters were among those who not only didn’t […]
Family Values for All God’s Family
[…] as we read our Bibles and listened to Jesus’ words, that biblical values included seeking justice for the poor, providing health care for all, welcoming the stranger, protecting the worker, […]