Other Areas

Mon., Jan 20 • Peace march from Martin Luther King Drive to City County Plaza for rally at 12 noon.

Tues., Jan. 21 • Nuclear Issues Round Table / Working Group: monthly gathering to share information, help coordinate actions and events. This meeting will be open; people can plan to attend regularly or simply drop in. West End Bakery Meeting Room on Haywood Road (West Asheville, near intersection with Vermont), 12:30. Info: Mary Olson, NIRS Southeast Office 828-675-1792.

Wed., Jan.22 • Planned Parenthood honors the 30th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. 6-7:30pm at the Pack Memorial Library’s Lord Auditorium. Two short videos will be shown: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness and Motherless, A Legacy of Loss From Illegal Abortion. Info: Jeanette Phillips at 252-7928.

Wed., Jan. 22 • Martin Luther King Day Celebration: Jim Lucas performs "Reflections," featuring critically acclaimed renditions of King’s speeches. Lucas’ one-man show was inspired by his participation in the 1963 March on Washington and smaller protests and demonstrations to achieve school integration in his hometown of Lake Providence, LA. Lipinsky Auditorium, UNCA campus, 5:30pm. Free admission. Info: 251-6671.

Fri., Jan. 24 • "The Enlightenment," UNCA humanities lecture by Dr. Kevan Frazier, 11am, UNCA’s Lipinsky Auditorium, free admission. Info: 251-6808.

Fri., Jan. 24 • "Cold War Era," UNCA humanities lecture by Dr. Ted Uldricks, 11am, UNCA’s Humanities Lecture Hall, free admission.

Sun., Jan. 26 • Walking the Edge of Insanity: Navigating the World of Mental Health in the 21st Century. Forum and discussion on mental health & mental illness in the US. Hear from folks who have a healthy distrust of the current system, but are working on both conventional and alternative fronts of mental health treatment to take back control of their lives. 6pm, Asheville Community Resource Center, 63 Lexington Ave. (the doors with the face painting, next to Honeypot).

Mon., Jan. 27 • "Egypt," UNCA humanities lecture by Dr. John McClain, 11am, UNCA’s Lipinsky Auditorium, free admission.

Mon., Jan. 27 • "Community and Authority in the Medieval West," UNCA humanities lecture by Dr. Michael Gillum, 11am, UNCA’s Humanities Lecture Hall, free admission.

Fri., Mar. 14- Sun., Mar. 16 • Southern Girls Convention: workshops, speakers, entertainment. Warren Wilson College. Info: www.southerngirlsconvention.org

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Asheville Free School class schedule for November & December 2002 is now available. Please check the website at www.letsfreeschool.org, call for info: Nan, 236-3834 or email ashevillefreeschool@hotmail.com.

“Koats for Kids,” annual campaign to provide children in Buncombe County with warm winter coats. Financial donations also accepted. Please bring coat donations to 951 Sand Hill Rd or the North Carolina $1.99 Cleaners at the following locations: K-Mart Shopping Plaza on Patton Ave.; 120 Merrimon Ave.; 1025 Brevard Rd.; and 4 Long Shoals Rd. Info: www.heartswithhands.org

Asheville Free School is offering new classes for September and October 2002. Call 236-3834 or email ashevillefreeschool@hotmail.com for more info.

Oct. 15 – Nov. 29 • The Center for Diversity Education presents “In the Footsteps of Pilgrims: Historic Travels of Faith” at the YMI Cultural Center. The emphasis of the exhibit will be on the Hajj to Mecca along with information on pilgrimages to Santiago, Rome, Jerusalem, Varanasi (India), Shikoku (Japan) and Canterbury. Tuesday - Friday 1-5; Saturday 10-5. Admission is $2 for students, $4 for adults. Info: 828-254-9044, www.diversityed.com, or diversity@main.nc.us

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Asheville needs volunteers. Four volunteer programs to choose from. Info: Jayme Davis, 253-1470.

Foster Parents needed • Make a difference in the life of a child, a difference that will contribute to the quality of a child’s life. Explore your opportunity to provide a foster home with Grandfather Home for Children. Info: Kathy Price, 828-299-2941.

WENOCA Sierra Club plans a variety of hikes and rafting outings in the Western NC area. Info: 236-0571 before 10pm.

Culture’s Edge 2002: Classes and workshops at Earthaven Ecovillage. For course guide, to register, or for more info: 828-669-3937 (voice mail), culturesedge@earthaven.org, or write to 1025 Camp Elliott Rd., Black Mountain, NC 28711.

