Photo of people looking at the drone quilts exhibit in the Grove Arcade.
UPCOMING EVENTS
07/20/15 to 07/25/15 DRONE QUILT PROJECT IN ASHEVILLE
The Drone Quilt Project will be shown at the Asheville Area Arts Council Gallery at Grove Arcade in Asheville from July 13 to July 25, Monday through Saturday from 10 AM to 6 PM. Veterans for Peace Chapter 099, WNC Physicians for Social Responsibility and Just Peace for Israel/Palestine will be co-sponsoring this event. The exhibit was created by Leah Bolger, former president of the national Veterans for Peace. Many contributions of drone panels were contributed from around our country. The exhibit movingly communicates the impact of the drone killings upon the loved ones of the victims. Join us as we remember the victims of US drone bombings. Please contact Ken at jonesk@maine.edu or call 207-233-3087 for more information.
07/20/15 SWANNANOA VALLEY MLK MEMORIAL CORPORATION ANNUAL MEETING
We invite you to join us in sharing the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as we strive to bring knowledge and awareness of his work to our Swannanoa Valley community. Click on the tabs above to learn more about our organization and activities. Our meetings are open to the public. We encourage you to join us on the third Monday of each month at the Carver Community Center, 101 Carver Ave, Black Mountain, N.C. at 5:30 PM. Our Annual meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 20, 2015 at Mills Chapel Baptist Church on Cragmont Road, Black Mountain, N.C. We will be recapping past events, electing officers and welcoming new board members.
07/20/15 JUST ECONOMICS CELEBRATES WAGE WEEK JULY 20 TO JULY 24
July 24th is the anniversary of the last time the federal minimum wage was raised. As we approach this date we reflect on our need to raise the wage floor and we celebrate all of the organizations, individuals, and businesses using a variety of strategies to bring about a more just and sustainable economy. The week of July 20th we join with allies across the nation to celebrate all the people doing work to bring about a more just economy. We acknowledge the need to continue to raise the wage floor and we celebrate the victories for living wages!
07/21/15 MIND THE GAP TOUR
These informational tours are organized by Children First/Communities in Schools of Buncombe County. The tours are held each month and last about 1 hour. They are led by the Executive Director of Children First/Communities in Schools, Allison Jordan, and you get to meet some of the children that are served through the summer camp program, as well as become informed on all of the programs that are provided, including our advocacy work. The goal is to alleviate the barriers of poverty experienced by local children and families. This includes food pantry, emergency financial assistance, clothing closet, and work on public policy at the local and state level. Time is 8 AM. To reserve a seat on the bus for the tour or for more information, contact Kaitlyn at KaitlynB@childrenfirstbc.org or call 828-259-9717.
07/21/15 COMMUNICATING COMPASSIONATELY CLASS SERIES
Communicating Compassionately with Yourself and Others, Creating Relationships and a World That Value Everyone’s Feelings and Needs, Learn Skills and Consciousness for more satisfying Connection and Communication with your family, your community, your workplace, your world. Join us for this 4 week class series with Roberta Wall, facilitator, mediator and coach, based on the work of Dr. Marshall Rosenberg and Nonviolent Communication. Dates are July 21 & 28 and August 4 &18. Time is 4 to 5:30 PM, location is Riverwalk conference room at Deerfield Retirement Community at 1617 Hendersonville Road in Asheville. To register, call or email Polly at (828) 775-6333 or polly.medlicott@gmail.com. Registration fee is $100 per person for all four classes. Please consider adding an extra $25 for scholarships for anyone who wants to join with more limited resources.
07/21/15 EMPATHY CIRCLE
Tuesday, July 21, 7:30-9 PM: Empathy Circle/HeartSpeak Practice Group. Giving and receiving empathy is transformative! Drop in, voluntary love offering. 386 Kenilworth Rd. (park on Digges). More information: Cathy at 828-545-9681.
07/21/15 PLANNING MEETING FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
Next meeting is at 6 PM at North Asheville Community Center, Tuesday, July 21st. Address: 37 E Larchmont Rd, Asheville, NC 28804 (basement level). Contact Rachael at rachael_bliss@yahoo.com for more information.
