For the second year, Appalachian State University will host Social Justice Week – a series of 35 events dedicated to addressing some of the world’s most pressing social/human rights issues.The goal is to educate and to inspire action. More than 50 participating organizations are helping sponsor the discussions, films, service activities, art projects, trainings and more.Social Justice Week grew from one student’s idea. What will you come up with? See more at this link.
UPCOMING EVENTS
NOW IS THE TIME TO REGISTER TO VOTE. There is no more
‘same-day registration’ at early voting, so please register now for the
upcoming primary in May. Also be sure to update your registration if you have
moved. Last day to register/update is April 11, 2014.
03/24/14 to 03/27/14 EXHIBIT ON ‘REMEMBERING RAVENSBRUCK’
The Center For Diversity Education at UNCA is hosting an
exhibit from Kennesaw
State University
Holocaust Museum
called “Remembering Ravensbrück: Women and the Holocaust” from March 3 - March
27. Remembering Ravensbrück is on display at UNC Asheville in Karpen Lobby from
8:00 - 8:00 PM through March 27 during week days and is supported by WNC Jewish
Federation. For more information, contact Deborah at dmiles@unca.edu.
03/24/14 to 03/31/14 BLACK VAUDEVILLE EXHIBIT AT YMI
CULTURAL CENTER
The YMI
Cultural Center
will feature the female performers of the “Chitlin' Circuit”, the collective
name given to the string of performance venues for African American performers
in the segregated South. The program includes a documentary about vaudeville
comedian Jackie “Moms” Mabley, a Brevard NC native. The exhibit created was
created by local Asheville
High School graduate
Kelly'e West. Admission is Free. Hours are Tuesday-Friday from 11:30 AM to 4
PM. Other hours by request.
03/24/14 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH PRESENTATION AT UNCA
Using only Etty Hillesum's words, Susan Stein's adaptation
brings us to 1943 when Etty, a young Jewish woman, is about to be deported out
of Holland. As
she prepares for the three day journey eastward, she digs deeper into her soul
to understand this piece of history and root out any hatred or bitterness,
believing that humanity is the best and only solution for survival. Etty's words,
insights and beliefs reach out from the Holocaust and allow us to see the power
of hope and individual thought in the most extreme circumstances. This program
is part of Women's History Month and the exhibit on Women and the Holocaust now
showing in Karpen Lobby. (This date was listed incorrectly in the newspaper as
March 25. Please share with friends). Time is 7 PM and location is The Grotto
at Highsmith Student Union. For more info, contact Deborah at dmiles@unca.edu.
03/25/14 DISCUSSION ON WOMEN’S ISSUES
In preparation for writer, activist and poet Robin Morgan's
April 3rd visit to UNC Asheville, Dr. Lori Horvitz, Director of UNC Asheville’s
Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, will moderate two
intergenerational discussions/workshops about feminism’s past, present and
future. A short packet of writing by Morgan will be sent to participants.
Tuesday, March 25th/Room 206 of the Reuter Center 7 PM – 9 PM April 3rd,
Humanities Lecture Hall 7 PM Robin Morgan Robin Morgan is an American poet, author,
political theorist and activist, journalist, lecturer. Since the early 1960s
she has been a key feminist member of the American Women's Movement, and a
leader in the international feminist movement. Her 1970 anthology 'Sisterhood
Is Powerful' has been widely credited with helping to start the general women's
movement in the US, and was cited by the New York Public Library as 'One of the
100 most influential Books of the 20th Century,' along with those of Sigmund
Freud and Karl Marx. She has written more than 20 books of poetry, fiction, and
nonfiction, and is also known as the editor of Ms. Magazine. This event is free
and open to the public. Sponsored by the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Program.
