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Options for the week of August 25

Just a heads up that we are shifting our focus to emphasize local/regional public events, such as protests, meetings, service projects, etc. To aid us in providing this service, please share announcements of any relevant events by emailing the details to blowingrockpersisters@gmail.com


Calendar of upcoming events

Monday, September 1, 12-2 pm 

Junaluska Park in Boone

Join the Watauga County Democrats for a free Labor Day cookout as we celebrate and honor America’s working people and recognize our Volunteer of the Year.


Monday, September 1, 9 to 11 am

Lenoir NC


Monday, September 1, 10 am to noon

Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory

Indivisible Citizens of Catawba County are sponsoring this Labor Day protest along Highway 70 in Hickory.


Tuesday, September 2, 5:30 pm

Watauga County Commission Regular Meeting

Watauga County Administrative Building in Boone


Call your representatives


We encourage you to channel your concerns into action by calling or emailing your representatives. 5calls.org and https://ncnewsline.com/ are helpful sources of information. Also, if you have a call to action you would like us to share in a future email, please send that information to blowingrockpersisters@gmail.com. 


One option this week would be to contact our state legislators (State Sen. Hise, State Rep. Pickett, State Rep. Hall) to urge them to pass a state budget that fully funds our public schools and includes resources to help the estimated 650,000 North Carolinians expected to lose Medicaid due to the federal budget cuts.


Find contact information for our federal, state, and local representatives at https://blowingrockpersisters.blogspot.com/p/contact-your-representatives.html



Worth Reading

This substack article discusses efforts by blue state attorney generals and governors to push back against federal overreach and aggression.


Thanks to a program announced last year by former Governor Roy Cooper, some Medicaid enrollees in North Carolina are finding out that their medical debt has been erased. 

 
 
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