07/21/15 URBAN NATURE WALK ON INVASIVE PLANTS
“Invasive Plants as Environmental Indicators: An Urban Nature Walk” will be from 6:30 to 8 PM at The French Broad Food Co-op at 90 Biltmore Avenue in Asheville. Touring a small section of downtown Asheville, learn to understand natural succession, the signature of invasive plants in our native ecology, and discuss the power of plant communities to communicate about our human impact on living systems. Register by donation at http://form.jotformpro.com/form/51554517352959.
07/22/15 PANEL DISCUSSION/RECEPTION ON DRONE QUILT EXHIBIT
This will be held at the AAAC Gallery in the Grove Arcade in Asheville. Time is from 5 to 7 PM. Ken Ashe of Veterans for Peace and Bill Ramsey of Just Peace Israel/Palestine will be discussing drones and their impacts. Free and open to the public. Please contact Ken Jones at jonesk@maine.edu or call 207-233-3087 for more information. [This event was on a different date in prior emails. That date was incorrect.]
07/22/15 GREEN DRINKS
Do We Know If Radiation Causes Cancer? Public opinion about this issue shows increasing concerns, especially in the last 5 years. Cancers have long and increasingly been associated with radiation, especially with Nuclear Power sources, not just Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima. Dr. Lewis E. Patrie, MD will relate his first experience with cancer due to radiation. Cancers have long been associated with exposure to detonation and testing of Nuclear Weapons including the “BabyTooth Study”. Regularly issued denials and criticisms of such reports abound. Part of the limitations of studies have resulted from inadequate information due to missed opportunities. What action would this situation justify? Lewis Patrie M.D. is a member of Western North Carolina Chapter, Physicians for Social Responsibility. Socializing at 5:30 PM and program starts at 6 PM. Location is The Green Sage in downtown Asheville.
07/23/15 MOUNTAIN TRUE LEGISLATIVE WRAP UP MEETING IN HENDERSONVILLE
Catch up on the environmental outcomes of this legislative session, current priorities, and how you can get involved in holding our lawmakers accountable to the public they serve. For more information and to RSVP at Mountain True website. Time is 6 – 8 PM and location is The Taproom at Monte’s at 2024-G Asheville Highway in Hendersonville (I saw another listing with a different location, so please check.)
07/23/15 DUKE ENERGY COMMUNITY MEETING
Turn out to hear about Duke Energy’s planned transmission line. Duke Energy is hosting a series of community meetings to provide information on the construction of a transmission line from a planned natural gas-powered plant at Lake Julian to a substation in Campobello, South Carolina. The meetings follow the announcement in May that Duke Energy will retire the coal-fired plant there and replace it with a 650 megawatt gas-powered facility. Please come out to one of these meetings to learn more about Western North Carolina’s energy future and how this project might impact you. Time is 4 to 7 PM. Location is Blue Ridge Community College – Henderson County Campus Technology Education and Development Center, Blue Ridge Conference Hall, Courtland, McIntosh and Gala rooms. This is at 180 W. Campus Dr. Flat Rock, NC. Please contact MountainTrue Southern Regional Director Mark Stierwalt at 828-692-0385 ext. 1004 or mark@mountaintrue.org with any questions or concerns.
07/23/15 JUST ECONOMICS BUYCOTT AND ADVOCACY GROUP EVENT
Join us for a BUYcott on Thursday July 23rd at noon at Creperie Bouchon. A BUYcott is the opposite of a boycott and an opportunity to consciously choose to spend our dollars at businesses that are supporting the type of community we want to live in and are Living Wage Certified! It is a way to ‘vote with our dollars’. At 6 PM, join us for a Humanizing Poverty, a People’s Advocacy and Action Group event at the United Way. Celebrating how stories and the brave people who share them, help to raise the wage floor and create community change. Our People’s Advocacy and Action Group for July will be a chance for people to share their stories and participate in a new film project with Just Economics and leaders from our last Voices for Economic Justice class. Stories can help transform people, transform decision makers, and transform our communities….join us….free and dinner is provided. Contact Amy Cantrell with any questions at 828-505-7466 or amy@justeconomicswnc.org.
07/24/15 JUST ECONOMICS WAGE WEEK WALK
July 24th at Noon starting at Pritchard Park, we will hold a WAGE WEEK WALK— We will walk together downtown with signs celebrating living wages and hand out information about Wage Week and Living Wage Certified Employers. Meet at 11:45 in the United Way parking lot or at noon at the metal statue in Pritchard Park. Contact Amy Cantrell with any questions at 828-505-7466 or amy@justeconomicswnc.org.