03/25/14 NATIVE AMERICAN SPEAKER AND PERFORMANCE SERIES
Warriors of AniKituhwa, Cultural Ambassadors of the Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians, will present at 12:30 PM at the University Quad
(Rain/snow location- Highsmith Union, Alumni Hall). Designated as official
cultural ambassadors by the Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians, The Warriors of AniKituhwa, a Cherokee dance group, have been making
history by recreating Cherokee dances described in 1762, including the War
Dance and the Eagle Tail dance. They are revitalizing Cherokee dance by
bringing back other dances from the past, by doing research, and by offering
dance workshops for their community. The Warriors of AniKituhwa educate people
about the significance of their dances, their clothing, and Cherokee history
and culture. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by UNC Asheville Office of
the Associate Provost, Education Department, American Indian Outreach, Arts
& Ideas Program, Humanities Program, NEH Distinguished Professor, Cultural
Events & Special Academic Programs and more.
03/25/14 PEOPLE’S ADVOCACY & ACTION GROUP
The People's Group is the new way to take action at Just
Economics! Community members come together, enjoy dinner and conversation, then
learn and take action on a common struggle. March's Focused Action: Moving from
the ISOLATION created by income inequality into COMMUNITY built on support and
mutual aid! Facilitated by members of BeLoved House, an intentional community
working to end homelessness and poverty, with Faith Rhyne, CPSS, organizer with
The Icarus Project and the Asheville Radical Mental Health Collective. Time is
6 to 8 PM, and location is United
Way of Asheville
and Buncombe County
at 50 South French Broad Avenue
in Asheville.
03/25/14 ASHEVILLE
CITY COUNCIL CLEAN ENERGY
PROCLAMATION
Come to the Asheville City Council meeting and see Katie
Bray, director of Solarize Asheville and the new, broader program Clean Energy for Us, accept a
proclamation for Clean Energy for Us Awareness Day. This is a tribute to Katie
and the many volunteers and participants in Solarize Asheville, who are
modeling a new, cleaner way to generate electricity. This will be during the
City Council meeting between 5 PM and 7:30 PM. Location is Asheville City Hall
building, in council chambers.
03/26/14 FREE ENERGY AUDIT
Clean Energy for Us – Buncombe Campaign. Save money and
reduce pollution. Sign up now through March 31, 2014 at www.cleanenergyfor.us. There will be
an educational workshop from 6 PM to 7:30 PM at the Mill Room, 66 Ashland Avenue
in Asheville
(see below).
03/26/14 ‘CLEAN ENERGY FOR US’ PRESENTATION
Clean Energy for Us, the program that is building on the
success of Solarize Asheville, is holding a Free Public Workshop, to answer
questions about the program and how it might benefit your household. Time is 6
PM to 7:30 PM and location is The Mill Room at 66 Asheland Avenue in Asheville. Free and open to the public. For
more information, contact Katie at katie@cleanenergyfor.us.
03/26/14 WESTERN CAROLINIANS
FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST MEETING
This meeting of Western Carolinians for Peace and Justice in
the Middle East will be held at Black Mountain
Presbyterian Church Library at 9:30 AM. Contact Beth at elizakeiser@aol.com for
more information.
03/26/14 GREEN DRINKS
Join us Wednesday March 26th at 6 PM at the Green Sage
Coffeehouse and Café in downtown Asheville
for a presentation about Progressive Utilization Theory by Mirra Price, Ramesh
Bjonnes, and J. Geoffrey Steen. In this interactive and participatory workshop,
several Proutists (students of the Progressive Utilization Theory) will explore
PROUT’s unique contributions to the conversation of moving towards a more fair
and just socio-economic system. Ramesh Bjonnes will discuss economic
restructuring to achieve a decentralized economy. Mirra Price will address
specific needs of marginalized groups to achieve full inclusion in the new
economy. J. Geoffrey Steen will speak about cooperative agriculture. Presenters
will feature PROUTistic solutions to chronic unemployment, excessive private
wealth accumulation, and gender, racial and psychological oppression. The
workshop will conclude with a discussion of policy implications that would
guarantee everyone’s minimum necessities as we explore next steps in our
collective liberation from corporate greed and domination. The Green Sage
Coffeehouse and Cafe is transitioning into their winter hours. They will close
to the public at 5 PM but will still offer Green Drinks attendees food service
until 5:30 PM. Please plan accordingly if you would like to purchase dinner.
