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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/20/15/51/xIrWT.St.138.jpeg|4142/20/2013 - Community activists and concerned citizens gather outside the Social Security Administration office in Charlotte on Thursday to highlight the urgent need for Congress to reach a deal to avoid the deep and dangerous automatic cuts scheduled for March 1st as part of the sequestration. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/20/15/51/e7eYr.St.138.jpeg|4142/20/2013 - Pat McCoy, executive director of Action NC, speaks at a sequestration rally outside the Social Security Administration office in Charlotte on Thursday. ÒThe impact of these across the board cuts would be disastrous in North Carolina. A recent George Mason University study has shown that the cuts would cost North Carolina over 29,000 jobs, and would be felt right away in education and emergency services.Ó Speakers will focused on the potential cuts to FEMA and first responders like firefighters, the impact of $3 billion in education cuts on the number of teachers and staff in public schools and Head Start programs, the loss of as much $900 million in loan guarantees to small businesses to stimulate economic recovery, and cuts to mental health services, Meals on Wheels, food safety inspection, childhood nutrition, AIDS drug assistance, rental assistance, and homelessness programs that help veterans. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/20/15/51/1kr8Fa.St.138.jpeg|4152/20/2013 - Pat McCoy, executive director of Action NC, speaks at a sequestration rally outside the Social Security Administration office in Charlotte on Thursday. ÒThe impact of these across the board cuts would be disastrous in North Carolina. A recent George Mason University study has shown that the cuts would cost North Carolina over 29,000 jobs, and would be felt right away in education and emergency services.Ó Speakers will focused on the potential cuts to FEMA and first responders like firefighters, the impact of $3 billion in education cuts on the number of teachers and staff in public schools and Head Start programs, the loss of as much $900 million in loan guarantees to small businesses to stimulate economic recovery, and cuts to mental health services, Meals on Wheels, food safety inspection, childhood nutrition, AIDS drug assistance, rental assistance, and homelessness programs that help veterans. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/20/15/51/1sL8mT.St.138.jpeg|5252/20/2013 - Pat McCoy, executive director of Action NC, speaks at a sequestration rally outside the Social Security Administration office in Charlotte on Thursday. ÒThe impact of these across the board cuts would be disastrous in North Carolina. A recent George Mason University study has shown that the cuts would cost North Carolina over 29,000 jobs, and would be felt right away in education and emergency services.Ó Speakers will focused on the potential cuts to FEMA and first responders like firefighters, the impact of $3 billion in education cuts on the number of teachers and staff in public schools and Head Start programs, the loss of as much $900 million in loan guarantees to small businesses to stimulate economic recovery, and cuts to mental health services, Meals on Wheels, food safety inspection, childhood nutrition, AIDS drug assistance, rental assistance, and homelessness programs that help veterans. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/20/15/51/wdiPe.St.138.jpeg|4142/20/2013 - Seniors from Steele Creek put on t-shirts for a group ohoto at a sequestration rally outside the Social Security Administration office in Charlotte on Thursday. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/20/15/51/huhxt.St.138.jpeg|4152/20/2013 - Pat McCoy, executive director of Action NC, speaks at a sequestration rally outside the Social Security Administration office in Charlotte on Thursday. ÒThe impact of these across the board cuts would be disastrous in North Carolina. A recent George Mason University study has shown that the cuts would cost North Carolina over 29,000 jobs, and would be felt right away in education and emergency services.Ó Speakers will focused on the potential cuts to FEMA and first responders like firefighters, the impact of $3 billion in education cuts on the number of teachers and staff in public schools and Head Start programs, the loss of as much $900 million in loan guarantees to small businesses to stimulate economic recovery, and cuts to mental health services, Meals on Wheels, food safety inspection, childhood nutrition, AIDS drug assistance, rental assistance, and homelessness programs that help veterans. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/20/15/51/RhaRv.St.138.jpeg|4152/20/2013 - Rollon Washington hold a sign with the definition of the words sequester and sequestration at a rally outside the Social Security Administration office in Charlotte on Thursday. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/20/15/51/qOZdQ.St.138.jpeg|4472/20/2013 - Rollon Washington hold a sign with the definition of the words sequester and sequestration at a rally outside the Social Security Administration office in Charlotte on Thursday. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/20/15/51/17DKMO.St.138.jpeg|4142/20/2013 - Seniors listen to speakers at a sequestration rally outside the Social Security Administration office in Charlotte on Thursday to highlight the urgent need for Congress to reach a deal to avoid the deep and dangerous automatic cuts scheduled for March 1st as part of the sequestration. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/20/15/51/1lZQzk.St.138.jpeg|4152/20/2013 - Seniors listen to speakers at a sequestration rally outside the Social Security Administration office in Charlotte on Thursday to highlight the urgent need for Congress to reach a deal to avoid the deep and dangerous automatic cuts scheduled for March 1st as part of the sequestration. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/20/15/50/qV4vu.St.138.jpeg|4152/20/2013 - Seniors listen to speakers at a sequestration rally outside the Social Security Administration office in Charlotte on Thursday to highlight the urgent need for Congress to reach a deal to avoid the deep and dangerous automatic cuts scheduled for March 1st as part of the sequestration. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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