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. Instructions at the
bottom of this email on how to check your registration or help someone else
register. Keep in mind that this primary will often determine who will hold a
particular office come next January - due to the fact that whoever wins the
primary has no challenger in the general election in November.
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.
04/07/14 ASHEVILLE
TOOL LIBRARY MEETING
Come and join us for our first volunteer meeting for the
Tool Library this year. After a long winter we are very close to confirming the
TL Location, will soon be launching our initial tool drive and making the final
preparations to open this spring. We will be orienting new volunteers and
working on the next steps together. Feel free to bring food or drinks to share.
Light snacks will be provided. Please park at the bottom of Congress St or on
Gaston St. Time is 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Location of meeting is 40 Congress Street.
04/07/14 DOCUMENTARY FILM AT UNCA
And Castles Made of Sand Melt into the Sea…Eventually. Our
beaches and coastline are a national treasure, a shared resource, a beacon of
sanity in a world of constant change…and they’re disappearing in front of us.
“Shored Up” is a documentary that asks tough questions about our coastal
communities and our relationship to the land. What will a rising sea do to our
homes, our businesses, and the survival of our communities? Can we afford to
pile enough sand on our shores to keep the ocean at bay? In Long Beach Island, New Jersey
and the Outer Banks of North Carolina, surfers, politicians, scientists and
residents are racing to answer these questions. Beach engineering has been our
only approach so far, but is there something else out there to be explored? Our
development of the coastlines put us in a tough predicament, and it’s time to
start looking for solutions. Free and open to the public. Time is 5:45 PM to 9
PM and location is Highsmith University Union in the Grotto.
04/08/14 VETERANS FOR PEACE MEETING
Time is 6:30 PM and location is VFP HQ at the Phil Mechanic
Studios: 109 Roberts Street
in Asheville.
VFP Chapter 099: http://vfpchapter099wnc.blogspot.com/
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
04/09/14 WESTERN CAROLINIANS
FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Time is 9:30 AM and location is Black Mountain Presbyterian
Church library in Black
Mountain. Contact Beth at
elizakeiser@aol.com for more
information.
04/09/14 GREEN DRINKS
Join us Wednesday April 9th at 6 PM at the Lenoir Rhyne
University Graduate
Center at 36 Montford Avenue (second floor) in Asheville for a
presentation on Faith-Based Perspectives on Climate Change. Join us for a
discussion exploring various faith-based perspectives on climate change. Caring
for Creation, WNC Green Congregations and other community groups will be
sharing perspectives. Come out and join this conversation. Socializing
begins at 5:30 and the event runs from 6-7 PM. All are invited.
04/09/14 ENVIRONMENTAL FILM & PRESENTATION AT WWC
On Wednesday, April 9, 7 pm in Jensen Lecture Hall, Warren
Wilson's Environmental Justice Crew will screen the new award winning
documentary film A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet. We will
also be hosting the film-maker, Mark Kitchell, who will introduce the film and
answer questions. The filming is free of charge. Spanning 50 years of
grassroots and global activism, this Sundance documentary brings to light the
vital stories of the environmental movement where people fought - and succeeded
- against enormous odds. From halting dams in the Grand Canyon to fighting
toxic waste at Love Canal; from Greenpeace to Chico Mendes and Warren County,
N.C.; from climate change to the promise of transforming our civilization, /A
Fierce Green Fire/ is "nothing less than the history of environmentalism
itself" (Los Angeles Times). The film also deals with the start of the
Environmental Justice movement in Warren County, NC in the 80's, and points
some ways forward in the challenges in NC of Climate Change and of Duke
Energy's recent contaminations of public waterways (including the French Broad).
04/09/14 STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION SPEECH
Dr. June Atkinson will discuss “Fighting for Education on
the Front Lines” at Mars
Hill University
campus in Moore Auditorium. Time is 7 PM. Free. More info at the website
mhc.edu. (Seems to me she is working to destroy public education in NC).
