Spring at the Biltmore Estate
UPCOMING EVENTS
04/28/14 EARLY VOTING CONTINUES
William
H. Stanley
Building, 35 Woodfin Street in Asheville.
April 28 - May 2: 8 AM - 6 PM May 3: 8 AM
- 1 PM
All Remote Early Voting Sites have same hours.
Remote Sites are as follows:
North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave.
28804
Girl Scout Office — Upper Building
(Blue Awning), 64 WT Weaver Blvd. 28804
South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Rd. 28803
Skyland Fire Department, 9 Miller Rd. 28803
West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Rd.
28806
Heaven's Cloud Retreat — Old Union Hall Bldg., 130 Sardis Rd.
28806
Black
Mountain Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mtn. 28711
TWO RECOMMENDATIONS FROM FELLOW PROGRESSIVES:
District Attorney, District 28: Todd Williams
NC Supreme Court Associate Justice: Robin Hudson
04/28/14 STAND AGAINST RACISM EVENT AT AB TECH
This year, A-B Tech will hold one of the largest Stand
events on from 8 AM to 12:30 PM in Ferguson Auditorium on the A-B Tech campus
in Asheville.
A-B Tech and its partner, the YWCA, and sponsors (City of Asheville, MAHEC, and UNCA) will offer a
community progress report, panel discussion, as well as networking and
professional development opportunities. The event is free and open to the
public. Space is limited and registration is required. If you have any
questions, please contact Kathy Pfluger at 828.398.7114 or stand@abtech.edu.
04/28/14 EDUCATION TOWN HALL MEETING
Our children come first. They deserve a solid education,
with reasonable testing, class size limits, textbooks and supplies. Teachers
deserve respect, and fair compensation. If you agree, please attend an
important “town hall” meeting of parents, educators, businesses, PTO/PTA and
community members coming together in a coalition to give voice to our concerns.
Time is 7 PM and location is Asheville
High School.
04/29/14 ASHEVILLE
CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY
MEETING
Asheville City Council will hold a community meeting on
Tuesday, April 29 to share its 2014 Strategic Operating Plan, discuss its goals
and invite public participation in the plan’s final version. The meeting will
be held at the Charles
T. Koontz
Intermediate School
at 305 Overlook Road
from 6:30 to 8 PM so come on out!
04/29/14 STAND AGAINST RACISM EVENT AT JUBILEE
Talking Together About Race: Why is it so hard? How can we
rewrite our race story? Featuring the Asheville
premiere of the documentary “Racial Taboo” by filmmaker Brian Grimm. Time is 6
PM to 9 PM. Location is Jubilee Community at 46 Wall Street in Asheville.
04/29/14 STAND AGAINST RACISM EVENT AT LITERACY COUNCIL
The Literacy Council will show the movie “A Day Without A
Mexican” which takes a satirical look at what would happen if all Mexicans
suddenly disappeared. It shows what an impact the entire immigrant population
makes. Time is 6 to 9 PM and location is the Literacy Council of Buncombe
County at 31 College Place
in Asheville.
04/30/14 POWER OF POSITIVE PARENTING SEMINAR
Children of all ages need a safe, secure and loving
environment in order to thrive. Positive parenting is an effective
approach to raising children that emphasizes the positive. It involves creating
a family environment that is loving, supportive and predictable. This is
important in raising healthy, well-adjusted children who have the skills and
confidence that they need in order to succeed at school and in their
interpersonal relationships with others. Positive parenting reduces the stress
of parenting and makes it both more rewarding and more enjoyable. This seminar
will offer an overview of positive parenting techniques. Time is 10 AM to 11:30
AM and location is Mission Children’s Reuter
Outpatient Center
at 11 Vanderbilt Park Drive
in Asheville.
Contact Kate of Family Support Network of WNC for information on how to
register and possible costs. Her phone is 828-213-9787.
04/30/14 FILM AND DISCUSSION AT PACK LIBRARY
This will be a film about Aung Sun Suu Kyi, a Member of
Parliament in Burma.
Discussion will be lead by Dr. Sarah Judson, UNCA history professor. Time is 6
to 8 PM.
