Durham Rising
@durhamrising.bsky.social
Durham workers, students & community demanding Duke do right by us
Living wages | Union rights | Housing for all
✍️ Sign on: bit.ly/durhamrising
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth
Living wages | Union rights | Housing for all
✍️ Sign on: bit.ly/durhamrising
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth
Too many of us can’t afford rent, fear ICE raids, or risk being fired for speaking out. Duke has a responsibility to protect every worker who keeps this university and city running.
Madeline Collier, Duke Grad Union #DurhamRising
Madeline Collier, Duke Grad Union #DurhamRising
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Too many of us can’t afford rent, fear ICE raids, or risk being fired for speaking out. Duke has a responsibility to protect every worker who keeps this university and city running.
Madeline Collier, Duke Grad Union #DurhamRising
Madeline Collier, Duke Grad Union #DurhamRising
Duke sits on a $12 billion endowment. If they used just 1%, that’s $120 million that could transform Durham. The money is there. It’s time Duke invested in the community that built it.
Princess Moss, @neatoday.bsky.social Vice President
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth #WorkersPower
Princess Moss, @neatoday.bsky.social Vice President
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth #WorkersPower
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Duke sits on a $12 billion endowment. If they used just 1%, that’s $120 million that could transform Durham. The money is there. It’s time Duke invested in the community that built it.
Princess Moss, @neatoday.bsky.social Vice President
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth #WorkersPower
Princess Moss, @neatoday.bsky.social Vice President
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth #WorkersPower
You can’t celebrate Duke while pushing Durham out. We know the truth: Duke didn’t build Duke alone. Now we’re demanding affordable housing, investment in our schools, and respect for the people who made Duke possible.
Brandon Young, Durham For All
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth #DurhamNC
Brandon Young, Durham For All
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth #DurhamNC
November 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
You can’t celebrate Duke while pushing Durham out. We know the truth: Duke didn’t build Duke alone. Now we’re demanding affordable housing, investment in our schools, and respect for the people who made Duke possible.
Brandon Young, Durham For All
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth #DurhamNC
Brandon Young, Durham For All
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth #DurhamNC
“Now service workers have to work 3 AM shifts … they have to work unbelievable hours and do a lot more work for … a wage that doesn’t provide affordability to live in the city of Durham.” Artivista Karlin, Sunrise Duke
📰 The Duke Chronicle
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📰 The Duke Chronicle
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Respect versus renovations: the Price is wrong
If Duke pours hundreds of millions of dollars into purely superficial upgrades — low-priority stuff— surely there’s nothing more important being neglected in the budget. If we’re burning cash on aesth...
dukechronicle.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
“Now service workers have to work 3 AM shifts … they have to work unbelievable hours and do a lot more work for … a wage that doesn’t provide affordability to live in the city of Durham.” Artivista Karlin, Sunrise Duke
📰 The Duke Chronicle
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📰 The Duke Chronicle
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Over 10k folks signed our petition supporting Durham Rising demands, let’s see how candidate for City Council and Mayor stacked up.
#DurhamRising #DurhamNC
#DurhamRising #DurhamNC
October 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Over 10k folks signed our petition supporting Durham Rising demands, let’s see how candidate for City Council and Mayor stacked up.
#DurhamRising #DurhamNC
#DurhamRising #DurhamNC
October 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Laura has been at Duke for over a decade, still making under $19/hour while being forced to do the work of multiple people. Management knows. They just don’t care.
We deserve respect, fair pay, and dignity at Duke.
✊ That’s why we’re rising together. Join us: bit.ly/durhamrising
#DurhamRising
We deserve respect, fair pay, and dignity at Duke.
✊ That’s why we’re rising together. Join us: bit.ly/durhamrising
#DurhamRising
October 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Laura has been at Duke for over a decade, still making under $19/hour while being forced to do the work of multiple people. Management knows. They just don’t care.
We deserve respect, fair pay, and dignity at Duke.
✊ That’s why we’re rising together. Join us: bit.ly/durhamrising
#DurhamRising
We deserve respect, fair pay, and dignity at Duke.
