UPCOMING EVENTS
02/16/15 LECTURE AT UNCA
The lecture is “Using psychology to promote environmentally-friendly behavior”. Dr. Raimi will be speaking. Free. Time is 10 AM to 11:30 AM and location is Highsmith University Union, 221-222 Mountain Suite.
02/16/15 DISCUSSION AT UNCA FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Discussion on the Life and Works of Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. Time is 7:15 PM to 8:15 PM and location is Highsmith University Union room 221-223. This is a Multicultural Student Program. Hosted by Black Student Association. For more information, contact ssnyder@unca.edu.
02/16/15 BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY
Dr. Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr. The pastor, professor, politician, community activist, and civil rights leader, will speak at noon in Broyhill Chapel on “Race in America”. Mars Hill University. Free and open to the public. Known as much for his community activism as his preaching and teaching, Holmes was elected as the first African American to the Texas House of Representatives from 1968-1972, while also serving as the United Methodist District Superintendent. He was also on the Board of Regents for the University of Texas from 1992 to 1997. In 2001, he was recognized as one of the civil rights movement’s “Invisible Giants” in the National Voting Museum and Institute in Selma, Alabama.
02/17/15 HARRIET TUBMAN PERFORMANCE AT ASHEVILLE MUSEUM
Come Celebrate Black History Month at aSHEville Museum! Harriet Tubman, a reenactment by Becky Stone will be on February 17th at 7 PM. Cost is $8 non-members/$5 members/$4 youth. Location is 35 Wall St., Asheville. Call 828 785-5722 for more information.
02/17/15 ART EXHIBIT AND RECEPTION AT UNCA
“The Black Experience? A Re-examination” will be hosted at the Highsmith Art & Intercultural Gallery. Reception will be from 7 PM to 8:30 PM. More information can be obtained by emailing ssnyder@unca.edu.
02/17/15 COMMUNITY DIALOGUES ON RACE IN BLACK MOUNTAIN
Two local churches have joined forces to offer a four-week series of Community Dialogues on Race, beginning Tuesday, February 10. The two-hour programs will feature films, group exercises, and dialogue, facilitated by the Rev. Michael J.S. Carter of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Swannanoa Valley. The partner church is Thomas Chapel AME Zion Church. Time is 6:30 PM and location is Unitarian Universalist Church at 500 Montreat Road in Black Mountain. The program is free and open to everyone. Interested persons are encouraged to register by emailing Roberta Madden at robertamadden@yahoo.com. For questions call Roberta at 828-419-0730.
02/17/15 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL ON PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
“Privacy in the Digital Age,” with Jagdeep Bhandari, professor of business and economics at Mars Hill University. Bhandari will discuss the responses abroad to what some see as a “U.S. dragnet,” and will explore whether changes in the ideas of “privacy” and “harm” due to digital technology have done away with privacy as we have known it. Free admission for WAC members and students; $10 general public. Meetings are scheduled for 7:30 PM in the Reuter Center's Manheimer Room at UNCA. For more details about programs, consult the WAC website. Time is 7:30 PM.
02/17/15 JUST ECONOMICS MEETING
Just Economics will host their first bi-monthly meeting of 2015 at 6:30 PM on Feb 17th. on the first floor of the United Way Building in Asheville. If you’re interested in hearing updates in regards to the Living Wage, the Transportation Campaign, or updates from any other areas of the work of Just Economics, please plan on attending. JE will provide dinner. It is a potluck, but you need not bring anything to attend. Information on this event is available by calling JE’s office at 828-505-7466.
02/18/15 LIVING WAGE CERTIFIED EMPLOYER NETWORKING EVENT
Just Economics is also hosting their first “Living Wage Certified Employer Networking Event” of 2015 at 6:30 PM on the 18th of February at Medea’s Espresso and Juice Bar, 200 Julian Lane #220, Arden, NC 28704. The focus of the event is to facilitate Living Wage Certified Employers doing business with each other. Appetizers will be provided by Roots Hummus and tea and beverage samples will be provided by Medea’s Espresso and Juice Bar. Information on this event is available by calling JE’s office at 828-505-7466.
