UPCOMING EVENTS
12/08/14 MOVE TO AMEND BUNCOMBE COUNTY MEETING
The next MABCO meeting is Monday, December 8, at 7 PM at the North Asheville Library on Merrimon Avenue. The focus of this planning meeting will be setting MABCO goals for 2015. Call Ruth at 232-2883 or email ruthachristie@gmail.com for more information.
12/08/14 TRANSITION ASHEVILLE SOCIAL
TA Social: “Tim Ormond and a New Paradigm for Human-Stormwater Ecosystems!” Transition Asheville is presenting a talk by Tim Ormond,of HydroCycle Engineering, who has transformed the landscape and parking lot of Mars Hill's Town Hall from an ordinary "storm-water--run-off-into-the-sewer-system" situation, into a veritable Garden of Eden! Come hear how he did it, and why he is advocating for a new paradigm for human-stormwater ecosystems. Monday, Dec. 8th, at the Parish Hall of St. Mary's Church, 337 Charlotte St., Asheville, 6:30 to 8 PM. Free, and delicious refreshments served! For more information visit Transition Asheville website.
12/09/14 VETERANS FOR PEACE MEETING
Time is 6:30 PM and location is VFP HQ at the Phil Mechanic Studios: 109 Roberts Street in Asheville.
12/09/14 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOMES
Please join us on Tuesday, December 9th at 3:30pm. We will celebrate the completion of our first East Valley Habitat neighborhood in Swannanoa (17 houses in total) with the dedication of the final four homes. After a short speaking program, the four homes will be open to tour. In addition to being in a stunningly beautiful Swannanoa location, this Habitat neighborhood is also amazingly diverse. Some families are Buncombe County natives, others were born in Moldova, Jamaica, Colombia, El Salvador, Vietnam, and Guyana but have grown to love Buncombe County and have considered it home for many years. All are thrilled to put down roots in Swannanoa and call this wonderful community home.
12/09/14 ASHEVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Time is 5 to 7 PM and location is City Hall, Council Chambers, 2nd floor. They will be discussing an anti-fracking resolution.
12/10/14 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT LAB SESSION AT AB TECH
Unsure about how to sign up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act? Come to the Balsam computer lab and sign-up in person. Certified Navigators will be available to answer any questions that come up and can even walk you through each step of enrollment. Location is Balsam 214. Time is 11 AM.
12/10/14 WESTERN CAROLINIANS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
This meeting will be at 9:30 AM at Black Mountain Presbyterian Church in Black Mountain.
12/10/14 HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
12/10/14 GREEN DRINKS
The United Nations Association Western NC Chapter will be presenting in celebration of Human Rights Day 2014. Details to come! Come early for community connections and green drink specials! Socializing from 5:30, presentation at 6 PM. Location is the Green Sage in downtown Asheville.
12/11/14 UPCYCLE YOUR HOLIDAY FROM TRANSITION ASHEVILLE
Where: Meet at Buncombe County Landfill, continue to Curbside Management Recycling, and finish at Common Ground Upcycle Emporium and Resource Center. What to Expect: Get a visual of the amount of waste we create as a community, rethink purchasing new materials, and get creatively inspired to upcycle. Wear: Warm clothing. We will spend a significant amount of time outside. Bring: Snacks, water. Homemade granola bars will be provided. Free and open to all ages. Registration required. Contact: Rachel Stevens (828) 258-8737 ext. 215 or email rachel@wnca.org for more information including how to register. Time is 10 AM to 1 PM.
12/11/14 OVERVIEW OF STATE BUDGET AND TOOLS TO MAKE AN IMPACT
Give Me 5! Join Us at "Building a Stronger North Carolina – A Call to Action” Thursday, December 11th, 8:30 to 11:00 AM at the AB Tech Enka campus. Hear an overview of the North Carolina State Budget, Economic Forecast, Issues Affecting Your Community and Add Your Voice. UNITED WAY and the NC Budget & Tax Center, a project of the NC Justice Center, are teaming up to share the story of the economy and the NC state budget. Throughout this session, you will have the opportunity to respond and voice your concerns. Here’s a snapshot of what you can expect: information on North Carolina’s economic recovery and how families are faring; overview of the state budget decisions and how the state is addressing the areas of education, income and health; regional and local data on the economy and impacts of policy decisions; tools to make an impact on the issues you care most about. This event is brought to you by United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County, the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, WNC Nonprofit Pathways, the League of Women Voters, Women for Women, and Children First/Communities in Schools in conjunction with United Way of North Carolina and the North Carolina Budget and Tax Center. For more information and instructions on how to register, call 828-255-0696 or email ron.katz@unitedwayabc.org.
