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Media Advisory, February 12, 2019
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Erin Jensen, Friends of the Earth, (727) 504-7163, [email protected]
Jovita Lee, Center for Biological Diversity – Ignite Change, [email protected]
Bryan Warner, Common Cause NC, [email protected]
Jen Jones, Democracy NC, [email protected]
Acacia Cadogan, League of Women Voter’s NC, (770) 743-8510, [email protected] |
Voting-rights, Environmental Groups Launch North Carolina Redistricting Tour
Event to Highlight Voter Suppression Connection to Environmental Destruction
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.— A coalition of voting-rights and environmental organizations are launching a redistricting teach-in tour in eastern North Carolina this weekend. The tour will highlight the connection between environmental destruction, the outsized influence of the fossil fuel industry and voter suppression.
The tour will also provide an opportunity for citizens to learn how redistricting reform can transform the democratic process so that it works for everyone. The tour will start in Rocky Mount on Feb. 16 and make a stop in Roanoke Rapids on Feb. 17.
What: Redistricting teach-in tour
Who: Friends of the Earth – Democracy Campaign, Democracy NC, Center for Biological Diversity – Ignite Change, Common Cause NC, NC League of Women Voters, Southern Coalition for Social Justice
When/Where:
Saturday, Feb. 16
11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. EST
Braswell Memorial Library
727 North Grace Street
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
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Sunday, Feb. 17
2 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EST
The Center for Energy Education
460 Airport Road
Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870
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