This weekend, thousands came to Fort Benning
to protest the School of the Americans (which has been renamed) and torture, extortion,
murder and military repression. Photo came from SOA Watch email.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND HAPPY HANUKKAH TO EVERYONE!!
11/25/13 NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH FILM SERIES
Native American Heritage Month Film Series - We Shall
Remain: Wounded Knee. Time is 7 PM and
location is the Grotto on the first floor of Highsmith Union at UNCA. This is
part of the Native American Heritage Month at UNCA.
11/25/13 ASHEVILLE
EARTH SABBATH CELEBRATION
The Earth Sabbath Celebrations are contemplative and
experiential services which utilize community building exercises, readings from
many faith traditions, music, video, ritual, movement, chant, guided meditation
and other modalities to reach deep into the grief and love we feel for our
Earth and help both salve and energize our spirits so we can continue the work
of restoration and repair of and with the Creator and creation. Time is 7 PM
and location is St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Asheville. Free.
11/28/13 THANKSGIVING DINNER TO BENEFIT ROOM IN THE INN
Looking for Thanksgiving plans? Enjoy a free Thanksgiving
meal at
FIG Bistro in Biltmore
Village from 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. Diners will be encouraged to donate to the FIG Fund,
with all donations benefiting our Room in the Inn
program! Reservations are required and can be made by visiting www.figbistro.com.
11/28/13 THANKSGIVING FOR LGBTQ CHOSEN
FAMILY
Gobble Til’ You Wobble: A Thanksgiving for LGBTQ Chosen Family! The Asheville,
NC, activist group, Just Us for
All, has organized an event to give people in the community a place to eat on
Thanksgiving. This holiday JUFA will bring together folks in the LGBTQ spectrum
who do not have contact with their family of origin due to LGBTQ status, are
homeless, or are displaced LGBTQ youth. All people in the Asheville community are welcome to attend if
they need a place to eat on Thanksgiving. The space is a safe space for LGBTQ
youth and adults. This event is open to the entire LGBTIQA+ ally community, so
anybody that respects safe spaces is more than welcome to come! Harry Potter
paraphernalia and costumes will be present, but you are more than welcome to
come in your muggled body form. Why Harry Potter? Hogwarts represents a home
away from home for the characters in Harry Potter. It symbolizes chosen family
to many. The day will be filled with games, Harry Potter movies, laughter and
food. Many local businesses such as Mela Indian Restaurant, Over Easy Café, and
Tupelo Honey are donating food to the event. Just Us For All members will
prepare the rest of the food. If you are able to bring a dish to share potluck
style please bring one. The event will take place at First Congregational
United Church of Christ: 20 Oak
Street, Asheville.
Time is 1 PM to 7 PM.
11/29/13 PROTEST SODASTREAM ACTION
Western Carolinians for Peace & Justice in the Middle
East will hold a protest in front of Bed Bath & Beyond store on South Tunnel Road
in Asheville.
Time is noon to 1 PM. Contact Bill at hras@humanrightsaction.net for more
information. All are welcome.
12/02/13 STORIES THAT BEND TOWARD JUSTICE AND PEACE
This Middle East Film Series runs from November 4 thru
December 5, with showings in Back Mountain and Asheville. Time is 7 PM. Films sponsored by
Western Carolinians for Peace and Justice in the Middle
East. Free and open to the public. Today’s film will be “The Other
Son” and will be shown at Black Mountain Library. Accidentally switched at
birth, an Israeli soldier and West Bank Palestinian discover their real
identities. This discovery sends their families reeling. For more information,
contact Bill at 314-374-7446.
12/03/13 WATER SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE PRESENTATION
Transition Asheville
and WaterLinks, PLLC, are presenting the Water Sustainability Initiative of WNC
to encourage residents to address problems from both flood and drought
conditions using available, cheap, and easy-to-apply methods for managing rain
water. Come by to learn more about what you can do to help mitigate these
water concerns. Time is 6:30 PM to 8 PM and location is West Asheville Library.