12/11/14 N.O.W. HOLIDAY DROP IN CELEBRATION
You're invited to celebrate the holiday season with a casual, drop-in celebration with the Asheville Chapter of the National Organization for Women on Thursday, December 11, at Battery Park Book Exchange and Champagne Bar, in the Grove Arcade, from 6 - 8 PM. Each attendee will receive a special gift of light from us to you, and will have the opportunity to win the seasonal Rosemary tree, a gift of remembrance in honor of the sisterhood of women.
12/11/14 CLEAN ENERGY FOR WNC
Clean energy information session. Free, held at REI Asheville, 31 Schenck Parkway in Arden. Time is 7:30 PM. cleanerergyfor.us
12/12/14 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVIE
If you attended our Poverty Forum, then you saw the trailer for a terrific HBO documentary “Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life and Times of Katrina Gilbert” which illustrates the struggles of the working poor in America. This film will be the featured presentation for the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville's Social Justice Movie Night. This event is free, but donations will be accepted to cover screening costs. We hope to see you there! Time is 7 PM and location is the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville at 1 Edwin Place, Asheville.
12/13/14 CHANGE THE COURSE: PEOPLE POWERED STRATEGIES FOR A STABLE CLIMATE
Did you miss the Change the Course training put on by the Rainforest Action Network in October? AND can’t make the workshop on 11/23? Transition Asheville is keeping the momentum from our Back-Casting Event and the RAN workshop moving forward for local change. What kind of a future would you like to see? Would you like to help make that desirable future come to pass by thinking about what we could do–here and now–to make it happen? The workshop is based on the RAN Climate Summits being conducted across the country to involve citizens in their own communities to see what changes can be made close to home, on the community and neighborhood levels, particularly for a Day of Action, hopefully in late January. We hope to lend support to the RAN Day of Action, identify people who want to host additional presentations, and move forward on actions for local change. Join us for an afternoon to create and share a vision and strategies to help stabilize the climate! The more people who take part in these workshops, the more ideas, energy and creativity can be brought to bear on the challenges! Time is 1 to 6 PM and location is Lenoir-Rhyne University, Asheville campus. Go to Transition Asheville website for more information.
12/13/14 FOOD FOR THOUGHT: THE SLAM AGAINST HUNGER
Join us for the most thought provoking youth poetry slam of the year as poets ages 12-21 give voice to the issue of hunger in our community. Francine Delany School and Asheville Youth Mission are partnering with us on this benefit for MANNA FOOD BANK. Adults $15, Students and Teachers $10. Please bring food donations. Location is Rainbow Community Auditorium at 60 State Street in west Asheville. Time is 7 PM to 10 PM. This is a Facebook event, and there is a link on the Facebook page to Eventbrite.
12/13/14 HELP THE HEMLOCKS FROM TRANSITION ASHEVILLE
Be Part of a Major Hemlock Restoration Effort! When: 9 AM -1PM or 1PM - 5 PM. Carpool from Asheville: Morning Session meet at 9 AM at the Southern Research Station (200 W.T. Weaver Boulevard, Asheville, NC 28804). Afternoon Session TBD. What to Expect: We will be planting 18-24′ hemlock saplings with the Forest Service Southern Research Station from 10 AM to 4 PM at DuPont State Forest. You have the chance to choose if you would like to plant in the morning or afternoon. We’ll switch over at lunch. No tree planting experience necessary! Wear: Hiking boots & dress in layers. Winter seems to have already arrived! Bring: Lunch, two liters of water, and shovel & work gloves if you have them. Registration required. Contact: Alexandra Guest (828) 258-8737 ext. 206 or email at alexandra@wnca.org for more information including how to register.