Thank you.
03/27/14 TO 3/30/14 LAKE JUNALUSKA
PEACE CONFERENCE
More information at http://www.lakejunaluska.com/peace/.
Early registration is $95 and ends on March 1, 2014. The theme and goals for
this year are "Faith, Health, and Peace: Seeking the Basic Right to Good
Health for All God's Children." The 2014 Peace Conference seeks to affirm
the basic right to good health from the perspective of faith traditions, lift
up "the leading causes of life," and explore ways faith communities
can combat the causes of poor health, such as disease, violence, and poverty.
03/27/14 “SHOPPING WHILE BLACK” PRESENTATION AT UNCA
“The Black Thief Stereotype: Shopping while Black and
Consumer Racial Profiling in the 21st Century” Shaun Gabbidon, Ph.D, is a
nationally recognized expert on issues of race, ethnicity,crime and private
security and will speak on the best practices to reduce theft reduction that do
not include racial profiling. Time is 6 PM and location is Mountain View Suites
at the Sherrill Center. For more info, contact Deborah
at dmiles@unca.edu.
03/27/14 HEARTSPEAK FOR PARENTS AND KIDS
HeartSpeak for Parents & Kids (aged 8 and up) will be
held on three Thursdays, 3/27, 4/3, 4/10, from 5 PM to 6 PM. Location is the
Rainbow Community School, 574 Haywood Road in Asheville. Love offering
accepted. Do you wish your children would listen and cooperate more? Parents
and children can learn together how to hear one another's feelings and needs.
This helps build mutual respect, leading to greater connection and cooperation.
Through fun, interactive games and skits, parents and kids will learn: to
connect through giving empathy to self and others; to get cooperation without
threats, punishments, or rewards; and to express our truth without blame or
judgment. Families will make their own set of Feelings & Needs cards to use
at home, facilitating resolution of conflicts and creating greater
understanding and closeness. Registration required, so please contact Cathy at
cathyfholt@gmail.com or 828-545-9681.
03/27/14 FILM SHOWING BY UNCA STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER
This is a REALLY Scary Movie Showing: “A Mountain Removed”.
Time is 7 PM, and location is the First Congregational Church, 20 Oak Street, in Asheville. The UNCA Student
Environmental Center
and Transition Asheville have partnered to host a series of REALLY Scary
(because they're about REAL issues) movie series. This month's film is
about the high costs of our dependence on coal, in the terrifying form of
mountaintop removal.
03/27/14 ‘AINT I A WOMAN’ CORE ENSEMBLE
A chamber music theatre work for actress and trio (cello,
piano & percussion) celebrating the lives and times of four significant
African American Women: ex-slave and fiery abolitionist Sojourner Truth,
renowned novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, exuberant folk artist
Clementine Hunter and fervent civil rights worker Fannie Lou Hamer. The musical
score is drawn from the heartfelt spirituals of the Deep
South, the urban exuberance of the Jazz Age and concert music by
African American composers including Diane Monroe. Free and open to the public.
Time is 7 to 9 PM and location is Carmichael Humanities Lecture Hall 139.
03/27/14 HAYWOOD ROAD CORRIDOR PLAN
From City of Asheville:
A draft of the Haywood Road Corridor Form Based Code plan will be
presented March 27, 4:30 to 7:30 PM at the Little Theater at Hall Fletcher
School. We still need
your input and questions to make this be the best plan it can be!
03/27/14 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST MOVIE IN CHARLOTTE
This will be at 6:30 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Church
of Charlotte at 234 N. Sharon
Amity Road, Charlotte, NC. Join us in Charlotte for “Cautionary Tales from
Communities Impacted by Fracking”, co-sponsored by the Frack Free NC Alliance
and Stop the Frack Attack.