07/24/15 JUST PEACE FOR ISRAEL/PALESTINE MEETING
This meeting will be at 3:15 PM at Brooks-Howell Home on Merrimon Avenue in Asheville. Meeting will be in the International Room, opposite the lobby desk.
07/24/15 HEALTH CARE PARITY EXHIBIT OPENING
“Health Care Parity: Bending the Arc for Equality in Buncombe County” will have an opening reception at the YMI Cultural Center from 6:30 to 8 PM. For many years, Sharon West has presented countless programs on the history of health care in Buncombe County and the continuing disparities that linger to this day. With the urging of Lisa Eby, and the backing of Buncombe County, Mission Hospital, and Care Partners, Sharon's work is now a traveling exhibit and will open at the YMI Cultural Center on July 24. This information came from the Center for Diversity Education at UNCA.
07/25/15 REMEMBRANCE OF EMMETT TILL’S BIRTHDAY
Wear BLACK and WHITE on July 25 (Emmett Till's 74th Birthday) and August 28. A TIME FOR UNITY IN BLACK AND WHITE: Please join us again! Let's Remember Emmett Till and those who have lost their lives #CharlestonNine #TrayvonMartin #JordanDavis #OscarGrant #RenishaMcBride #EricGarner #MikeBrown #RekiyaBoyd #SeanBell #StephenBiko and so many others to hate, violence and racism in the US and in other parts of the world. How? Please Wear black and white attire/clothing items on July 25 and August 28 (the day Emmett Till was murdered in 1955, 60 years ago). This is a silent but powerful way to show that we will never forget.
07/28/15 DRONE QUILT PROJECT AT FIRESTORM CAFE
Firestorm Cafe is located at 610 Haywood Road in west Asheville. The Drone Quilts will be displayed there for the remainder of the week. The exhibit was created by Leah Bolger, former president of the national Veterans for Peace. Many contributions of drone panels were contributed from around our country. The exhibit movingly communicates the impact of the drone killings upon the loved ones of the victims. Join us as we remember the victims of US drone bombings. Please contact Ken at jonesk@maine.edu or call 207-233-3087 for more information.
07/28/15 PEACE EDUCATION PROGRAM CLASS
There will be a demonstration PEP (Peace Education Program) class on Tuesday, July 28 at 7 pm at the North Asheville Community Center. All are invited to learn how the Peace Education Program course works in the prisons, universities and more. You are encouraged to invite your friends and family. This class is free and open to the public. Location is the North Asheville Community Center at 37 East Larchmont Drive, Asheville, NC. This is sponsored by Peace Is Possible NC, and for more information, contact peaceispossiblenc@gmail.com.
07/29/15 GREEN DRINKS
“Why we can’t not get to Net Zero” by Cecil Bothwell. He will discuss the reasons why and the ways we can become a net zero energy community. Bothwell is a long-time advocate for solar and other green power and a member of Asheville’s City Council. He lived off-the-grid on solar for 22 years and today has a net-zero solar array on his total-electric home in Asheville. He was founding editor of the Warren Wilson College environmental journal Heartstone, managing editor of Asheville’s Mountain Xpress, instigator of Asheville’s Rolling Thunder Downhome Democracy event in 2003, and organizer of the ongoing conversation about a net-zero district in Asheville (AMAZED – Asheville Metro Area Zero Energy District). His other car is a canoe. WNCGBC is co-hosting a networking event with the NC Building Performance Association before the presentation from 4 - 6 PM. Come early for community connections and green drink specials. Presentation is at 6 PM. Location is The Green Sage at 5 Broadway Street in downtown Asheville.
07/30/15 MOUNTAIN TRUE LEGISLATIVE WRAP UP MEETING IN ASHEVILLE
Catch up on the environmental outcomes of this legislative session, current priorities, and how you can get involved in holding our lawmakers accountable to the public they serve. For more information and to RSVP, go to Mountain True website. Time is 6 – 8 PM and location is Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar in the Grove Arcade.
