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Jennifer (Jenn) Weaver Profile picture
@Jenn_E_Weaver
Feb 2, 2019 • 3 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
Standing room only here in #Hillsborough at the Community Remembrance Coalition symposium on lynching in OC, spearheaded by @AttyJamesW and county commissioner @reneeprice20121 .
Host of community members here, incl @LeonardSmylie @MacKenzie4OCS @damonseils @michaelparker1 @AllenBuansi @lauripaolicelli former OCCC Barry Jacobs and so many, many more. Full house to face this difficult history.
Local legends Dr. Freddie Parker and North Carolina Port Laureate Jaki Shelton Green part of the program today, along with others whose names I’ve missed because so many people they ran out of programs!

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Sep 26, 2020
I am the mayor of Hillsborough and I have a few thoughts about this. I want to start by centering the family on the corner who was standing right there in direct line of receiving these vile anti-Semitic words and gestures.
I know this mom and her family well. She is an incredible person and having her and her family in our town makes our town a better place. She and her kids do community service yard work all over town - for free - because she has a deep commitment to helping others, 2/
building relationships, and teaching her children these values. Not only does she do this work with her kids, but she shows up. If there is an opportunity or a call to show up, whether it is hurricane relief or a racial justice rally, she is there. 3/
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Sep 3, 2020
We are all tired, but now, more than ever, is the time for our community to turn toward each other and support all the things that make Hillsborough special. #HillsboroughStrong ♥️

newsoforange.com/community/arti…
“The meals you buy from local restaurants put meals on their employees’ tables. The holiday gift you buy in September helps pay a retail shop’s rent in October. The art you support keeps visitors coming to see what else we have to offer.”
“The clarion call for building a society where everyone feels truly safe and cared for is one that must be answered. Hillsborough has our own painful past and present. We still have much work to do to create a community that truly values Black lives.”
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May 13, 2020
Let’s talk about this story. It is easy to read this story and think it is just a story about generosity. It is definitely a story about generosity, and love of community. And if you are in the position to do what the people in this story are doing... newsobserver.com/opinion/articl…
I highly encourage it - eagerly embrace it here in our town. I do not aim to diminish that real generosity and community love.

But this story also shows how broken things are. Survival of our local business ecosystems and all those who work in it should not...
be left to the generosity of wealthy people. A sane and generous safety net for small businesses and workers is what we need. There is enough money, made up of our tax dollars, at the federal level, to do this....
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Mar 20, 2020
Listening in on (at least part of) a zoom meeting for OC area small businesses. Too many partners making this happen to name, but thank you to all the government jurisdictions, economic development folks, and both local chambers of commerce. @AaronNelson1 giving a full update &..
Message he brings from folks at UNC Hospitals: The one thing people in the community to do to help us heed the call to stay home as much as possible and practice diligent physical/social distancing from others. (Paraphrase)
Also reports of at least 1000 people laid off in this area already. No waiting period required before receiving unemployment. @GraigMeyer said yesterday that employers should go ahead and lay ppl off so they can go ahead and get unemployment (rather than cutting folks to 0 hours)
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Aug 25, 2019
I am on the town board of Hillsborough, NC, and I appreciate the alarm shared by people across the country about the Klan showing face (literally) here yesterday - including amplification by @soledadobrien and @BetoORourke - but something important is getting lost in the story. 1
As word quickly spread that they were here, 70-80 local residents and town officials stopped what they were doing on a Saturday afternoon to rush downtown to stand against the Klan in solidarity and anti racist love. Many of the people were eating at restaurants up the street. 2
Others, like my husband & my colleague Matt Hughes @mghughesnc were simply driving by on the way to the store or other destinations, and pulled over to park and join the protest against the Klan. Matt was in a tux, on his way to the Durham Ctte on the Affairs of Black People 3
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Jan 21, 2019
“Bigger roads haven’t solved congestion...we’ve built places where driving is the only way to get around” tinyurl.com/ycg2fjhg
I would like to tweet almost every bit of that article. One great idea in there - currently federal Smart Starts program (funding DOLRT)
requiresbthats states justify how projects will relieve congestion, improve emissions, etc to receive fed funds. Highway projects should
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