Extremist lawmakers in North Carolina are trying to pass a Trojan horse budget that uses Medicaid expansion as a decoy to distract from how terrible it truly is. They’re cloaking the budget in what on the surface looks like compromise and civility so that others won’t see how it will directly harm poor and low-income people across the state.
That’s why we’re returning to the People’s House to tear this budget apart and let the General Assembly know that we won’t be silent anymore. We need to bear witness and educate voters about what’s at stake for North Carolinians and why we can’t tolerate this policy violence. RSVP HERE
Teach-In @ the People's House!
Wednesday, May 24 @ 12pm
NC General Assembly, 16 W. Jones Street in Raleigh NC
The people need to know that the NC General Assembly is once again poised to pass a budget on the backs of poor North Carolinians, and there is an avalanche of possible legislative attacks still to come even as we should be in the final weeks of the session. It’s time for the NC General Assembly to go home.
We must hold the line on this budget and the attacks on immigrants, the environment, voting rights, LGBTQIA rights, women’s rights, health care and public education. We have to send a message that the people are watching and we understand the many Trojan horses buried in the NC Senate's proposed budget and pending legislation, especially a shameful and radical redistribution of public school funds to private school vouchers for wealthy North Carolinians.
On April 24th, the Moral Monday Ten-Year Anniversary and Recommitment Rally was stopped at the gate of the People's House. This time we're coming midday and going inside the People's House for a teach-in led by North Carolinians directly impacted by the policies being passed in Our House. Faith leaders and policy experts will also be shining light on how the state budget will have massive impacts on all of us. Join Repairers of the Breach, the North Carolina Poor People’s Campaign and partners to make sure the leadership of the NC General Assembly knows we won’t be silent or unheard anymore.
RSVP now for the Teach-In and please spread the word in your networks! Download a graphic Here.
Forward Together! Not One Step Back!
Bishop William J. Barber, II, President and Senior Lecturer, Repairers of the Breach
Rev. Kazimir Brown, Executive Director, Repairers of the Breach
Dr. Hanna Broome, Director of Religious Affairs, Repairers of the Breach
Rev. Rob Stephens, Organizer for Repairers of the Breach