The 7th annual HKonJ march and rally is coming up in Raleigh soon on Saturday Feb 9th. People always gather on the street between McDonalds and Shaw University around 10am with the march to the General Assembly building starting at 10:30am. There are plenty of parking decks and other parking nearby. Here are a few pics from previous years.











There aren't any checks and balances left on the GOP with it controlling all 3 branches of the state government with super-majorities in the legislature, other than public pressure and the media, and this kind of event helps with those a little. Mostly though it's just a fun way to spend a morning supporting a cause, especially if this winter continues to be unusually warm.

1/15/2013 6:40:48 PM

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"People always gather on the street between McDonalds and Shaw University around 10am with the march to the General Assembly building starting at 10:30am."

why?

1/16/2013 8:03:19 AM

If you're asking why about the starting location, I assume it has to do with the symbolism of a university and the value of education, and the fact that it's the oldest historically black university in the south. And it's a good distance for a march in the capital city to the legislative building without being too far that older folks can't participate. If you're asking about why as in motivation for the march and rally, it's in support of a variety of progressive causes. If you're asking why about the time, it's a big rally that will make the news around the time the General Assembly is convening for the long legislative session.

1/16/2013 11:09:40 AM

I'm assuming you marched against Democrats when they had no checks and balances too, right?

1/16/2013 11:45:09 AM

Yeah, this march has been going on annually for 7 years, and started out when Dems were control of the state legislature and Governorship. This march is pushing causes, not parties. Although I have seen Greens there trying to get petition signatures to get on the ballot in previous years.

1/16/2013 1:57:00 PM

Oh, I understand what the march is. I'm pointing out how partisan you are by posting things like:

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"There aren't any checks and balances left on the GOP with it controlling all 3 branches of the state government with super-majorities in the legislature, other than public pressure and the media, and this kind of event helps with those a little"

your posts always sound like talking points, are you involved in politics/ the democratic party?

1/16/2013 4:22:04 PM

I think he may have actually been a delegate at the DNC. I know at the very least that he attended the DNC.

1/16/2013 5:00:27 PM

Bump for this saturday.

This past week has thoroughly convinced me to show up.

[Edited on February 6, 2013 at 4:54 PM. Reason : any other TSBers have plans?]

2/6/2013 4:54:13 PM

At least the weather is going to be nice, sunny and highs in the 50s which is not bad for Feb, especially for an event that's been snowed out in the past.

2/8/2013 8:53:59 PM

http://www.wral.com/nc-advocates-to-rally-with-urgency-in-raleigh/12086224/

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"Civil rights rally in Raleigh expected to draw thousands RALEIGH, N.C. — Economic sustainability, educational equality and universal healthcare will be on the agenda Saturday when several of North Carolina's civil rights and left-leaning groups hold an annual march and rally in downtown Raleigh. The seventh annual HKonJ – or Historic Thousands on Jones Street – event is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. at Shaw University, where participants will meet and begin their march to the Legislative Building on Jones Street."

I'm about to head over. I'll try to grab a few photos while there. Here are some of the groups involved:

IMMIGRANT JUSTICE

Association of Mexicans in North Carolina (AMEXCAN)*

El Pueblo

El Vinculo Hispano: Hispanic Liaison of Chatham County

NC Dream Team

Reform Immigration for America

LABOR AND WORKER’S RIGHTS

AFL-CIO of NC

Black Workers for Justice

NC H.O.P.E. Coalition

NC Public Service Workers UE Local 150

Southern Faith, Labor, and Community Alliance

Southern Piedmont Central Labor Council

United Food Commercial and Workers (UFCW)

Farmworkers Advocacy Network

National Farm Worker Ministry (also under Faith/Religion)

Student Action with Farmworkers (also under Youth/College/Education)

Student Action with Workers (also under Youth/College/Education)

Teamsters Local 391

HEALTH CARE

AARP NC

Health Care for All

NC AIDS Action Network

NC Harm Reduction Coalition

Old North State Medical Society

Qualified Mental Health Professionals

ECONOMIC JUSTICE/DEVELOPMENT

Center for Responsible Lending

Common Cause NC

Community Reinvestment Association of NC

NC Association of CDCs

NC Community Development Initiative

NC Fair Share

NC Housing Coalition

NC Institute of Minority Economic Development

NC Minority Support Center

Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network

Southerners for Economic Justice

Self-Help, Inc.

Support Center

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Clean Water for NC

Coalition to End Environmental Racism (CEER)*

Grassroots Energy Alliance

NC Environmental Justice Network

NC Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)

NC WARN

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING/OUTREACH

Action NC

Beloved Community Center of Greensboro

Campaign4Change

Chapel Hill Friends Meeting

Chatham Changemakers

Center for Community Change

Community Success Initiative

Concerned Citizens of Tillery

Durham MLK Steering Committee

El Kilombo intergalatico

Good Work, Inc.

Loving Light Community Outreach

Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC)

People of Color Coalition Partners

Raleigh MLK Steering Committee, Inc.

Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association*

Rubta House

SERA, Inc. Southeast Raleigh Assembly

United with the Northside Community Now

Walz and Associates, Inc.