12/03/13 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL PRESENTS ‘AFRICA
– A HOPEFUL CONTINENT’
Come to the Reuter Center for these fascinating lectures and panel
discussions that aim to advance international awareness and foster Western North Carolina's global ties. OLLI members
receive a discount on WAC annual membership fee. Non-members may attend
individual lectures for a fee of $10/per lecture. Full-time students are
admitted free of charge. Time is 7:30 PM to 9 PM and location is Reuter Center
at UNCA.
12/04/13 SIERRA CLUB MEETING AND HOLIDAY
PARTY
Time is 7 PM (program starts at 7:15) at the Unitarian
Universalist Congregation of Asheville (corner of Charlotte & Edwin).
Contact: judymattox@sbcglobal.net, or 828-683-2176 for more information.
12/04/13 WESTERN CAROLINIANS
FOR PEACE & JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Meeting will be held at 9:30 AM to 11 AM at Black Mountain
Presbyterian Church. For more information, contact Bill at 314-374-7446.
12/05/13 STORIES THAT BEND TOWARD JUSTICE AND PEACE
This Middle East Film Series runs from November 4 thru
December 5, with showings in Back Mountain and Asheville. Time is 7 PM. Films sponsored by
Western Carolinians for Peace and Justice in the Middle
East. Free and open to the public. Today’s film will be “The Other
Son” and will be shown in Asheville
at the Brooks-Howell Home on Merrimon
Avenue. Accidentally switched at birth, an Israeli
soldier and West Bank Palestinian discover their real identities. This
discovery sends their families reeling. For more information, contact Bill at
314-374-7446.
12/05/13 JUST ECONOMICS 2013 ANNUAL CELEBRATION
Join us for our 2013 Annual Celebration featuring a unique
performance titled Asheville's
Got Talent starring JE members, special guest performers, and local
celebrities. Our Annual Celebration will also include free music from Pleasure
Chest, food, beer, and fun. Purchase a raffle ticket for a chance to win great
prizes and support our work. The event is free and a time to celebrate the work
we all did in 2013 to build a more just and sustainable local economy. Time is
6 PM to 9 PM. This will be held at Jubilee, on Wall Street in Asheville.
12/05/13 SOUP, SONGS, SOLIDARITY BENEFIT
This is a Benefit Concert for Typhoon Victims in the Philippines,
put on by the Traveling Bonfires. Malcolm Holcombe, Daniel Barber, Aaron
LaFalce, Pipapelli and poets Laura Hope Gill, Pasckie Pascua, Caleb Beissert
Emcee: Jadwiga McKay, Caleb Beissert. Show starts at 7 PM and location is
White Horse Black Mountain in Black
Mountain. $18 at the door
($15 in advance), $10 students with ID, $5 under 12. For tickets, go to:
http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com/. Beneficiary of the proceeds is the
Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement. Traditional Filipino dinner will be
served. The crowd is enjoined to come with canned goods, used clothes, anything
that could be sent to typhoon victims. Please look into the Silent Auction, as
well. Donations are also accepted though redcross.org, unicef.org, or
rappler.com. The Traveling Bonfires roam the country, ushering arts and music
events and bringing people together in celebration of peace and multicultural
connectedness. Supervising Producer: Marta Osborne; Executive Director: Pasckie
Pascua. INFO, call Marta at 828 280 1555, or email pasckie@yahoo.com.
12/6/13 - RECONCILIATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Director of Musalaha, Dr. Salim Munayer, will be visiting
the United States to speak
about his organization and their efforts towards peacemaking and reconciliation
in the West Bank, Israel
and beyond. Musalaha (Arabic for 'Reconciliation') is a non-profit organization
in Bethlehem
that seeks to promote reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. For
more info about Salim and his organization, visit:
www.musalaha.org. This is a FREE event, donations to support the
organization are encouraged. 6 PM. It will be held at the Haywood St. Methodist
Church (297 Haywood Street,
corner of Patton and Clingman Ave.)
12/06/13 WNC ALLIANCE BLUE RIDGE BIOFUELS TOUR
Join WNCA and Blue Ridge Biofuels for a tour of their
facility and an opportunity to learn more about the process used to create
biodiesel. Time is 4 PM and location is 109 Roberts Street in Asheville. RSVP to Isabelle at
isabelle@wnca.org or 828-258-8737 ext 201.
