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Ongoing weekly vigils for justice and peace: Chapel Hill: 4:30 – 5:30pm, Fridays, corner of Elliott Road and East Franklin Street (942-2535).
Durham: Saturdays, Noon-1:00 PM, Gregson and Main Streets, opposite Brightleaf Square (402-0424).
MON 1/12. Robert F. Kennedy visits New Bern for Pure Farms-Pure Water Summit BBQ dinner at New Bern Riverfront Convention Center, with entertainment by Cold Biscuit For more information please visit http://www.neuseriver.org/
TUE 1/13. 6:30pm. UNA-Wake dinner program.
Bonnie Dixon, founder and executive director of JourneyPartners, will discuss "Zimbabwe ? Looking Back, Looking Forward." The program will begin with a buffet dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the Oak Room at Meredith College. Cost: $8 students, $12 UNA members, $15 non-members To register, contact Wayne Bare, 772-5165 or wayneb@nc.rr.com . Make checks payable to UNA-Wake and mail to: H. Wayne Bare, Treasurer, 1307 Sycamore Dr. Garner, NC 27529
TUE 1/13. 7pm. Durham People's Alliance Event - PA Membership Meeting Community room of the Herald-Sun Building, 2828 Pickett Rd., Durham Please join us at our next PA membership meeting to hear Tom Bonfield, Durham City Manager, discuss his goals and plans for Durham in 2009. Mr. Bonfield will make a short presentation, and then answer questions. The membership meeting will also include the election of the People's Alliance Coordinating Committee (CC), and PA officers. If you are interested in serving on the PA CC, and/or serving as a PA officer, please email durhampa@mindspring.com or call Dabney Hopkins at 286-9268. http://www.durhampa.org/
THUR 1/15. 6:30pm. Dinner & a Documentary: " Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."
Fuquay-Varina United Methodist Church, 100 S. Judd Pky SW, Fuquay-Varina This week we will be viewing "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective". This film offers a one-of-a-kind examination of Dr. King's extraordinary life, using rare and largely unseen film footage and photographs. To study Dr. King's compelling and magnificent life is to understand that social change and enlightenment are brought about only by the overwhelming force of the human spirit. Questions? email Jeff or Anne at dinnerdoc@healthprotector.com
THUR 1/15. 7 – 9pm. Understanding Gaza, UNC Teach-In Nelson Mandela Auditorium at the FedEx Global Education Center, UNC, Chapel Hill. (located at McCauley and Pittsboro Streets)
Panelists: Dr. Sarah Shields: Associate Professor of Middle Eastern History at UNC-CH; Marty Rosenbluth: Formerly the Country Specialist for Israel, the Occupied Territories and the Palestinian Authority for Amnesty International-USA; Laila El-Haddad: A freelance journalist from Gaza; Rann Bar-On: A graduate student at Duke University. Presented by:
UNC –CH for Justice in Gaza
FRI 1/16. 7:30pm. Obama Meetup event - Pre-Inaugural Party to honor Dr.
King's "Dream Realized": President-Elect Barack Obama.
Metro Cafe' and Lounge 309 Blake St. in Historic City Market Downtown Raleigh, NC 27601 919-926-8796. Admission - $2.00. In the spirit of our President-Elect's call to service, please donate canned goods and/or other non-perishable items (cereal, dried beans, rice, etc.) upon entry.
Your gifts will benefit Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC. Official charity boxes will be on-site. http://barackobama.meetup.com/173/
SAT 1/17. 10am. Wake County "Yes We CANS!" Food Drive, part of
President-Elect Obama's National Service Day.
On SAT 1/10, volunteers distributed 450 bags to homes in the area, and now we need to collect the food donations. I f you are able to come and help pick up the food items from our neighborhood that would be awesome!
We are meeting at Gray and Michael McKay's home at 10am to start our pick up. Their address is 2932 Dahlgreen Rd. 27615 and their phone number is 844-5832. If you have some small boxes you could donate for the pick up that would be great! Also, if you have a larger vehicle (or a pick up
truck) to help with the pick up let us know. Please contact Vickie for more information, Vickie 848-3952 or 609-3834 or QVTakei@yahoo.com. for additional info see http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gptc54
SAT 1/17. 2 – 3:30pm. NC Stop Torture Now vigil.
Governor's Mansion, 201 N. Blount St., Raleigh We will be sending a message to our newly inaugurated Governor, Beverly Perdue. PLEASE COME! Bring signs and banners, friends and family, and your own conviction that NC has a responsibility to make sure no more torture flights originate in our state. For more info, contact Joan Walsh walshj@email.unc.edu
SUN 1/18. 9:15 – 10:15am. Community United Church of Christ Adult
Forum - "Conversation on Race": Viewing and Discussing President-elect Barack Obama’s Philadelphia Speech on Race.
Community United Church of Christ, 814 Dixie Trail, Vaughan Fellowship
Hall, Raleigh http://www.communityucc.org/ For more information, email
Cynthia Ball, 919.387.9479 or cball@BallMediation.com You can also view information about FORUM on the CUCC News and Chat blog - http://cuccinfo.blogspot.com/
January 20, 2009, Inauguration Day. For info about the Inauguration, tickets, events, etc, please see the following website -
http://inaugural.senate.gov/index.cfm
TUE 1/20. 11am. Inaugural event at Galaxy Theater.