04/30/14 GREEN DRINKS
Jon us Wednesday April 30th at 6 PM at the Green Sage
Coffeehouse and Cafe for a presentation by author Glenn Geffcken and partner
Maria Rueda of Balanced Is, on “Indigenous Principles for Corporate Change,”
about the applicability of indigenous values to the art of doing business as a
force of positive culture shift. On the heels of the release of Geffcken’s
first book, “SHIFT: Indigenous Principles for Corporate Change,” Balanced Is
launches new culture workshops designed to catalyze a shift in organizational
culture through an experiential exploration of principles from indigenous
society. “Indigenous people, the world over, have lived in a state of grace and
harmony with nature for longer than history can record.” Geffcken says, “And
encoded within their cultural framework is a value system that places a high
importance on values themselves, which has enabled indigenous people to pass
their culture on throughout the generations without drift.”
05/01/14 PROTEST DUKE ENERGY MEETING IN CHARLOTTE
Our Power Together: May Day at Duke Energy Shareholder
Meeting will be held on Thursday, May 1st, from 9 AM to 11 AM. There will be a
rally, street theater, and speaker. Location will be Duke Energy Corporate HQ
at 526 S Church St
in Charlotte, NC. Contact Laura Sorensen for van seat and
carpooling at 545-4443 or Lsredoak@gmail.com. For Duke Energy ratepayers, for
NC taxpayers, for those of us who live near NC's fifty toxic coal ash dumps,
containing at least 16 billion gallons of coal combustion waste (enough to
cover 38,662 football fields one foot deep), for families with children, for
people of color, for people living in poverty, for those of us who drink water
or breathe air, it's time to tell Duke Energy they must be accountable!
Organizations involved thus far include: Action NC, Appalachian Voices,
Charlotte Environmental Action, Democracy NC, Greenpeace, NC WARN, Sierra Club
Club.
05/01/14 MAY DAY PROTEST AGAINST BANK OF AMERICA IN CHARLOTTE
Bank of America protest at 2 PM at 100 North Tryon Street in Charlotte.
05/01/14 YWCA BLACK AND WHITE GALA
Join us for an evening of live music, dancing, and local
eats in support of the YWCA's Stand Against Racism. Tickets are $50 each and
proceeds benefit the YWCA's programs to eliminate racism and empower women.
Learn more at ywcaofavl.org. Time is 6:30 to 10:30 PM and location is the
Crowne Plaza Tennis and Golf Resort in Asheville.
05/01/14 EDUCATION TOWN HALL MEETING
Our children come first. They deserve a solid education,
with reasonable testing, class size limits, textbooks and supplies. Teachers
deserve respect, and fair compensation. If you agree, please attend an
important “town hall” meeting of parents, educators, businesses, PTO/PTA and
community members coming together in a coalition to give voice to our concerns.
Time is 7 PM and location is TC Roberson HS Cafeteria.
05/02/14 MANNA FOOD BANK FUNDRAISER
Come to a “Flapjack Give Back” for MANNA FoodBank. Help
Ardenwoods support a worthy cause that benefits everyone in the community.
Monetary donations will be taken at the door to benefit MANNA FoodBank. In
exchange, enjoy a delicious pancake breakfast prepared by the Ardenwoods' chefs.
More than half of MANNA’s funding comes from private donations—and a majority
of that is through individual donors. Please come out and show your support for
this good cause! The event will be on May 2, from 8:30am-10:00am. Located at
2400 Appalachian Blvd, Arden,
NC 28704.
Call 828-684-7330 with questions.
05/03/14 WATER TROUBLES AND WATER SOLUTIONS: WNC WATER IN
CONTEXT
“Water Troubles and Water Solutions: WNC Water in Context:
The State of the Catawba River” will be held
from 3 to 4:30 PM at Pack Memorial Library in Lord Auditorium. This is the
fourth in a series of free presentations sponsored by The Wilma Dykeman Legacy
and Buncombe County Public Libraries to address questions about ensuring
abundant and affordable water in WNC over the next fifty years and beyond.