FAITH/RELIGION

AME Zion Church

American Friends Service Committee (also under Peace Advocacy)

Binkley Baptist Church Outreach Committee

Community Church Unitarian Universalist – Charles M. Jones Peace & Justice Committee (also under Peace Advocacy)

Community United Church of Christ

Cornerstone Community Church

Covenant Community Church of Raleigh

Ebenezer Missionary Baptist (Rocky Mt.)

First Baptist Church of Murfreesboro

General Baptist State Convention

Greater Joy Baptist Church

Muhammad’s Mosque No. 79

Muslim-American Society Freedom Foundation

National Farm Worker Ministry (also under Labor)

NC Association of Women in Ministry (also under Women’s Rights)

NC Council of Churches

New Beginnings Temple of Faith COGIC

People of Faith Against the Death Penalty (also under Democracy/Civil/Human Rights)

Poplar Springs Christian Church

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh

SURGE Youth Ministry (also under Youth/College/Education

YOUTH/COLLEGE/EDUCATION

Action for Children NC

Chapel Hill Friends School

Great Schools in Wake

Hip Hop Haven

Hmong Association (Student Association at NCSU)

HOLLA (Helping Our Love ones Learn to Achieve)

National Chapter of Greenville Industrial CMS High School Alumni Association

NCCU Student Graduate Student Association

NC HEAT

Student Action with Farmworkers (also under Labor category)

Student Action with Workers (also under Labor category)

Students for a Democratic Society – UNC-Chapel Hill (also under Democracy category)

Triangle Lost Generation Task Force

YWCA of the Greater Triangle

NAACP Youth & College Division

SURGE Youth Ministry (also under Faith/Religion category)

Sacrificial Poets

LGBT RIGHTS

All of Us North Carolina

Freedom Center for Social Justice

Southerners on New Ground

Equality NC

WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Feminists Students United (also under Youth/College/Education category)

NC Association of Women in Ministry (also under Faith/Religion)

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (also under Peace category)

Women In NAACP (WIN)

DEMOCRACY/CIVIL/HUMAN RIGHTS

ACLU of NC

Common Sense Foundation

Darryl Hunt Project for Freedom and Justice

Democracy NC

Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People

Durham People’s Alliance

Human Rights Center of Chapel Hill & Carrboro

North Carolina State Conference NAACP

NC A. Philip Randolph Institute

NC Black Leadership Caucus

NC Coalition for a Moratorium

NC Green Party

NC Justice Center

Progressive Democrats of America

Progressive Democrats of NC

Southern Anti-Racism Network

Southern Coalition for Social Justice

Students for a Democratic Society – UNC Chapel-Hill (also under Youth/College)

Traction

Triangle Urban League

PEACE ADVOCACY

American Friends Service Committee (also under Faith/Religion)

Code Pink

Community Church Unitarian Universalist – Charles M. Jones Peace & Justice Committee (also under Faith/Religion)

Chapel Hill Elders for Peace

Fayetteville Peace March and Rally (dissolved)

Franciscan Coalition for Justice and Peace

NC Peace Action

NC Peace with Justice Coalition

Stop Torture Now

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (also under Women’s Rights)

FRATERNITIES/SORORITIES

Grand Chapter Order of Eastern Stars in NC

Grand Lodge of Prince Hall Masonic Order

Groove Phi Groove, Inc.

Masonic Lodge 21st District

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Swing Phi Swing

PRESS/COMMUNICATION

Dancy Communication Network

Jim Buie and Associates

Spectacular Magazine

2/9/2013 9:12:13 AM

Snapped a few pics:

2/9/2013 8:23:33 PM

Sorry for the multiple posts. Now that the events over I just wanted to share the coverage from our student news paper and local news.

http://www.technicianonline.com/news/article_5e57cf4c-740d-11e2-be40-001a4bcf6878.html

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"While thousands of students ran through the streets of Raleigh in an attempt to see how quickly they could run five miles and stuff 12 doughnuts into their mouths, several other students took to the streets for a different cause Saturday morning. Students from various campus organizations, including the N.C. Student Power Union and the N.C. State chapter of NARAL Pro-Choice, marched in the seventh annual Historic Thousands on Jones Street rally. The North Carolina NAACP led the rally, which featured more than 140 coalition groups and stretched from one end of downtown Fayetteville Street to the other, according to The News and Observer. The crowd, which The News and Observer estimated to be about 10,000 people, marched in protest of a broad range of issues"

2 min video coverage of the march/rally from WRAL:
http://www.wral.com/news/state/video/12088064/#/vid12088064

2/12/2013 5:57:20 PM

N&O estimated 10,000 which would definitely exceed previous years.

2/14/2013 12:10:28 PM

random march with no stated purpose? sounds like liberal heaven to me.

2/14/2013 1:29:12 PM

It had a stated purpose. Increasing awareness and advocacy around issues related to education, poverty, healthcare, criminal justice, and voting rights.

Granted being a multi-issue coalition leads to a little bit of everything being thrown in, but this was the theme for this year that went out in the materials ahead of time, was used at the press conferences before hand, and put up on the big screen by the stage for part of the rally.



You can see it on display here too:

2/14/2013 3:01:35 PM

And no fucks were given.

2/14/2013 5:47:12 PM

^ I think some were

2/14/2013 7:35:16 PM