NC Green Party close to being a recognized political party
Recent legislation reduced the number of signatures required for a party to appear on ballots in North Carolina and for people to be able to register as Greens from a nearly prohibitive 94,000 to about 11,700. This is a more manageable number, but money is still required to run a signature gathering campaign. You can donate to the NC Green Party at: ncgreenparty.nationbuilder.com/matchingfunds1 The US Green Party donated $5000 to the effort and you can donate to the national Ballot Access Committee here. The national party is also helping ballot access efforts in Vermont, Montana, and Nebraska, and the Greens in Utah just gained ballot access. People can also collect signatures themselves, such as at the polls November 7th. For petitions and tips, see: ncgreenparty.nationbuilder.com/collect_signatures Occasionally left parties have gained access to the ballot in NC, but for many years the only parties on the ballot have been the Democrats, Republicans, and sometimes the Libertarians, and to my knowledge no NC party left of the Greens is in a position to gain official recognition and appear on ballots anytime soon, though it will be easier now.
Seeking 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan comments
The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization wants comments on its draft 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan. There was a public hearing, but people can still comment by email until December 12th (see: www.dchcmpo.org/programs/transport/2045mtp.asp#tabs8 ).
Comment on the Durham Sustainability Plan
The City of Durham has released a Sustainability Plan( durhamnc.gov/DocumentCenter/View/16104 ) and seeks public input. There is an online survey and there might be more public hearings. For details see: www.durhamsustainabilityplan.com/
Durham's Southwest Regional Library is collecting intact eclipse glasses for Astronomers Without Borders (see www.facebook.com/SouthwestRegionalLibrary/posts/2044988178860325 )
UNC Sonder Market
This is a student operated food coop, open every Monday and Thursday at the Edible Campus Garden.
Student Action with Farmworkers 25th anniversary
There is an exhibit at FLOC's office in Dudley, Wayne County May 26th to December 31, 2017. For details, see: saf-unite.org/content/saf-2017-exhibits-events
Student Action with Farmworkers 25th anniversary
There is an exhibit at FLOC's office in Dudley, Wayne County May 26th to December 31, 2017. For details, see: saf-unite.org/content/saf-2017-exhibits-events
More than one story / Mas de una historia: 25 years of farmworker voices from SAF
There will be an exhibit of photos from Wilson Library's SAF archive in the Davis Library Gallery (first floor) until February 2018 (see: library.unc.edu/2017/08/more-than-one-story-mas-de-una-historia/ )
Weekly peace and justice vigils
There is a vigil (signs are provided or bring your own) most Fridays 4:30-5:30pm EST at the Village Plaza shopping center (by Whole Foods) corner of East Franklin Street and Elliot Road in Chapel Hill. It is supposed to be every Friday, but if few or no regular vigilers are there, there might not be anyone at the corner if someone new comes to join in.
Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library December Big Book Sale
The Friends of the CHPL is having its regular December sale at the Library (100 Library Drive, off of Estes, just west of its intersection with East Franklin Street near University Mall) December 1-3rd (the sale December 3rd is 11am-3pm and is a $5 dollar bag sale, bring your own paper grocery bag or the equivalent). For more information see: friendschpl.org/wp/
The annual Chatham County Studio Tour is December 2-3 and 9-10. For studio locations and times, see: www.chathamartistsguild.org/
Rescue Food, Feed People
Don't Waste Durham is hosting a meeting on reducing food waste Monday, December 4th, 6:30-7:30pm at their office (119 Orange Street, Suite 303, in Durham). They mention the statistics that 40% of our food supply ends up being wasted, while 1 in 6 Americans don't know how they will find their next meal. For more information, there is a Facebook event at: www.facebook.com/events/1830001003913177/
December 10th is Human Rights Day, marking the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, December 10, 1948 (see: www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/ ).
December 10th protests against US endorsement of Israeli occupation of Jerusalem:
Rally for Jerusalem
There will be a protest at 1pm in Raleigh's Bicentennial Plaza (1 Edenton Street), organized by the Carolina Peace Center, Jewish Voice for Peace - Triangle NC, and Muslim Women For. There are some ground rules for participants, and for other details see: www.facebook.com/events/295873550920641/
Jerusalem is the Capital of Palestine
There will be a protest 1:15-3:30pm at West Gate City Boulevard and High Point Road in Greensboro, organized by Muslims for a Better North Carolina and ICT Youth Committee, Greensboro. There was talk of rescheduling this due to the weather, but it looks like it is going ahead as planned. For more information, see: www.facebook.com/events/808819355964224/
BAJ showing Sami Al-Arian documentary
The documentary USA vs al Arian will be shown at Balance and Accuracy in Journalism's December meeting on Wednesday, the 13th, at 7:30pm at the Community Church, UU (106 Purefoy Road, Chapel Hill). Donations are welcome but this is a free showing. This is from BAJ's announcement:
"While the machinery of division and scapegoating seeks to distance us from our neighbors at home and around the world, the broad community of independent media, including filmmakers, offers us back our humanity.