Drawing on experts from other areas of NC, the South, and North America, the series seeks to anticipate some do’s
and don’ts in water management. This presentation is about state of the Catawba
River, which is currently under review by the US Supreme Court, and is given by
Regina Guyer, associate director of the IDEAS Center, UNC Charlotte;
Barry Gullet, Director, Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities; Rusty Rozzelle,
Stormwater Director, Mecklenburg County, Amy Knisley, Environmental
Studies Faculty, Warren Wilson College, serving as the local responder. Free
and open to the public.
05/03/14 FUNDRAISER FOR WNC ALLIANCE
Come cookout and party with us to benefit WNCA and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy in our efforts to
protect the water and the environment! “Water You Waiting For?” is scheduled
for 4-9 p.m., May 3 at The Altamont Brewing Company at 1042 Haywood Road in West
Asheville. There will be live music, raffle prizes, a silent
auction and fun for the kids!
05/03/14 MAY DAY BBQ
The first Saturday after May Day, May 3rd, we will
be
celebrating International Worker's Day. Join leftists and radicals for
barbecuing, radical and inspiring readings, and a raffle. The raffle is
to
raise funds to help send folks to Socialism 2014, a conference in
Chicago and the largest annual gather of radicals in the US. This is
organized by Asheville Socialists. Time is 5 PM and location is 62 Wall
Street in Asheville.
05/04/14 ASHEVILLE
NOW MEETING
Join the ERA working meeting, Sunday, May 4, 2 p.m. at Havana's Restaurant in Asheville. Asheville NOW announces an
opportunity to roll up your sleeves and get to work: to brainstorm and gather
facts and opinions about the Equal Rights Amendment for use on our website and
in media; plan a special event featuring a state dignitary in July drawing
attention to constitutional inequality based on gender; discuss new strategies
for changing public opinion on ERA; learn more about what ERA can do for women;
change the conversation about ERA in North Carolina - because it's our time to
lead; discover how ERA can end political, social, legal and legislative
injustices against women and historical minorities. For more information and to
RSVP, contact ashevillenow@live.com.
05/04/14 STAND AGAINST RACISM EVENT IN ASHEVILLE
The event is at Co-Luminate in downtown Asheville. Sponsor is Wild Googe Festival.
Time is 7:30 PM. No further information, but I imagine the YWCA would have more
details.
05/05/14 DINNER WITH PROGRESSIVES
Dinner with Progressives is a social outlet for thoughtful
people in Asheville NC. The gathering includes time to eat
together and then enjoy presentations which focus on solutions for a brighter
future. This happens on the first Monday of the month. Dinner is at 6 PM and
the speaker/program is at 7 PM. This will be at the Green Sage
Coffeehouse and Cafe in south Asheville.
Contact Cheryl at ctorengo@gmail.com
for more information.
05/06/14 NSA SPYING AND THE CONSTITUTION
This will be a presentation by Mark Gibney, professor of
Political Science at UNCA. Time is 7:30 PM and location is the Manheimer Room
at UNCA. The development and expansion of technology and its impact on the
culture and society has always been a problem and presented a conundrum for
political power and public policy – especially in democracies. Most of us
have our favorite stories and inventions where government are “always catching
up” or having to adapt to new technology. What can we make of recent
revelations about cell phone data gathering in the service of national security
and what it means constitutionally? Mark Gibney is the Belk Distinguished
Professor at UNC-Asheville. Gibney recently he served as a juror at the
International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva, the largest human rights film
festival in the world. This event is co-sponsored by the Department of
Political Science, and the Osher Life Long Learning Institute.
05/06/14 PRIMARY ELECTION DAY
Precincts are open for voting from 6:30 AM to 7:30 PM.
05/07/14 GREEN DRINKS AND SIERRA CLUB MEETING
Join Asheville Green Drinks and the Sierra Club Wednesday
April 2nd at 7 PM for a presentation on “Upcoming NC Legislative Session.” The
Sierra Club and the Western North Carolina Alliance will present on Wednesday,
May 7 at 7 PM. Sierra Club’s state lobbyist will present a legislative preview
of upcoming issues expected to be addressed by the North Carolina General
Assembly in the short session beginning May 14 including a possible coal ash
bill & other environmental legislation. Free & open to the
public. Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 1 Edwin Pl. on Charlotte
in Asheville.
