Photo: Today’s action at the White House, where 398 students
were arrested after locking themselves to the White House gate. Photo came from
Energy Action Coalition email.
UPCOMING EVENTS
03/03/14 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.
03/04/14 STEM LECTURE AT UNCA
The STEM Lecture Series is interdisciplinary with a focus on
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This series of lectures is
designed to highlight STEM concepts and connect them to issues of personal
behavior and public policy. Dr. Kevin Moorhead will present “The Science of
Gardening.” These lectures are held in the Reuter Center,
Room 206, from 4:30-6 p.m. and are free and open to the public.
03/04/14 GREAT DECISIONS LECTURE SERIES AT UNCA
“Turkey.”
A nation at a crossroads, a bridge over an ever-growing chasm between the East
and West. Turkey's first
Prime Minister Kemal Ataturk envisioned a modern, democratic nation-state built
on the ashes of the Ottoman Empire with strong ties to Europe, not the Middle East. But as the clashes between secular and
religious groups and the recent protests in Taksim Square show, the soul of Turkey is still
very much up for grabs. Speaker is Dr. Samer Traboulsi of UNC-Asheville. The
Great Decisions Program's goal is to discuss, debate, and learn about
International Affairs, National Security, and U.S. Foreign Policy. Individual
lectures are $10 each. Full time students admitted free of charge. Time
is 7:30 PM and location is the Manheimer Room of the Reuter Center
at UNCA.
03/04/14 PRESENTATION AT UNCA
“Ain’t I A Women: My Journey To Womanhood” by Lavern Cox (as
seen on “Orange Is The New Black”) will give a talk at Lipinsky Auditorium at
UNCA at 7 PM. This will be followed by a meet and greet at 8 PM. UNCA students,
faculty, and staff must have One Card for free admission. $5 admission for the
community.
03/04/14 ASHEVILLE
TRANSIT COMMITTEE MEETING
Asheville Transit Committee meeting is at 3:30 PM on 3-4-14
at the First Floor Conference Room at City Hall.
03/05/14 FIGHT FOR SOCIALISM
Capitalism is the exploitation of the masses, with only the
top 1% benefiting. Come listen and discuss why and how socialism works. We need
revolution from below and working class self-emancipation with the 99% taking
control of society to serve its own interest. The economic crisis of 2008 has
been weathered by the capitalist class, and profits are at record highs. This
has only been possible on the backs for the working class, through austerity.
Furthermore, the capitalist class relies on oppression to keep us divided, as
Frederick Douglas said, "they divide each, to conquer both".
Therefore we must stop the war on women, end the new Jim Crow, and fight
against all oppressions. Meet on the bottom floor in the community room at Pack
library. Time is 6 to 8 PM.
03/05/14 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH PRESENTATION AT UNCA
Judith Zinsser, author of “Feminism and History: A Glass
Half Full” (Macmillan Publishing Company, 1992) and professor emerita at Miami University,
will speak about “Gender and Learned Cultures: The Exclusionary Nature of
Knowledge Production.” This talk is free and open to the public. Time is 6 PM
to 7 PM at Highsmith University Union, Beaucatcher Mountain Room 224, at UNCA.
03/05/14 FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL AT UNCA
The F-Word (Feminist) Film Festival is a Celebration of
Images By and About Women (But For All Audiences). A panel discussion with UNC
Asheville faculty and students will follow the screening of the films. Films
include Grrrl Love and Revolution: Riot Grrrl NYC, and Wonder Women! The Untold
Story of American Superheroines. Free and open to the public. Time is 6:30 PM
to 9 PM. Location is Carmichael Humanities Lecture Hall at UNCA.
03/05/14 SIERRA CLUB MEETING
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.
03/06/14 and 03/07/14 SOUL REPAIR WORKSHOP IN RALEIGH
This is hosted by Quaker House and will be held in Raleigh, and is geared
towards those who have PTSD from war experiences. The website for more
information and to register is at
http://www.quakerhouse.org/event.php.
03/06/14 DEVELOPING AN INCLUSIVE NC FEMINIST MOVEMENT
Join the YWCA, NC Women United (NCWU), and the AAUW for a
presentation and Q&A led by Tara Romano, President of NC Women United. Tara will speak about NCWU's coalition, the power of working
as a coalition to cover women's issues, and how NCWU is working within the
coalition and with other community partners to build a women's movement in NC
that is truly representative of NC women. This presentation will be at 2 PM and
6 PM. Presentation will last for an hour. Location is YWCA of Asheville at 185 South French Broad Avenue,
Multipurpose Room. Light refreshments will be provided.