02/18/15 GREEN DRINKS
“Connecting Our Lives With Our Landscape: Patchwork Urban Farms” is the program, with socializing starting at 5:30 PM and program starting at 6 PM. Location is the Green Sage at 5 Broadway Street in downtown Asheville. Join us Feb 18th, to hear from Sunil Patel of Patchwork Urban Farms. Learn how Patchwork is creating a movement to reconnect our lives with our landscapes, and find out how you can plug in. Patchwork is regenerating our urban landscapes and making the groundwork for a vibrant food and farming economy. The time for concerted action is now!
02/18/15 FILM SHOWING AT UNCA
“The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross” film screening will be held at the Highsmith 104. Episode Five: Rise! (1940 – 1968) and Episode Six: A More Perfect Union (1968 – 2013) will be shown. Time is 6 PM to 8:15 PM. Contact ssnyder@unca.edu for more information. Free and open to the public.
02/18/15 LECTURE AT BREVARD COLLEGE
Great Decisions Lecture Series: “Privacy in the Digital Age” will be held in McLarty-Goodson Building. $10. Time is 3:30 to 5 PM.
02/19/15 BLACK HISTORY MONTH LECTURE AT UNCA
Lecturer will be Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University, as well as director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. His ten-part documentary series, Finding Your Roots, aired on PBS in 2012. Professor Gates is Editor-in-Chief of TheRoot.com. He is the author of several works of literary criticism focusing on race and black culture, and he has written for Time, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Root. He has also produced and hosted several documentaries for PBS. This will be at 7 PM and it is free and open to the public. Location is Lipinsky Auditorium. The tickets for this event are gone, per reports from UNCA.
02/19/15 SAVE THE ROSENWALD SCHOOL IN MARS HILL
Upon rehabilitation, the Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School will serve as a Community Cultural Center and an Interpretive Museum intended to promote a fuller understanding of southern Appalachian black history and to enhance education at all levels. The final program of “Our Story – This Place” will be held on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 6:30 PM. Join us for an evening of gospel music and a presentation on the history of gospel music and how it relates to the African American community. A reception will be held afterwards. The event takes place in Broyhill Chapel, on the campus of Mars Hill University. “Our Story, This Place, The History of African American Education in Madison County, NC: The Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School” is on display at the Rural Heritage Museum until February 28, 2015. The exhibit includes historic artifacts, photographs, and videos. Works by Charity Ray are also on display as part of the exhibit. The Rural Heritage Museum is open daily (except Mondays) from 1-5 PM and by appointment. It is located on Rt. 213, in Montague Hall, on the campus of Mars Hill University. Admission is free.
02/19/15 ASHEVILLE WOMEN’S POWER HOUR BY ASHEVILLE N.O.W.
The first monthly Asheville Women's Power Hour will be February 19, third Thursday, at 6 PM. The Women's Power Hour will be a monthly event issues uniquely of value to women. During these events, women from all walks of life will build relationships and create transformation in our public, professional, and private lives. All Women's Power Hour events are sponsored by Asheville NOW. February's topic will be: Examining A Woman's Worth: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Workplace Conditions, and NC's Unresolved Issues. At the event, women will meet and greet Asheville author Cynthia Drew, who will talk about her novel, "City of Slaughter," which is set against the dramatic backdrop of this historic event. For more information on this and other events including location, email ashevillenow@live.com.
02/19/15 PHOTO EXHIBIT AT UNCA
Photo Exhibit: Forward Ever, Backward Never. In observance of the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the UNC Asheville Center for Diversity Education will host “Forward Ever, Backward Never,” an exhibition of photographs by James H. Barker of the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery. The exhibition is free and open to the public and will be on view from Feb. 2– 27 in the lobby of Karpen Hall on the UNC Asheville campus. Hours are 8 AM to 9 PM.
02/20/15 OLLI BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT
OLLI is offering this program in celebration of Black History Month. On February 20, 2015, plan to attend 'History of Slavery in Asheville' presentation led by Deborah Miles, Director of UNC Asheville's Center for Diversity Education and Darin Waters, PhD, assistant professor of History at UNC Asheville. This event is free and open to the public. Time is 9:30 to 11 AM and location is Reuter Center, room 102A.
02/20/15 HISTORY AND ITS BURDENS
“History and its Burdens: The Place of African Americans in our Collective Historical Memory”, with Dr. Darin Waters and Deborah Miles. Dr. Waters will share his research on slavery in Asheville while Ms. Miles will share its relationship to the current site of Vance Monument. This presentation is part of a project of the Center for Diversity Education to acknowledge the history of slave labor at the current site of the Vance Monument which is the former site of the Buncombe County Courthouse. On this site enslaved people were sold on the courthouse steps and their deeds recorded at the Register of Deeds. Time is 3 PM and location is UNCA Osher Life Long Learning Center. This is a program of Osher Life Long Learning (OLLI).
