HK on J rally slated for Saturday

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on February 11, 2009 - 9:45am.
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The third annual "HK on J" rally will be held Saturday.

The rally, officially called Historic Thousands on Jones Street, will kick off with a march from Chavis Park in Raleigh to the legislature.

The state chapter of the NAACP and 86 other liberal advocacy groups sponsor the rally, which attracted 7,000 people last year.

The coalition has a 14-point agenda which includes more funding for historically black colleges, increased access to health care, public campaign financing and collective bargaining for state and local government workers.

The rally begins at 9:30 a.m.

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Re: HK on J rally slated for Saturday

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on February 12, 2009 - 11:31am.

Whose schools work better?
by T. Keung Hui, N&O, Feb. 8, 2009

"How dare they use my children for a social experiment that has gone wrong and needs replacing," said Dana Cope, a Raleigh parent of two reassigned students. He heads the new Children's Political Action Committee, which intends to back candidates in this fall's school board elections.

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Re: HK on J rally slated for Saturday

Submitted by jerimee on February 12, 2009 - 11:27am.

Is the Dana Cope quote accurate? ("How dare they..?")

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Re: HKon?

Submitted by bnartist on February 12, 2009 - 10:33am.

The court didn't strike down racial diversity. It just said you couldn't use race to achieve it. Racial diversity can still result in pockets of poverty which are proven to hurt learning. Wake dropped race based selection and uses an enrollment formula based on 40% maximum free and reduced price lunch and maximum 25% achievement below grade level.

Dana Cope and Ardis Watkins of SEANC want to represent low wage state workers but don't want their kids going to the same schools.

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Re: HK on J rally slated for Saturday

Submitted by tangoz on February 11, 2009 - 4:59pm.

I agree on their right to make this march and to post their wants and or needs. My questions are:

1) Who is going to pay for all of it.
2) Isn't there a Supreme Court decision that say setting school districts and enrollments based on race is unconstitutional?

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HKon?

Submitted by bnartist on February 11, 2009 - 4:53pm.

What's wrong with this picture?

From the 14 point People's Agenda:
1: All children need high quality, well funded, diverse schools.
11: Collective bargaining for public employees.

Dana Cope, Executive Director of SEANC, on Wake County Schools diversity policy:
"How dare they use my children for a social experiment that has gone wrong"

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