Sunday, October 16, 2011

Upcoming events in the Asheville area this week

Photo by Brenda Sandberg in NYC on 10-15-11.

UPCOMING EVENTS

10/17/11 OCCUPY WALL STREET ASHEVILLE
General Assembly meeting at 7 PM at Pritchard Park from Monday to Thursday.  For more information, call 828-348-7989 or visit the Facebook page “OccupyWallStreetAsheville”

10/17/11 ASHEVILLECONNECTS
AshevilleConnects - For all members of the community: Make the best use of existing community resources by getting and giving ideas, contacts, and information to further whatever you're working on. Tap into the deep well of what we know. Join us at the Self Help Building, 34 Wall St. in 3rd floor conference room from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. To RSVP: http://ashevilleconnects.wufoo.com/forms/z7x4a3/  or call Kathleen at 231-5565.

10/18/11 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS FORUM
Candidate forum from 7 to 9 PM at Reuters Center at UNCA.  This is for candidates for Asheville City Council.

10/19/11 BEING SALT AND LIGHT
"Being Salt and Light:  Friends Living the kingdom of God in a broken world" is a presentation by two individuals on Quakers and their role in the world.  This will be at Asheville Friends Meetinghouse at 227 Edgewood Road.  Potluck at 6 PM and talk begins at 7 PM.  Presenters: 1) Valerie Joy is the Executive Secretary of FWCC's Asia-West Pacific Section. Her international experience of Quakers worldwide has shaped her service to God. Valerie will share some of the special aspects of the lives, projects, difficulties and triumphs, in the context of 'Being Salt and Light," of Friends in Asia and the West Pacific. 2)Abel Sibonio  is a Friends pastor originally from Burundi, will talk about the “broken world” of life in refugee camps in Tanzania. He will share why he and his family migrated to Australia and how his Quaker experience has carried him through the difficulties of becoming established in a new country.  For more info, contact Michael at: galovic@indylink.org or 828-989-5571.

10/20/11 EARLY VOTING STARTS FOR GENERAL ELECTION

10/21/11 WNC PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY MEETING
The next WNC PSR monthly meeting will be 10/21/11 at the home of Steve and Beth Gilman. Brown Bag lunch at noon with meeting from 12:30 to 2 PM.  Directions to the Gilman's home:  ***Take Highway 70 - Tunnel Road east from downtown Asheville. (From Interstate 240 going east, take Exit 7 and turn left at end of ramp.) Go several miles and see VA Hospital on left. Just before Blue Ridge Parkway overpass, turn right at stoplight onto Pleasant Ridge Road. Take 2nd right turn onto Wagon Road. Then turn left onto Birchwood to #18 on left.  ***From Interstate 40, take Exit 55, turning toward Highway 70. At stoplight turn left. Just after passing under Blue Ridge Parkway overpass, turn left at stoplight onto Pleasant Ridge Road. Take 2nd right turn onto Wagon Road. Then turn left onto Birchwood, and follow to #18 on left. Park in driveway or on street.

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