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TimestampEmail AddressFull Name of Local Unit Name of Leader PresidentName of any Co-PresidentName and phone number of person completing this application if other than president.1 - Identify projects where your unit or region collaborated with other community groups (League of Women Voters, AARP, etc.) in political activities. Include name of group and dates2 - Report the names and dates that legislators and local elected officials were speakers at your local or unit meeting. 3 - Report the names of your members and dates of governmental or political events attended where name tags or other means identified your representatives as from your RSP, Region, or NCRSP.4 - What projects did your unit or region do for American Education Week or any other event involving school personnel? Names and dates, please.5 - Document any members’ participation in grassroots political actions, such as, letter writing campaigns, email broadcasts, phone calls. Names and dates, please.6 - How many of the legislative calls-to-action (sending your senator and representative emails and calls) did your members complete?7 - How many of your members actually participated in the legislative calls-to-action (sending your senator and representative emails and calls) ?8 - How do you use Facebook or other social media account for Legislative work? 9 - How does your local or region communicate legislative news with its members? 10 - Any other work of your unit or local that highlights your excellence in Legislative work?My signature affixed hereto attests to the truth of this document. (Type your name and unit office, if any.)
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1/13/2025 21:35:19lstroupe@gmail.comWatauga County Retired School Personnel Sondra EdwardsBilly Ralph WinklerLee Stroupe 828-773-7678-Post Cards to Swing States--September thru October 2024
-Achieved our 2024 NCRSP PAC Campaign goals locally -February 2024
-Top PAC Campaign fund raiser in Region 1b
-Created and donated a gift basket auctioned at the NCRSP Representative Assembly
-Tim Futrelle, Mayor of the city of Boone, spoke at our October 24, 2024 meeting.
-Ben Massey, candidate for NC House 93rd district, spoke as one of our program speakers on Oct.24, 2024.
-Gary Childress, chairman of Watauga County School Board spoke at our May 16, 2024 unit meeting.
Linda Gunter spoke at our Region 1b meeting we hosted on Oct 24, 2024		Sondra Edwards, President of Watauga Co. RSP, Susan Phipps, our Legislative chair and Susan McKay, our Memorials chair attended a Maurice (Mo) Green Meet & Greet at Kilwins Ice Cream in the Shoppes on the Parkway in Blowing Rock, NC. They wore their RSP shirt and name tag and handed Moe Green a RSP shirt on behalf of our local unit. Date August 22, 2024.We announced the American Education Week on our Facebook page on November 22, 2024 -Nanci Tolbert Nance, Sondra Edwards, Susan Phipps and Mark Hamilton participated in a program called Postcards to Swing States. This was an effort to sent hundreds of postcards to North Carolina voters with given names and addresses. The postcards were received in middle September 2024 and mailed two weeks before the election.

-Susan Phipps, our Legislative chair, gave legislative updates during each of our member meetings, (March 13, May 16, Aug 19, & Dec 11) encouraging members to contact Rep Ray Pickett, Rep Dustin Hall and Senator Ralph Hise.
-Betsy Wells from Rutherford County, gave the legislative update at our October 24 meeting.

-Dec 12, we did an email blast in an effort to stop the legislative override of SB 382.
-May 20, we asked our members to email, call and write letters to request a 2% cola and a request for no more vouchers for private schools.
There are six dates members made Call to Action emails, phone calls and letter writing to their senator, representatives or governor:
Coleen Lanier and Betsy Wells would send timely email alerts so we could make the contacts during a specific time.
-04/16/2024 contact Speaker Tim Moore and Governor Roy Cooper to support 2% cola
-04/24/2024 contact Rep Ray Pickett and Sen Ralph Hise to introduce ourselves as NCRSP retirees
- 05/03/2024 Pickett & Hise to keep our 2% cola
- 09/10/2024 Pickett & Hise not to allot money for school vouchers for private schools -11/08/2024 Pickett & Hise not to override the governor's veto of HB 10; Pickett & Hise -12/02/2024 Pickett & Hise not to override the governor's veto of SB 382.		We asked all of our members to write, email or phone call our legislative representatives. We know that there were at least six members who consistently contacted our legislatures on educational issues pertaining to retirees. Alerts members of political happenings:
1. Alert members to contact their legislators. two examples are:
-Dec. 2, 2024 members asked to call and email our legislators not to override the governor's veto of SB 392 and
-Nov.18, 2024 Members asked to call and email our legislators to uphold the governor's veto of HB 10
2. notices of events such as school board meetings
3. send alerts re: marches and rallies in Raleigh
4. Legislative alerts		Newsletter online, Newsletter mailed to non-email members, Emails, Postcards, Letters, Social Media, Interactive Website-We worked with our local NCAE chapter to get Ben Massey, candidate for the 93rd House District, endorsed locally and on the state level.