03/06/14 GLORIA STEINEM AT WESTERN CAROLINA
UNIVERSITY
An Evening with Gloria Steinem. This will be at 7:30 PM at
the Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center
at Western Carolina University,
N.C. 107, Cullowhee. An
award-winning writer and activist, Steinem has been involved globally in
feminist and social justice movements for more than four decades and is
currently working on a book about her years as a feminist organizer. $15. A
limited number of student tickets for $5. All seating reserved. 227-2479 or
bardoartscenter.wcu.edu.
03/06/14 CITIZENS
POLICE ACADEMY
Citizens Police Academy
is a 12-week class by the Asheville City Police Department, 70 Court Plaza in Asheville. Starts at 5:30
PM. This free program gives participants insight into the philosophy and
policies that govern the APD’s service to the community. Designed to give
residents an appreciation for the problems and challenges facing law
enforcement as well as an up-close opportunity to offer insights, ideas and
solutions. Participants will be able to ride with police officers on patrol.
Those wishing to participate must apply and be accepted. For more information,
contact Officer Keith McCulloch at 259-5834 or kmcculloch@ashevillenc.gov.
03/07/14 COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers has organized a bus of
50-70 workers who are coming through Asheville
on March 7th (Friday). There will be a lunch for them, and then a protest at
the old K Mart site on Hendersonville
Rd just north of the Earthfare. Public Supermarket
is going to build a store there, and CIW is in campaign to get Public to sign
with the CIW to protect farm workers who grow tomatoes. More information to
follow.
03/08/14 SAHARA PEACE CHOIR
“Wild Flowers” Concert by Sahara Peace Choir will be held at
2 PM at Ten Thousand Villages at 303
Lookout Road in Montreat, NC.
Come enjoy the singing of Sahara Women's Peace Choir directed by Linda Metzner,
in a free concert called "Wild Flowers" where they sing of world
peace, women's empowerment and the love of nature. There will be a special
tribute to Pete Seeger and plenty of singalongs! Throughout the day, 10 AM to 5
PM, Ten Thousand Villages Montreat will donate 15% of your purchase to
Helpmate. For over 30 years Helpmate has served as Buncombe County’s
primary provider of crisis-level services for victims of domestic violence and
their children. For more information call 669-1406.
03/09/14 NEW SOUTH NETWORK OF WAR RESISTERS EVENT
Visual presentation and discussion on militarism’s
environmental impact on the southeast U.S.A. Understand who and what we are up
against and ways to resist. This is a response to the military industrial
complex meeting at Grove Park Inn. Location is Rosetta's restaurant on Lexington Avenue in
Asheville; time
is 4-6 PM. For more info, contact 828-301-6683.
03/10/14 NEW SOUTH NETWORK OF WAR RESISTERS FREEWAY BLOGGING
Freeway blogging at Charlotte Street I-240 overpass, 4-6 PM.
This is a response to the military industrial complex meeting at Grove Park
Inn. For more info, contact 828-301-6683.
03/11/14 GREAT DECISIONS LECTURE SERIES AT UNCA
"Israel."
Modern Israel's
struggles with the Palestinians have turned what was meant as a safe haven for
Jews into the center of a decades-long conflict. The U.S.
has stepped in as Israel's
ally due to the two countries' shared values, providing years of unparalleled
military and diplomatic support. But now those ties are being tested. The Arab
Spring, Iran's nuclear
ambitions, failed peace talks, and Israel's
own decision to give Washington
the cold shoulder have put new strains on the 65-year-old "special
relationship." Speaker is Dr. Heather Hawn of Mars Hill University. The Great Decisions
Program's goal is to discuss, debate, and learn about International Affairs,
National Security, and U.S. Foreign Policy. Individual lectures are $10 each.
Full time students admitted free of charge. Time is 7:30 PM and location
is the Manheimer Room of the Reuter
Center at UNCA.
03/11/14 VETERANS FOR PEACE MEETING
Time is 6:30 PM and location is VFP HQ at the Phil Mechanic
Studios: 109 Roberts Street
in Asheville.
VFP Chapter 099: http://vfpchapter099wnc.blogspot.com/
03/12/14 ASHEVILLE
GREEN DRINKS
This will start at 6 PM, and location is Green Sage
Coffeehouse and Café in downtown Asheville.
