StAY UP NC

01/01/2015

REMINDER: "Selma" opens in theaters nationwide January 9th. Go see it & then join us January 26th when we'll discuss the film!

http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/watch-david-oyelowos-call-for-collective-action-as-martin-luther-king-jr-in-new-clip-from-selma-20141231

Here's a new clip from Ava DuVernay's awards season contender "Selma," which Paramount Pictures will expand to Chicago and Baltimore, starti

10/01/2014

Last year, North Carolina passed the most sweeping voting restrictions since the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. Civil rights groups like the North Carolina NAACP and ACLU asked the courts for an injunction against three major parts of the law before the midterms – a reduction in ear…

10/01/2014

The Koch brothers' AFP created a mess sending out incorrect voting materials to North Carolina voters. This week, the group finds itself under investigation.

09/18/2014

We're heading to OH to demand justice for John Crawford, an unarmed young man who was gunned down by police while shopping at a Walmart. Here's our statement on why we're making this journey:

“I saw my son get murdered by the police. It was worse than Ferguson.” That is what John Crawford’s father said after he was allowed to see six minutes of footage from the Beavercreek Walmart in Ohio where police gunned down his son on August 5. John Crawford was shopping in the Walmart and was hold…

09/17/2014

“It's a fact of life that as a person of color there's just this persistent racism that says we are suspects,” said Bree Newsome with Ignite NC.

Dozens of people gathered in uptown Tuesday night to address the issue of police brutality.

09/17/2014

"I come from a world where calling the police never makes a situation better." Transcript of statement made at vigil for Jonathan Ferrell in Charlotte, NC 9/16/14

http://breenewsome.tumblr.com/post/97697476542/we-do-not-have-equal-protection-under-the-law-my

This statement was delivered at a vigil held to mark the one year anniversary of Jonathan Ferrell’s murder at the hands of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police. In 2013, Ferrell crashed his car and was...

09/16/2014

TONIGHT AT 8PM on Trade Street, near CMPD headquarters

The Charlotte NAACP will host a prayer vigil Tuesday night at 8 p.m. for Jonathan Ferrell.

09/02/2014

Fast food workers haven't yet received a raise to $15/hr so on Thurs 9/4/14, they are going on STRIKE. StAY UP NC stands in solidarity with Raise Up and all workers fighting for a living wage.

Workers have said they're committed to doing "whatever it takes" for a union and higher wages, raising the possibility of civil disobedience and arrests.

08/30/2014

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/criminal-justice/locked-up-in-america/michelle-alexander-a-system-of-racial-and-social-control/

The civil rights advocate and scholar on why the U.S. turned to mass incarceration, and the impact it has today.

08/29/2014

Interactive resource to learn more about America's mass incarceration crisis: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/locked-up-in-america/

Despite a dramatic boom in incarceration rates, a new report finds that the deterrent effect of tough-on-crime policies remain “highly uncertain.”

08/27/2014

An intimate look at the cycle of mass incarceration in America.

08/15/2014

"WE CHARGE GENOCIDE: ON LIVING IN A POLICE STATE" http://panafricanfeminist.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/we-charge-genocide-on-living-in-a-police-state/

Yesterday, "National Moment of Silence" rallies were held all over the country to both honor the memories of those who have become victims of police brutality/murder and to show solidarity with the...