04/09/14 INTERNATIONAL FILM AT UNCA
The film will be “La Haine” from 1996. This contemporary
classic follows a day in the life of three French working-class youths - an
Arab, a Jew and an African - who struggle against social injustice and racism
in contemporary France.
Edgy and groundbreaking; based on true events; prophetic; sometimes humorous;
with a soundtrack featuring Bob Marley, Schubert, Zapp and Roger as well as
Edith Piaf; with real live footage of riots, this film’s influence on French
cinema and French society at large was immense; it will not leave you
indifferent. Presented by: Oliver Gloag. Discussions will follow. Free of
charge. Free popcorn for UNCA students. Sponsored by The Mills Fund and
organized by the Departments of Foreign Languages and International Studies.
The time is 6 PM to 9 PM and the location is Highsmith University Union in the
Grotto.
04/10/13 CHILDREN FIRST FUND RAISER
Children First/Communities in Schools needs your help to
improve the education of our children. At our “Are you Smarter than an
Elementary School Student? Event” we are trying to raise $10,000 to support the
programs of Children First/Communities In Schools. This includes support for
our after school Learning Centers and our Advocacy work. The Learning Centers
provide a safe haven afterschool program, offering academic assistance, healthy
snacks, and enrichment activities for up to 60 at-risk children. They
strengthen the connections among student, school, teacher, parent, and
community, a key element in helping a child succeed in school and prepare for
life. As you well know, our Advocacy focuses on improving public policy that
benefits the children in our Learning
Centers and countless
others - as well as their families, communities, and schools. Together, our
direct services and advocacy build a community where all children can thrive.
We would love to see you at the “Are you Smarter than an Elementary School
Student?” on Thursday, April 10, 6 to 8 PM, at the AB-Tech Ferguson Auditorium.
http://childrenfirstcisbc.org/index.php/upcoming-events/
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. To
register or for more information, please email robertamadden@yahoo.com or call
her at 419-0730.
04/10/14 LECTURE AT UNCA
“Gaining Global Justice” will be addressed by David Crane,
former chief prosecutor for the Sierra Leone Special Tribunal. Lecture is free
and open to the public. Location is Highsmith University Union, Room 221-222,
at UNCA. Time is 3:30 PM.
04/11/14 LECTURES AT UNCA
“The Rise of Totalitarianism and the Interwar Years” will be
addressed by John McClain, humanities lecturer. Time is 11:25 AM, and location
is Lipinsky Auditorium at UNCA. “Feminist Art” will be addressed by Eva Bares,
department of art lecturer. Time is 11:25 AM and location is Humanities Lecture
Hall at UNCA. Lectures are free and open to the public.
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.
04/11/14 SERVICE DOG SENSITIVITY AND ADA LAW
I'm Genevieve Gaea and everyone is welcome to attend this
practice lecture regarding Service Dog Sensitivity and ADA Law. The lecture--
both knee slapping humourous and accurately informative-- will be given by me--
A Disabled Veteran and long time Service Dog Handler-- A1C Genevieve Gaea. It
is sponsored by Vocational Rehabilitation Super Star and Job Fairy who never
gives up on us handi-dandi's, Ms. Tonya Clark. It will be held at Vocational
Rehabilitation office at 8
Barretta Drive, Asheville, NC. Time is 3 to 4 PM. Please keep in mind
this is the free admission show and in the future you'll have to pay to enjoy
the benefits of my experience and professional expertise. Miss Molly May (super
service dog, heroic side-kick and loving companion who works far harder for
doggy kibble and hugs than any human would) will be available for petting and
kisses AFTER the lecture. Please RSVP by calling 828-484-9389.
04/11/14 WNC PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY MEETING
The next WNC PSR monthly meeting will be at a private home
near the VA Hospital. Brown Bag lunch at noon with meeting from 12:30 to 2 PM.