02/20/15 LIVE STAKING ON THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER
Come canoe with the French Broad Riverkeeper! We’ll be paddling about 8.5 miles down the FB and planting trees along the riverbank. Each tree you plant will help to restore the bank’s stability and prevent sediment erosion. No experience necessary. We’ll provide the boats (but if you have your own, you’re welcome to bring it!) trees and tools, just bring yourself and your lunch. Email Anna (anna@wnca.org) or Hartwell (hartwell@wnca.org) if you are interested. Time is 9:30 AM to 5 PM and location is Headwaters Outfitters at 25 Parkway Road in Rosman.
02/20/15 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.
02/20/15 CONNECTION PRACTICE
Friday, February 20, 6:30pm: "A Taste of the Connection Practice" with Cathy Holt at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Rd. Transforming relationships through empathy and heart-based insight. Free. Info: 828-545-9681.
02/20/15 BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION
Celebrate Black History Month with the WNC Diversity Engagement Coalition at our February Social. Appetizers and dialogue about diversity in our community. Bring your feedback and suggestions. Time is 6 PM for social hour, 8 PM for Workplace Diversity Forum. Location is the YMI Center at 39 South Market Street in Asheville.
02/20/15 ASHEVILLE YOUTH: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
This youth-centered interactive workshop and discussion empowers youth regarding the ins and outs, dos and don'ts of interactions involving police. There will also be space and time to discuss local issues--what is your experience as a young person in Asheville? As well as the wider movement for black liberation and against police violence. How do we envision and create a safer community, with or without police? Let's talk about it! This event will happen at the Carl E. Johnson Community Center 100 Atkinson Street in Hillcrest Community. Please text or call 828.331.1269 for any information or transportation requests. Time it 5 to 7 PM.
02/21/15 BLACK LIVES MATTER: FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO FERGUSON
Join us for a dialogue and presentation between folks fighting for black liberation, to end state violence, and in solidarity with liberation movements in Jackson, Mississippi and Ferguson, Missouri. Activists will share reflections, video and photos from recent actions, events and travels, including the Weekend of Resistance in Ferguson/St Louis, Missouri. Learn what you can do to support these efforts, make connections, get involved and build the movement across our region. Presenting at this event will be visiting organizers from Concerned Citizens for Justice, a community organization founded thirty years ago in Chattanooga. In the wake of the tragic murder of Trayvon Martin, a new generation of young people has been energized to struggle together with civil rights veterans, as an anchor organization for the Southern People's Initiative. This event is free of charge, donations will be gratefully accepted. Childcare will be available for this event. Please call or text to register in advance at 828.331.1269, thanks! Time is 2:30 PM and location is BEBE Theatre at 20 Commerce Street in Asheville.
02/21/15 WESTERN CAROLINIANS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST WORKSHOP
Western Carolinians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East will hold a workshop on the Israeli military detention of Palestinian children “No way to treat a child” and local actions we can undertake. Time is 10 AM to noon. Location is St. Mathias Church at 1 Dundee Street in Asheville. We will be learning more about the subject and looking to craft local actions. We are fortunate to have Jennifer Bing of The American Friends Service Committee leading us in this. This event is free but your registration would be most helpful so we can properly plan Please call 828-669-2073 or wcpjme@gmail.com to register.
02/21/15 LEAVE NO TRACE WORKSHOP
Join MountainTrue Forest Keepers (formerly Western North Carolina Alliance) and Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy for a morning workshop about the seven principles of Leave No Trace Outdoor Ethics! In the afternoon, the group will venture outside to put the skills to use. FREE for everyone but preregistration is required. Contact Kana Miller at kana@appalachian.org or call 828.253.0095 ext. 205 to register. Bring: warm layers, lunch, water, notepad and pens, sturdy hiking shoes, raincoat, and a pack to carry all personal items. Time is 10 AM to 4 PM and location is given with RSVP.
02/21/15 GREEN GRANNIES SING FOR THE CLIMATE
Green Grannies Sing for the Climate at Pritchard Park at 4 PM. Google "Singfortheclimate" and come out and sing with us! This happens on the third Saturday of every month.
