Events in Asheville This Week

Peace and justice events this week in Asheville - are actually in Greenville, SC! Many of us will be joining up with WE OBJECT and Greenville Anti-war Society to protest the arrival of a certain person who resides (unfortunately) in the White House. Join us if you can! And then there is the Activist Summit on Radioactive Waste. That last one is in Columbia, not Greenville.

Also, the WNC Peace Coalition has started up their own blog..... where I will be putting the weekly updates on events from here on out.

PEACE VIGILS and WEEKLY EVENTS

Sunday, 5:30 to 6 PM All Souls Episcopal Church [Biltmore Village]
Tuesday, 5 to 6 PM Vets for Peace Vigil [Vance Monument]
Wednesday, 4:30 PM Haywood Neighbors for Peace at Waynesville Post Office
Wednesdays, 5:30 PM Votive Mass for Peace at St. Mary Episcopal Church in Asheville
Friday, 5 to 6 PM Women in Black Vigil A’ville [Vance Monument]
Friday, 12 to 12:30 PM Women in Black Vigil H’ville [Main St at Old County Court House]
Saturday, 12 to 1 PM Transylvania County Vigil for Peace [County Courthouse]

Other: Food Not Bombs: 3:30 on Saturday at Pritchard Park. Info at 303-929-9713
Other: The Street Action Group (SAG) will hold meetings to plan actions, hold a potluck, and to work on projects most Sundays at 3 PM. Contact Kindra at impeach_now@bellsouth.net for location.
Other: Asheville Citizen Awareness (COP WATCH) meets at 6:30 PM at St. James AME Church at 44 Hildebrand Street in Asheville on Wednesday.
Other: Veteran’s Voices on WPVM at 5 PM on Wednesday. 103.5 FM or www.wpvm.org

OTHER EVENTS

05/23/08 to 06/03/08 Congressional Memorial Day recess

05/28/08 Panel and lecture series called “Assessing the Bush Presidency” in Greenville, SC. Chris Hedges, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, will be the Keynote Speaker. This is at Furman University, Younts Center at 7 PM.

05/29/08 to 05/31/08 Conference: Faith, Spirituality and Environmental Stewardship will be held at the Center for the Environment, Catawba College, 2300 West Innes Street, Salisbury, North Carolina. Contact: Amanda Hooker Lanier: 704-637-4295 or alhooker@catawba.edu. *Join us for a significant interfaith conference that will help to clarify the connection between faith and the environment. *Hear renowned thought leaders from across the nation discuss environmental challenges from a spiritual perspective. *Enter into dialogue with others about what the faith community can do about global and regional environmental challenges. *Participate in workshops that are geared for action. All Workshops, Keynotes & Evening Events - $150.00. http://www.centerfortheenvironment.org/

05/30/08 to 06/01/08 National Activist Summit on Radioactive Waste in Columbia, South Carolina. Please drop a message to Mary Olson nirs@main.nc.us or call 828-675-1792 if you want to be part of this event or want to get updates. We will follow up with a more detailed program and registration details soon. Note: due to industry attempts to participate in recent events intended for activists, there will be a pre-registration process. This event is open to all who are working positively for the end of the production of more radioactive waste (stop making it)! Attendance for the whole weekend costs around $110, and the meeting begins 1 PM Friday, May 30. In an event open to the public, Dr. von Hippel and Mr. Frishman will be speaking Friday evening at 7:30 at the Public Forum on Nuclear Waste, at the Green Quad of USC in Columbia, S.C. Please help spread the word about this event. Please RSVP to Mary Olson, NIRS, < nirs@main.nc.us> or 828 675-1792, or call Tom Clements, F.O.E. 803-834-3084.

05/31/08 The current White House resident will be giving a speech at the Furman University Graduation ceremony this evening. This is in Greenville SC.

06/01/08 Dr. Arjun Makhajani will be in Asheville to give a talk at the Owen Center at 7 PM. CORRECTION - TIME IS 8 PM. The talk is free and open to all. The talk will be preceded by a dinner with Dr. Arjun Makhijani, author of Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy, in honor of the work of NIRS and WISE -- organizations supporting community efforts towards a non-nuclear energy policy for the past 30 years. The dinner will include a BOOK AUCTION of copies of Carbon Free, Nuclear Free, signed by Arjun in three languages. For more information, contact Mary Olson at nirs@main.nc.