Third Mondays • Asheville Latin-Americans for Advancement meets. Call 277-1797 for details.
Third Mondays • Population Connection (formerly ZPG) meets. Call Greg Wilcox at 665-7531 or gwilcox@charter.net
Tuesdays • Asheville Prison Book Program meets 2-4 pm. Call 254-3025 for more info.
Tuesdays • Colombia Education Project meets, 7pm, Warren Wilson College. Info: 285-8495.
Tuesdays • Food Not Bombs serves free vegan food and informal activist networking at City County Plaza, 5pm. Info: 281-4343.
First Tuesdays • Community of Compassion, cannabis activist group, meets at 7pm at 729 Haywood Rd. (Fortune Building) in West Asheville. 251-0343.
First and Third Tuesdays • WNC Peace Coalition meets. All are welcome. Info: Peace Line 271-0022.
First Wednesdays • WNC Pagans’ Night Out, a monthly social gathering for local Pagans, Heathens, and practitioners of similar faiths. Minors must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Sponsored by CERES, the Coalition of Earth Religions for Education and Support. Info: 253-5667 or www.witchesgathering.com/ceres
Wednesdays (SEPT-OCT): Vigil against the war on Iraq, 5-6pm, in front of the Federal Building in downtown Asheville. Info: 285-0838.
Wednesdays • Mosaic Vortex community center membership meetings. Info: 271-7774
Wednesdays • Poet Potluck: Bring a vegetarian dish and speak your words. 7:30pm, Burnsville. Info/directions: 675-0171. Wednesdays • Spanish language practice with a native speaker, 12:30pm at International Link, 87 Patton. 255-9104. First Wednesdays • La Leche League toddler group meets 10am at Murphy-Oakley Rec. Center, 749 Fairview Rd. Info: 645-8579.
First and third Wednesdays • Earth First! meets, 7pm. Call for info: 285-0847.
Second and fourth Wednesdays • Blue Ridge Equality Alliance (BREA) meets, 6:30pm, Wells Room, YWCA, 185 S. French Broad. Info: 252-4097 or info@breaonline.org
Second Wednesdays • WNC SOA Watch meets. Info: 254-5195.
Thursdays • French language practice with a native speaker, 12:30pm at International Link, 87 Patton. 255-9104.
Thursdays • Free yoga class at the French Broad Food Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave., 7:45-9:30pm.
Fridays • Women in Black stand in silence against war, 5-6pm at Vance Monument. Info: 252-4536.
Fridays • WNC Peace Coalition’s Vigil for Peace, 6-7pm, Vance Monument. Info: Peace Line, 271-0022.
Fridays • Open acoustic jam, 7pm at Capricorn Studios. Info: 686-8020
First Fridays • AGR movie night: Documentaries and films that question social norms. First Friday of every month at The Big Idea, 27 Carolina Lane. Donations benefit AGR. Watch resource guide for upcoming films and showtimes.
Saturdays • Tours and service learning projects at Earthaven Ecovillage, outside of Black Mountain. 669-3937 (visitor voice mail number, please leave a message).
Second and Fourth Sundays • Poetry Slam at Area 45 Theatre, 45 Wall St., 7:30 pm. Info: slamasheville@yahoo.com Sundays • GROW Community Garden: work in the garden, 3-8pm, Pearson community garden. Info: 254-5195.
Sundays • Asheville Prison Book Program meets 5:30pm at 101 Woodrow St. (back door) Call 254-3025 for more info. Sundays • Food Not Bombs serves free vegan food and informal activist networking at City County Plaza, 5pm. Info: 281-4343.
Sundays • Capoeira class, 5pm. One class free if you bring in a copy of the AGR with this notice. Info: 232-2980 or dravenarcane@hotmail.com
First and third Sundays: GROW Community Garden meets, 1:30pm, Pearson community garden. Info: 254-5195 Third Sundays • La Leche League meets 4pm at WNC Breastfeeding Center, 50 Doctor’s Dr. 628-4438
Second and fourth Sundays • Jubilee environmental team meets downstairs at Jubilee, 46 Wall St., 11am. Info 250-9116 Last Sunday of every month • Food Not Bombs monthly meeting. 8pm, 169 Hillside St. Info: 281-4343.

Other areas

Various locations
Jan. 17 • Women’s Anti-War Day of Action: Part of a National Week of Resistance for Justice and Peace in the spirit of Martin Luther King Info:<www.unitedforpeace.org> or 202-393-5016.

Washington, DC
Jan. 13-20 • Black Voices for Peace and United For Peace will hold workshops and rally to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the anniversary of his birthday and strengthen the leadership of African Americans and other people of color in the new anti-war movement. Info: Black Voices for Peace at 202-232-5690 or United For Peace at 202-862-9740 x.3038.