This speaker tour includes community members and grassroots leaders from Pennsylvania, New York,
and Iowa.
Hear their stories on the fight against natural gas development near
their homes, and learn how we can take control to prevent fracking from coming
to North Carolina!
This event is free & open to the public. For more information, contact June
at june@cleanaircarolina.org.
03/29/14 14 NEW SERIES TO ADDRESS WNC WATER TROUBLES
The Wilma Dykeman Legacy and Buncombe County Public Library
are sponsoring a series of Saturday afternoon presentations to explore the
problems and potential solutions to our region’s water supplies. This series is
free and open to the public. Time is 3 to 4:30 PM and location is Lord
Auditorium at Pack Memorial Library. This runs until early May.
03/30/14 ECOLOGY OF JUDAISM CLASS
“Permaculture and Shmita” will be held at Asheville Jewish
Community Center, 236 Charlotte
Street in Asheville.
Time is 10 AM to 5 PM. Registration required by March 20. Info:
tami@jcc-asheville.org.
03/31/13 CLIMATE CHANGE, CREATING CARE, AND YOU
Join WNC Green Congregations for a Prayer Breakfast with
Peter Illyn of Restoring Eden.
Coffee & breakfast provided; event includes a Q&A panel with Peter, Dr.
Mallory McDuff, author of Sacred Acts: How Churches are Working to Protect
Earth’s Climate, and local clergy and lay leaders. Time is 9 AM to 10:30 AM and
location is The Cathedral of All Souls in Biltmore Village.
Free and open to the public. RSVP by Friday, March 28th by emailing Rebekah at
Rebekah@wnca.org or 828-258-8737 ext 206.
04/01/14 POLL MONITOR TRAINING BY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
Poll Monitor Training by League of Women Voters of
Asheville-Buncombe County on April 1 at 6 PM to 8 PM. Location is West
Asheville Library. For questions or more information please contact: info@ablwv.org or jumpstartthevote@gmail.com.
04/01/14 VOTER REGISTRATION TRAINING
Our next general meeting of the Mountain People's Assembly
will be focused on organizing a voter registration drive from April 2-April 11
in low-income and marginalized communities. Voters have to be registered by
April 11th to participate in the primaries. Voter registration, voter
education, and GOTV efforts have been identified as a primary focus for the
Mountain People's Assembly and is in line with a major focus of HKonJ (our
statewide affiliate that began the Moral Monday movement). We are working to
combat the effects of the unjust voter suppression legislation that was passed
in the NCGA in 2013. We will be in Lord Auditorium for this important meeting
and organizing event. This is a Call to Action to join Mountain People’s
Assembly on April 1, 2014 for Voter Registration training. This is a major push
to get our volunteers ready to properly register voters to be eligible to
participate in the Primary on May 6, 2014. The deadline to register is April
11. It is time to go to work. Come join us to make it happen! Please arrive
promptly. We have a lot of work to do - the library closes at 8:00PM sharp. We
will have to exit by 7:50 at the latest. Please arrive on time at 6 PM and
location is Lord Auditorium at Pack Library in downtown Asheville. Questions: Call 828.423.6476.
04/01/14 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WNC
World Affairs Council of Western North Carolina Presents “Cuba in Reach?
Travel, Trade and Transitions in Havana and Washington” by Jon
Elliston -- writer and editor for Carolina Public Press and WNC Magazine. Ever
since the Cuban Revolution and the resultant missile crisis that was a defining
moment in diplomacy in the nuclear age, Cuba
has had a strange relationship with the US. This is cosponsored by the
Department of Political Science, and the Osher Life Long Learning Institute.
Time is 7:30 PM and location is Manheimer Room at Reuter Center
at UNCA. No admission charge to WAC members or UNC-A students. All others
$10.00. For further information, email gpeery@mhu.edu or call 828-242-6380.