Everyone is welcome. Please go to www.wncpsr.org
for more information, which includes how to get there and other details.
04/12/14 ASHEVILLAGE URBAN FARM SCHOOL
The Lunatic Farmer will be in Asheville to kick off the Ashevillage
Institute's Urban Farm School & Permaculture Design Course. Free and open
to the public. This is sponsored by Ashevillage Institute and UNCA Office of
Sustainability. Time is 6 PM to 7:30 PM. Doors open at 5:30 PM. Location is the
Humanities Lecture Hall at UNCA.
04/12/14 TO 04/22/14 EARTH WEEK IN ASHEVILLE
Earth Day in Asheville
has become Earth Week! With lots of great chances for cleanups and other
volunteer efforts, plus a day-long celebration with non-profits and
for-profits, food, crafts, drinks, and bands that move us toward a resilient
and ecologically regenerative future. Visit the Lexington Avenue Celebration,
attend the French Broad Food Co-op’s Urban Homesteading Fair (April 19), join
Transition Asheville at our Water Infiltration Installation Celebration (April
19, see below in calendar), or come help show off our Water Sustainability
demonstrations, graphics, and interactive maps at our table. It’s going to be
lots of fun! Time is 11 AM to 8:30 PM and locations vary for various events.
http://transitionasheville.org/events/earth-week-in-asheville-2014/
04/13/14 PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES EVENT
Please Join Us for a “DOWNTOWN DECO EVENT” from 5-7 PM at
Kimmel & Associates, Art Deco 4th Floor, 25 Page Avenue, Asheville
(entrance in ally between Grove Arcade and Civic Center).
There will be wine, appetizers and valuable stories. RSVP to Betsy (828) 210-3444,
betsy@pisgahlegal.org. Parking info will follow. Stand With Us Against Domestic
Violence!
04/14/14 GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION ON US MILITARY SPENDING
04/14/14 MOVE TO AMEND BUNCOMBE COUNTY MEETING
The MABCO general meeting is Monday, April 14 at 7 PM at the
North Asheville, Library. Contact Ruth at
ruthachristie@gmail.com for more information.
04/14/14 WATER CLUSTER MEETING OF THE FOOD POLICY COUNCIL
The first official meeting of the newly formed Water Cluster
of the Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council will be held at back room of
Earth Fare at Westgate on Monday, April 14, from 3 to 5 PM. This will be after
the ABFPC Meeting of the Whole, at which we hope to learn more about how Water
fits in to the strategic priorities of the ABFPC as a whole and to start
prioritizing our Aims into Key Action plans. If you are interested in
helping form policy that affects the food/water relationship, we welcome your
input!
04/15/14 TRANSITION TOWN DESSERT POTLUCK AND LOCAL ENERGY
ALTERNATIVES
The evening will feature two presentations: Tom
Llewellyn of the REAL Cooperative has mapped Share Economy options in WNC, and
Amy Hamilton helped found The Smokey Mountain Hollers Cooperative
(smokeymtnhollers.com), a trade network and fledgling local currency effort in Western North Carolina. Come to eat goodies, meet
friends, and learn about these two exciting new ventures. Gather and share desserts
and drinks between 6:00 and 6:30pm at the Community Action
Opportunities Center
lower level, 25 Gaston Street,
Asheville. Gathering starts at
5:30, presentations to begin promptly at 6:30. For more information,
contact Ron at ronm_a@yahoo.com or 828-545-9114.
04/15/14 A RADICAL IDEA: EQUALITY FOR WOMEN
Anna Stearns and Roberta Madden will present a program on
the current status of the Equal Rights Amendment on Tuesday, April 15 from 6:30
to 8:00 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Swannanoa Valley.
Their presentation is entitled "A Radical Idea: Equality for Women."
All women and men are cordially invited. Anna and Robbie are leaders of RATIFY
ERA-NC, a statewide organization dedicated to making the ERA part of the U.S.
