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36551
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At this nonprofit organization, those otherwise classified as living on the fringes of society can find themselves treated as part of the community. Services offered by BeLoved to help generate this perception include assistance with completing job applications; transitional housing for vulnerable populations; food access; children’s enrichment programs; supporting the Rise Up Studio artists collective; and collaborating in homeless rights projects and campaigns.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 8, August 2016,
p106-107
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20277
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Reverend William Barber, president of the North Carolina NAACP since 2006, leads a new era of progressive politics, focusing on issues of unemployment, health care, education, voting rights, and equality, during the Moral Monday demonstrations.
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28066
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Michelle Cotton Laws is the winner of a 2009 Indy Citizen Award for improving her community. Laws is the president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACAP chapter. Through her work, she has exposed the strained race relations in the primarily white, progressive Chapel Hill. Example of her activism and her standing in the community and state are detailed.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 47, November 2009,
p17
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28353
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Al McSurley is the winner of a 2007 Indy Citizen Award. McSurely is the Legal Redress Chair of the NC NAACP and works to fight racism using the law. The Chapel Hill resident operated a civil rights law practice prior to his retirement and was known for taking cases that nobody wanted. McSurely is unusual as a white lawyer who works almost exclusively with the civil rights movement, but his work is his way of seeing justice and equality become a reality.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 47, November 2007,
p20
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7666
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Rev. William J. Barber, II, who grew up in Plymouth in Washington County, is the minister of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro. He is the new head of the North Carolina NAACP. Barber seeks to bring young people into the organization, organize it from the ground up, and make the venerable civil rights organization the powerhouse it once was. Barber holds a Master of Divinity from Duke University School of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 23 Issue 5, Feb 2006,
p21, 22-24, il, por
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3546
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Curtis Gatewood has been a member of the NAACP since he was ten and an outspoken and controversial leader on the local level in the Triangle. Now, as he seeks the state NAACP presidency, some wonder if his style of activism is right for the position.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 15 Issue 44, Oct 1997,
p18-19 Day 29, por
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