04/02/14 SIERRA CLUB MEETING AND GREEN DRINKS AND WNC ALLIANCE
Time is 7 PM (program starts at 7:15) at the Unitarian
Universalist Congregation of Asheville (corner of Charlotte & Edwin).
Sierra Club, Western North
Carolina Alliance & Green Drinks will present on “Moving Beyond Coal
& Coal Ash Spills.” Emma Greenbaum of Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign
will discuss the current status with coal ash spills, regulations, law suits,
and plans for moving beyond coal use. Free & open to the public. Contact:
judymattox@sbcglobal.net, or 828-683-2176 for more information.
04/02/14 ASHEVILLE
BUNCOMBE FOOD POLICY COUNCIL MEETING- RESCHEDULED
ABFPC Meeting of the Whole will be from 6 to 8 PM at the Sherrill Center at UNCA. We got snowed out the
first time, but Mother Nature can't keep us down! We are STILL excited to
celebrate the progress made across the community over the past year in
supporting healthy food access and food systems in Asheville
and Buncombe County. Join us as we set our strategic
priorities for the upcoming year. This meeting will be a great opportunity to
learn more about our work, how we can support your efforts and priorities, and
ways to get involved. Haven't participated in an ABFPC meeting before? Want to
learn more about us? We'll be hosting a new member orientation at 4 PM prior to
the start of the meeting. Please RSVP by emailing us at info@abfoodpolicy.com. Location is 227 Campus Drive.
04/03/14 DIALOGUE ON RACE SERIES PLANNED FOR APRIL
A four-week Dialogue on Race will be held every Thursday in
April from 6:00 to 7:30 PM at the Carver
Center, 101 Carver Avenue in Asheville. The four sessions lead up to the
annual Stand Against Racism on the last weekend of April. Topics include: April
3 - Racism Hurts Everyone (definitions, film on white privilege, institutional
racism); April 10 - Legacy of Slavery (presentation on slave records by Drew
Reisinger, Buncombe County Register of Deeds); April 17 - Legacy of Civil
Rights Pioneers (panel discussion); April 24 - We Shall Overcome (uplifting
film about unlikely friendship between an embittered Ku Klux Klan leader and an
outspoken black woman activist in Durham, NC). Small group discussions will
follow each presentation. A potluck dinner will be held following the four
sessions. Sponsors include the Chamber of Commerce, the local Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. Corporation, Thomas Chapel AME Church, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of
the Swannanoa Valley, and the YWCA of Asheville. To
register or for more information, please email robertamadden@yahoo.com or call
her at 419-0730.
04/03/14 ASHEVILLE
JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
Opening Night Film & Reception will be held at Blue
Spiral 1 Gallery at 28 Biltmore
Avenue in Asheville.
All tickets $22. The movie will be “Dancing in Jaffa”. Renowned ballroom dancer, Pierre
Dulaine takes his belief that dance can overcome political and cultural
differences and puts it into action with one hundred and fifty 11 year old
Jewish and Palestinian Israelis. What occurs is magical and transformative.
Ticket price is for opening at Gallery and film. No ‘film only’ tickets
available for opening night. Encore matinee on Friday April 4- see below. Movie
will be shown at Fine Arts Theater in downtown Asheville.
04/03/14 PRESENTATION AT UNCA
Robin Morgan presents “Sisterhood Tweets and Blogs into the
21st Century”. Time is 7 PM in Humanities Lecture Hall at UNCA. Free. For more
information, please contact Lori Horvitz, professor of literature and language,
at (828) 251-6590.
04/04/14 ASHEVILLE
JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
The movie will be “Dancing in Jaffa”. Renowned ballroom dancer, Pierre
Dulaine takes his belief that dance can overcome political and cultural
differences and puts it into action with one hundred and fifty 11 year old
Jewish and Palestinian Israelis. What occurs is magical and transformative.
Ticket price is for opening at Gallery and film. No ‘film only’ tickets
available for opening night. Encore matinee on Friday April 4 at 1 PM. Cost of
ticket is $8.50. Movie will be shown at Fine Arts Theater in downtown Asheville.