02/22/15 COMMUNITY DIALOGUES ON RACE IN BLACK MOUNTAIN
Two local churches have joined forces to offer a four-week series of Community Dialogues on Race, beginning Tuesday, February 10. The two-hour programs will feature films, group exercises, and dialogue, facilitated by the Rev. Michael J.S. Carter of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Swannanoa Valley. The partner church is Thomas Chapel AME Zion Church. Time is 2 PM and location is Thomas Chapel at 124 West College Drive in Black Mountain. The program is free and open to everyone. Interested persons are encouraged to register by emailing Roberta Madden at robertamadden@yahoo.com. For questions call Roberta at 828-419-0730.
02/22/15 CIVIL JUSTICE FILM DISCUSSION
Carolina Jews for Justice West will sponsor a panel discussion about the civil justice film “Selma” at 2 PM at the YMI Cultural Center as part of its Taking Issue Forum. YMI Center is on Market Street in downtown Asheville. The African-American, Jewish, and white non-Jewish panelists will share their perspectives as Freedom Riders, civil rights organizers, and native southerners during the era of the civil rights movement in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi including: Ellen Clarke grew up in Montgomery, Alabama during the civil rights era; she remains active in various organizations that address the inequities and racial disparities of our country’s criminal justice system; Isaac Coleman went to Mississippi in l964 as part of SNCC’s Freedom Summer, worked as SNCC staff member for 5 years, moved to Asheville in 1971, and is recognized for his activism in educational, political, social and environmental areas; Charles Gershon was born and raised in Atlanta and was a high school teenager during Freedom Summer; and Carol Rogoff Hallstrom went to Mississippi as a Freedom Rider, became an attorney, and remains an activist. Join us to hear their stories. Fifty years ago, Selma, Alabama, may have been ground zero in the struggle for voting rights in America ... but the right to vote is far from a guaranteed right for people of color in 2015. Today, the struggle for justice continues. The program is offered by Carolina Jews for Justice/West in collaboration with the YMI and YWCA and is free and open to the community. For more information, please contact wncjewsforjustice1@gmail.com.
02/23/15 LECTURE AT UNCA
Mandy Carter is the National Coordinator for the Bayard Rustin Commemoration Project of the National Black Justice Coalition. Her talk with build the connections between the work of Bayard Rustin, organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, with the fight for equal rights for LGBTQ community and the current deterioration of voting rights in North Carolina and across the country. Talk is called “From Selma to Stonewall”. Time is 7 PM and location is Karpen Hall, room 038.
02/24/15 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL ON RUSSIA AND THE NEAR ABROAD
“Russia and the Near Abroad,” with Steven Solnick, president of Warren Wilson College. Before coming to Warren Wilson, Solnick spent a decade abroad as Ford Foundation Representative in Moscow and New Delhi. Solnick was coordinator for Russian studies at the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, and research associate at Harvard University’s Russian Research Center and Center for International Affairs. He will discuss what Russia’s actions in the Ukraine may mean for its other neighbors, and the current situation in Russia as the value of the ruble has dropped along with world oil prices. Free admission for WAC members and students; $10 general public. Meetings are scheduled for 7:30 PM in the Reuter Center's Manheimer Room at UNCA. For more details about programs, consult the WAC website.
02/24/15 LECTURE AT UNCA FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
"Unearthing the Weeping Time, and the 1859 Savannah Slave Auction: A Genealogy of People and Place." Dr. Degraft-Hanson’s lecture will focus on a public history project that explores the antebellum landscape and people at three hidden landscapes of slavery in coastal Georgia. Time is 12:30 PM and location is Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. For more information, contact Dr. Marcus Harvey at 828-251-6177 or mharvey1@unca.edu.
02/24/15 NC WOMEN UNITED LOBBY DAY IN RALEIGH
North Carolina Women United is asking residents to save the date and come to the state capitol Feb. 24 to fight for women's rights. “The more numbers we have, the more attention we will get,” local organizer Sandra Abromitis said. The group has planned a Women's Advocacy Day Program 9 to11 AM at the NC Legislative Building in Raleigh. Participants will discuss NCWU's priorities, including access to health care, civic participation and equality, economic self-sufficiency and violence against women. Writer and filmmaker Dream Hampton will be the keynote speaker. There also will be an opportunity to meet with state legislators and to learn how to advocate for local and state issues that affect women. This event is free and open to the public. For more information including how to register, contact Sandra Abromitis at abromitis@msn.com or 828-686-8281.
