as to see the dynamics that have been here a long time. We've always been a little different and a mix. One thing is for sure, as long as this state is now gerrymandered this bad, the movement won't go away or fade away.

well worth the read at the link. Thanks!

From the alternet article:

"As gospel singers greet marchers who reach the state capitol, I see a woman holding a sign that says, "We are gentle, angry, and determined." Nothing could better express the spirit of Tar Heel protesters, who can stare extremism in the eye and maintain an air of gentility while they do it."

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I hope this movement will attract supporters and more participants. This is not only North Carolina's problem --the Koch infected Rethugli-Conspiracy is a national threat. NC is just one of their more visible CONquests.

from "N&O" ONLINE.

Worth reading for local response.

Here's the first one, by an NC State psychologist:

"It was a great march (and a cold one)! So many people, from so many different walks of life, were there -- because so many are injured by the policies of the current administration! But I would like to clarify for Mr. Pope: we tried civil discourse. We tried attending committee hearings and legislative sessions. We were locked out, silenced, and threatened. And though I have participated in the protests since they began, I have yet to receive information about Moral Mondays from Move On or the Democratic party. Pope and his friends are casting stones to distract the general public from the devastating truths of the policies he has supported. But the citizens of this state are smarter than he thinks."

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http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/02/08/3602345/hkonj-thousands-march-in-downtown.html

RALEIGH — State NAACP President William J. Barber II laid out goals for a diverse coalition of groups Saturday afternoon at a rally attended by thousands of people from all over the state and the nation who marched, sang, chanted, cheered and even danced through downtown Raleigh.

Organizers said the “Mass Moral March” was intended to push back against last year’s Republican-led legislation in North Carolina.

Barber called for well-funded public education, anti-poverty policies, affordable health care for all that includes the expansion of Medicaid, an end to disparities in the criminal justice system on the basis of class and race, the expansion of voting rights and “the fundamental principle of equality under the law for all people.”