PRESS
RELEASE from City of Charlotte
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, July 2, 2012
Contacts: Emily Cantrell, DNC Permit Official
Kelly Setzer, Communications & Marketing Specialist
City Conducts Live Lottery for Free Speech
Activities During DNC
The
City of Charlotte hosted a live lottery on Monday, July 2 to assign
times for applicants of free speech activities during the Democratic
National Convention (DNC). As a means of ensuring fairness in the
assignment process, the City used a random lottery system to select
time slots for use of the Designated Parade Route and Speakers’
Platform during the Convention dates of September 4-6, 2012.
In
total, the City received 41 applications: 16 for the Designated Parade
Route and 25 for the Speakers’ Platform. Available allotment is up to
six time slots per day for parades and up to 20 time slots per day for
the Speakers’ Platform. Only one day during the week of the event –
Tuesday, September 4 – had more parade applicants than time slots
available, so two excess applicants from this day are being offered
leftover time slots on Wednesday, September 5 or Thursday, September 6
as an alternative.
The application process for use of remaining
time slots of the Designated Parade Route and Speakers’ Platform will
reopen on Thursday, July 5 at 9 a.m. and close on Friday, August 24 at
5 p.m. or when all remaining time slots are filled.
A few additions to the application guidelines for the remaining time
slots include:
- Groups/individuals will be allowed to submit one application for
each day that still has available time slots.
- Groups/individuals assigned a date and time slot through the
lottery may apply for days other than the day assigned through the
lottery.
- All remaining time slots will be filled on a first come, first
serve basis.
- When all time slots for a day have been filled, the day will
close. The City will not maintain a waiting list.
Prior to the DNC, all assigned applicants will receive a permit and
additional information from the City. All permit holders must bring the
permit and a photo ID to the parade assembly area or Speakers’ Platform
location.
For more information about how the City is preparing to accommodate
free speech activities during the DNC, visit
DNCinfo.CharlotteNC.gov.
Designated Parade Route and Speakers
Platform July 2, 2012 Lottery Results
Designated Parade Route: Tuesday,
Sept 4
Time
|
Organization |
Contact |
|
1:20 p.m.
|
Solidarity Center |
Elena Everett |
|
12:40 p.m.
|
NC HEAT |
Monserrat Alvarez |
|
12:00 p.m.
|
Scottie Wingfield |
Scottie Wingfield |
|
11:20 a.m.
|
UNC Chapel Hill SDS |
Matthew Hickson |
|
10:40 a.m.
|
Heather Epes |
Heather Epes |
|
10:00 a.m.
|
Raleigh FIST |
Andy Koche |
|
| ** |
Michael Zytkow |
Michael Zytkow |
**has been offered a Wednesday or Thursday
time slot
|
Speakers Platform: Tuesday, Sept 4
Time
|
Organization |
Contact |
|
7:30 p.m.
|
Raleigh FIST |
Andy Koche |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
NC HEAT |
Monserrat Alvarez |
|
6:30 p.m.
|
Community Organization for
Abundant Life (COAL) |
Khadijah Lanai Ashe |
|
6:00 p.m.
|
Charlotte Atheists and Agnostics |
Mary Snow |
|
5:30 p.m.
|
NORML |
Jon Kennedy |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
Occupy NCSU |
Bryan Perlmutter |
|
4:30 p.m.
|
John Rudisill
|
John Rudisill |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Mecklenburg County Kinship Group |
Sandra Williams |
|
| 3:30 p.m. |
Revitalizing Democracy |
Don Faix |
|
Designated Parade Route:
Wednesday,
Sept 5
Time
|
Organization |
Contact |
|
1:20 p.m.
|
NORML |
Jon Kennedy |
|
12:40 p.m.
|
UNC Asheville Students for a
Democratic Society |
Evan Kolosna |
|
12:00 p.m.
|
Pro America |
Joseph Taylor |
|
11:20 a.m.
|
Occupy NCSU |
Bryan Perlmutter |
|
Speakers Platform: Wednesday,
Sept 5
Time
|
Organization |
Contact |
|
7:30 p.m.
|
Heather Epes |
Heather Epes |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
New Yahrushalyim |
Rev. Kujenga Ashe |
|
6:30 p.m.
|
UNC Asheville Students for a
Democratic Society |
Evan Kolosna |
|
6:00 p.m.
|
Michael Zytkow |
Michael Zytkow
|
|
5:30 p.m.
|
Solidarity Center |
Elena Everett |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
Occupy NCSU |
Bryan Perlmutter |
|
4:30 p.m.
|
John Rudisill
|
John Rudisill |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Mecklenburg County Kinship Group |
Sandra Williams |
|
| 3:30 p.m. |
Revitalizing Democracy |
Don Faix |
|
Designated Parade Route: Thursday,
Sept 6
Time
|
Organization |
Contact |
|
1:20 p.m.
|
NC State SDS |
Ryan Thomson |
|
12:40 p.m.
|
McClerin Family |
Daniel McClerin |
|
12:00 p.m.
|
Edward Messer |
Edward Messer |
|
11:20 a.m.
|
GreedOutofWeed.Org |
Richard Eastman |
|
| 10:40 a.m. |
Doctors for America |
Samantha Galing |
|
Speakers Platform: Thursday,
Sept 6
Time
|
Organization |
Contact |
|
7:30 p.m.
|
Gems by Jill |
Jill Moffitt |
|
7:00 p.m.
|
McClerin Family |
Daniel McClerin |
|
6:30 p.m.
|
Harry Taylor |
Harry Taylor |
|
6:00 p.m.
|
David Payne |
David Payne |
|
5:30 p.m.
|
Edward Messer |
Edward Messer |
|
5:00 p.m.
|
NC Values Coalition |
Tami Fitzgerald |
|
4:30 p.m.
|
Scottie Wingfield
|
Scottie Wingfield |
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Doctors for America |
Samantha Galing |
|
3:30 p.m.
|
Ernie Rockhill |
Ernie Rockhill |
|
3:00 p.m.
|
GreedOutofWeed.org |
Richard Eastman |
|
| 2:30 p.m. |
NC State SDS |
Ryan Thomson |
|