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The Wake County Young Democrats will hold their First Friday After-work Social at Mitch's Tavern (2426 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC) on March 2, 2007. The social will begin at 6:30 p.m. There is no cost to attend this event, but memberships to the Wake YD's are available. We hope to make this a monthly gathering of Young and Young-at-Heart Democrats. For more information please email Jason Kessler at jasonkessler77@hotmail.com Hope to see y'all on the 2nd of March for some after work fun!

An Evening at the Biltmore
A social benefiting the Soulforce Equality Ride and hosted by Eastern Bus Rider Matt Hill Comer

Friday, February 16, 2007, 7pm-9pm
The Biltmore Greensboro Hotel
111 West Washington Street, Downtown Greensboro, NC

Please join Matt in this social benefiting this great LGBT/straight ally, non-violent, direct action movement on religion-based oppression against LGBT people across America!

In March and April 2007, Matt will join 55 other LGBT and straight allied youth activists, on two different bus routes, traveling to 33 religious colleges and universities which openly discriminate against LGBT students and straight students who speak out on LGBT equality issues.

Wine & Refreshments Served; Suggested Donation, $25.00; Please RSVP by Wed. Feb. 14, 2007 to Matt Hill Comer: 336-391-9528 or matt@interstateq.com

This post is to announce that next Thursday, December 28th, Rep. Brad Miller will be live-blogging from 9am-11am. Questions and comments are welcome, as long as they are civil of course. This post will reappear throughout the following week to remind folks about the event.

Tonight (10/26), Asheville Drinking Liberally presents a screening of Robert Greenwald's "Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers". Screening begins @ 7:30, with discussion to follow afterwards.

OCTOBER SEMINAR ON MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE DEATH PENALTY

The Charlotte School of Law, John S. Leary Bar Association, and Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation are sponsoring a seminar entitled “Mental Illness & the Death Penalty: Seeking a ‘Reasoned Moral Response’ to an Unavoidable Condition” on Friday, October 20. Renowned capital defense attorney Bryan Stevenson of Alabama will be the keynote speaker. Former N.C. Chief Justice Burley Mitchell will also be speaking. Panels will explore the ways in which the criminal justice system misunderstands mental illness and harms our most vulnerable citizens.

NC Justice Center Conference
Progress NC 2006: Forging a United Agenda for We the People

The Friday Center for Continuing Education – UNC-Chapel Hill
October 19, 2006 – 11:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Progress NC 2006 will examine how state-level budget decisions, environmental regulation, minority-participation barriers, and campaign-financing rules can undermine the progressive agenda, and how we can overcome these challenges together.

Speakers will include Dr. Robert M. Franklin of Emory University, Patrick Bresette of Demos's Public Works, Bob Hall of Democracy NC, Marisol Jimenez McGee of El Pueblo, Hope Taylor-Guevara of Clean Water for NC, and Elaine Mejia of the NC Budget & Tax Center.

What if ordinary people, on behalf of communities and natural resources, had the tools to confront head-on the usurpation by corporations of our unique rights? Learn about progress in Pennsylvania from experts featured in the documentary film, THE CORPORATION. Consider how North Carolina might apply their proven model to address our own problems such as hog waste, sludge and mining. Attend the Programs of Corporations Law and Democracy / Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund's Democracy School October 6-8 in the Triangle. For more information: mollybeacham AT mindspring DOT com or Nati

The Common Sense Foundation will present their new study, "Liberty & Justice For All" on Tuesday, July 25, 2006, 7:00pm at the UU Church of Greensboro. The new, ground-breaking study details LGBT public-policy issues in North Carolina.

Please join the Common Sense staff and local activists in an open discussion of the report and these issues (marriage, adoption, employment/housing discrimination, HIV/AIDS, transgender equality, and more). Free copies of the report will be available at the event.

The forum will include local speakers and plenty of opportunities for questions, answers, and dialogue.

Just wanted to let you know that Jim Derych, author of Confessions of a Former Dittohead, will be doing an event next Tuesday, the 13th of June, 7:00PM at Regulator Bookshop 720 Ninth Street, Durham, NC. Please pass the word on--we hope to get a nice crowd for Jim.

Here is some information about Jim's book:

"One of the most important political books of the year."
--Markos Moulitsas, Founder of Daily Kos and author of Crashing the Gate

Everyone knows a dittohead. In addition to being devoted listeners of Rush Limbaugh, they're also loud, judgmental, and sure they're always right. One of the most common phrases you'll hear them use is "if you only understood politics you'd be a Republican." And from abortion to gay marriage to national defense to fiscal policy, Rush tells them how it only works the Republican way. Originally a diary on the popular website Daily Kos, Confessions of a Former Dittohead is a unique personal and political memoir that follows red-stater and former social conservative Jim Derych on a unique journey from right to left. The book also provides a fascinating "insider" account on how dittoheads, i.e. hardcore Republicans, think on the major political, economic and social issues of the day, and what liberals and progressive can do to change that thinking.

Book Signing with Markos Moulitsas of DailyKos and Jerome Armstrong of MyDD at Quail Ridge Books & Music. Introduction tentatively to be provided by Representative Brad Miller. More details to follow.

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