04/04/14 to 04/06/14 ALTERNATIVE TO VIOLENCE PROJECT
TRAINING
Sponsors of this event are Quaker House and the National
Association of Social Workers. This is a training program enabling participants
to deal with potentially violent situations in new and creative ways. This is
an experiential learning model that is valuable for Social Workers, Counselors,
Psychologists, Clergy, Court Counselors, Teachers, School Counselors, Case
Managers, Military Personnel, Law Enforcement, Substance Abuse Professionals,
Physicians, Nurses and other members of the behavioral health and health care
providers community. This will be held at First Christian Church in Fayetteville, NC.
This is the basic workshop, and there will be further workshops for advanced
training and for facilitators. Fees range from $30 to $80 for the full weekend.
For more information, call Lynn
at 910-323-3912.
04/05/14 RALLY AND VIGIL TO STOP DEPORTATIONS
On April 5th join us along with others from Western North Carolina to unite as a community and let
the president know that we have had enough with his lack of action. Immigrant
communities all over the country will lift up and let their voices be heard on
this NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION, specifically toward one person that has the
authority to stop deportations, our President. Every day 1,400 people are being
deported in the United
States and in April it’s estimated that that
number will reach 2 million people, under President Obama. These are 2 million
families that have been separated, 2 million children left without their
parents, 2 million are 2 many immigrant hermanos that are being deported simply
because they are working for a better future for their families. Join us with
people from the Western North Carolina and
others all over the country to let the President know that he has the authority
and he has to act now!! Time is 11:30 AM to 3 PM and location is Basilica of
Saint Lawrence in Asheville.
For more information about the event call (828) 713-5124 or (828) 273-9000.
04/07/14 DINNER WITH PROGRESSIVES
Please mark your calendars for the first Monday evening of
every month through December 2014 for our Dinner with Progressives. There
is a lot of work to do to try and create positive change in Asheville,
Buncombe County, NC
and the US.
The first Monday of each month at Green Sage Restaurant will be a place where
we can be together to have hope for a brighter future as well as a place to
commiserate along the way. Time is 6 PM to 8 PM and location is the Green
Sage Coffeehouse and Café at 1800
Hendersonville Road in south Asheville. Please contact Cheryl at 828-258-3327
for more information.
04/09/14 WNC HEALTH ADVOCATES PRESENTATION
“An Evening with Susan Reinhardt” will be held from 7 PM to
9 PM on April 9, 2014. Come spend an evening with columnist, author and radio
personality Susan Reinhardt and enjoy her perspective of life as a
"Cracked Southern Belle." This event will be at The Millroom at 66 Asheland Avenue
in Asheville.
Tickets are $20 each. Go to this link for tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-susan-reinhardt-tickets-10783815683
04/10/14 DIALOGUE ON RACE SERIES PLANNED FOR APRIL
A four-week Dialogue on Race will be held every Thursday in
April from 6:00 to 7:30 PM at the Carver
Center, 101 Carver Avenue in Asheville. The four sessions lead up to the
annual Stand Against Racism on the last weekend of April. Topics include: April
10 - Legacy of Slavery (presentation on slave records by Drew Reisinger,
Buncombe County Register of Deeds); April 17 - Legacy of Civil Rights Pioneers
(panel discussion); April 24 - We Shall Overcome (uplifting film about unlikely
friendship between an embittered Ku Klux Klan leader and an outspoken black
woman activist in Durham, NC). Small group discussions will follow each
presentation. A potluck dinner will be held following the four sessions.
Sponsors include the Chamber of Commerce, the local Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Corporation, Thomas Chapel AME Church, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of
the Swannanoa Valley, and the YWCA of Asheville. To
register or for more information, please email robertamadden@yahoo.com or call
her at 419-0730.