12/07/13 PROTEST SODASTREAM ACTION
Western Carolinians for Peace & Justice in the Middle
East will hold a protest at Vance Monument in downtown Asheville. Time is noon to 1 PM. Contact Bill
at hras@humanrightsaction.net for more information. All are welcome.
12/08/13 PAN HARMONIA BENEFIT CONCERT
Join us on December 8th at 4 p.m. at First Presbyterian
Church downtown for a special holiday performance by Pan Harmonia of the
Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah. The suggested donation of $25 will
benefit Pan Harmonia, an independent artist collective, and our work to end
homelessness.
12/12/13 SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM AT FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
The film will be “The Next American Revolution” and will be
shown at 6:30 PM. Location is the First Congregational UCC Church at 20 Oak Street in Asheville. In the manner
of TED talks, Gar Alperovitz describes the economic system, already taking
form, that will follow corporate capitalism and state socialism. Informative
and optimistic in outlook, he shares some American economic structures, mostly
local, that are part of our national history and currently in place but
overlooked by corporate media. This will be a first showing, with others to
follow early next year.
12/14/13 KXL PLEDGE OF RESISTANCE TRAINING
Local organizers are planning trainings for the Pledge on December
14. These will take place at the Asheville Friends Meeting House at 227 Edgewood Rd in Asheville (between
Merrimon and UNCA). Time will be 9 AM to 1 PM. This is organized by 350 Asheville, the Rainforest
Action Network, and CREDO Action. This is the Pledge: If President Obama
succumbs to industry pressure and reneges on his promise to green light the
Keystone XL only if it does not contribute to global warming (spoiler alert: it
does), then citizens will take action to hold him to his word by occupying
Federal Buildings and other key locations in acts of nonviolent civil
disobedience. For more information on the trainings or to register for them,
please contact Debbie at dgenz@skyrunner.net or call 828-216-2018.
12/15/13 CONTRA FOR CONSCIOUSNESS DANCE
This is a benefit for the Pine Ridge Reservation Nasula:
Intercultural Service Learning. Contraversial and calling by Beth Molaro.
Location is Bryson Gym at Warren
Wilson College.
6:30 PM for lesson, dance is 7 to 10 PM. Suggested donation is $5 - $25.
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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 2 PM at Firestorm Cafe
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.
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ACTIONS AND READINGS
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From the Highlander
Center:
In 1979, Sandi Smith was 22 years old and a nursing student
at Bennett College, where she was student body
president. She was also working at Cone Mills textile plant in Greensboro, NC,
where she was unionizing fellow workers and battling sexual harassment, low
wages, and unhealthy working conditions. On November 3 of that year, Sandi and
4 other organizers--César Cauce, Mike Nathan, Bill Sampson, and Jim
Waller--were murdered by the KKK and Nazis during an anti-Klan rally. Sandi was
helping children hide on the porch of the community center when she was shot
and killed.
In the memory of the organizers and to carry on their legacy
and work, Highlander is honored to announce that it is now accepting
applications for the next class of Greensboro Justice Fund Fellows. Through a
generous gift from the Greensboro Justice Fund, Highlander is able to train 5
organizers, one for each of those killed, in a yearlong fellowship of thinking,
learning, and acting.
Applications are due by Monday, December 9. For more information
about the fellowship and how to apply, please visit:
http://highlandercenter.org/now-accepting-applications-third-class-greensboro-justice-fund-fellowship-deadline-dec-9-2013/
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VETERANS FOR PEACE INFORMATION
VFP CHAPTER 099: http://vfpchapter099wnc.blogspot.com/
NEW PUBLICATION OF WAR CRIMES TIMES:http://www.WarCrimesTimes.org/
A publication by Veterans For Peace -- exposing the true
costs of war.
Visit VFP HQ at the Phil Mechanic Studios: 109 Roberts Street
(the corner of Haywood and Roberts), Asheville,
28801. (828-258-1800). Hours: Tue-Sat 11 AM to 3 PM.
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