The People's Alliance for American Liberty (PAALPAC) sponsored the event, which was part of the statewide "Race to the Ballot" campaign. 

A panel of six spoke on different facets of the amendment. The speakers included Matthew Robinson and Adam Newmark, both professors in the department of justice and government studies, as well as religious leaders.

Robinson, who is involved with American Civil Liberties Union-NC, spoke about the social implications of Amendment One in terms of theories of justice.

"We all have opinions about things and a lot of the time our opinions about issues are formed by or relate to these theories, but we don't know it," Robinson said. "So, what I'm trying to do is show you you can come up with an opinion about Amendment One based on these well-established theories of justice."

Newmark discussed issues other states have dealt with concerning defense of marriage acts and the effects Amendment One could have on other elections and races.

"It's during a Republican primary, it's supported by mostly Republicans and certainly conservatives and the fact of the matter is, the Republican turnout will be much higher than Democratic or independent turnout because we know who the Democratic nominee for president is going to be," Newmark said.

Former Appalachian student Ian O'Keefe, who took this semester off to campaign for "Race for the Ballot," was at the teach-in.

"I feel like the campaign makes a real difference in the minds of the students and community members," O'Keefe said. "A lot of people I spoke to did not realize the implications of the amendment and after hearing the harms, they realize that there is no positives and there are a lot of negatives."

Freshman global studies major Jocelyn Hunt, campaign director for PAALPAC and local coordinator for "Race to the Ballot", organized the teach-in.

"I think the campaign is going great," Hunt said. "We definitely need to get more students aware of it and that sort of thing."