This Wednesday we will screen the documentary USA vs Al Arian. The Univ. of South Florida professor Sami Al Arian was charged with terrorism. Yet even a “not guilty” verdict on the $50 million dollar terrorism investigation didn’t stop further use of Al Arian’s legal
status and a related case against the Palestinian relief organization Holy Land Foundation as political show trials.
Israeli born peace and human rights activist Miko Peled’s book ""Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five” is to be released early in 2018. We will apply contributions
received Wednesday to the expenses of hosting Peled as his book tour begins.
See Just World Books’ introduction to the book
http://justworldbooks.com/books/injustice/ "
National Call-In Day to Stop US Support for Electoral Fraud and Repression in Honduras
The Honduras Solidarity Network is asking people to contact their Congressional delegation, the State Department, and the US embassy in Honduras Thursday, December 14th, demanding that US stop political and economic support for current Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, end military aid to Honduras, and not recognize a president installed through fraud and repression. The US, especially Secretary of State Clinton, aided a coup there in 2009, followed by continuing violence. HSN says it was illegal for the incumbent to run for a second term in the presidential election November 26th (and the 2009 coup was said to be over fears that former president Manuel Zelaya wanted to run for another term), and there is reason to think the results were altered for Hernandez. For contact information, see: afgj.org/take-action-honduras-solidarity-network-issues-national-call-day-stop-u-s-support-electoral-fraud-repression-honduras
National Call-In Day to Stop US Support for Electoral Fraud and Repression in Honduras
The Honduras Solidarity Network is asking people to contact their Congressional delegation, the State Department, and the US embassy in Honduras Thursday, December 14th, demanding that US stop political and economic support for current Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, end military aid to Honduras, and not recognize a president installed through fraud and repression. The US, especially Secretary of State Clinton, aided a coup there in 2009, followed by continuing violence. HSN says it was illegal for the incumbent to run for a second term in the presidential election November 26th (and the 2009 coup was said to be over fears that former president Manuel Zelaya wanted to run for another term), and there is reason to think the results were altered for Hernandez. For contact information, see: afgj.org/take-action-honduras-solidarity-network-issues-national-call-day-stop-u-s-support-electoral-fraud-repression-honduras
December 15th is Bill of Rights Day.
I think there will be at least one event in Chapel Hill and/or Carrboro, but I don't know of any details yet.
Durham Garden Forum: Honeybees and Native Bees
Matthew Yearout of the Durham Beekeepers' Association ( www.durhambeekeepers.org/ ) will talk about bee biology, both non-native honeybees and native bees, important pollinating insects that are having problems, Tuesday, January 16th 6:30-8pm at the Doris Duke Center in Duke Gardens. This is part of the Durham Garden Forum, and is co-sponsored by NC Cooperative Extension - Durham County Center. Registration is not required, but participation will cost $10 dollars for non-members (Durham Garden Forum membership is $25 dollars for a year). There is free parking starting at 5pm. For more information, see: gardens.duke.edu/events/durham-garden-forum-honeybees-and-native-bees
The winter solstice will be December 21st.
Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet leader Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili, known by his nom de guerre or pseudonym Stalin, was born around December 21, 1878 in Georgia, at the time part of the Tsarist Russian Empire. Many of his writings are online at www.marx2mao.com/Stalin/Index.html and www.marxists.org.
Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Tse-tung was born December 26, 1893. Many of his writings are online at www.marx2mao.com/Mao/Index.html and at www.marxists.org.
The 44th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, itself in danger from Trump and the Republicans, but also the Democrats, is December 28th.
The Fulgencio Batista was overthrown in Cuba January 1, 1959.
Twitter Power Academy
The NC AFL-CIO and Social Movement Technologies will host seven classes on how to use Twitter "to shape news coverage, recruit influential allies to our community, and hold elected officials accountable." There will be a free introductory meeting on the past and future use of Twitter in organizing, Wednesday, January 10th 11-11:30am. It is open to organizers who are curious or want to participate in the entire course. To register, see: aflcionc.org/calendar/
US Foreign Military Bases Must Be Closed!
