Category Archives: Community Advocates

        CROP Hunger Walks help children and families worldwide – and here in the U.S. – to have food for today, while building for a better tomorrow.  Our local efforts are making a huge difference… and you are part of it! This year’s Chapel hill CROP walk will be held Sunday, April [...]

SAVE THE DATE! Abrahamic Initiative on the Middle East (AIME) invites faith leaders, human rights activists, and concerned individuals to a public seminar The Quest for a Just Peace: US Military Aid and Human Rights in Israel-Palestine Sunday, April 14, from 2-5 pm Fed Ex Global Exchange Center at UNC Chapel Hill (301 Pittsboro Street [...]

Only Light, Only Love A Children’s Concert Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday, January 21, 3-4 pm United Church of Chapel Hill is hosting a one-hour family concert with singer-songwriter-peace activist David LaMotte on Monday, January 21 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  The concert begins at 3 pm, and will last about one [...]

Each year the Advocate distributes 10% of our pledged and plate offering to people in need and to institutions and programs that advocate for and assist people in need. Here is a listing of this year’s Advocate Tithe distributions, totaling $14,600. Teachers’ salaries at St. Innocent’s School on La Gonave Island in Haiti($1,500); Coalition to [...]

Monday, December 17, 7:30 – 8:30 PM. The People of the Advocate will return once more with carols, cookies, and hand warmers to visit out neighbors at the Chapel Hill Men’s Homeless Shelter, on the corner of Columbia and Rosemary streets in downtown Chapel Hill (enter through the side door off the parking lot).  Grace [...]

As Charlotte, N.C., readies for the coming of the Democratic National Convention in early September, all of the usual preparations are underway. The convention complex is being prepared. The hotels, restaurants and facilities are in readiness. Security precautions are in place. The media is moving in. The City of Charlotte and the State of North [...]