Greensboro, North Carolina
Jan. 18 • "Unreasonable Seizures of Unreasonable People": Conference on use of police force against emotionally disturbed people. National Lawyers Guild president-elect Michael Avery, nationally known expert on police misconduct litigation, will speak. Other speakers will include Jessie Barber, whose son Gilbert was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy in May 2001; Brenda Howerton, whose emotionally disturbed son Darryl was killed by Greensboro police officers in 1994; and Efia Nwangaza, lawyer and member of the October 22 national executive board. Carver Hall, NC A&T campus, 1-5pm. Info: 336-883-1721 or email TriadOct22@aol.com

Washington, DC
Jan. 18 • Peace rally: help stop war. For local bus info, contact Jim Brown: 258-0022, wncpc@main.nc.us or Shane Elliott: 253-6156 or shanee@buncombe.main.nc.us. More info: <www.internationalanswer.org>.

Washington, DC
Jan. 22-23 • Never Go Back Student Leadership Conference: Mobilizing Youth to Save Abortion Rights. People from across the country will gather in Washington, DC to show their support for abortion rights on the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that gave all American women the right to safe, legal abortion. Info or to register: http://www.feminist.org/store/ngbconference

Washington, DC
Jan. 24-26 • The 6th annual National Conference on Organized Resistance - a space for radical discourse and collective empowerment - will take place at American University in Washington, DC and will feature over 60 workshops, panel discussions and skillshares, as well as tabling space for dozens of radical groups. Free food and childcare will be provided on both days. That weekend DC will also be host to political demonstrations, benefit concerts and radical parties. Info or to register: www.ORGANIZEDRESISTANCE.org

Irvine, California
Feb. 28 • National Convergence at Taco Bell Headquarters to support hunger strikers at Taco Bell Corporate Headquarters. Info: The Coalition of Immokalee Workers at 239-657-8311 or www.ciw-online.org.

Nationwide
Mar. 5 • One-day national student strike: Books not bombs! The Bush Administration’s war on Iraq is a venture for control of the region and its oil supplies, not national security, democracy, or human rights. Our campuses provide implicit support for this through military research, recruiting, and ROTC programs. As students and youth, the future of this country, we are disturbed by the lack of attention paid to the real needs of Americans, especially education. Financial aid opportunities and family income are rapidly losing ground to the rising cost of higher education. Low-income families are facing decreasing access to education. Student debt is increasing. All while the US military budget steadily increases (12% from 2000 to 2002). Info: The National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (NYSPC), www.nyspc.net

