CARRBORO, NC -- At its meeting on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, the Carrboro Town Council passed a resolution calling for the immediate lifting of the stop work order on foreign assistance programs and the reopening of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
The shuttering of USAID has forced hundreds of furloughs and layoffs in the entire Triangle-area impacting funded organizations and negatively impacting partner organizations. It has also prevented millions in payments owed to NC-based contractors and impacting their partners.
The Council expressed its solidarity with affected workers who have lost jobs and are impacted by the shutdown. Many of these workers are community residents who attended the meeting to express support for the resolution.
The resolution urges residents to make their voices heard on this critical issue by calling their respective Congress Members. The resolution will be transmitted to NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson, North Carolina’s Congressional Delegation, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought.
- Read the resolution at https://www.carrboronc.gov/2630/Proclamations-and-Resolutions
- Thank you to community members -- affected workers either facing lost jobs or other impacts from the US AID shutdown -- who attended the Council meeting (photographed here left to right): Karin Jacquin, Stephanie Martin, John Nicholson, Emily Nicholson, Jennifer Yourkavitch, Melanie Joiner, Brianna Clarke-Schuelm, Kirsten Krueger, Lucy Harber, Caitlin Williams and Whitney Fry.