Contact: Judy Mattox, 828-683-2176
05/07/14 THE SOUL PURPOSE OF ASHEVILLE
An open invitation to all progressive citizens to join in
creating a new conscious mission statement for the Asheville community. Free event. Time is 6 to
8 PM, location is Masonic Temple Main Hall at 80 Broadway in Asheville. RSVP to Facebook: Soul Purpose of Asheville Gathering.
05/08/14 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.
05/08/14 LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL FILM AT FINE ARTS THEATER IN ASHEVILLE
The documentary is “My Toxic Backyard” and it is about the
south Asheville
community living around an old CRS Superfund site and the ongoing struggle to
get clean safe drinking water while the old CTS site continues to leak
dangerous toxins into the ground - 20 years after the threat was first reported
to the EPA. The premiere is at 7 PM and there will be more showings on the
upcoming weekend. $7.50 for matinees and $9.75 regular showings.
05/08/14 REGIONAL FORUM ON PUBLIC EDUCATION
Come and show your support for public education at a
Regional Forum. Please wear red. Concerned about Public Education in NC?
Testing? Teacher turnover? Funding for supplies? Come learn about the issues,
hear from those affected, and find out what you can do. Leave inspired and
informed! Time is 6 PM to 7 PM and location is TC Roberson High School.
05/10/14 WATER TROUBLES AND WATER SOLUTIONS: WNC WATER IN
CONTEXT
“Water Troubles and Water Solutions: WNC Water in Context:
Managing the Tennessee River Watershed” will be held from 3 to 4:30 PM at Pack
Memorial Library in Lord Auditorium. This is the fifth in a series of free
presentations sponsored by The Wilma Dykeman Legacy and Buncombe County Public
Libraries to address questions about ensuring abundant and affordable water in
WNC over the next fifty years and beyond. Drawing on experts from other
areas of NC, the South, and North America, the
series seeks to anticipate some do’s and don’ts in water management. This
presentation is about the opportunities and difficulties involved in managing
the multi-state watershed of the Tennessee River,
with Gary Springston, the water supply manager of the Tennessee Valley
Authority. Free and open to the public.
05/12/14 MOVE TO AMEND BUNCOMBE COUNTY MEETING
Ginny Lentz will talk about her experience going
door-to-door for the MTA “We the People Listen” campaign. All are welcome. Time
is 7 PM and location is North Asheville Library. Contact Ruth Christie at
ruthachristie@gmail.com.
05/12/14 FOOD POLICY COUNCIL WATER CLUSTER MEETING
The newly formed Water Cluster of the Food Policy Council
will hold its second official meeting to select our priority actions out of the
ideas brainstormed in the forming meeting and the first meeting. We
have identified 25 actions and consolidated them into six categories:
education of the public, investigation, working with the City, working with
other clusters, working with the general public, and events. Come join
our group and help us choose what to work on first to identify policy and
propose innovative solutions to improve local water systems as they relate to
food. Time is 11:30 AM to 1 PM and location is Earthfare at Westgate in the
back room.
05/13/14 SPEAK YOUR PEACE LUNCHEON
The Mediation
Center invites you to our
Speak Your Peace luncheon on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. The luncheon features Brad
Heckman, Chief Executive Officer of the New York
Peace Institute, one of the nation’s largest conflict resolution services.
Brad will discuss how his work establishing the first community mediation
centers in the post-Soviet region has influenced the vision and work of New
York Peace Institute. A Peacemaker of the Year Award will be announced,
and we will acknowledge winners of our Draw Your Peace art contest for youth.
Tickets are $50. For more information, contact Valerie Collins at 251-6089 x
212 or email valeriec@mediatewnc.org.
