Ever since progressive activists began weekly protests outside of the North Carolina capitol last year, the Tar Heel State has been the nation’s political tinderbox. Referred to by the media as the Moral Monday protests (a dubious term, as it implies that those who disagree on matters of policy are...
For Immediate Release Contact: Dallas Woodhouse 919-671-1050 [email protected] June 12, 2014 Carolina Rising Releases Statewide Robo-Call Alerting The Public About Roy Cooper’s Power Grab Cooper Abuses Power to Keep Power, Punish Opponents (Raleigh) Carolina Rising is today calling hundreds of thousands of North Carolina voters informing them of Roy Cooper’s abuse of power by using an ongoing...
For Immediate Release Contact: Dallas Woodhouse 919-671-1050 [email protected] June 4, 2014, Woodhouse Sends Open Letter to Barber after NAACP forcibly removes Carolina Rising from “The People’s Lawn” Dr. William Barber President North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP | P.O. Box 335, Durham NC 27702 Dear Dr. William Barber: As a fellow North Carolina citizen, I would like...
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For Immediate Release Contact: Dallas Woodhouse 919-671-1050 [email protected] May 30, 2021 Media Advisory/Press Release “Sonny” Carolina Rising Mascot to Bring Sunshine To Gloomy Protesters While Protesters Preach Doom and Gloom, Carolina Rising to Share Message of Optimism, Job Creation Falling Unemployment When: Monday June 2, 2014, 4:00 P.M. Where: Outside NC General Assembly, Jones Street Who/What: Sonny, a dancing...
RALEIGH (WTVD) --After nearly 11 hours of sitting, waiting for a lawmaker who never arrived, 14 legislative protesters were arrested at North Carolina House of Representatives Speaker Thom Tillis' office early Wednesday morning. The group is a part of the NAACP-led weekly "Moral Monday" demonstrations and were removed from Tillis' office,...
Editor’s Note: Last year, a coalition of progressive organizations including church groups, unions and the NAACP staged rallies every Monday outside the North Carolina legislature in Raleigh to protest voter ID laws, cuts to social services and the failure of the state government to expand Medicaid. Nearly 1,000 people were arrested...
RALEIGH, N.C. A conservative advocacy group says protesters of North Carolina Republican policies should take note of an improved state economy and fiscal picture before demonstrating further against the Republican agenda. The organization called Carolina Rising held a news conference Monday in front of the Legislative Building as participants in this...
WNCN: News, Weather RALEIGH, N.C. - A conservative advocacy group says protesters of North Carolina Republican policies should take note of an improved state economy and fiscal picture before demonstrating further against the Republican agenda. The organization called Carolina Rising held a news conference Monday in front of the Legislative Building as participants...
Dallas Woodhouse, president of Carolina Rising, leads a May 19, 2014, news conference "welcoming" so-called Moral Monday protesters back to Raleigh for the first time during a new legislative session. Joining Woodhouse are Brian Balfour of the Civitas Institute, Rep. Paul Stam, R-Wake, Rep. Jim Fulghum, R-Wake, and Sen. Jim...
As liberal critics of North Carolina’s Republican governor and GOP-led General Assembly gathered for their first so-called “Moral Monday” protest of the 2014 legislative session, the activist group Carolina Rising and the Civitas Institute held a news conference to counter the criticism. Click play below to watch the 12:49 news briefing...