The topic will be “Coal Ash In Our Backyard and Beyond” presented by Joan
Walker of Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
and Anna Jane Joyner and Hartwell Carson of Western North Carolina Alliance and
French Broad Riverkeeper. Coal ash, the toxic trash left when coal is burned
for electricity, threatens communities and precious water resources across North Carolina and the
Southeast. In the absence of federal regulations, utilities have been dumping
the waste in massive lagoons next to waterways and neighborhoods for decades.
This presentation will get you up to speed on the current landscape of coal ash
in the southeast, the status of long-awaited federal regulations, and how
citizens are using the courts to protect communities and waterways from this
toxic threat—including right here in Asheville on the French Broad River.
03/13/14 ASHEVILLE
REGIONAL TRAININGS FROM JUMPSTART THE VOTE
Democracy North Carolina, Asheville AAUW and the Asheville
YWCA are organizing a regional training on March 13 (rescheduled from February
11) for local volunteers involved in Operation Jumpstart the Vote, a
coordinated, statewide campaign to counter the wave of new voting restrictions
with hundreds of local nonpartisan projects. The training will take place at
the Asheville YWCA (185 S. French Broad Street, Asheville), and you have two
opportunities to attend, one at 2 PM and one at 6 PM. Trainings last 2 ½ hours.
We do not charge for the trainings. You are welcome to attend if you are
currently, or you want to be, part of a local voter registration, voter
education or voter protection project. For any questions, please contact Anne
Sayers at anne299@earthlink.net.
03/14/14 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVIE NIGHT
On Friday, March 14th, we are screening the
thought-provoking documentary, "Speciesism: The Movie". (This was
rescheduled from February 14, due to weather.) Modern farms are struggling to
keep a secret. Most of the animals used for food in the United States
are raised in giant, bizarre factories, hidden deep in remote areas of the
countryside. The documentary takes viewers on a sometimes funny, sometimes
frightening adventure, crawling through the bushes that hide these factories,
flying in airplanes above their toxic “manure lagoons,” and coming face-to-face
with their owners. The film is at 7 PM and location is Unitarian Universalist
in Asheville.
No charge for the film, donations are welcome. Open to the public.
03/14/14 BENEFIT FOR THE PEOPLE OF WEST VIRGINIA
This event will be a variety/burlesque show and
indoor/outdoor carnival followed by a dance party. To benefit WV Clean Water
Hub, a grassroots organization delivering free, clean water to people affected
by the chemical spill in West
Virginia. Watery costumes encouraged! Variety show
starts at 8 PM and dance party starts at 10 PM. Donate water by the gallon and
divine your future with tarot readers Amber DePixi and Brian Octavian. Entrance
$8 in advance, suggested donation $10 at the door.
03/15/14 CLEAN ENERGY TOUR OF THE BILTMORE ESTATE
Join the Western North Carolina Alliance for an exclusive
look at the largest privately owned house in the United States. This behind the
scenes custom tour is designed to showcase the vision George Vanderbilt had for
his grandiose home. Besides a beautiful home where he could relax and
entertain, George wanted to preserve the surrounding beauty. He envisioned a
self-sustaining home that would steward the land and its resources for years to
come. 100 years after George Vanderbilt’s death his estate boasts solar panels,
a cork-recycling program in their winery, best management practices in forestry
and agriculture in order to prevent runoff contamination in nearby waterways, amongst
other sustainable practices. The time for this event is 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM and
location is Biltmore Estate. To learn more about this tour and to purchase
tickets please visit our website: http://wnca.org/march-15-clean-energy-tour-of-the-biltmore-estate/
03/15/14 READING AT MALAPROPS
Local author (and staff favorite) Denise Kiernan joins us to
celebrate the paperback release of her bestselling book, “Girls of Atomic City”.
Kiernan took the story of Oak Ridge,
Tennessee's women workers all
over the country, garnering praise from places like The Boston Globe, The Omaha
World-Herald, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Daily Beast said, “Denise
Kiernan recreates, with cinematic vividness and clarity, the surreal
Orwell-meets-Margaret Atwood environment of Oak Ridge.” Time is 5 PM.