05/14/14 WESTERN CAROLINIANS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE
MIDDLE EAST MEEING
Time is 9:30 AM and location is Black Mountain Presbyterian
Church. We will be discussing “Zionism Unsettled” (available from Presbyterian
Books online at $10), chapters 1-5. Contact Beth at elizakeiser@aol.com for
more information.
05/14/14 GREEN DRINKS MEETING
Join us Wednesday May 14th at 6 PM at the Green Sage
Coffeehouse and Cafe for a presentation about The Built Environment and Nature.
Richard Louv coined the term “Nature Deficit Disorder” in his bestselling book,
Last Child in the Woods. In our technological age, children and adults alike
are connecting online, not outdoors. According to the research, “direct
exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development and for the
physical and emotional health of children and adults. What can we do to
reconnect our built environment with Nature? Many opportunities exist to
design our homes and landscapes to provide spaces to reconnect. Our
panelists include, Kevin Ward (Southeast Ecological Design), Chuck Marsh
(Useful Plants) and Victoria Schomer (Green Built Environments) each will
provide an overview based on their disciplines as builder/designer,
landscape/permaculture and interior design.
05/15/14 RADIATION TODAY LECTURE AT UNCA
Dr. Perry Sprawls will offer an interesting talk on
radiation in our lives today. There are different types of radiation, and with
the exception of light, it is invisible. That often gives it a mystic
characteristic and a cause for concern because of our natural “fear of the
darkness” and things we cannot see. When we become more familiar with the
radiation in our lives today, knowing its characteristics, where it comes from,
how it is used in modern society, and its effects on the human body, we can
make intelligent decisions and live in harmony with this part of our
environment. In this program we review the different types and sources of
radiation, their benefits to individuals and society, and the actions to
minimize risks. Perry Sprawls is Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Emory University,
Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, with over 50 years of experience
in the use of radiation for medical purposes. Free and open to the public, this
talk is offered in collaboration with the WNC IEEE. Time is 7 to 8 PM and
location is the Reuter
Center at UNCA, Room
102A. Contact Perry at olli@unca.edu for more information.
05/16/14 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.
05/18/14 MALCOLM X FESTIVAL IN GREENVILLE SC
Hours are 2 PM to 8 PM and location is Cleveland
Park (East Washington Street & Cleveland Park Drive)
in Greenville SC.
05/19/14 FIRST MORAL MONDAY FOR 2014 IN RALEIGH
No information on buses from Asheville at this time.
05/20/14 AUDUBON SOCIETY MEETING
The mission of the Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society (EMAS) is
to promote an awareness and appreciation of nature, to preserve and protect
wildlife and natural ecosystems, and to encourage responsible environmental
stewardship. EMAS hold meetings at the Reuter Center
(Room 102) on the third Tuesday of the month at 7 PM. The meetings are free and
open to the public. Contact Lew at olli@unca.edu for more information.
05/23/14 GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO
This is the first anniversary of the second time President
Obama promised to close Guantanamo
prison camp. A few individuals have been released in the past year, but more
than 150 prisoners remain - none of whom have been convicted of a crime in a
court of law.
05/30/14 WESTERN CAROLINIANS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE
MIDDLE EAST MEEING
Time is 3:15 PM and location is Brooks Howell House on
Merrimon in Asheville.
We will discuss the rest of the “Zionism Unsettled” book. Contact Beth at
elizakeiser@aol.com for more information. Contact Beth at elizakeiser@aol.com
for more information.
06/14/14 TRIP TO THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM
IN GREENSBORO
This trip departs from the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville Central Office,
165 South French Broad Avenue,
rear parking lot. Boarding the bus will happen at 6:30 AM, leaving at 7 AM. We
will returning to Asheville
at 6PM. There will be one stop for breakfast on the road and lunch at Williams
Cafeteria on A&T’s campus for the afternoon meal. $60 Per Person –
transportation and admission only, meals at your expense. May 30, 2014 is the
full payment deadline. This is sponsored by The A&T University Alumni
Association of Asheville. Send Check or Money Order to: A&T Asheville
Alumni Chapter, PO Box 2272,
Asheville, NC 28802. For more information contact:
William Edward Young, Jr., Chapter President at 828.251.2964.
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 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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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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