North Carolina Black Alliance Deputy Director Marcus Bass on promoting systemic policy change

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Marcus Bass, NC Black Alliance

Election Day 2024 is now just a little over six weeks away and not surprisingly, there’s been a spike of late in the activity of nonprofits that are seeking to help potential voters get schooled on the issues and ready to cast informed ballots. And one of those groups is the North Carolina Black Alliance. For several years now, the Alliance has worked to enhance Black communities by developing and promoting systemic policy change, as well as youth and leadership development.

This year, the Alliance has been especially active and in the coming days it will sponsor a pair of statewide events – a “Long March for Unity and Justice” that will visit several cities in the coming days and, on September 28, a statewide “Rooted in Wellness” Day that will feature events in 13 cities. And recently NC Newline sat down with the group’s Deputy Director Marcus Bass to learn more.