Apparently Alamance County had a creek week last year, but nothing has been announced so far for 2022: alamancecreekweek.wordpress.com/ [Now announced as May 14 - 21, 2022]
This might not be an exhaustive list and some areas might have their creek weeks in the fall.
The NC Pilgrimage for Peace and Justice usually walks across the State every spring, I think ending in Raleigh on Good Friday, April 15th this year. It is organized by wfpse.org and other groups.
Earth Hour will be marked Saturday, March 27th [actually it is Saturday, March 26th] this year, 8:30 - 9:30pm, and there will be events around the world: www.earthhour.org/take-part
"Charlotte city workers are organizing to have their voice heard during the City's budget process. The city works because we do!
In the spirit of Dr. King, who took his last stand supporting striking sanitation workers fighting for union rights, we continue the struggle!
Charlotte City Workers Union UE Local 150 members, faith, labor and community activists will be rallying before the City Council meeting on March 28.
5:30pm - Rally at Marshall Park (800 E 3rd St)
6:15pm - March to Government Center (600 E 4th Street)
6:30pm - Workers speak inside City Council meeting
We will also be going inside to speak directly to the council to demand the following:
1. FAMILY-SUPPORTING WAGES
A. Fully fund the wage structure adopted in 2017 for non-exempt employees’ pay. This structure should be based on overall years with the city, not just years in a certain job title. We appreciate the city’s long process and willingness to develop this pay plan that has benefited many employees. However, this plan should be funded to be an on-going wage scale, not just a one-time adjustment.
B. Daily overtime. Workers would receive overtime for every hour worked after their scheduled shift for the work day.
C. Shift differential pay. Workers would receive an increase to their daily wages when they work nights or weekends.
2. UNIVERSAL SICK POLICY
The city policy on sick time is different in every department. Some departments have made the decision to punish employees for being sick and taking days off.
3. FAIR GRIEVANCE PROCESS
Shop Stewards and Employee advocates.
4. AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE
Pass a resolution in support Improved and Expanded Medicare for All Act (HR 1384)
For more information contact us at 704-954-9647"
#Defund Climate Chaos Week of Arts Action, demanding that financial institutions stop funding fossil fuel infrastructure, will be April 2 - 10. There will be an online teach-in March 29th at 8pm (
bit.ly/DefundClimateChaos ) and the Haw River Assembly says to contact janmartijnburger at gmail to get involved.
The NC Botanical Gardens' annual
Evelyn McNeill Sims Native Plant Lecture will be Sunday, April 3rd 5:30 - 6:30pm, with an in-person and online audience. Julie Moore will talk about "
50 years of Native Plant and Habitat Conservation in NC: History and the Road Ahead:"
ncbg.unc.edu/calendar/
The annual
NC Science Festival (
ncsciencefestival.org ) sponsors events throughout the state during April, including the annual
Statewide Star Party, April 8th and 9th this year (
ncsciencefestival.org/starparty ). [There will be an event 7 - 10pm April 9th at the Triangle Land Conservancy's Williamson Farm and Nature Preserve in Raleigh:
www.triangleland.org/explore/events ).
NCSciFest began in September 2010 (the Star Party began in 2013) and is organized by Morehead Planetarium and UNC - Chapel Hill. It is supposed to be the country's first statewide festival of science. There were events at every state park in 2016, the centenary of the state park system; in all of NC's 100 counties in 2017; and its one millionth participant and first million dollar endownment came in 2015.
The Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden's
2022 Virtual Plant Sale is March 23 - April 6 at noon and their
2022 Spring In-person Plant Sale will be Saturday, April 9th 9am-2pm in Kernersville, North Carolina. Their
2022 Spectacular Tulip Bloom Celebration, featuring over 16,000 flower bulbs, will also be on the 9th, from 10am - 4pm:
www.cienerbotanicalgarden.org
The Durham Master Gardener Extension volunteers and Backyard Treasures will have a
plant sale April 9th 10am-2pm at the Durham Cooperative Extension center at 721 Foster Street, Durham:
keepdurhambeautiful.org/events
NC Squid Game (the 2022 NC KoreaFest?) will be held April 9th 11am - 4pm at Black Belt World in Knightdale:
www.nckoreafest.com
There will be a spring cleanup at Durham's Geer Cemetery Saturday, April 16th 11am - 1pm with the
Friends of Geer Cemetery:
keepdurhambeautiful.org/events
April 22nd, a Friday this year, is Earth Day every year and 2022 is the 152nd birth anniversary of Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich (Ulyanov) Lenin.