07/30/15 WORKSHOP ON WIDENING THE HIRING POOL
“Moving Beyond the Green Insiders Club: Widening the Hiring Pools” with Desiree Adaway. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 70% of all jobs begin through a personal connection. The time to widen the hiring pool to include multicultural communities is months and years before the job announcement is posted. In addition,The Green Insider's Club research indicates widening hiring pools as central to a more inclusive Environmental Movement. Desiree Adaway will share best practices and participants will leave with the beginning of an action plan. Limited to 40 folks, register with dmiles@unca.edu. Time is 8:30 to 10 (did not specify if AM or PM, I suspect AM). Location is 160 Zillicoa Street in Asheville. This came from the Center for Diversity Education at UNCA.
07/30/15 JAM FOR JUSTICE
This is a fundraiser for Pisgah Legal Services. It is an evening of local music, art, food and drink. Enjoy artfully prepared wood fired pizza by Fresh West, visit open studios of Pink Dog Creative Artists. Time is 5:30 to 7 PM and the location is The Paintbox at 344 Depot Street, Suite 104, in the River Arts District inAsheville. Suggested donation of $15 at the door. Contact Lindsay at 828-210-3405 for more information.
07/31/15 ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE FOOD POLICY COUNCIL MEETING
Meeting of the whole: A Celebration of Interdependence. We will gather to plant seeds for building on our ability to make to make change as a community, and to celebrate our growth as individuals and organizations dedicated to a sustainable food system and social justice. Are you concerned about food access, growing food, the ability of our national food system to provide for us locally? Let's talk. Each attendee must fill out their own RSVP no later than 7/26. Folks interested in participating must RSVP at the link below as soon as possible to guarantee a spot for attendance. http://goo.gl/forms/WUojzp231A. Time is 6 to 9 PM and location is Stephens Lee Recreation Center.
08/01/15 PEACE WALK FROM SWANNANOA TO OAK RIDGE AND POTLUCK FOR THE PEACE WALKERS
August 1 to August 8, Peace Walk from Swannanoa to Oak Ridge. Buddhist monks from the Great Smoky Mountains Peace Pagoda will lead a 7 day walk, 10 miles a day, from Swannanoa to Oak Ridge, TN to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Oak Ridge is where the bomb dropped on Hiroshima was built and where nuclear weapons work continues to this day. All are invited to join for the whole walk, or any part of it, for a day, even hours. The walk will begin on the morning of Aug 1 and be followed with a potluck dinner in Asheville (at Asheville Friends Meeting at 227 Edgewood, off Merrimon, in Asheville at 6 PM) for walkers and others who are interested. All are welcome to the potluck. The walk will continue on the morning of Aug 2 from Vance Monument, west towards Oak Ridge. On Aug 8, walkers will join commemorative activities being conducted by the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (OREPA). For more information, contact Ken Jones, jonesk@maine.edu.
08/01/15 NUCLEAR-FREE MONTH
Since 2006, United for Peace & Justice has declared August Nuclear-Free Future Month: Time to Phase Out Nuclear Power and Start Negotiations on a Treaty to Abolish Nuclear Weapons!
08/01/15 CITIZENS CLIMATE LOBBY MEETING
Citizens Climate Lobby meets the first Saturday of each month. Next month: August 1st from 12:30-3 PM at Kairos West Community Center, 742 Haywood Road in west Asheville. We are advocating for a Carbon Fee & Dividend, which would impose a fee on fossil fuels at point entry; this fee will be refunded to individuals and families. There is bipartisan support in Congress as this will create jobs and help grow the economy, boosting renewables.For more information, contact asheville@citizensclimatelobby.org.
08/02/15 DISPLAY AT FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN ASHEVILLE
NC Peace Action is sponsoring a display of posters on the Hiroshima bombings in 1945. These will be at the First Congregational Church, UCC on Oak Avenue until 08/30/15. (Prior email said ‘July’ but I have been told it will be held in August.)
08/02/15 PEACE WALK FROM ASHEVILLE TO OAK RIDGE
This is part of the Peace Walk from Swannanoa to Oak Ridge. See posting on 08/01/15 for more information. This leaves at 8 AM from Vance Monument. For more information, contact Ken Jones, jonesk@maine.edu.
08/05/15 SIERRA CLUB MEETING AND GREEN DRINKS
Sierra Club meeting on Waterfalls & Wildflowers - join us for Timothy Spira's presentation on "Exploring Waterfalls & Wildflowers in the Southern Appalachian Mountains". Tim's latest book is Waterfalls and Wildflowers in the Southern Appalachians: Thirty Great Hikes. Tim is emeritus professor of botany at Clemson University. Location is Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place, (corner of Charlotte & Edwin). Time is 7 PM. Contact: judymattox@sbcglobal.net, or 828-683-2176 for more information.