03/16/14 ETHICAL SOCIETY OF ASHEVILLE
“How to Destroy a Democracy Step by Step” will be presented
by Dan Carter of Pisgah Forest, NC at the Sunday, March 16th meeting of the Ethical
Society of Asheville, 2:00-3:30 PM at the Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Road
in North Asheville (off Merrimon Avenue near UNCA). Carter will
consider “Jeremiad: A long mournful complaint or lamentation. A list of woes. A
cautionary or angry warning.” He contends that, “Today not a week goes by
without a new Jeremiad of an America
in economic decline.” This "declension" narrative is part of a
tradition going back to the Puritans although there have always been optimists
who have resisted. His talk has less to do with the current preoccupation with America's
economic woes than its often hidden political crisis. What is a democracy? How
has it functioned over our 138 year history as a nation? And explores forces that
are undermining an always imperfect system to the point that it ceases to
represent the great majority of Americans in any meaningful way. There will be
discussion time following Carter's talk and informal conversation with light
refreshments following the meeting. All are welcome!
03/18/14 WNC ALLIANCE
FOR RETIRED AMERICANS MEETING
The WNC Alliance for Retired Americans has changed to
quarterly meetings. So the next meeting will be the third Tuesday in
March which will be the 18th, at 10am 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.
03/18/14 REMEMBERING RAVENSBRUK: WOMEN AND THE HOLOCAUST
Remembering Ravensbruk recalls the prisoners, SS guards, and
circumstances of a camp that, from 1939 to 1945, imprisoned 130,000 women and
children. Estimates of 30,000 to 40,000 prisoners died there. The
demography of the camp included women and children of Polish, Jewish, and Romi
heritage. The most well known of the prisoners was Corrie Ten Boom, author of
The Hiding Place and recognized as Righteous Among the Nations (a title
given by Yad Vashem in Israel for rescuing Jews) along with Gemma LaGuardia
Gluck, sister of Fiorello LaGuardia. This exhibit will be at Karpen Lobby from
8 AM to 8 PM, Monday through Friday during the entire month of March. Richard
Harker, Curator and Outreach Coordinator for Kennesaw State
University Holocaust
Museum, will speak on
March 18, 2014 to the research for the creation of "Remembering
Ravensbruk" and other perspectives relating to women and the Holocaust.
Time and place to be determined. For more information, contact dmiles@unca.edu.
03/18/14 CITY OF ASHEVILLE
EAST OF THE RIVERWAY
Join us at the East of the Riverway’s Wrap Up Presentation!
Come and see how your input shaped the planning process. Check out East of the
Riverway deliverable presentations on Neighborhood Greenways, East of the
Riverway Connections, and Riverside Drive Development Plan. And talk one-on-one
with the Consultant teams and City Planning staff. Time is 6 PM and location is
Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Community Center. Contact Tara
for more information at tirby@ashevillenc.gov. Family friendly, food provided.
03/22/14 FILM SHOWING AT SYLVA PUBLIC LIBRARY
This will be at 6:30 PM and the location is Sylva Public
Library at 310 Keener Street
in Sylva. Movie will be Gasland 2, and this is presented by Frack-free NC.
03/25/14 NATIVE AMERICAN SPEAKER AND PERFORMANCE SERIES
Warriors of AniKituhwa, Cultural Ambassadors of the Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians, will present at 12:30 PM at the University Quad
(Rain/snow location- Highsmith Union, Alumni Hall). Designated as official
cultural ambassadors by the Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians, The Warriors of AniKituhwa, a Cherokee dance group, have been making
history by recreating Cherokee dances described in 1762, including the War
Dance and the Eagle Tail dance. They are revitalizing Cherokee dance by
bringing back other dances from the past, by doing research, and by offering
dance workshops for their community. The Warriors of AniKituhwa educate people
about the significance of their dances, their clothing, and Cherokee history
and culture. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by UNC Asheville Office of
the Associate Provost, Education Department, American Indian Outreach, Arts
& Ideas Program, Humanities Program, NEH Distinguished Professor, Cultural
Events & Special Academic Programs and more.
03/27/14 TO 3/30/14 LAKE JUNALUSKA
PEACE CONFERENCE
More information at http://www.lakejunaluska.com/peace/.
Early registration is $95 and ends on March 1, 2014. The theme and goals for
this year are "Faith, Health, and Peace: Seeking the Basic Right to Good
Health for All God's Children." The 2014 Peace Conference seeks to affirm
the basic right to good health from the perspective of faith traditions, lift
up "the leading causes of life," and explore ways faith communities
can combat the causes of poor health, such as disease, violence, and poverty.
03/27/14 LECTURE AT UNCA
Dr. Shaun Gabbidon will speak on "The Black Thief
Stereotype, Shopping While Black, and Consumer Racial Profiling in the 21st Century"
at 5:30 PM at the Mountain Suites in the Sherrill Center
at UNCA.
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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
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.4
PM.
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