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    FuckerCarlsonKirsten West Savali
    5/11/17 6:59pm

    Don’t lose hope. Rev. Barber is the man. I am thankful enough to have worked with him down in the NC General Assembly in the past and we still cross paths at a few events today. He really is an amazing person and, to his credit, an amazing Christian. I am not really religious, but the man puts moral conviction behind popular and leftist issues and grounds his reasoning in a Biblical way that I have never seen so called “religious” politicians. Hell, the man even managed to convert my white 80-something year old grandmother from rural NC to his cause.

    I think stepping down will enable him to move into the national spotlight. He says he wants to create an economic revival movement for the poor and especially people of color in the same vein as MLK. Being lucky enough to witness his Moral Monday speeches regularly and hear his insight in private meetings, I can’t wait to see what the man is able to do going forward.

    Not to concern troll, but my only reservation is his health. He has gotten a lot stronger than in years past when he used to have an intern that carried around a stool for him to rest on if he stopped for any prolonged periods, but I was a little dismayed to see how laborious some of his recent public speeches have been. His speech on the day of the Women’s March in Raleigh was a great speech and I’m sure available online. Everyone should watch, but you will see a little bit of what I am talking about. I hope stepping down will give him more time to focus on himself too because I know the man works himself to a frazzle on his quest.

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      crouching tigerFuckerCarlson
      5/11/17 11:48pm

      Ungreying; more people need to see this.

      My mom joined the NAACP because of Rev. Barber and Moral Mondays. The NAACP created the center of a broad left coalition and made a lot of positive impact on the state.

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      FuckerCarlsoncrouching tiger
      5/12/17 3:40pm

      The NAACP has carried almost the entire weight of the progressive cause in NC for a while now. Dem control of the state for 112 years had led to surprisingly little for the people and even less for the Dems best voting base - black North Carolinians. It’s sad that he hasn’t had more support, but it makes the work he (and all of NAACP, McKissick family, etc.) has and is doing even more incredible. I think his poor people movement has the chance to be revolutionary. At least I hope so. The state Dem party was able to eke out the governor’s office, but still hasn’t regained the House and Senate. Hopefully their electoral defeats have caused some internal reckoning and they will be more of a people’s party going forward like Rev. Barber embodies.

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    ThirdAmendmentManKirsten West Savali
    5/11/17 4:18pm

    Moral Mondays was about the only thing that gave me hope during the McCrory term (although the General Assembly was the real problem and target).

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    FpapKirsten West Savali
    5/11/17 4:21pm

    So why is he stepping down?

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      skefflesFpap
      5/11/17 5:15pm

      He’s moving on to a position in a national campaign on poverty and oppression.

      http://wilmingtonjournal.com/nc-naacp-president-barber-leaves-in-june-to-join-natl-poor-peoples-campaign/

      http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article149945162.html

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