Madison Community Care Online Event with Jonathan McCoy
by Teresa Buckner - The community group Madison Community Care has organized an online event about the events of January 6, and featuring Professor Jonathan McCoy. His talk, which is open to the public, is titled, “When fear came to Washington,” and will present his insights about what happened at the Capitol in January, how these ripples are felt in our own community, and how healing and progress can be achieved.
“When Fear Came to Washington” (and what it means here in Madison county)
Monday, February 8th at 6 pm
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/98812214986?pwd=Zkt5NURtaDNrb3Rza0JCOUpOM0Q4QT09
Jonathan M. McCoy (M.A., North Carolina State University), teaches U.S. history, North Carolina history, and Geography. A Mars Hill University alumnus (1992), Mr. McCoy taught social studies in the Wake County Public School system for 24 years. During his studies at Mars Hill, he was the first African American elected as SGA President. He was also a member of Mars Hill University Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta (History National Honor Society) and the Mars Hill University Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science National Honor Society). Mr. McCoy attended Mars Hill on a football scholarship and was a four-year letterman.