Poverty tour of NC begins in Beaufort County
The North Carolina NAACP, the N.C. Justice Center and the UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity are sponsoring the tour.
RALEIGH -- A two-day tour of poverty-stricken areas in northeastern North Carolina is getting underway with its first stop in Beaufort County.
The "Truth and Hope Tour of Poverty in North Carolina'' begins Thursday with a stop in Washington. It moves then to Roper in Washington County and then to Elizabeth City State University in Pasquotank County.
The tour continues Friday with stops in Hertford, Halifax and Edgecombe counties.
The North Carolina NAACP, the N.C. Justice Center and the UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity are sponsoring the tour. The tour will go to other parts of the state later this year, examining both rural counties and inner city neighborhoods.
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