Constitution. Current focus is to pass pending legislation in Congress that
will eliminate the 1982 deadline and require only three more of the necessary
38 (two-thirds) states to ratify the amendment. For more information contact
robertamadden@era-nc.org.
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/
04/16/14 PRESENTATION AT UNCA
As part of the YWCA Stand Against Racism, Mission Hospital
and UNC Asheville will host Wise's talk. Tim Wise, whom scholar and philosopher
Cornel West calls, "A vanilla brother in the tradition of (abolitionist)
John Brown," is among the nation's most prominent antiracist essayists and
educators. This will be at 6:30 PM at the Humanities Lecture Hall at UNCA.
04/16/14 GREEN DRINKS
Join us Wednesday April 16th at 6 PM at the Green Sage
Coffeehouse and Café in downtown Asheville
for a presentation on Al Gore’s famous multimedia Climate Slideshow. The
presentation is a comprehensive overview and discussion of climate change
around the globe with up-to-date photos and information. Socializing starts at
5:30 PM and the presentation starts at 6 PM.
04/17/14 SPEAKER AND DOCUMENTARY AT UNCA
The Key Center for Community Citizenship &
Service-Learning and The Department of Foreign Languages will host the
documentary about 1961 Cuba
when 250,000 volunteers taught 700,000 people how to read and write. 100,000 of
the teachers were under 18 years old. Over half were women. Guest Speaker Sila
Reyna from La Vallita, Cuba,
will share her personal experiences as a maestra following this 30 minute
documentary called “Maestra”. Time is 6 PM and location is Highsmith Student
Union, Room 104, at UNCA.
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.
04/17/14 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
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. To register or for more information, please
email robertamadden@yahoo.com or call her at 419-0730.
04/17/14 SMITHSONIAN SCIENTIST TO SPEAK ON CLIMATE CHANGE AT
WWC
Brian T. Huber, Ph.D., chair of the Department of
Paleobiology at the Smithsonian Institution, will give a public presentation
April 17 at Warren
Wilson College.
His talk, titled “Planktonic Foraminifera: Recording Climate Change for 120
Million Years,” begins at 7 PM in Canon Lounge of Gladfelter Student Center.
Planktonic foraminifera are unicellular organisms that live in the upper zone
of the ocean. These creatures are distributed worldwide, but found only in the
open ocean. When they die, they settle to the bottom of the ocean. Huber does
research on what they can tell us about how Earth’s environment has changed
during the past 120 million years. For more information call Stephen Cartier,
Ph.D., WWC Department of Chemistry chair, at 828-771-3786.
04/18/14 LECTURES AT UNCA
“World War II and the Holocaust” will be addressed by Tracey
Rizzo, associate professor of history, and Eric Roubinek, history lecturer.
Location is Lipinsky Auditorium. “Post Humanism” will be addressed by Bill
Bares, assistant professor of music. Location is Humanities Lecture Hall. Both
lectures start at 11:25 AM, and they are free and open to the public.
04/18/14 ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE AT RIVERLINK
Dr. Frank Kalinowski will address “Environmental Legacies:
Politics, Policy and American National Character” from 3 to 5 PM. He is a
retired professor from Warren
Wilson College
and an author. Location is Riverlink offices at 170 Lyman Street in the River Arts
District in Asheville.
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.
04/19/14 ASHEVILLE
EARTH DAY CELEBRATION
Noon to 10 PM - Downtown Asheville. Local Food, Music, Beer and
environmental groups. Lots for kids to do!
04/19/14 WATER INFILTRATION INSTALLATION CELEBRATION
As part of the celebration for Earth Day and the launch for
the Water Sustainability Initiative, Transition Asheville and WaterLinks are
sponsoring the installation of water infiltration features at Peace and Fun Gardens,
124 Choctaw Street
in Asheville
from 9 AM – 11 AM on April 19, 2014. We plan to offer tours of this urban
farm in progress and to put in some contour berms-and-swales, check dams, and
perhaps an infiltration basin. Come see how easy it can be for your
neighborhood to protect itself from drought, flooding, and contamination!
