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Sammy Slade

Slade joined Carrboro's elected board in 2009 and served fourteen years on it, arguing throughout for climate action and sustainability. In July 2023 he said he would not seek reelection, writing that local government was no longer the place where he could help mitigate climate change.

Source: Chapelboro: Sammy Slade Set to Leave Carrboro Town Council After 14 Years

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Kinnaird, Eleanor: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)

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  1. Sammy Slade is elected to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen Slade, a carpenter with a psychology degree from UNC who was raised in Bogota and Chapel Hill, won a seat on the Board of Aldermen in November 2009 and was ree…Search the index · Town of Carrboro: Council Member Sammy Slade (Internet Archive capture)
  2. Lydia Lavelle takes office as Carrboro mayor, the first openly lesbian mayor in North Carolina Lydia Lavelle, who ran unopposed for mayor in the fall 2013 election, was sworn in on December 3, 2013 as North Carolina's first openly lesbian mayor. Aldermen… People: Lydia Lavelle, Jacquelyn Gist, Randee Haven-O'Donnell, Sammy SladeChapelboro: Carrboro Celebrates NC's 1st Openly-Lesbian Mayor
  3. Carrboro Board of Aldermen calls for the repeal of House Bill 2 at a Saturday special meeting Three days after the General Assembly passed and Governor Pat McCrory signed House Bill 2, the Board met in special session and adopted a resolution affirming … People: Lydia Lavelle, Randee Haven-O'Donnell, Sammy SladeTown of Carrboro: Board of Aldermen special meeting minutes, March 26, 2016
  4. Carrboro accepts a community climate action plan The Board of Aldermen accepted a plan setting out steps residents could take to cut greenhouse gas emissions, extending the Energy and Climate Protection Plan …Search the index · Town of Carrboro: Community Climate Action Plan
  5. Carrboro Town Council adopts a nondiscrimination ordinance covering sexual orientation and gender identity Six weeks after the state's moratorium on local employment and public accommodation ordinances expired on December 1, 2020, the Council unanimously adopted Ord… People: Lydia Lavelle, Jacquelyn Gist, Randee Haven-O'Donnell, Sammy Slade, Barbara FousheeTown of Carrboro: Town Council minutes, January 12, 2021
  6. Sammy Slade announces he will not seek reelection to the Carrboro Town Council As candidate filing opened, Slade said he would step back after fourteen years, writing that he had believed local action was where representation could happen…Search the index · Chapelboro: Sammy Slade Set to Leave Carrboro Town Council After 14 Years

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