04/11/14 ELECTION DEBATE
Candidates for District Court Judge, District Attorney, and
Clerk of Superior Court in the upcoming May primary will debate at the Buncombe
County Judicial Complex on Friday, April 11 at 4 pm. There will be three
separate debates, featuring candidates for District Court Judge, District
Attorney, and Superior Court Clerk. Retired Judge Gary Cash will be the
moderator, and the event will be open to the public. The debate is sponsored by
the 28th Judicial District Bar, with the assistance of the Criminal Defense
Bar. Time is 4 PM and location is Buncombe County Judicial Complex. Questions
may be submitted by members of the Bar to the Bar Administrator, by email at
admin@28thJDB.com. Please note if your question is for the District Attorney’s
race, the District Court Judge race, or the Superior Court Clerk’s race. The
Bar Administrator will collect the questions, removing only the sender’s name,
and send them on to Judge Cash. At the debate, candidates will be introduced by
name only. Questions will be asked by the moderator, and responses limited to
two minutes. A rebuttal to the original question may be offered by the opposing
candidate, but this will be limited to one minute. The moderator may ask
follow-up questions, and the audience may submit written follow-up questions to
the moderator.
04/14/14 GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION ON US MILITARY SPENDING
04/14/14 MOVE TO AMEND BUNCOMBE COUNTY MEETING
The MABCO Executive Committee Meeting is Monday, April 14 at
7 PM at the North Asheville, Library. Contact
Ruth at
ruthachristie@gmail.com for more information.
04/15/14 WILD AND SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL
Join us as the largest environmental film festival in the United States comes to Western
North Carolina! The Western North Carolina Alliance presents the
Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival, on tour in Asheville during the week leading up to Earth
Day! It is a festival by activists and for activists. For thirty years, WNCA
has been a building a community to protect and restore the forests and rivers
of our home. The Wild & Scenic Film Festival puts our work–and yours–into
the broader environmental and social context, and serves to remind us that
we’re participants in a global movement for a more wild and scenic world. Time
is 6 PM to 9 PM and location is Asheville Community Theatre at 35 E. Walnut Street
in Asheville.
Buy tickets here: http://wnca.org/wild-and-scenic-film-festival-2014/
04/17/14 ASHEVILLE
JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
“A Bottle in the Gaza
Sea” will be shown at the Fine Arts
Theater in downtown Asheville.
Tal is a 17-year-old French woman who has settled in Jerusalem with her family. She writes a
letter expressing her refusal to accept that only hatred can reign between
Israelis and Palestinians. She slips the letter into a bottle, and her brother
throws it into the sea near Gaza,
where he is carrying out his military service. A few weeks later, Tal receives
an e-mail response from a mysterious “Gazaman,” a young Palestinian named Naïm.
And thus begins a turbulent but tender long-distance friendship between two
young people that are separated by a history they are trying both to understand
and change. Based on the award-winning novel by Valérie Zenatti. All tickets
$8.50. Time is 7 PM.
04/18/14 ASHEVILLE
JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
“A Bottle in the Gaza
Sea” will be shown at the Fine Arts
Theater in downtown Asheville.
Tal is a 17-year-old French woman who has settled in Jerusalem with her family. She writes a
letter expressing her refusal to accept that only hatred can reign between
Israelis and Palestinians. She slips the letter into a bottle, and her brother
throws it into the sea near Gaza,
where he is carrying out his military service. A few weeks later, Tal receives
an e-mail response from a mysterious “Gazaman,” a young Palestinian named Naïm.
And thus begins a turbulent but tender long-distance friendship between two
young people that are separated by a history they are trying both to understand
and change. Based on the award-winning novel by Valérie Zenatti. All tickets
$8.50. Time is 1 PM.
04/22/14 to 5/1/14 EARTH DAY TO MAY DAY WAVE OF ACTION
04/26/14 HARD TO RECYCLE COLLECTION IN ASHEVILLE
This will be from 8 AM to 1 PM at the City Public Works
Parking Lot at 161 Charlotte
Street in Asheville.