The first annual Orange-Chatham African American Cultural Festival will be April 23rd 10am - 2pm at 750 South Merritt Mill Road in Chapel Hill.
Matthews Earth Day will be April 23rd at Squirrel Lake Park, Matthews.
Statesville Arbor Day will be April 23rd at the Statesville Park and Soccer Complex.
April 28th is Workers' Memorial Day and there is usually a commemoration in Raleigh.
According to the NC AFLCIO March 30th is Airport Workers Day of Action.
The Belmont Historical Society Living History Day will be April 30th.
There will no doubt be events for International Workers' Day/May Day around Sunday, May 1st.
The NC Botanical Garden's
Spring Native Plant Sale will be May 7th 10:30am - 4pm:
ncbg.unc.edu/calendar/ There are also daily sales at the NCBG and the JC Raulston Arboretum.
Duke Gardens might have an annual spring plant sale. They offer classes, such as a free, online presentation May 5th 11am - 2pm on spring ephemeral wildflowers, which are usually in about full bloom by mid to late March in older well-drained to more hydric woodlands here:
gardens.duke.edu They might have been delayed this year. Spring ephemerals and other flowers can be seen on the Eno River Assembly's annual spring hike series:
www.enoriver.org/events-and-activities/hikes-and-outings/ Duke Gardens' website says the cherry blossoms peaked March 19 - 20, but presumably are still blooming at the end of March and tulips are beginning to bloom. There is probably a similar situation at UNC, though plants there seem to bloom earlier than in more outlying areas, probably due to urban heat island effects and underground steam tunnels, and various cherries and related trees can bloom from very early in the year to April or May. The
National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC is March 20th - April 17th this year:
nationalcherryblossomfestival.org
The Brunswick County Master Gardener Volunteer Association will have a container plant sale in late March, a Spring Plant Sale in late April, Pollinator Plant Sale during National Pollinator Week in June, and a Fall Plant Sale in September. There will also be a Spring Plant Sale at Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina April 23rd 9:30am - 3:30pm.
The Greensboro Farmers Market's annual Go Green Plant, Garden, and Home Show will be April 24th 9am - 2pm.
The Haw River Assembly's
Haw River Festival will be May 7th 4 - 8pm in Saxapahaw:
hawriver.org
Lexington's 26th annual Multicultural Festival will be May 7th 10am - 5pm.
Haw Riverkeeper Emily Sutton will lead a 40th Anniversary Paddle for the HRA May 14 - 21 from Rockingham County to Jordan Lake, with celebratory gatherings in communities along the way.
The annual
Longleaf Celebration at Harris Lake County Park in Wake County will be Saturday,
May 14th this year.
The Winterfield Community Garden's A Dozen Years of Digging Festival will be May 14th in Charlotte.
The annual
Animazement Japanese (and other East Asian) pop culture convention in Raleigh is scheduled for May 27-29th, its 25th year, though it hasn't been held since 2019 due to the pandemic:
www.animazement.com
Raleigh's 6th annual International Food Festival will be Saturday, June 4th 12-10pm.
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's
2022 ADC National Convention will be June 17-18 in Washington, DC:
www.adc.org
There will be a
Mass Poor People's Assembly and Moral March on Washington will be June 18th 9am - 2pm:
www.codepink.org/events CODEPINK will hold an
anti-militarism teach-in afterward, 4-6pm, details TBA.
The annual
Cullowhee Native Plant Conference will be
July 20 - 23.
The
Green Party US will have its national convention July 21 - 24 this year:
www.gp.org
The massive annual East Asian pop culture convention
Otakon will be held July 29-31 in Washington, DC:
www.otakon.com
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