12/13/14 WNC SOLIDARITY MARCH AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE
On Saturday Dec 13th, the families of some of the victims of police violence are leading a March on Washington- we are organizing this local march to show our support for them and for all victims and victimized communities and to demand that the police stop killing us! We will meet at 4 PM at St James Episcopal (44 Hildebrand Street in Asheville) and march to Vance. Those who cannot march can meet at 5 PM at Vance Monument. Black Lives Matter! This event is on Facebook.
12/16/14 WNC ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS MEETING
The WNC Alliance for Retired Americans has changed to quarterly meetings. So the meetings will be the third Tuesday in June, September and December at 10 AM in the Kenilworth Presbyterian Church Parlor at 123 Kenilworth Road in Asheville. The ARA is a statewide organization of retired union members and their friends and families. We are non-partisan and open to everyone who is concerned about the need for jobs which pay a living wage, as well as those issues which affect all of us. FMI contact dick@dickandnorma.com.
12/17/14 #OPFEED THE HOMELESS
Band together to feed and clothe the homeless --- jackets, socks, gloves, blankets and anything of warmth, Feeding the Homeless, Asheville NC on December 17. Time, locations, and details can be mutually agreed upon as a group. Governments frighten us into thinking we need them, but we are moving past the Statist paradigm and rendering them obsolete. There is nothing that the State does that either needs to be done or cannot be done better within the matrix of voluntary action and exchange. This is a Facebook event, no further information.
12/17/14 GREEN DRINKS
A panel discussion by Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity and Mountain Housing Opportunities exploring issues of affordable housing and initiatives to make it healthier, greener and more affordable to live in. Both organizations will present their approach to offering affordable housing in our community as well as the organizations path to making their homes green, energy efficient, healthier and more affordable to live in. They will cover successes, challenges, strategies and initiatives within their own organizations. The panel discussion will be followed by Q&A. Come early for community connections and green drink specials! Socializing starts at 5:30 PM, presentation is at 6 PM. Location is the Green Sage in downtown Asheville.
12/18/14 HOOD TALK
Developing positive energy to restore greater communication and strength throughout our community. Location is the management building at Klondyke Apartments at 500 Montford Avenue in Asheville. Time is 6 PM to 8 PM.
12/19/14 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 noon to 2 PM. Everyone is welcome. Please go to www.wncpsr.org for more information, which includes how to get there and other details.
12/20/14 GREEN GRANNIES SING FOR THE CLIMATE
Green Grannies Sing for the Climate at Vance Monument at 5 PM. Google "Singfortheclimate" and come out and sing with us! This happens on the third Saturday of every month.
12/29/14 CONNECTION PRACTICE
"A Taste of the Connection Practice" with Cathy Holt. Learn effective, empathic communication skills that can transform relationships by connecting at the heart, helping everyone's needs get met. Contact: Cathy Holt at cathyfholt@gmail.com or 828-545-9681 for more information. Time is 6:30 PM and location is North Asheville Library on Merrimon Ave. Free and open to all.
01/03/15 PLANNING SESSION FOR N.O.W.
A planning session will be held for the 2015 executive committee and any interested members. It will be from 10 AM - 2 PM, with a potluck working lunch and time to relax in a private location after the work is done. This session constitutes our first member meeting of the new year. Please respond to ashevillenow@live.com with your RSVP in order to receive directions.
01/14/15 WESTERN CAROLINIANS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
This meeting will be at 9:30 AM at Black Mountain Presbyterian Church in Black Mountain.
1/15/15 HARD TO RECYCLE EVENT
This will be in the south Buncombe area (Arden) from 10 AM to 2 PM. If you have questions, call GreenWorks at 828-254-1776.
01/26/15 BUILDING BRIDGES SESSION STARTS
The Mission of Building Bridges is to enable our community to confront and overcome racism through a continuing process of changing attitudes and hearts through education, consciousness raising, nurturing, and ongoing support. Our goal is to be intentional in respecting diversity within our community. The session runs from January 26 to March 23, 2015. Time is 7 to 9 PM and location is MAHEC at 119 Hendersonville Road in Asheville NC. Go to their website to sign up.
01/30/15 WESTERN CAROLINIANS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
This meeting will be at 3:15 PM at Brooks-Howell Home on Merrimon Avenue in Asheville. Meet in the media room.
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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 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.
SUNDAY
Youth OUTright meeting from 4 to 6 PM at First Congregational United Church of Christ at 20 Oak Street in Asheville. Ages 14 - 23 only.
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