✊ That’s why we’re rising together. Join us: bit.ly/durhamrising
#DurhamRising
Check out what media is saying about our Duke Founders' Day rally & march last week 💅
📰 CBS 17 #DurhamRising
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📰 CBS 17 #DurhamRising
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September 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Check out what media is saying about our Duke Founders' Day rally & march last week 💅
📰 CBS 17 #DurhamRising
www.cbs17.com/news/local-n...
📰 CBS 17 #DurhamRising
www.cbs17.com/news/local-n...
NOW: Community members take over the street in front of Duke University to demand that Duke stand with the workers, not the billionaires.
As Duke lays off workers and cuts program budgets, they sit on a ~$12 billion endowment.
#UnionsforAll #OrganizetheSouth
As Duke lays off workers and cuts program budgets, they sit on a ~$12 billion endowment.
#UnionsforAll #OrganizetheSouth
September 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
NOW: Community members take over the street in front of Duke University to demand that Duke stand with the workers, not the billionaires.
As Duke lays off workers and cuts program budgets, they sit on a ~$12 billion endowment.
#UnionsforAll #OrganizetheSouth
As Duke lays off workers and cuts program budgets, they sit on a ~$12 billion endowment.
#UnionsforAll #OrganizetheSouth
This Founders’ Day, we’re telling the real story of Duke.
On Thursday, Sept 25 at 5 PM, Durham Rising is rallying again. We’re calling on Duke to stand with workers and invest in the community that makes this university possible.
RSVP now: bit.ly/DukeFounders25
#DurhamRising
On Thursday, Sept 25 at 5 PM, Durham Rising is rallying again. We’re calling on Duke to stand with workers and invest in the community that makes this university possible.
RSVP now: bit.ly/DukeFounders25
#DurhamRising
September 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This Founders’ Day, we’re telling the real story of Duke.
On Thursday, Sept 25 at 5 PM, Durham Rising is rallying again. We’re calling on Duke to stand with workers and invest in the community that makes this university possible.
RSVP now: bit.ly/DukeFounders25
#DurhamRising
On Thursday, Sept 25 at 5 PM, Durham Rising is rallying again. We’re calling on Duke to stand with workers and invest in the community that makes this university possible.
RSVP now: bit.ly/DukeFounders25
#DurhamRising
“Do you agree that Duke should stand up to protect workers, students, faculty, programs and our communities from attacks by the federal government?” asked Mike Ramos, @siembranc.bsky.social member
📰 @indyweek.bsky.social #DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth
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📰 @indyweek.bsky.social #DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth
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Durham Rising Pushes Council Candidates to Turn the Heat Up on Duke
This election season, labor groups are pushing Duke to put more money toward addressing big issues in Durham like affordable housing, living wages, and school funding.
indyweek.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“Do you agree that Duke should stand up to protect workers, students, faculty, programs and our communities from attacks by the federal government?” asked Mike Ramos, @siembranc.bsky.social member
📰 @indyweek.bsky.social #DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth
indyweek.com/news/durham/...
📰 @indyweek.bsky.social #DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth
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Workers, students & community came together under Durham Rising to demand City Council & mayoral candidates fight for working people—and hold Duke accountable.
Duke has the resources. It’s time they protect workers & families, not cut jobs.
RSVP for Sept 25: bit.ly/DukeFounders25 #DurhamRising
Duke has the resources. It’s time they protect workers & families, not cut jobs.
RSVP for Sept 25: bit.ly/DukeFounders25 #DurhamRising
September 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Workers, students & community came together under Durham Rising to demand City Council & mayoral candidates fight for working people—and hold Duke accountable.
Duke has the resources. It’s time they protect workers & families, not cut jobs.
RSVP for Sept 25: bit.ly/DukeFounders25 #DurhamRising
Duke has the resources. It’s time they protect workers & families, not cut jobs.