770 Cary Towne Blvd, Cary. (919) 463-9989 Galaxy's wondrous concession stand will be open, offering fresh-popped corn and standard concession fare, as well as specialty espresso drinks featuring Mr. Toad's espresso beans, yummy cookies from Sweet Jane's Bakery as well as wide selection of other beverages. $3 per person.
http://www.mygalaxycinema.com/
WED 1/21. 7 – 9pm. The Steering Committee. of the Human Rights Coalition of NC meets Community United Church of Christ, 814 Dixie Trail, Raleigh
Guests are welcomed , we need your support Please send me your
questions/comments/suggestions/agenda items on or before noon this Thursday, January 15 - Patricia Newman slaterpat@mindspring.com
THUR 1/22. 12noon – 1pm. Stand Up for CHOICE on the Capitol Steps!
North Carolina State Capitol Morgan and Fayetteville For more information, and to RSVP to the events, please contact Lindsay Siler at Lindsay.siler@pphsinc.org or Shannon Heintz at Shannon.heintz@pphsinc.org
THUR 1/22. 7 – 9pm. 2009 Annual Meeting Triangle Interfaith Alliance Contact William L. Bingham, TIA Board Present (Voice:
919.614.1534;bingham@ncsu.edu for additional info.
Please consider setting aside the evening of January 22, 2209 on your calendar so that you may join us as we look back at 2008 in review and offer the programs and interfaith work for 2009. This year our guest speaker is F. Nelson Stover. Mr. Stover is President of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Cultural Affairs International (ICA; http://www.ica-international.org/ ). ICA's mission is to advocate for and actualize the fundamental right of all peoples to define and shape their own futures, toward the goal of realizing sustainable, just solutions to human challenges. http://www.interfaithalliance-nc.org
SAT 1/24. 9a – 6p Sustainability NOW! symposium Unity Church of the Triangle, Longview Center 118 S. Person Street, Raleigh For additional info, please see the church website in the calendar section - http://www.unitytriangle.org/ Cost: $20 in advance; $25 at the door; $10 student price A local symposium featuring NC speakers talking about positive steps toward becoming sustainable NOW! Topics and
speakers: Simple Living: Achieving and Honoring Simple, Just, and
Sustainable Ways of Life ~ Wanda Urbanska Change How You Garden ~ Pam Beck Living in a Local Economy ~ Lyle Estill Renovating Your Home to Be Carbon-Free ~ Stephen Hren Thomas Berry's Sense of Sacred ~ Carolyn Toben Motivating to Action: Education and Activism in the Legislative Process ~ Andy Wood. Program and registration form at http://www.unitytriangle.org/ or contact Karen at chickadeebirders@earthlink.net or 844-9050.
SAT 1/24. 10a – 5pm. “Building Solutions” Workshop The Sierra Club will host its first Cool Cities Phase II workshop, which will focus on offering energy solutions for the built environment, including real-world solutions that have used energy efficient building design or lighting optimization. Sierra Club members will leave equipped with tools to identify and redefine their town and their own energy use and generation. The general public and all Sierra Club members are invited. Please pre-register online as there is limited seating available
- http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageNavigator/cool_cities_workshop
SAT 1/24. 10a – 12noon. League of Woman Voters of
Orange-Durham-Chatham: National Popular Vote: Information Meeting.
Extraordinary Ventures, 200 S. Elliott Rd., Chapel Hill.
Delegates at LWV Convention 2008 adopted a study of the feasibility of using the National Popular Vote (NPV) Compact among the states as a method for electing the president. This meeting will be in preparation for consensus on this subject at a March meeting. Two speakers, Rep.
Paul Luebke and Professor Mike Munger, will present the pros and cons of this method of electing the President.
http://www.odc.nc.lwvnet.org/Calendar.html
SUN 1/25. 9:15 – 10:15am. Community United Church of Christ Adult
Forum - Major Issues before the NC General Assembly 2009 session, convening on Jan. 28 Community United Church of Christ, 814 Dixie Trail, Vaughan Fellowship Hall, Raleigh http://www.communityucc.org/ Speaker will be Rep.
Deborah Ross, D-38. For more information, email Cynthia Ball, 919.387.9479 or cball@BallMediation.com You can also view information about FORUM on the CUCC News and Chat blog - http://cuccinfo.blogspot.com/
MON 1/26. 10:30am. The Millennium Seminar/Harrelson Lecture featuring President Bill Clinton Reynolds Coliseum - NC State University, Raleigh, NC.
Doors open at 9:00 a.m. The seminar is free and open to the public.
However, tickets will be needed to get into the event. NC State faculty, staff, and administrators may request tickets starting Wednesday, Dec.
17th by going online to http://www.ncsu.edu/millenniumseminars Members of the public may request tickets beginning TUE 1/6. Tickets are limited! Faculty/staff/administrators and members of the general public may request a maximum of 2 tickets; students may request 1 ticket.
Because tickets are limited, when requesting tickets, we respectfully ask that you confirm the attendance of your potential guest prior to
requesting a guest-ticket.
WED 1/28 7:30pm. Town Meeting - Health Care Quail Ridge Books & Music, 3522 Wade Ave., Raleigh. (919) 828-7912 Our town hall meetings are always lively discussions with a wide range of opinions. More details to come on moderators and experts attending.
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