Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation 15 minutes at Noon Every Tuesday at the Governmental Plaza, Downtown Greensboro (Rain or Shine) Come, stand with us in silence and prayer to acknowledge that there remains deep racial and social divisions in our land. We believe there can be no transformation without healing, and it is becoming increasingly clear that the nation must heal, or […]
Saturday, October 13th, 10am-11am at BCC 417 Arlington St. Let’s continue to learn, cooperate, unite, and support each other’s efforts to mover our city, state, and nation forward. Activities and events shared at the Sept. 29th Voter Check-in Meeting are listed below. Let’s support and encourage each other! 1) March for Our Lives (high school […]
This letter was written to request that the official apology for the 1979 Greensboro Massacre rendered by the Greensboro City Council on August 15, 2017 be strengthened and placed in clearer context, based on the ample evidence of actions (and failures to act) by police and other City officials. Many of the specifics of that […]
A Cultural, Structural and Historical Perspective
IN UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF ALLOWING
GPD OFFICER TRAVIS COLE TO RESIGN WITHOUT PUNISHMENT
Offered by Reverend Nelson N. Johnson & Retired Attorney Lewis Pitts
September 26, 2016
A vision came to life on Monday, September 12th, 2016, in 31 state capitols across the Nation; the vision of a National Day of Moral Action took place and had a major impact all over the country especially in North Carolina.
What started out as a gathering where political officials operated as if they were on a public relations campaign turned into a momentous occasion in the community urging city officials to move forward on economic, educational, criminal justice and police issues.
Mayor Vaughan and Members of Council, my name is Nelson Johnson. I reside at 2115 Murrayhill Road in Greensboro. I come before the Council today to ask you, as humbly, ...
Many Greensboro citizens gathered at the City Council Chambers on August 16th, 2016, for the City Council Meeting to reject the proposed resolution that called for the City to invest 2 million dollars in police body-worn cameras.
On Monday, August 8th 2016, approximately three hundred people gathered at the County Commissioners’ Chambers to fight against Guilford County Board of Elections (BOE) attempt to suppress their voting rights. Through the efforts of Democracy NC, The Beloved Community Center, League of Women Voters and other organizations, the citizens of the Greensboro community were able to significantly reduce the boards effort to suppress voters access to the ballot.
You could see democracy in action August 7th at Genesis Baptist Church on Bessemer Avenue. More than sixty people from various organizations and neighborhoods came out to be a part of the Police Accountability, Community Safety and Healing Initiative and to hear a report to the community by the Interim Citizens’ Police Review Committee. The […]