Bring a shovel if you want to dig in!
04/20/14 ETHICAL SOCIETY OF ASHEVILLE MEETING
“The 3R’s: Education Issues in North Carolina” will be the subject of the
monthly meeting of the Ethical Society of Asheville. A discussion will follow
the presentation. Time is 2 to 3:30 PM and location is Asheville Friends
Meeting at 227 Edgewood Road
in Asheville.
All are welcome.
04/21/14 FILM AT AB-TECH
“Living off America's
Waste” AB-Tech is screening the movie “DIVE” on Monday, April 21st at the
Ferguson Auditorium. The film will be followed with a Q&A with the
filmmaker Jeremy Seifert. Inspired by a curiosity about our country's careless
habit of sending food straight to landfills, the multi award-winning
documentary “DIVE” follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they
dumpster dive in the back alleys and gated garbage receptacles of Los Angeles'
supermarkets. In the process, they salvage thousands of dollars worth of good,
edible food - resulting in an inspiring documentary that is equal parts
entertainment, guerilla journalism and call to action. Time TBA. No information
on possible cost.
04/22/14 EARTH DAY TO MAY DAY 2014 WAVE OF ACTION
The Global Climate Convergence: People Planet Peace Over
Profit.
04/22/14 EARTH DAY FILM
“GMO OMG” film will be shown at Asheville Community Theatre
at 35 E. Walnut Street
in Asheville.
Cost is $11 for advance purchase, $13 on the day of the show. Doors open at
6:30, Film starts at 7:15. Director and concerned father Jeremy Seifert (of Asheville) is in search
of answers to complex question of ‘who controls the future of food?’ GMO OMG
follows one family’s struggle to live and eat without participating in an
unhealthy, unjust, and destructive food system. This will be followed by
Q&A with the Director and panel discussion with local organic experts. You
can purchase tickets by calling Asheville Community Theatre at 828.254.1320 or
the Asheville Community Theatre website or on the day of the show. Proceeds
benefit the spread of organic education in our region.
04/22/14 EARTH DAY CONCERT AT UNCA
The UNCA Wind Ensemble & Symphony will present an “Earth
Day” concert. This will feature students and guest performers. General
admission is $5, students with identification are admitted free.
04/23/14 WESTERN CAROLINIANS
FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Time is 9:30 AM and location is Black Mountain Presbyterian
Church library in Black
Mountain. Contact Beth at
elizakeiser@aol.com for more information.
04/23/14 GREEN DRINKS
Join us Wednesday April 23rd at 6 PM at the Green Sage
Coffeehouse and Café in Asheville
for a celebration of our 500th edition of Asheville Green Drinks! Unlike 700
other cities that host green drinks, Asheville
is proud to be the only weekly green drinks event in the world. Our event will
honor the original Asheville
founders and Partners in Education and other community members who have
diligently produced 500 educational programs that have drawn crowds from far
and wide. Join us for hor’s dourves and refreshments.
04/24/14 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. April 24 event will
be the film “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 the
presentation. A potluck dinner will be held following the four sessions. To
register or for more information, please email robertamadden@yahoo.com or call
her at 419-0730.
04/24/14 ACADEMY AWARD WINNING FILM AT UNCA
The film will be “12 Years A Slave” and will be shown in the
Sherrill Center 417 - Mission Health Mountain View Conference Room. We will be
hosting a free screening of the Academy Award winner for Best Picture, “12
Years A Slave”, to help raise awareness and bring to consciousness the history
of social inequality and disparity in our country. Free to students, faculty,
staff, and the public. Time is 6:30 PM to 10 PM.