We have valuable resources within our membership and reach out and serve our community in many ways:
-one member keeps up with local school board activities by attending the meetings and providing summaries.
- several members serve as precinct judges and assist the Board of Elections on election day
-one member is chairman of the Watauga County School Board
-one member who is a former school board member
-one member who is a former county commissioner
-several members work their precincts at the polls on election day		Lee Stroupe, Recognition Committee
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1/24/2025 10:53:19conroyliz@gmail.comDurham Retired School PersonnelLinda StricklandLiz ConroyEddie Davis, Legislative Chair, 919-810-5012Leaders attended online You Can Vote (non-partisan) trainings throughout the year and collaborated with You Can Vote to share correct and updated voting information in each DRSP newsletter (Winter, Spring, and Fall, 2024); in September and October emailed updates with information from the Board of Elections and local Durham political groups: Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, People's Alliance, and the Friends of Durham; emailed NCAE endorsed candidates; discussed at Sept. 19 meeting where to volunteer. At the in-person Feb. 15, 2024, membership meeting, Michelle Burton, Past President of DAE, spoke about her candidacy for Durham County Commission and Wendell Tabb, Durham Public Schools Retiree, spoke about his candidacy for DPS Board of Education; April 18, 2024, Zoom meeting: Rep. Marcia Morey, one of Durham's NC Representatives, gave an update on the NC General Assembly; September, 19, 2024, Zoom meeting: Rep. Zack Hawkins, one of Durham's NC Representatives, gave an update on the upcoming election and the General Assembly. At a Durham Democratic Women's fundraiser Feb. 18, 2024, Co-President Liz Conroy spoke to Sophia Chitlik, (newly elected NC representative who was running for office at the time) and spoke to Marcia Morey, NC Representative, about the issue of UNC and ECU prohibiting their health workers from joining NC Retirement. Rep Morey arranged for Liz to talk to NC Sen. Mike Woodard who was leading a committee of Democratic Senators investigating the issue. Liz shared the information with Colleen Lanier and Linda Gunter who learned about the Senate committee for the first time and then were able to follow up. Legislative Chair Eddie Davis contacted County Commissioner Wendy Jacobs to inform her that NC’s oldest living woman (age 114) lives in Durham. At a County Commissioner’s meeting Catherine Ferrell and Durham Retired School Personnel were recognized.This year for American Education Week Nov. 18-22, Co-President Liz Conroy sent an individual email (11/18) to every Durham Public Schools principal thanking them and their staffs for their work in educating and taking care of Durham's students; four DRSP members Annie Hill, Gail Taylor, Linda Strickland, and Diane Lamb presented treats to staff at five Durham Public Schools (and took pictures--see Durham's webpage: <https://sites.google.com/view/ncrspregion5/durham>); on Nov. 19, Diane Lamb, Linda Strickland, and Liz Conroy visited a Durham Association of Educators meeting and gave everyone treats, a thank you note, and the 10 Reasons hand-out with a membership form on the back; Co-President Linda Strickland presented a check of $100 donated by DRSP to Crayons to Calculators, the local organization which distributes free school supplies to DPS teachers.Liz Conroy helped run Durham Democrats' phone bank twice a week between February and November--first calling potential volunteers and later calling Democratic voters who were not consistent voters to give them voting info. and remind them to vote (total of 321.5 volunteer hrs.); Liz also did phone banking for County to County NC which helps elect pro education legislators to the NC General Assembly. Currently, she helps coordinate meetings of Durham County Senior Democrats. Annie Hill---worked at a poll to distribute Democratic endorsements during Early Voting. DRSP is careful