Down Home North Carolina

TO ENGAGE EDUCATE AND MOTIVATE LOWINCOME COMMUNITIES IN NCS RURAL AND SMALL TOWNS TO WORK FOR POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE

BASE BUILDING - TO BUILD A STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION OF RURAL AND SMALL TOWN COMMUNITIES THAT ADVOCATE FOR ECONOMIC, GENDER, AND RACIAL JUSTICE. WE WILL MOVE NORTH CAROLINA TOWARD THE VALUES OF DIGNITY, SAFETY, AND INCLUSION THROUGH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC CAMPAIGNING, MULTIRACIAL MOVEMENT BUILDING, AND CIVIC ENAGAGEMENT THAT ADVANCES REAL REFORMS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES. DHNC'S FOCUS ON BUILDING PERMANENT, STATEWIDE ORGANIZING INFRASTRUCTURE IN NC'S RURAL PLACES. THROUGH OUR GROWING NETWORK OF MEMBER-LED, COUNTY- BASED CHAPTERS WE ARE ENGAGED IN YEAR-ROUND ORGANIZING. OUR MEMBER-LEADERS, IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF DHNC'S WORK. OUR ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION INCLUDES A COMMITMENT TO BUILDING MULTIRACIAL

AS WE WORK TO BUILD DOWN HOME CHAPTERS ACROSS THE STATE, WE ARE MINDFUL THAT THE FORMATION OF A MULTIRACIAL WORKING CLASS ALLIANCE IS NOT INEVITABLE. 80 OF 100 NC COUNTIES ARE RURAL, AND THERE IS NO PATH TO POWER OR WINNING STATEWIDE ELECTIONS WITHOUT RURAL NC. THROUGH OUR PROACTIVE ORGANIZING, DHNC WILL HASTEN A MULTI-RACIAL MOVEMENT OF WORKING PEOPLE THAT SPANS THE URBAN-RURAL DIVIDE AND MOVES NORTH CAROLINA TOWARD RACIAL, ECONOMIC, AND GENDER JUSTICE. DHNC ACCOMPLISHED THIS THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS NONPARTISAN AND ENCOURAGED OUR BASE TO VOTE.