100+ WhiteCoats Joined NAACP-NC for HKonJ Moral March 1/13/16

The Tenth annual non-partisan advocacy event called Historic Thousands on Jones St (HKonJ) was a v-e-r-y cold morning, but a successful gathering of thousands.

The Moral Movement is led by NAACP-NC in protesting the NC Legislature’s recent decisions on:

• Voting Rights & Access (this year’s main focus & organizing theme)
• Educational Policy & Funding
• Environment & Energy Policy
• Reproductive Rights
• Criminal Justice Reform
• Labor Rights & Wages
• Immigrants’ & Religious Rights

and our own group’s targeted topic: Expansion of NC-Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

The News and Observer did a nice article in the next-day’s Sunday paper.

WNCN had a nice TV clip about 2 min long.

Here is the complete video of the speakers on the main stage. Dr. Charles van der Horst’s health care related speech is at minute 42.

Our own gallery of photos is below.

Thanks to Bill Boyarsky and Chip Carnathan for contributing photos. If readers would like to add to these, contact the webmaster.