04/25/14 FILM SHOWING ABOUT PALESTINE
“Alhelm: MLK Jr. in Palestine”
film showing, with director present, organized by Western Carolinians for Peace
and Justice in the Middle East. Location and
time to be determined.
04/25/14 YWCA STAND AGAINST RACISM
This year "The Stand" will take place on Friday,
April 25 with many events happening around that time. This is a great way to host
an event of any size either in your own individual office, school, house of
worship, book group, or family. To learn more and to register visit: http://www.ywcaofasheville.org/
04/25/14 MORAL MOVIES FILM SERIES AT UU CHURCH
The NC NAACP in partnership with Working Films and The
Mountain People's Assembly presents: The Moral Movies Film Series. From April
through July, film screenings will occur once a month in at least 8 cities
across the state including Asheville.
The series will help build the energy and maintain the momentum of the Moral
Monday/Forward Together movement. On Friday, April 25th, we are screening the
documentary, "American Teacher", the first of the four films in the
series. Please join us and representatives from the NCAE and the Tarheel
Alliance of Classroom Teachers for the screening and a discussion on teacher
pay in NC. The film is at 7 PM and location is Unitarian Universalist in Asheville on Charlotte
and Edwin Streets.. Donations accepted. For more information, contact Norman at
mnpopi@charter.net.
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 BLACK 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 CAROLINA
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/.
04/28/14 ME2WE LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON
The Center for Diversity Education at UNC Asheville invites
you to lunch in recognition of young adult leaders in our community who have
worked collaboratively on the Me2We summer youth leadership program. The Me2We
program is modeled on the work of ASCORE (Asheville Student Committee on Racial
Equality) which was developed by Stephens-Lee High School students to
desegregate Asheville's movie theatres, lunch counters, libraries and more from
1960 - 1965. Me2We is a collaboration between The City of Asheville Youth
Leadership Academy, I Have a Dream at Pisgah View Apartments, and AVID Summer
Bridge at UNC Asheville to build the social justice leadership skills of the
next generation. The luncheon will be held at the Sherrill Center
in the Mountain View Room on the campus of UNC Asheville. Tickets for the
luncheon are $50.00 ($35.00 tax deductible). Time is 11:45 AM to 1 PM. You may
reserve your spot and pay at the door by emailing dmiles@unca.edu.
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ONGOING EVENTS
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TUESDAY
Veterans for Peace have a weekly vigil at 5 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 1 PM at A-Hope on North Ann Street in
Asheville.
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
at 5 PM.
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ACTIONS AND READINGS
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April 11 is the last day to register to vote in the May 6,
2014 Primary Election in North
Carolina!
Do two things:
1) follow this link to ensure that your voter registration
details are correct.
http://www.ncsbe.gov/webapps/voter_search_public/
1a) Use this form to correct any errors before April 11th. http://www.ncsbe.gov/ncsbe/Portals/0/FilesP/NCVRRegFormv102013eng.pdf
2) Use this form to register someone else to vote: http://www.ncsbe.gov/ncsbe/Portals/0/FilesP/NCVRRegFormv102013eng.pdf
Important information from Elaine Marshall on voting in the
May primary -- please read and share!
As you may be aware, the legislature made some changes to
our election laws that will take effect at our upcoming Primary Election on
Tuesday, May 6th. Here are some changes to be aware of:
This year, people will no longer be allowed to register to
vote during the one-stop voting period.
The deadline to register to vote is Friday, April 11th.
One stop early voting begins Thursday, April 24th and runs
through Saturday, May 3rd at 1pm.
Polls will then open on Tuesday, May 6th from 6:30am to
7:30pm.
Voters will not be required to present a photo ID during the
2014 elections.
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From Veterans for Peace, Chapter 099:
The 2014 International Veterans For Peace Annual Convention
will be in Asheville, NC hosted by VFP Western North Carolina
Chapter 99 from July 23-27, 2014. Volunteers are welcome to participate. For
info contact Gerry Werhan at gwerhan@gmail.com.
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