02/25/15 FILM SHOWING AT UNCA
There will be a screening of “Freedom Summer” on Thursday, February 25. at 7 PM at The Grotto at Highsmith Student Union. This film is part of a series from “Created Equal: America's Civil Rights Struggle” that documents the summer of 1964 when more than 700 students joined with organizers and Local African Americans to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in the nation's most segregated states.
02/25/15 INTERRACIAL DATING IN AMERICA STUDENT PANEL AT UNCA
This event will be from 6 to 8 PM and location is Highsmith Student Union, room 224. This is sponsored by Multicultural Student Programs. For more information, email ssnyder@unca.edu.
02/25/15 GREEN DRINKS
This will be a Peace Corps/AmeriCorps Story Hour. Location is Lenoir Rhyne University, at 36 Montford Avenue, Asheville, NC. Socializing: 5:30 PM Programming: 6 - 7 PM. In celebration of National Peace Corps Week, Lenoir-Rhyne Asheville and Asheville Greendrinks will host a night of funny, touching, and inspiring stories from Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and former AmeriCorps Volunteers.
02/25/15 BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
In celebration of Black History month, join a host of Asheville musical favorites for an evening honoring the iconic songs of prayer, resistance and hope titled Old Landmarks. Presented by Asheville Percussion and the First Baptist Church of Asheville, this free event will be held Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at the church beginning at 6:30 PM. The evening will include performances by the soulful Kat Williams, the spirited Lyric, songstress Lizz Wright, multi-instumentalist Chris Rosser, River Guerguerian and the Old Landmarks Mass Choir. There will be a percussion ensemble and congregational singing along with special guests jazz pianist Kenny Banks and prominent jazz drummer Terreon Gully, as well as inspirational readings and a community fellowship dinner. The fellowship dinner begins at 5 PM. The delicious ‘Southern Grace’ menu will be fried chicken, roasted sweet potatoes, sauteed kale, biscuits and gravy or apple butter, banana pudding. Child’s menu includes fried chicken, mashed potatoes, applesauce, biscuit and banana pudding. Cost: Adults $7, Seniors (60+) $6, Child (12 and under) $5. Firest Baptist Church is at 5 Oak Street in Asheville. For dinner reservations, call (828) 252-4781.
02/26/15 QUEER YOUTH THEATRE PROJECT AT UNCA
An original production created by UNCA's Drama Class, Applied Theatre: The Queer Youth Theater Project and in collaboration with Asheville's YouthOUTright (YO). Time is 7:30 PM and location is Carol Belk Theater at UNCA. Also on February 27 and 28. Contact Suzie Morris at smorris1@unca.edu or 828 251-6610 for more information.
02/26/15 TOWN HALL FORUM AT YMI CULTURAL CENTER
“Communities of Color: Exclusionary Housing, the Unbanked and Underbanked" Town Hall Forum. This panel, moderated by Dr. Darin Waters, will examine the financial practices of predatory lending, check cashing outlets, and their impact on the unbanked and underbanked in the community. Time is 6 to 8:30 PM and location is YMI Cultural Center.
02/26/15 A.R.T. MEETING FOR ADA-RELATED CHANGES
The City of Asheville and Asheville Redefines Transit (ART) invite you to attend our public meeting to discuss changes to ADA transit policies, forms and services. The meeting will be held in the Lord Auditorium at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood Street in downtown Asheville. Time is 4 PM to 6:30 PM. This was rescheduled due to the weather.
02/26/15 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS EVENT
This event is for members of the Asheville-Buncombe chapter to come together to establish goals for the local league. Also, we will submit recommendations to the NC state league for their upcoming year. Please join us as a voting member to establish next year's goals!
Location is Asheville YWCA - 2nd Floor Board Room - at 185 South French Broad Avenue in Asheville. Time is 6 PM to 7:30 PM.
02/26/15 BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT AT MARS HILL UNIVERSITY
Poetry Slam. Moody Black and Kimbi of Greenville, SC perform and judge slam entries. Moody Black and Kimbi are spoken word and musical performers who make up the group, Unifyed Sol Poets. In Spainhour Hall at 7 PM. Open to the public.
