NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh- On Tuesday, October 13 at 7:00 p.m., 2,000 leaders from 42 faith-based institutions, neighborhood associations and nonprofit organizations across Wake County will gather in a virtual town hall to launch ONE Wake , a non-partisan organization that will present an agenda focused on access to housing, job creation and education.
During the virtual presentation, which can be accessed through the ONE Wake website, ONE Wake leaders will present their community agenda to politicians, candidates, and officials at the county and even state level.
Indeed, they have already committed to assisting the Attorney General Josh SteinJohn Kane, Sheriff Gerald Baker, Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin, Corey Branch; all candidates for the Wake County Board of Commissioners, and also candidates for the Wake County Board of Education.
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They will publish results
During the virtual meeting, in addition, ONE Wake leaders will publicly announce the results of their ambitious nonpartisan voter registration campaign in which they will contact 20,000 people; and a “Vote Effort” will be launched for the start of the early election on October 15.
From the organization itself they reported that leaders from Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious institutions, neighborhood groups and local non-profit organizations have worked alongside the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) for the last three years to create a grassroots community empowerment organization. broad, nonpartisan, multiracial, and rooted in local congregations and other voluntary associations.
The goal, they said, is to make a change in the lives of low- and middle-income residents and communities throughout Wake County.
On October 13, during the virtual launch, the assembled leaders of ONE Wake member institutions, representing a constituency of 50,000 people, will set a low-income focused agenda that has been crafted after months of work within of the various religious communities.
“In front of a coalition of 42 churches, mosques, synagogues and nonprofit organizations, in front of an assembly of 2,000 of our members, we will ask the decision makers in Wake County to react to our agenda and commit to with an ongoing, public and responsible relationship,” said the Rev. Javier Almendárez-Bautista, Associate Rector of St. Paul Episcopal Church in Cary.
“This is just the beginning of our work. We're in this for the long haul,” the reverend added optimistically.
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