Oh, what a weekend in Chapel Hill.

Submitted by Robert P. on Fri, 04/13/2007 - 10:47am.



There are so many things going on, it will be hard to choose. If the weather holds then you should march downtown or to Polk Place for a march. Myself, I'll be volunteering at the John Edwards office on Saturday and on Daddy duty the rest of the weekend, as my wife has a term paper due. This is also a good weekend to hit the Carrboro farmer's market, so I'll put a link in there for that. Time to plant the tomatoes yet?


Step It Up Events
Step it Up 2007:This April 14th, tens of thousands of Americans will gather all across the country at meaningful, iconic places to call for action on climate change. We will hike, bike, climb, walk, swim, kayak, canoe, or simply sit or stand with banners of our call to action:

Stop Global Warming Rally
Saturday, April 14, 2007, 12 Noon
University United Methodist Church Steps
150 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill

JRE One Corps Step It Up Rally
Saturday, April 14th, 2 p.m.
Polk Place, UNC Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill NC

You can walk from one rally to the next I assume.
Also, for those who are JRE supporters.

Saturday 1pm - at the campaign headquarters:
Training for a national calling program. Travel to the One Corps rally from the office or stay and begin making phone calls.


UNC Chapel Hill is hosting a privacy forum that should be really interesting. It is happening this weekend.
PRIVACY FORUM in the making!

WHEN: Saturday, 14 April 2007
TIME: Likely 2 - 5 pm
WHERE: SN Hall

SPONSORS: To date: The ACLU of N.C.; Department of Computer Science, UNC-CH; ibiblio.org, UNC-CH.

PROBABLE TOPICS:

---Government Surveillance v. Security
---The Private Sector & Consumer privacy

Confirmed Speakers and Panel Members

Annie Antón, Director, The Privacy Place
http://www.theprivacyplace.org

Katherine Bryant, Vice President for Consumer Advocacy at ChoicePoint
www.choicepoint.net

Sen. Janet Cowell, State Senator, State of North Carolina
www.janetcowell.com/main.htm

Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, the CATO Institute
www.cato.org/people/harper.html

Melissa Ngo, Staff Counsel and Director of EPIC's Identification and Surveillance Project
www.epic.org

Bruce Schneier, internationally renowned security technologist and author
www.schneier.com

Gene Spafford, Executive Director, CERIAS - Center for Education and
Research in Information Assurance and Security
spaf.cerias.purdue.edu

Barry Steinhardt, Director of the Technology & Liberty Program, American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org

P. T. Wright, Acting Deputy Director, Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov


Carrboro Farmer's Market

Carrboro Saturday Market
March 24 - Dec. 22, 2007
7 am - Noon

4

Since When is Campbell Brown My Hero?


Trying to get a straight answer out of McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds.

BTW: I'm glad that Talking Points Memo posted this excerpt on Youtube, but since when does TiVo'ing something allow you to brand it with your logo? That's the Wild West...

The Dark Side Chronicles


Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory says he wants to change the culture in Raleigh. I guess that's why he wrote this letter to PAC lobbyists asking for their fundraising help. Change you can believe in? Riiiiiiight. Join the conversation here.