02/27/15 OPEN MIC NIGHT AT UNCA
And We Still Rise - Open Mic Night, sponsored by Multicultural Student Program and Black Student Association. Location is Alumni Hall and time is 7:15 PM to 8:15 PM.
02/27/15 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.
02/28/15 MARTIN LUTHER KING PRAYER BREAKFAST BY SWANNANOA VALLEY MLK MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
The 25th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Prayer Breakfast will be held at Camp Dorothy Walls in Black Mountain. Time is 8 AM. We are excited to announce that the speaker for the 2015 Prayer Breakfast will be Tyrone Greenlee. Tyrone Greenlee is an Asheville native and graduate of Asheville High School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a community activist who currently serves on the boards of Just Economics of Western North Carolina and Green Opportunities, and has volunteered for many years with the Building Bridges organization. Tyrone works as a mentor and mediator at the Francine Delany New School for Children, and as Director of Christians For A United Community, a coalition of churches which works to dismantle racism and the disparities caused by racism. Tyrone is also a member of the New Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church where he serves as a member of the Deacons and Youth and Music Ministries. He also attends Circle of Mercy Congregation in Asheville. Tickets to the 2015 Prayer Breakfast can be purchased at the Black Mountain Chamber of Commerce, 201 E. State Street, Black Mountain, NC phone - Adult Tickets $15.00; Tickets for children ages 3 - 12 - $6.00 - Contact number for the Chamber is (828) 669-2300.
02/28/15 BLACK HISTORY MONTH PRESENTATION
“Uniting Our City” is the title of a presentations on the history of Asheville’s African American community and live entertainment inspired by African American culture. Sponsored by Asheville Parks & Recreation. Time is 1 PM to 3 PM and location is Dr. Wesley Grant, Sr. Southside Center, at 285 Livingston Street in Asheville. Call (828) 259-5483 or email sjackson@ashevillenc.gov for more information.
03/02/15 MOUNTAIN TRUE EVENT
A Home Composting Workshop will be held at NC Cooperative Extension, Henderson County Center, 100 Jackson Park Rd, in Hendersonville. Time is 6 to 8 PM. Learn the ins and outs of home composting with MountainTrue. There will be a raffle drawing for five YukChuk kitchen compost bins, and all will receive discount coupons to purchase YukChucks on their own. Cost: $15 per person. Registration is required by Noon, Friday, Feb. 27. For questions and instructions on how to register, please e-mail MountainTrue at assistant@eco-wnc.org or call the office at 692-0385.
03/04/15 LECTURE AT UNCA
“In Her Father's Eyes: A Slovak Childhood in the Shadow of the Holocaust” will be on display from March 2 to March 27 at UNCA. The year 2015 marks the 70th anniversaries of the end of WWII when the slave labor and death campus were liberated. In Her Father's Eyes is the life of Kitty Weichherz told by her observant and devoted father Bella Weichherz. Family photographs and entries in a diary kept by Bella offer a window into the everyday life of birthday parties, the first day of school, and a first boyfriend. The Weichherz family were murdered sometime in 1942 or 43 most likely at Sobibor Death Camp. Dr. Mark Gibney will give the opening lecture on March 4. Time and location TBD.
03/05/15 PANEL DISCUSSION AT UNCA
Panel discussion on “Jewish Identity, Social Justice and Leadership”. Jewish leaders from the Asheville community discuss Jewish identity as related to social justice and leadership.The five panelists are Lael Gray of the Asheville JCC, Deborah Miles of UNCA’s Center for Diversity Education, Richard Chess of UNCA's Center for Jewish Studies, and Judy Leavitt and Frank Goldsmith of Carolina Jews for Justice West. Free and open to the public. Time is 11 AM to 12:30 PM and location is Highsmith University Union, Beaucatcher Mountain Room. Contact Ayelet Reiter at areiter@unca.edu for more information.
03/07/15 MOUNTAIN TRUE ADOPT-A-STREAM TRAINING
Learn about a community-based monitoring program where you will receive both classroom and field experience for identifying stream health and water quality issues. After the training, you’ll be able to join an existing Adopt-A-Stream team or start your own to become an environmental steward. Time is 10 AM to 2 PM. Location is the MountainTrue Southern Regional office. For questions and instructions on how to register, please e-mail MountainTrue at assistant@eco-wnc.org or call the office at 692-0385.