There will be a national conference to discuss the problems caused by the expansive American military presence abroad, January 12-14, 2018 at Maryland's University of Baltimore. The conference is being organized by 13 national peace and justice organizations, including WILPF. For more information, see: noforeignbases.org/
Community Meeting on Sustainable Food Truck Certification
Don't Waste Durham is hosting a meeting on this sustainability certification program (www.dontwastedurham.org/sustainable-food-truck-program), Friday, January 19th, 11:30am-12:30pm at the Durham Co-op Market (1111 West Chapel Hill Street). The Facebook event is at: www.facebook.com/events/1783207281977725/
Community Meeting on Sustainable Food Truck Certification
Don't Waste Durham is hosting a meeting on this sustainability certification program (www.dontwastedurham.org/sustainable-food-truck-program), Friday, January 19th, 11:30am-12:30pm at the Durham Co-op Market (1111 West Chapel Hill Street). The Facebook event is at: www.facebook.com/events/1783207281977725/
Durham Creek Week 2018 will be March 17-24th.
The 6th annual NC Statewide Star Party, part of the NC Science Festival, will be April 20-21 2018, but groups will need to register their events by November 16th. The theme is "Anyone Out There?" For more, see: www.ncsciencefestival.org/starparty
An activist calendar from Chapel Hill:
"Some Triangle Peace and Justice Events December 12 to 31, 2017
(Events listed in chronological order except for recurring event posted at end)
(Events listed in chronological order except for recurring event posted at end)
TAX CUT AND JOBS ACT Informational forum with expert panelists having most up to date facts available on Tax Bill as well as strategies for opposing it. Panelists: Samuel Gunter, Director of Policy & Advocacy, North Carolina Housing Coalition; Alexandra Sirota, Director of Budget and Tax Center, North Carolina Justice Center; Allan Freyer, Director of Workers’ Rights, North Carolina Justice Center. 6:30 to 8 p. m., Tuesday, December 12, Chapel Hill Library. Sponsored by Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP (www.chapelhillcarrboronaacp.com/).
USA VS AL ARIAN Documentary examines persecution of University of South Florida professor Sami Al Arian on false terrorism charges and shows with intimacy devastating effects on one family of US government’s “war on terror.” 7:30 p. m., Wednesday, December 13, church sanctuary. Balance & Accuracy in Journalism (BAJ), 919-542-2139.
THREATS TO NC'S FAIR COURTS Town Hall Meeting to alert voters to legislative and budgetary actions of NC Legislature that could impact independence of courts. Panel: Representative Marcia Morey; John Wester , NC litigator; James Drennan, Adjunct Professor, UNC School of Government. 7 – 8:30 p. m., Thursday, December 14, Chapel Hill Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Co-hosts: League of Women Voters of Orange, Durham and Chatham counties; NC Carolina Voters for Clean Elections; Democracy NC; Progress NC. Contact: bremer [period] jennifer [at gmail period com].
ANNUAL READINGS ON BILL OF RIGHTS DAY: Come read one of first 10 Amendments of United States Constitution and hear Raging Grannies, proclamations read by local officials, and remarks by Anna Richards, President of Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP. Noon, Friday,, December 15, Peace and Justice Plaza, corner of East Franklin and Henderson Streets, Chapel Hill. Sponsored by Orange County Bill of Rights Defense Committee and Orange County Peace Coalition. Contacts: 919-942-2535, 919-918-3432.
THE GATHERING: A TIME FOR REFLECTION, REVIVAL, & RESISTANCE Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove co-host a Watch Night Service to highlight key issues of Poor People’s Campaign, hear from impacted people, and announce plans for a mass Moral March in February. 7 p.m. - 9 pm., Sunday, December 31, Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, 1801 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh. Livestream at www.breachrepairers.org/livestream. Information: National Social Justice Organizer Rev. Erica Williams at ewilliams [at breachrepairers period org].
UNC STUDENT FIGHT AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY Effort to educate public about Silent Sam statue. Over Winter Break join Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom—Triangle Branch to vigil and distribute information about history of Silent Sam’s presence on UNC campus. Noon to 2 p.m., Wednesdays, Silent Sam, East Franklin Street by Pettigrew Hall. Community contact: ekkeel [at embarqmail period com] or 252-944-7474.
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP CHOOSING AND SHIPPING BOOKS TO NC PRISONERS Come to Prison Books Collective that has sent free books to people on the inside in North Carolina and Alabama, and magazines around the country, since 2006. Volunteer workdays are 1 to 4 p. m, Sundays, 4312 Etta Rd, Durham. Directions and information: http://prisonbooks.info/get-involved/volunteer/ . Contact: prisonbooks[at gmail period com]."
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