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Durham People's Alliance
January Newsletter
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It is quite common for our members, the media and others to refer to
Durham People’s Alliance as though we were one single organization.
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Many folks may not be aware that PA is in fact three distinct, but related,
organizations. There is the Political Action Committee (PA-­PAC), which
makes endorsements at election time. There is the PA Fund, which is a
small 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization that has functioned historically to
provide small grants to educate the Durham community about issues that
arise over time. Finally, there is what is known as the Chapter, which is
where much of the issue and committee work of PA happens. This is a
nonprofit organization registered with North Carolina, but which does not
January
Meeting this
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have any sort of federal legal nonprofit status.
When you join PA, you join the Chapter. It is called the Chapter, because
when PA first was formed nearly 40 years ago, it was envisioned that
there would be Chapters across the State, thus the Durham Chapter of the
membership gathering. This is a
People’s Alliance. We want our members to understand the different
great opportunity to find out
structures of the PA organization because we are going to be focused in
about what we have planned for
the coming months on solidifying the legal and administrative frameworks
this year, and to find out how you
of these three parts of PA. Without boring everyone on the various legal
can get more involved with our
and tax filing obligations, as PA grows, we want to ensure the continued
efforts. This January's meeting
integrity of our different organizations. Specifically, we will be transitioning
will highlight growing economic
the Chapter so that it has 501(c)(4) status.
inequality in Durham, and will
feature the efforts of our
Economic Inequality Action
Team to address the issue.
This will allow us to better conduct our issue work on topics such as
housing, education, marriage equality, environmental protection and
economic inequality. In addition, we will be able to coordinate more
January 30, 2014
extensively with other 501(c)(4) organizations in North Carolina, for
6:30-8:30PM
example, the coalition of partners working with America Votes, such as
Center for Responsible Lending
Equality NC, Environment NC, and Progress NC.
302 W. Main St., Durham, NC
27701
At the January membership meeting, we will be discussing these
organizational issues and asking PA’s membership to vote in favor of
moving forward in this direction, and making the necessary

2. financial investments to transition to this new organizational structure. The
Coordinating Committee has endorsed this move as a way to clarify our
status, modernize our organizational structure, and enable our
progressive work as we continue to make a greater impact in Durham and
across North Carolina. We look forward to a lively discussion on January
Moral March
Bus
PA is organizing buses from
30th.
Sara Terry & Carl Rist
Co-­Presidents
Durham to the 'Moral March on
Raleigh,' formerly known as
HKonJ. Click the image above to
buy your ticket today, and join us
on February 8 by 9am at the
Durham Farmer's Market to
attend!
Durham Farmer's Market
February 8, 2014 9AM
HRC
Commission
You Can Vote
The final presentation to the
Durham Human Relations
The Voter Empowerment team of
Durham People's Alliance has
Commission on institutionalized
project. This coalition of
Education Team
Forum
progressive groups in the
The Durham PA Education Team will be
Durham community will lead the
holding a February forum on what it is
effort to respond to the Voter ID
like to serve on the Board of Education.
law [HB 589]. Please join our
Four seats are up for election this year
Voter Empowerment team for the
and two members of the board have
You Can Vote Kick-­Off on
announced they will be stepping down.
Saturday, February 22.
Come out to learn more about the
founded the 'You Can Vote'
opportunity to serve! Click the image
You Can Vote Kick-­Off
above for more information and to RSVP.
February 22, 2014
9:30AM
Bull City Burger & Brewery
First Presbyterian Church
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
racial disparities in policing will be
led by the NAACP. Please attend
in solidarity and let the
commission know that you will
not stand for racial profiling by
the Durham PD. Click the image
above for a report on the last
presentation to the commission.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
6PM, Durham City Hall

3. 305 E Main St, Durham, NC
6PM-­8PM
27701
Water Quality
Panel
Update Your
Info
PA-­PAC
Candidate
Mixer
PA-­PAC will be holding a
The Headwaters group of the NC Sierra
candidate mixer with candidates
Club will be hosting a water quality panel
running in the primary May 6 in
People's Alliance has switched to
on February 13. The Sierra Club
advance of our endorsement
a new database. Please click the
Headwaters group will feature a panel of
process. Please RSVP by
image above to update your
experts and former DENR employees to
clicking the image above and
information and let us know if
address a multitude of concerns about
come out and meet the
the DENR and its changing mission.
candidates!
you would like to go green and
receive e-­mail only from us!
Please click the image above to RSVP to
this event.
Motorco Music Hall
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 6PM
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27705
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