PA members organize action teams focused on specific issues that affect our Durham community. The focus of these teams vary depending on the current prominence of issues and on volunteer leadership. We encourage members to lead organizing efforts directed at new issues.
Non-PA members are welcome to attend and participate in our action teams.
Here are descriptions of our action teams and their meeting dates/locations. If you are interested in getting involved, please reach out to the listed contact!
Voter Engagement: Identifying community members who want to be in conversation with one another on an issue or in support of electoral engagement. Teams of folks participated in pilot canvasses and phone/text banking fall of 2023 and winter 2024. Website with details can be found HERE
- Current Priorities: This group is pivoting to neighborhood outreach and leader identification, partner meetings
- Meetings: Monthly Team Lead meetings
- Lead: Max Parrish (email [email protected])
Child and Family Coalition: Advocates for policies and spending that center the needs of families. There is not problem in Durham that can't be fixed. How do we wrap resources and services around a family in crisis? How do we keep families OUT of a system that is not serving them.
- Current Priorities: Supporting families in trauma, setting a course of advocacy, political engagement, documenting stories
- Meetings: Community Meetings, 3rd Monday of every month, People's Solidarity Center, 7:00-8:30 Policy Team meets on Zoom the First Monday of the month at 7:00pm
- Contact: This is a new coalition in partnership with North Carolina Parent Defenders, Operation Stop CPS and Emancipate NC. Contact PA at [email protected] to learn more and find out about the upcoming meeting
Education: Works to support a unified public education system for all families in Durham. We believe in local control of tax dollars so that families and elected officials can make decisions about Durham’s educational system. The Education Team encourages collaboration and creative approaches to education. Teachers, families, and students should be participants in the decisions made about our schools.
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Current Priorities: Two focus areas are school safety and exceptional children family and teacher support
- Meetings: 3rd Tuesday of the month, 8:00 - 9:30pm
- Contact: Vanessa ([email protected])
Durham Climate Action Coalition: Join PA members in collaboration with the Sunrise Movement, Climate Action NC and Solar for Schools to imagine a path forward for Green New Deal for Durham and the campaign to win more climate justice for Durham.
- Current Priorities: Advocating for sustainability elements in the rewriting of the UDO, Crafting the GNDD resolution, identifying allies, advocating to elected officials
- Meetings: Regular meetings at the Main Library Look at the PA Calendar (https://www.durhampa.org/calendar) for the upcoming meeting.
- Contacts:[email protected]
Affordable Housing Team: Attempting to unpack the complexities of Affordable Housing while moving forward with progressive advocacy.
- Current Priorities: Advocating for housing elements in the rewriting of the UDO, Requesting that the City of Durham maintains the Downpayment Assistance Program in the FY26 budget, Research and writing of housing narratives
- Meetings: Each priorities has a small team and leadership, teams meet in person and on zoom
- Contacts:[email protected]
Email Jeremy at [email protected] if you're interested in joining this action team.