Political Action

On the 4th anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, MoveOn.Org will hold a candlelight vigil to remember the casualties of the war and call for Congress to stop the escalation and end the war. Please come, this will be one of more than a thousand MoveOn vigils across the country on Monday.

Bring a friend, bring a candle.

Asheville
City/County Plaza
The area in front of City Hall and the County Courthouse, on College St.

The Wake County Young Democrats will hold their Friday After-work Social at Mitch's Tavern (2426 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC) on March 30, 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 president@wakeyd.org
Hope to see y'all on the 30th of March for some after work fun

http://www.wakeyd.org

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!

The Council of State meets this morning to approve (or not) North Carolina's execution protocol. You can help make a difference by visiting NC Coalition for a Moratorium's site, scrolling down and sending a message to the members of the Council.

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

The Raleigh Vagina Monologues
Saturday, February 10
1pm @ The Rialto
10pm @ Kings Barcade
Tickets: $10, get 'em @ www.raleigh-vm.org

If you've seen it - you know. If you haven't - you need to.

The Raleigh Vagina Monologues is a production of Eve Ensler's world-renown play, by the same name. A group of local women, myself included, will be performing this play as a benefit for the Raleigh Planned Parenthood. It's a compilation of stories about women and their relationships with their vaginas.

From the vday.org website: "The power of "The Vagina Monologues" around the world is its ability to galvanize, enlighten, inspire a sense of self and activism, and communicate issues that are often difficult to articulate or hear. The play allows audiences to immerse in topics that are otherwise taboo, silenced by the media, stifled by the mind that does not want to contend with such painful or personal images about ourselves or others."

EXPANDING CLIFFSIDE will lock North Carolina into a dirty energy future –50 more years of blasting away the tops of Appalachian Mountains and pumping out 110 million tons of global warming pollution each year. You Can Make A Difference! Attend the Public Hearing on Jan 10, 7pm-9pm.

Charlotte/Mecklenburg Main Library
310 N. Tryon St
Charlotte, NC
* PRESS CONFERENCE Outside at 6 pm

Remember, just because you a attend a public hearing does not mean you have to speak!

Background info:

DUKE ENERGY WANTS US TO PAY $3 BILLION FOR A COAL PLANT
50 MILES WEST OF CHARLOTTE

* Duke Energy has proposed building one of the nation’s largest coal plants at its CLIFFSIDE site, directly upwind of Charlotte.

* Comparable-sized facilities typically burn over 5 million tons of coal a year and emit huge amounts of global warming pollution and mercury, a toxic heavy metal.