Our next Raleigh NOW meeting is Tuesday, 12/6/11, at 7pm, at the UUFR building in Raleigh. Contact president@raleighnow.org if you plan to come.
We have many things to discuss and do, including
Signature Ad Appeal (phone bank or call on own over the December break)
Roe events for January - it would be timely to do an event highlighting CPCs (crisis pregnancy centers), especially now that the state plans to finance them via the Choose Life license plates. It may be time to see the '12th and Delaware' documentary. Other ideas are welcome. Looking at Thursday, January 19.
MLK march actions - Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, Jan 16. Please join Raleigh NOW in our umpteenth year marching for racial equality. We meet for the MLK March at 10:45am on the Edenton St. side of the state Capital.
Other upcoming events and conferences
Also, this is a great opportunity to hear about the energy and actions at the NC NOW Conference, which was Nov 19, 2011, in Fayetteville. There are many actions that came out of that conference which we as a chapter can consider doing.
See the pro-choice signature ad appeal form and an NC NOW action you can take at the posts from earlier today.
Please take action NOW on the North Carolina Senate's move to repeal the Racial Justice Act. See the Action Alert from NC NOW's lobbyist.
We have a chance to keep it if Governor Beverly Perdue vetoes the act to repeal it. Read more about the Racial Justice Act and what you can do at
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Now more than ever, we need a strong pro-choice voice. Add yours by signing on to our pro-choice signature ad.
I was looking through my sent emails from last year (~11/17/10) and noticed one titled "What's coming down the pipe - things you should know." Pretty much all of the things I warned about in that email came to pass in NC - much to our shock and dismay.
There is another way to support women and reproductive rights. Support our pro-choice signature ad appeal. I want to thank all of you who faithfully subscribe to the pro-choice signature ad. If you have never subscribed before, there is no better time than this year to begin.