08/06/15 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NUCLEAR BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA
08/06/15 COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT USE OF FORCE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office will host a series of community meetings for discussions about the use of force by law enforcement. Location is North Buncombe High School. Time is 6 PM. The meeting will allow people to hear from Sheriff Van Duncan on the training and education that deputies receive regarding use of force, and Duncan will answer questions from community members about the topic. “We want to share with the public the law as well as the policies that we operate under when making use of force decisions,” Duncan said. “Being transparent with the public will hopefully create a shared understanding of law enforcement’s obligations as well as duties in protecting the public.” The question-and-answer portion of the program will be moderated by Lucia Daughtery of the Asheville-Buncombe Community Relations Council. This forum is free and open to the public.
08/06/15 CLEAN ENERGY IN THE MOUNTAINS EVENT
Clean Energy in the Mountains is back! Come have a beer with us on August 6th at Highland Brewing Company on Old Charlotte Highway in Asheville. This event will gather NC Sustainable Energy Association members and clean energy leaders from across the Southeast as we recognize the forward progress happening in the western North Carolina region and beyond. Enjoy local catering and a Highland beer while connecting with friends and colleagues. Please register by Monday, August 3rd. Find out how to register, or ask for more information from Christy at christy@energync.org or 919-832-7601 ext 111. Time is 5:30 to 8:30 PM.
08/06/15 CREATION CARE ALLIANCE GENERAL MEETING
All are welcome to take a moment to listen to one another, renew our spirits and learn about ways to engage the work of caring for creation. Join us! Location is First Baptist Church of Asheville at 5 Oak Street in downtown Asheville and time is 5:30 to 7 PM. Be a part of the conversation. Call (828) 258-8737 or email: creationcare@mountaintrue.org for more information.
08/08/15 RALLY AND MARCH IN OAK RIDGE TENNESSEE
This is a remembrance of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and a rally to say no to more nuclear weapons. There will be carpooling arranged by WNC Physicians for Social Responsibility. Contact Bob at robfhow@gmail.com if you are interested in carpooling.
08/09/15 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NUCLEAR BOMBING OF NAGASAKI
08/12/15 GREEN DRINKS
“Wild Utah: America’s Redrock Wilderness” is a multi-media slideshow documenting citizen efforts to designate public lands in southern Utah’s spectacular canyon country as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. This journey through redrock splendor invigorates and motivates viewers to participate in the movement to protect these unique lands. The multimedia slideshow will be shown in conjunction with a presentation on the status of the Utah wilderness movement by Travis Hammill, Eastern Grassroots Organizer for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. This inspirational and informational event is a must see for people wishing to become personally involved to make the difference in this tremendous American public lands conservation effort. Socializing at 5:30 and presentation is at 6 PM. Location is The Green Sage at 5 Broadway Street in downtown Asheville.
08/19/15 GREEN DRINKS
People of faith are installing solar panels, planting gardens, recycling, testifying, protesting, marching, writing, preaching and engaging in all sorts of acts of courageous compassion. Come explore some of the transformative work that is already happening on behalf of all creatures great and small. Scott Hardin-Nieri is the Director of The Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina. He has served in faith communities for over twenty years and after a “climate conversion” experience left his work in Monteverde, Costa Rica for the Blue Ridge Mountains. Socializing at 5:30 and presentation is at 6 PM. Location is The Green Sage at 5 Broadway Street in downtown Asheville.
08/20/15 COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT USE OF FORCE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office will host a series of community meetings for discussions about the use of force by law enforcement. Location is Owen High School. Time is 6 PM. The meeting will allow people to hear from Sheriff Van Duncan on the training and education that deputies receive regarding use of force, and Duncan will answer questions from community members about the topic. “We want to share with the public the law as well as the policies that we operate under when making use of force decisions,” Duncan said. “Being transparent with the public will hopefully create a shared understanding of law enforcement’s obligations as well as duties in protecting the public.” The question-and-answer portion of the program will be moderated by Lucia Daughtery of the Asheville-Buncombe Community Relations Council. This forum is free and open to the public.