03/07/15 WESTERN CAROLINIANS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST VIGIL
There will be a protest on this date from noon to 2 PM at Vance Monument in downtown Asheville. More information to follow.
03/10/15 COMMUNITY DIALOGUES ON RACE IN BLACK MOUNTAIN
Two local churches have joined forces to offer a four-week series of Community Dialogues on Race, beginning Tuesday, February 10. The two-hour programs will feature films, group exercises, and dialogue, facilitated by the Rev. Michael J.S. Carter of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Swannanoa Valley. The partner church is Thomas Chapel AME Zion Church. Time is 6:30 PM and location is Thomas Chapel at 124 West College Drive in Black Mountain. The program is free and open to everyone. Interested persons are encouraged to register by emailing Roberta Madden at robertamadden@yahoo.com. For questions call Roberta at 828-419-0730.
03/10/15 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL ON SECTARIANISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST
“Sectarianism in the Middle East,” with David Hudleson a retired career employee of the National Security Agency. Hudleson twice received the NSA’s Meritorious Civilian Service Award, as well as an Exceptional Service Award from the CIA and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Award. During his career he spent time in Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and was an Arabic language specialist. He will address the role of sectarianism — the politicization of ethnic and religious identity — in the Middle East, specifically through the struggle between Sunni and Shi’i groups for dominance. Free admission for WAC members and students; $10 general public. Meetings are scheduled for 7:30 PM in the Reuter Center's Manheimer Room at UNCA. For more details about programs, consult the WAC website.
03/11/14 WESTERN CAROLINIANS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
This meeting will be at 9:30 AM at Black Mountain Presbyterian Church at 117 Montreat Road in Black Mountain.
03/17/15 JAZZ FOR JUSTICE FUNDRAISER
This is a benefit for Pisgah Legal Services. Time is 5:30 PM and location is 21 North Market Street in downtown Asheville. Awards presentation is at 7 PM. Tickets are $50. Please contact Pisgah Legal Services for more information at betsy@pisgahlegal.org.
03/19/15 CONCERT AT UNCA
Based in Jerusalem, “Heartbeat” is an international non-profit organization uniting musicians, educators, and students to build mutual understanding and transform conflict through the power of music. Founded in 2007 under a Fulbright-MTVu award, Heartbeat creates opportunities and spaces for young Israeli and Palestinian musicians to work together, hear each other, and amplify their youthful voices to influence the world around them. Time is 7 PM and location is Lipinsky Auditorium. UNC Asheville Students are free, for area students tickets are $8, campus community tickets are $13, and general admission is $22.
03/19/15 PANEL DISCUSSION AT UNCA
Panel Discussion with Heartbeat (see above) from 11 AM to 12:10 PM. Location is Humanities Lecture Hall. This is free and open to the public.
03/19/15 SOCIAL JUSTICE COFFEE HOUR AT UNCA
Key Center Social Justice Coffee Hour with Heartbeat (see above) at 12:30 PM at Laurel Forum. This is free and open to the public.
03/19/15 ANNIVERSARY OF WAR OF AGGRESSION ON IRAQ
03/21/15 BIOLOGICAL MONITORING TRAINING
Learn to sample a site for aquatic life which serve as biological indicators of water quality over time. This training is designed for both new and current volunteers. Training covers aquatic insect morphology & identification, as well as sampling protocol, and includes both a lab and field portion. For more information and to register visit bit.ly/wqtrainings. Location is Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, and time is 9 AM to 4 PM.
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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 Pritchard Park at 4 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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ACTIONS AND READINGS
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From a local activist:
Friends,
A group of Asheville emerging community leaders and civil rights veterans’ have joined together to create an opportunity for youth groups to see the movie “Selma” at no cost. As we continue to confront the challenges to achieving social justice the movie “Selma” presents a great opportunity to review why the civil rights movement still matters.
Can you bring a group of young people any Saturday in February? Please contact lucia@abcrc.org or tiffanydebellott@yahoo.com with the numbers of young people we should expect. If you cannot bring young people can you assist us to underwrite the cost of the tickets? (See www.ashevillefreedomschool.com). Meet in front of the Carmike Theater at 12:45 pm to pick up the free tickets for your group. Ms. Ella Baker would always remind us that we who believe in justice cannot rest.
Carol Rogoff Hallstrom, Esq.
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