The second phase of an NAACP event focusing on poverty is coming to Greenville on Friday.

Local and state NAACP officials, along with representatives from the University of North Carolina Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity; N.C. Justice Center; Institute for Civic Engagement and Social Change at North Carolina Central University, and AARP of N.C., will gather from 9-10:30 a.m. at the Lucille W. Gorham Intergenerational Community Center, 1100 Ward St., for the “Truth and Hope Tour of Poverty in North Carolina.”

Officials will visit seven locations in two days.

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