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2012 Youth Organizing Institute Accepting Applications!
Work this summer to stop racism & school re-segregation, challenge the school to prison pipeline, and make schools safe for LBGTQ youth. Seeking applicants for the Youth Organizing Institute – Ages 14-19 Fill out the application online or Download it here: summer 2012 YOI application Entering its third year the Youth Organizing Institute is committed to […]
Spring Training a Success!
On April 14th the Youth Organizing Institute held a spring training. Former and new participates of the YOI came together to build upon previous knowledge, share skills, and meet new people. The participants had the opportunity to share with each other and engage in meaningful conversation about current political topics. Events from the day included […]
Open Letter to the Community: YWCA
Open Letter to the Community: Our thoughts, love and hearts are with the YWCA of the Greater Triangle. We were told that overnight this wonderful organization was being shut down, leaving hundreds of people in the dark. Children, students, teen parents, adults, and seniors depend on the programs and comraderie of the YWCA. The YWCA […]
Art Pope Boycott: NC HEAT Pickets Maxway
Over 40 people gathered in front of a Maxway store on February 18th to support the ongoing boycott of Art Pope’s stores. The picket was called for by NC HEAT. Community members from all across Raleigh showed up to participate. Signs and chanting brought awareness to customers going into the store resulting in some turning […]
HKonJ Mobilization
On Saturday February 11th 2012 members of NC HEAT gathered for Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ). This was the 6th annual march sponsored by the NAACP. Thousands came together to march for immigration rights, economic justice, worker rights, and education policy. The youth used this as an opportunity to represent their agenda and advocate […]
Recapping HKONJ: NC HEAT featured
The NAACP-sponsored civil rights rally Historic Thousands on Jones Street, or HKONJ, celebrated its 5th anniversary on Saturday. Thousands came together to march for immigration rights, economic justice, worker rights, and to speak out against the educational policies that are threatening to re-segregate North Carolina schools. The decision to end Busing-for-Diversity in North Carolina’s largest school […]
North Carolina day of action demands end to attacks on education
Young people from across the state confronted the North Carolina General Assembly when they convened their opening session on Jan. 26. The youth demanded, “Education is a right, not a privilege!” The “Day of Action to Defend Education” was organized by a coalition of youth-led groups who are involved in education struggles around the state, […]
NC HEAT Greets Investigators from the Office of Civil Rights
On Tuesday, December 7, representatives from the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights visited Raleigh as part of their investigation into the Title VI complaint filed against the Wake County Board of Education by NC HEAT and the NAACP. Read more about the complaint by clicking here. The investigators from the Office of Civil […]
Donate to the Fall Fundraising Drive!
This year, the recently elected anti-diversity caucus on the Wake County School Board thought that they could push their backwards agenda onto our community. What they found was a community determined to act to not only stop them from re-segregating education , but to work for more just and equitable schools for all children, from […]