08/21/15 to 08/23/15 MONTREAT CONFERENCE CENTER REMEMBRANCE OF MLK
On this weekend in August, at the Anderson Auditorium, Montreat College, in Montreat NC, there will be a weekend of remembrance of Martin Luther King’s address at Montreat in 1965, called “Dr. King's Unfinished Agenda: A Teach-In for Rededicating Ourselves to the Dream”. There will be nine speakers; the main speaker will be U.S. Representative John Lewis. Events include programming and break out sessions for teens and adults. Basic registration fee is $40; for those able to help provide scholarship funds for the conference, a registration of $100 is appreciated. To register or call 828.669.2911, ext. 339.
08/28/15 REMEMBRANCE OF EMMETT TILL’S MURDER
Wear BLACK and WHITE on July 25 (Emmett Till's 74th Birthday) and August 28. A TIME FOR UNITY IN BLACK AND WHITE: Please join us again! Let's Remember Emmett Till and those who have lost their lives #CharlestonNine #TrayvonMartin #JordanDavis #OscarGrant #RenishaMcBride #EricGarner #MikeBrown #RekiyaBoyd #SeanBell #StephenBiko and so many others to hate, violence and racism in the US and in other parts of the world. How? Please Wear black and white attire/clothing items on July 25 and August 28 (the day Emmett Till was murdered in 1955, 60 years ago). This is a silent but powerful way to show that we will never forget.
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ONGOING EVENTS
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TUESDAY
Veterans for Peace have a weekly vigil at 5 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 on 20 Oak Street 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. Call 884-3435 to confirm.
Third Saturdays – Asheville’s Green Grannies invites the public to “sing for the climate” at Pritchard Park 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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ACTIONS AND READINGS
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Dear Friends in Peace,
Join us for the international Day of Peace in Asheville on Monday, Sept. 21.
WNC4PEACE is hosting a moment of silence as Asheville bells are rung at 12 noon, followed by a March for Peace toAsheville City Hall. People of all faiths or no faith will gather to explore the spirit of peace in a troubled world, while white doves are released to send our message out into the universe.
Your church can be a part of this by:
· Ringing church bells at 12 noon along with other churches
· Promoting the event to your congregation
· Calling the Mayor’s office at (828) 259-5604 before July 30th to add your church’s name to the Peace Day Proclamation. By joining the Proclamation your church will be added to all our advertising, fliers, social and traditional media when appropriate.
· Committing to a donation, if feasible, to help planners with printing, advertising, permits etc. Please send your contribution to WNC4Peace, 335 Sourwood Rd., Black Mountain, NC 28711
Thank you for all the work you do for peace and justice in our world and at home.
Questions or suggestions? Please contact us at (828)378-0125 or email us at wnc4peace@gmail.com. You can also find us on Facebook.com/WNC4Peace and Twitter @WNC4Peace.
Please pass this on to other groups. We need to hear from all by July 30, 2015
Ed Sacco
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Come join us for a PEACE WALK, 10 miles per day, one or more days.
And Say NO to building a new bomb plant!
Walk from Warren Willson College to Vance Monument, & along French Broad River to Oak Ridge. Seventy years ago, the Y-12 Weapons Plant in Oak Ridge produced the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. The U.S. plans to build a new multi-Billion Dollar bomb plant at Oak Ridge. Support the Oak Ridge Environmental PEACE Alliance (orepa.org) and Walk to bring attention and say NO to the new bomb plant. Come join us and walk for peace.
Saturday 1 August at 8 AM - Meet at Warren Wilson College behind Kittredge Hall, and walk to Vance Monument in Asheville, for a total of 10 miles. Time is 8 AM to 3 PM. Transportation available from Asheville to Warren Wilson. Leave at 7:30 AM. Call Jim Brown for reservations and information at 777-4433.
Saturday 1 August at 6 PM - Potluck Dinner at Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Road in Asheville, NC. Everyone is welcome.
Sunday 2 August at 8 AM - Meet at Vance Monument and walk 10 miles along French Broad River Rd toward Marshall from 8 AM to 3 PM. Transportation back to Asheville will be available.
Rally and concert on Saturday, August 8, at 10 AM at Bissell Park in Oak Ridge, TN. Then walk to Y12 Complex (2.0 miles) for a follow up rally.