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Active Students for a Healthy Environment (ASHE), 251- 6797x 1179. ecology@bulldog.unca.edu.
American Indian Movement Asheville • 828-628-2862 or aimasheville@hotmail.com New website: www.geocities.com/aimasheville/index.html
Americans United for Separation of Church and State • North Carolina office: 919-604-6667.
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) • 828-649-9452 or www.asapconnections.org.
Arthur Morgan School • 1901 Hannah Branch Rd., Burnsville, NC 28714. 828-675-4262, ams@yancey.main.nc.us & www.arthurmorganschool.org
Asheville Community Resource Center (forming) 250- 1248
Asheville Free School, PO Box 2792, Asheville,NC 28801. 236-3622. ashevillefreeschool@hotmail.com
Asheville Life Food Collective, 280-2555.
Asheville Prison Book Program, 254-3025
Asheville ReCyclery • Non profit bicycle repair 828-253-7930 37 Mulberry St.
Asheville for a Socialist Colombia • 258-0731.
Blue Ridge Equality Alliance, 236-2033 or leestin@cs.com.
Canary Coalition, clean air group, PO Box 1556, Whitier, NC 28789-1556.
Carolina Animal Action, PO Box 19242, Asheville, NC 28815. meatstinks@aol.com. 298-4647.
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, 919-542-2402.
Carolina Interfaith Taskforce on Central America (CITCA) • Melissa Fridlin, 777-3968, citcawnc@main.nc.us, PO Box 1947, Asheville 28802
Citizens for Media Literacy • 34 Wall St. 828-254-2286.
Clean Water Fund, 29 1/2 Page Ave., Asheville, NC 28801. 251-1291 or 1-800-929-4480. www.cwfnc.org or cwfnc@main.nc.us.
CLOSER gay and lesbian group, CLOSERmail@aol.com Colombia Education Project • Erin Pratt, 285-8495, or email scnunez@hotmail.com
Community Supported Development • Seeks development that will maintain the quality of life in the areas in which we live and work. 253-2546 or www.main.nc.us/csd
Community of Compassion, 251-0343, herbmercy@aol.com.
Coven Oldenwilde • Local Wiccan Coven. Contact us for info about Conscientious Objector status. Call 251-0343, or visit www.oldenwilde.com
Dandelion Fund • provides small grants to activist groups. PO Box 409, Asheville, NC 28802. 828-236-1994. www.dandelionfund.org
Dogwood Alliance • PO Box 7645, Asheville, NC 28802, 828-251-2525, Earthaven Ecovillage • Permaculture based, off-grid, intentional community, 669-3937 (voice mail) or 1025 Camp Elliott Road, Black Mountain, NC 28711
eKleiwerks Natural Building • Local and international trainings in natural building; 828-252-7701; janell@kleiwerks.com
El Eco • Asheville’s only Spanish language newspaper. Share news, announcements, events, and place advertisements. Info: eleco@ncpress.net or fax 236-3103.
Environmental and Conservation Organization (ECO), 119 3rd Ave. West, Hendersonville, NC 28792. 692-0385.
Food Not Bombs • Feeding the hungry and building community, call Abe @ 281-0313 or Nina @ 250-9882.
freeradioasheville, PO Box 1485, Asheville, NC 28802. radioasheville@hotmail.com.
Freedom Socialist Party • 202 Edgewood Rd. #203, Asheville, NC 28804-3315, Info: 258-0731 or www.socialism.com
Heart of the Mother/Children of the Earth: Grassroots activism for families; education, outreach, and support. Info: 828-232-0036.
Henderson County Greens • www.greens.org/wnc or 697-4254.
High Country Citizens for Peace and Justice (Boone) • www.highcountrypeace.org
International Link Community Center, 87 Patton Ave., Asheville, NC 28801. 255-9104.
Just Economics, 45 Sardis Rd., Asheville, NC 28806. 665-2198. Katuah Earth First!, PO Box 1485, Asheville, NC 28802. 285-0631.
Katuah Earth First! • PO Box 1485, Asheville, NC 28802 or 285-0847.
Katuah MASHH (Medicine for Activists Seeking Health and Healing) • 225-9461.
The Mediation Center, 189 College St., Asheville, NC 28801-3030. 251-6089. tmc@buncombe.main.nc.us or www.main.nc.us/tmc
Mosaic Vortex youth center , Not-for-profit youth empowerment organization. Call Breanna at 258-9395, or visit geocities.com/mosaicvortex/
Nuclear Information and Resource Service Southeast, P.O. Box 7586, Asheville, NC 28802. Contact: Mary Olsen, 828-251-2060. nirs.se@mindspring.com or www.nirs.org.
OUR VOICE • formerly Rape Crisis Center, PO Box 7453, Asheville, NC 28802. 252-0562
People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, 274-8798.
PFLAG, gay and lesbian family group, 277-7815.
PFLAG Hendersonville, 696-8250.
Physicians for Social Responsibility, Lew Patrie at 299-1242 or Terry Clark at 667-0287.
Planned Parenthood • 603 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, NC 28801, 252-7928.
Population Connection (formerly ZPG) • Info: Gregory Wilcox, 665-7531 or email gwilcox@charter.net
Quality Forward, volunteer stream clean up. Call Gretchen at 254-1776. P.O. Box 22, Asheville, NC 28802.
RESULTS • citizens’ group, hunger and poverty advocacy organization. Cathy, 299-7957
San Cristóbal Committee of Asheville Sister Cities • 675-5525 or jmorgan@yancey.main.nc.us
Sierra Club, Wenoca group • 828-645-8917 or ryonen@juno.com
Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project, PO Box 3141, Asheville, NC 28802. 258-2667.
Southern Appalachian Center for Cooperative Ownership, 12 1/2 Wall St. Ste. D, Asheville, NC 28801. 232-0632.
Tranzmision • Transgender community/activist group. Allies welcome! 252-0023 or tranzmision@hotmail.com
Voices for Peace, c/o Brevard College, Box B-5649, 400 N. Broad
War Resisters League, 277-0758.
War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, 1-800269-7464. 285-0010.
Western Carolina Women’s Coalition, PO Box 402, Asheville, NC 28802. 251-5986.
Western North Carolina Alliance, 70 Woodfin Pl. #326, Asheville, NC 28801. 258-8737.
WNC Citizens for an End to Institutional Bigotry, PO Box 18640, Asheville, NC 28814. 669-6677.www.main.nc.us/wncceib.
WNC Civil Liberties Coalition • Been violated due to Patriot Act, or care to join? Call: 697-4254 or 271-0022
WNC-Cuba Friendship Committee • George Robinson, 232-4922
WNC Green Party, meeting info: 254-5195.
WNC Peace Coalition, email: wncpc@main.nc.us website: www.main.nc.us/wncpc
WNC School of the Americas Watch, 254-5195.
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 255-8065.
YWCA of Asheville, 185 S. French Broad Ave., Asheville, NC 28801. 254-7206.www.main.nc.us/ywca.
Zim-Zam Eco-House, 277-0758.

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