Events in Asheville This Week

Congratulations to Lew Patrie for winning the Grace E. Lee Peace Award! He has worked tirelessly for years now on peace, social justice, and environmental issues. We are all VERY grateful to have you as part of the Peace Coalition and our community, Lew!

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PEACE VIGILS and WEEKLY EVENTS

Sunday, 5:30 to 6 PM All Souls Episcopal Church [Biltmore Village]
Tuesday, 4:30 to 5:30 PM Vets for Peace Vigil [Vance Monument]
Wednesday, 4:30 PM Haywood Neighbors for Peace at Waynesville Post Office
Wednesdays, 5:30 PM Votive Mass for Peace at St. Mary Episcopal Church in Asheville
Friday, 5 to 6 PM Women in Black Vigil A’ville [Vance Monument]
Friday, 12 to 12:30 PM Women in Black Vigil H’ville [Main St at Old County Court House]
Saturday, 12 to 1 PM Transylvania County Vigil for Peace [County Courthouse]
Other: Tuesday, 6 PM Run for Peace; Run for Impeachment at Vance Monument
Other: Food Not Bombs: 3:30 on Saturday at Pritchard Park. Info at 303-929-9713
Other: The Street Action Group (SAG) will hold meetings to plan actions, hold a potluck, and to work on projects most Sundays at 3 PM. Contact Kindra at impeach_now@bellsouth.net for location.
Other: Asheville Citizen Awareness (COP WATCH) meets at 6:30 PM at St. James AME Church at 44 Hildebrand Street in Asheville on Wednesday.
Other: Veteran’s Voices on WPVM at 5 PM on Wednesday. 103.5 FM or www.wpvm.org

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OTHER EVENTS

One-stop early voting - 10 to 6 PM, Monday through Saturday this week

04/20/08 Earth Day at All Souls Cathedral from 1 to 5 PM.

04/20/08 Meeting will be held by Final Exit Network of the Blue Ridge Mountains will be held at UU church of Asheville at 2 PM. Dr. Dick MacDonald, Senior Medical Advisor for the National Network, former Medical Director of the Hemlock Society and past president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies will discuss “Being in control of how, where and when we die.” For more information, contact 254-9154 or 274-8483 or information@UUAsheville.org More information also at this website: http://finalexitnetwork.org/default.htm.

04/21/08 Mountain Voices Alliance will host a forum for Democratic Buncombe Country Commissioner candidates from 7 to 9 PM at the Woodfin Community Center. Doors will open at 6 PM to allow time for submitting questions for the candidates. Toget to the Woodfin Community Center from Asheville and south, take 19/23 to Elk Mountain Rd. Make a left at exit and go 6/10 mile past the Woodfin Town Hall to Penley Ave. Go left on Penley and immediate left onto Community Dr. From Weaverville and north, take Elk Mountain Rd. (exit 24), make a right and then follow same directions. For more information, call 255-8537. Mountain Voices Alliance (www.mvalliance.net) works to preserve and protect the environment, including the natural beauty, abundant resources, quality of life and cultural heritage of our communities. This all-volunteer group actively opposed the Progress Energy oil plant in Woodfin last year and helps to raise awareness of policies to protect the area from over-development, especially the dangers of building on steep slopes.

04/21/08 Common Sense at the Nuclear Crossroads at 6:30 at UU church in Asheville. Contact Lew at patrie.wncpsr@main.nc.us or call 828-299-1242 for more information.

04/21/08 Peacemaking class by Elizabeth Snyder at UNCA. Contact Lew at patrie.wncpsr@main.nc.us or call 828-299-1242 for more information.

04/22/08 Earth Day at the French Broad Food Co-op from 1 to 7 PM. There will be food, events, and tabling during that time.

04/24/08 MoveOn will host a vigil in front of Pack Place at 12 PM. This vigil will be to point out that the war and occupation of Iraq is ruining our economy. The are calling it the “Iraq and Recession” report release. There is another MoveOn vigil in Hendersonville at 401 N. Main Street at 6 PM. Here's the link to RSVP: http://pol.moveon.org/event/recessionreport/46342?id=12462-8734436-0b0L2o&t=3

04/23/08 Lakotah Independence – talk at 7 PM at Jubilee! Jerry Collette, the attorney general for the Republic of Lakotah, will talk about Lakotah withdrawal from US treaties. More information at www.republicoflakotah.com or call 274-8483.

04/24/08 Climate Change – Negotiating a Post-Kyoto Agreement, a talk by Dr. Leonard Bernstein, member of the Nobel Prize-winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 7 PM at the Owens Conference Center, UNCA. Free. This is the UN Association Annual John & Hazel Fobes Memorial Lecture. More information at 683-9354.

04/24/08 Sierra Club meeting at Unitarian Universalist Church in Asheville. Social is at 7 PM and program is at 7:30 PM. Bill Eaker and Linda Giltz will discuss “Steep Slope Development”

04/25/08 Wake Up Laughing With Swami Beyondananda, Jubilee Community Church (The Swami wrote a column in Tikkun Magazine and is the World’s funniest Spiritual Progressive. Time is 7:30 PM. Cost is $15 advance, $20 door. Tickets available at Malaprop’s and Mystic Journeys. No further information.

04/26/08 NC Green Party will hold their state convention in Asheville. Call David at 828-683-1783 or email ireland.dw@juno.com for more information.

04/26/08 “The Streets are Watching” is a 50 minute video that takes a fresh look at police accountability through the eyes of three communities: Denver, Cincinnati, and Berkley. This will be held at Firestorm Café and Books at 48 Commerce Street in downtown Asheville (across from the post office). This is sponsored by Asheville Copwatch.

04/27/08 Paddlesports Demo day at Lake Julian from 10 AM to 4 PM. This is sponsored by Diamond Brand Outdoors. Free

Photo taken by me this morning in Asheville.

ADD ON EVENT:

What: Palestine Fundraising Dinner for Emergency Relief in Gaza
Who: Students for a Democratic Society
Where: Alumni Hall in the Highsmith Union at UNC-Asheville
When: Friday, April 25th at 7pm
Why: To help the UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees) with emergency relief aid to victims of violence in the Gaza Strip.
*$10 suggested donation, nobody turned away for lack of funds*
For more information, contact Kati at ktketz@gmail.com