The UNC Board of Governors had to temporarily suspend its meeting this morning as protestors interrupted discussions on whether to close an anti-poverty center at UNC Chapel Hill and two other policy centers at North Carolina Central and East Carolina University.
WFAE’s Gwendolyn Glenn says security had to remove some protestors.
“Some were students, some were older people, one said she was a professor. They were asked to sit down. They refused. Security came in and removed some people. At that point the chants started…so it got really hectic. They stopped the meeting and moved it to another room.”
The meeting is being streamed to separate room for the public. Much of the controversy surrounds the future of the anti-poverty center. It’s headed by Gene Nichol, a sharp critic of Republican lawmakers and Gov. Pat McCrory.
We’ll have more on this story today on All Things Considered.