to share information about candidates of both parties, but, since all of Durham's elected officials are Democrats and for the 2024 election all the NCAE endorsed Council of State candidates were Democrats, we shared some Democratic information and worked with some Democratic organizations.Our LCTs (Eddie Davis, Patrick Nalley, and Liz Conroy) contacted our legislators every time we were requested to do so. We specifically followed up with Rep. Marcia Morey and Sen. Mike Woodard about the issue of UNC and ECU employees being prohibited from joining the NC Retirement Plan. Member Diane Lamb has reported that she contacted legislators when calls-to-action went out.We know our 3 LCTs participated, and we have feedback from a few members. We know Diane Lamb and Linda Strickland contacted legislators.We invite Active members (Durham Association of Educators) to all our meetings through their Facebook page. We have arranged with the Durham Association of Educators for them to send our members their twice monthly email newsletter.Newsletter online, Newsletter mailed to non-email members, Phone Automation, Emails, LettersOur Legislative Chair Eddie Davis gives an up-to-date and informative Legislative Report at every meeting. We email a copy of his report to members. One of our Legislative Committee members Patrick Nalley sends additional emails with important information about political education issues. In April of 2024, the D-RSP legislative committee chairperson Eddie Davis was able to interact with Congresswoman Valerie Foushee, who had spoken at a past meeting, and her staff to solve a US Postal Service issue for 104-year-old NCRSP member and former NCAE President, Dr. John H. Lucas. Rep. Foushee’s office interceded and quickly solved the mail issue for Dr. Lucas. The office of the Congresswoman thanked D-RSP for the opportunity to serve a constituent.Elizabeth Conroy, Durham RSP Co-President
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1/28/2025 20:14:27change081@hotmail.comHalifax/Northampton RSPA. Faye YoungNoneVivian Branch (252)308-2889Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Feb. 5 Feb. 8
Solar Center Jan. 11 ABC2 Watch Parties: Quankey Bpt. Ch, First Bpt. Church Hodges town, Feb. 6th, April 7th, June 4th Halifax County Dem. Party Feb. 12th Northampton Dem. Party July 25th, Sept. 26th Zoar Missionary Bpt. Ch. Sept - Nov, Pleasant Hill Bpt. Ch. Sept. - Nov. Northampton Branch of NAUW - Oct. 5th Quankey Bpt. Ch. Jan. 4th - March 3rd, Oct. 6th
First Bpt. Ch. Hodges town Oct. 6th Roanoke Valley HBCU Collaborative Feb. 20th
Divine 9 Legislative Day May 8th Enfield Roanoke Rapids Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Oct. 30th, Nov. 1st, Nov. 5th A. Phillip Randolph Union Oct. 2024		Lucy Edwards Jan 17th Barbara Stephenson March 27th Michael Hawkins May 15thA. Faye Young: Jan 11, 2/6, 3/5, 4/17, 5/8, 6/4, 10/6, 11/5 Valerie Williams: 2/5, 2/8, 10/6
Elease Frederick: 10/6, 5/8, 2/5, 2/8 Mable Johnson:1/11, 2/6, 10/6 Emily Edwards: 10/6
Vivian Branch: 2/1, 10/6, 5/8, 7/25, 7/28,8?22, 11/26, 4/2, 4/29, 8/15 Brenda Pierce: 10/6
Margaret Clark: 10/6, 5/8, 2/6, 4/17 Curtis Young: 10/6, 1/11, 2/6, 3/5, 4/17, 6/4, 10/23
Shirley A. Johnson: 10/6 Sabrina Thomas: 10/6 Georgette Kimball: 10/6
Barbara Stephenson: 10/6		Delta Reads: distributed baskets to winning teachers of school supplies/books. Local unit gave two gift cards for basketsMary Stephenson 11/14, Barbara Stephenson 11/15, Shirley Johnson 11/14, Georgette Kimball 11/22, A. Faye Young Oct. 2024, Feb. 2024, Lucy Edwards Jan. 2024, Emily Edwards Oct. 2024, Elease Frederick Sept. 2024, Valerie Williams Feb. 2024, Vivian Branch Feb. 2024, Oct. 2024, 11/14, 11/27 Curtis Young Oct. 202438Posted Watch Parties Flyers on FacebookPhone Tree, Phone Automation, Emails, Social Media, OtherMembers on Boards: Vivian Branch -Board of Elections, Curtis Young - Precinct Chair, Barbara Stephenson - School Board, Lucy Edwards - School Board. Other members actively involved in many organizations that help the community.Vivian Branch
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