RSVP for Sept 25: bit.ly/DukeFounders25 #DurhamRising
ACTION: Join us on Th 9/25 in Durham for our 2025 Founders' Day Rally March and Rally
Join us as we demand Duke make a choice: Side with the billionaires on the Board of Trustees, or stand with the people of Durham who truly make Duke run. www.bit.ly/DukeFounders25
#UnionsforAll #OrganizetheSouth
Join us as we demand Duke make a choice: Side with the billionaires on the Board of Trustees, or stand with the people of Durham who truly make Duke run. www.bit.ly/DukeFounders25
#UnionsforAll #OrganizetheSouth
September 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
ACTION: Join us on Th 9/25 in Durham for our 2025 Founders' Day Rally March and Rally
Join us as we demand Duke make a choice: Side with the billionaires on the Board of Trustees, or stand with the people of Durham who truly make Duke run. www.bit.ly/DukeFounders25
#UnionsforAll #OrganizetheSouth
Join us as we demand Duke make a choice: Side with the billionaires on the Board of Trustees, or stand with the people of Durham who truly make Duke run. www.bit.ly/DukeFounders25
#UnionsforAll #OrganizetheSouth
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Last Thursday, we joined Luis alongside members of the Duke community and Representatives Marcia Morey and Maria Cervania in calling on Republican leaders to take action to protect workers like Luis.
September 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Last Thursday, we joined Luis alongside members of the Duke community and Representatives Marcia Morey and Maria Cervania in calling on Republican leaders to take action to protect workers like Luis.
Duke will be starting involuntary layoffs in August, despite already having 600 workers voluntary laid off. Instead of putting the pressure on workers, protect jobs at Duke!
Sign our petitions:
bit.ly/saveHUCs
bit.ly/durhamrising
Sign our petitions:
bit.ly/saveHUCs
bit.ly/durhamrising
July 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Duke will be starting involuntary layoffs in August, despite already having 600 workers voluntary laid off. Instead of putting the pressure on workers, protect jobs at Duke!
Sign our petitions:
bit.ly/saveHUCs
bit.ly/durhamrising
Sign our petitions:
bit.ly/saveHUCs
bit.ly/durhamrising
Let’s be real: Duke isn’t a struggling nonprofit. It’s a wealthy health system that keeps buying up Durham and paying no taxes.
Meanwhile, our public schools are being starved of funding.
Sign the petition: bit.ly/durhamrising
Brandon Young, @durhamforall leader
#DurhamRising
Meanwhile, our public schools are being starved of funding.
Sign the petition: bit.ly/durhamrising
Brandon Young, @durhamforall leader
#DurhamRising
July 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Let’s be real: Duke isn’t a struggling nonprofit. It’s a wealthy health system that keeps buying up Durham and paying no taxes.
Meanwhile, our public schools are being starved of funding.
Sign the petition: bit.ly/durhamrising
Brandon Young, @durhamforall leader
#DurhamRising
Meanwhile, our public schools are being starved of funding.
Sign the petition: bit.ly/durhamrising
Brandon Young, @durhamforall leader
#DurhamRising
Duke says $18/hour is enough. We say give us the $25/hr we deserve.
We’ve built Duke with our labor and made it what it is. Now we’re demanding respect, and real union rights. It’s our labor. It’s our voice.
Sign the petition: bit.ly/durhamrising
@raiseupthesouth.bsky.social
We’ve built Duke with our labor and made it what it is. Now we’re demanding respect, and real union rights. It’s our labor. It’s our voice.
Sign the petition: bit.ly/durhamrising
@raiseupthesouth.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Duke says $18/hour is enough. We say give us the $25/hr we deserve.
We’ve built Duke with our labor and made it what it is. Now we’re demanding respect, and real union rights. It’s our labor. It’s our voice.
Sign the petition: bit.ly/durhamrising
@raiseupthesouth.bsky.social
We’ve built Duke with our labor and made it what it is. Now we’re demanding respect, and real union rights. It’s our labor. It’s our voice.
Sign the petition: bit.ly/durhamrising
@raiseupthesouth.bsky.social
Ms. Penny has worked at Duke since 1989. She loves her community but says those at the top aren’t treating workers fairly. Before she retires, she’s fighting to make Duke better for all workers and for the next generation.