04/26/14 EARTH DAY FLEA MARKET AND RECYCLING COLLECTION IN
BL MOUNTAIN
This will be from 8 AM to 11 AM and will be held in the
public parking lot between Sun Trust Bank (on Rt 9) and the RR tracks. This is
sponsored by Black Mountain Recreation and Parks.
04/28/14 to 04/29/14 CAROLINAS CLIMATE RESILIENCE CONFERENCE
IN CHARLOTTE
Please join us and other practitioners, researchers, and
staff from local, state, and federal agencies to share information about
climate-related tools, resources, experiences, and activities in the Carolinas. This will be a very interactive conference
geared towards networking and exchange among stakeholders and decision makers
throughout the region. This will be at the Hilton Charlotte University Place at 8629 JM Keynes Drive
in Charlotte.
More information at
http://www.cisa.sc.edu/ccrc/.
07/24/14 TO 07/27/14 VETERANS FOR PEACE ANNUAL CONVENTION
This will be held at UNCA. More information to follow.
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ONGOING EVENTS
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TUESDAY
Veterans for Peace have a weekly vigil at 4:30 PM at Pack Square, Vance Monument
WEDNESDAY
Haywood Peace Vigilers have a weekly vigil at 4 PM at
Haywood County Courthouse in Waynesville
THURSDAY
Asheville Homeless Network meeting at 2 PM at Firestorm Cafe
Youth Outright Poetry Night at United Church
of Christ in Asheville at 5 PM
FRIDAY
Women in Black have a weekly vigil at noon at the City Hall
in Hendersonville
Women in Black have a monthly vigil at 5 PM at Vance Monument
in Asheville
(first Friday only)
SATURDAY
Transylvanians for Peace and WNC Physicians for Social
Responsibility have a weekly vigil at noon in front of the courthouse in
Brevard
Third Saturdays – Asheville’s
Green Grannies invites the public to “sing for the climate” at Vance Monument.4
PM.
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ACTIONS AND READINGS
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Please help us spread the word and forward this email with
the pdf version of Presente to your networks:
The Spring issue contains mobilizing information for the Spring Days of Action in DC, and also focuses on recent developments in Latin America and within the SOA Watch movement:
- The "election" of Juan Orlando Hernandez amid
evidence of fraud in Honduras
- The 2014 SOA Watch Youth Encuentro, to take place in Venezuela this
summer
- News from around the region on the involvement of
SOA/WHINSEC grads in human rights abuses
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NATIONAL VETERANS FOR PEACE CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN ASHEVILLE AT UNCA FROM
07/24/14 TO 07/27/14.
DEADLINE For Workshop Applications is April 1, 2014. The
theme of this year's convention is Peace or Perish Abolish War on Planet and
Poor. Keep the theme in mind as you plan your workshop presentations. Applications
can be submitted online or by downloading a copy of the application and sending
via snail mail. (Go to link above.) Those submitting an application will be
notified if they have been accepted by April 31, 2014. Workshop presenters are
expected to register for the convention, pay for their room/board and provide
their own transportation to/from the convention.
Sign Up for Tabling: Pricing for tabling at the 2014 VFP
National Convention is listed below. Tables will be assigned on a first
come, first serve basis.
VFP Chapters - $50
Non-Profits - $75
Vendors - $200
You can get together with another group and split a table. Tables
are limited. Reserve your table today by sending a check to: VFP National,
Attn: Tabling, 216 S. Meramec
Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63105.
Any questions, please call Jim at 828-777-4433.
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RECYCLING
Curbside Management's Recycling Drop-off
Center behind Asheville
Pizza & Brew (675 Merrimon
Ave.) closed the end of February.
Use Curbie's drop-off center in front of their facility at 116 N. Woodfin Ave., Asheville, accessed off Exit 24 Elk Mountain
Road or off Merrimon/Rt 25. Convenient for residents and non-residents. Open 24
hrs a day, 7 days a week.
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