✊ Sign the petition: bit.ly/durhamrising
#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth
✊ Sign the petition: bit.ly/durhamrising
#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth
June 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Ms. Penny has worked at Duke since 1989. She loves her community but says those at the top aren’t treating workers fairly. Before she retires, she’s fighting to make Duke better for all workers and for the next generation.
✊ Sign the petition: bit.ly/durhamrising
#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth
✊ Sign the petition: bit.ly/durhamrising
#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth
Duke owns 11% of Durham's land and pays NO taxes. Meanwhile, our public schools are underfunded and struggling to support our most vulnerable students.
Christy Patterson, Durham Association of Educators leader
#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth
Christy Patterson, Durham Association of Educators leader
#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth
June 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Duke owns 11% of Durham's land and pays NO taxes. Meanwhile, our public schools are underfunded and struggling to support our most vulnerable students.
Christy Patterson, Durham Association of Educators leader
#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth
Christy Patterson, Durham Association of Educators leader
#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth
Duke runs on the backs of low-wage workers, while sitting on a $12B endowment & paying zero in local taxes. We’re tired of poverty wages. It’s time Duke pays its fair share.
Sign the petition: bit.ly/durhamrising
Nahshon Blount, @raiseupthesouth.bsky.social worker
#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth
Sign the petition: bit.ly/durhamrising
Nahshon Blount, @raiseupthesouth.bsky.social worker
#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth
June 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Duke runs on the backs of low-wage workers, while sitting on a $12B endowment & paying zero in local taxes. We’re tired of poverty wages. It’s time Duke pays its fair share.
Sign the petition: bit.ly/durhamrising
Nahshon Blount, @raiseupthesouth.bsky.social worker
#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth
Sign the petition: bit.ly/durhamrising
Nahshon Blount, @raiseupthesouth.bsky.social worker
#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth
If Duke wants to call Durham home, it needs to act like it. Families are being priced out, jobs are vanishing, and homelessness is rising, while Duke hoards wealth.
Brandon Young, Durham For All leader @carolinafederation.bsky.social
#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth
Brandon Young, Durham For All leader @carolinafederation.bsky.social
#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth
May 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
If Duke wants to call Durham home, it needs to act like it. Families are being priced out, jobs are vanishing, and homelessness is rising, while Duke hoards wealth.
Brandon Young, Durham For All leader @carolinafederation.bsky.social
#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth
Brandon Young, Durham For All leader @carolinafederation.bsky.social
#DurhamRising #OrganizetheSouth
"Workers, public educators, students, & clergy are uniting together in a new coalition, Durham Rising, to hold Duke accountable to its responsibility as the largest employer in the region * show nat'l leadership in this moment of crisis for higher ed." - Nashoun Blount
📰 @indyweek.bsky.social
📰 @indyweek.bsky.social
Op-Ed: Duke Cannot Turn Its Back on the Working People of Durham’
A Duke University housekeeper and Durham native calls on the institution to do more to support employees and the community.
indyweek.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"Workers, public educators, students, & clergy are uniting together in a new coalition, Durham Rising, to hold Duke accountable to its responsibility as the largest employer in the region * show nat'l leadership in this moment of crisis for higher ed." - Nashoun Blount
📰 @indyweek.bsky.social
📰 @indyweek.bsky.social
Duke, you are nothing without the people and the city of Durham.
On Wednesday night, we launched Durham Rising—a coalition demanding real investment, dignity, and justice from the city’s largest employer and landowner. 🧵
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth
youtu.be/dxKGRiI_cNo
On Wednesday night, we launched Durham Rising—a coalition demanding real investment, dignity, and justice from the city’s largest employer and landowner. 🧵
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth
youtu.be/dxKGRiI_cNo
Durham Rising Townhall Launch
YouTube video by Durham Rising
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May 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Duke, you are nothing without the people and the city of Durham.
On Wednesday night, we launched Durham Rising—a coalition demanding real investment, dignity, and justice from the city’s largest employer and landowner. 🧵
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth
youtu.be/dxKGRiI_cNo
On Wednesday night, we launched Durham Rising—a coalition demanding real investment, dignity, and justice from the city’s largest employer and landowner. 🧵
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth
youtu.be/dxKGRiI_cNo