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Local Events

All listings for ACRC refer to the Asheville Community Resource Center, located at 63 Lexington Ave. in downtown Asheville.

Thurs., June 12 • Open source software for activists: free class, 6pm, ACRC.

Thurs., June 12 • Fertility awareness skillshare: a free class sponsored by the Women and Transgender Health Project, 6:30-9pm, ACRC.

Thurs., June 12 • Asheville Global Report Film Night benefit: War Photographer, a documentary following James Nachtway. Plus: Right Wingers Gone Wild: Altitude Affects Attitude, a short film on the right wing in Asheville. 9pm, The Big Idea, 27 Carolina Lane. $5 suggested donation. Info: 236-3103

Sun., June 15 • Film screening: Southern Comfort, movie night to benefit the Transgender and Women’s Health Project. 7pm, ACRC

Sun., June 15 • Operation Enduring Rock: Wolves vs Shovelfight (round 2), Donna & Carly, It’s A Fucking Trap. 9pm, ACRC, $3 suggested donation.

Tues., June 17 • Fertility awareness skillshare: a free class sponsored by the Women and Transgender Health Project, 6:30-9pm, ACRC.

Wed., June 18 • Nation of Poets: An evening of performances to benefit volunteer workers at Hogar Douglas children’s home in Masaya, Nicaragua. 8pm, 41 Cumberland Circle, $4 suggested donation.

Wed., June 23 • Want to experience the satisfaction of helping someone learn English? International Link needs English tutors and conversation buddies. First part of 12-hour tutor training starts, 6-9pm. Info: 255-9104

Tues., June 24 • Rainforest Action, view video Amazon Oil Pipeline – Pollution, Corruption, & Poverty, then write letters to President of Ecuador, and the banks and oil companies responsible for the devastation. Jubilee!, 46 Wall St., 7 p.m. enter downstairs off Patton Ave. Info: Richard Fireman, firepeople@main.nc.us, 645-0469

Sun., June 29 • Gad About film fest, Kiss Ups, & art show to benefit the Women & Transgender Health Project, 5pm, The Big Idea, 27 Carolina Lane.

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Ongoing events

The Dandelion Fund seeks donations by local artists (any medium) for a silent art auction to take place July 5-12 at the ACRC. Info: 255-3678 or www.dandelionfund.org

Mondays • 6-9 pm Asheville Free School Life Drawing - ACRC 63 N. Lexington.

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

Alternate Tuesdays • Asheville Community Resource Center collective meetings. 7pm, 63 N. Lexington Ave.

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.

Tuesdays• Beginning Spanish class with a native speaker Tuesdays, choose 12:30 or 4:00 at International Link, 87 Patton, $5 a class. 255-9104.

First Tuesdays • Community of Compassion, cannabis activist group, meets at 7pm at 729 Haywood Rd. (Fortune Building) in West Asheville. 251-0343.

First Tuesdays • WNC Peace Coalition meets. All are welcome. Info: Peace Line 271-0022.

First and Third Tuesdays • Western Carolinians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East meets, 9-10:30 am. Info: Ahmad Amara, 252-7710, Andrew Summers, 298-5320, or Jean Franklin, 669-5205

Wednesdays • Individual wellness consultation (the unclinic) for women & transgender people only, 6:30-9pm, ACRC.

Wednesdays • Earth First! meets, 7pm. Call for info: 225-0814.

Wednesdays • Sexism in the USA -6:30 pm ACRC 63 N. Lexington

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 Wednesdays • WNC Pagans’ Night Out, a monthly social gathering for local Pagans, Heathens, and practitioners of similar faiths. Info: 253-5667 or <www.witchesgathering.com/ceres>

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 • Asheville Free School Conversational Spanish @ 8:30pm 63 N Lexington Ave

First Thursdays • Asheville Global Report Film Night Benefit, 8pm, The Big Idea, 27 Carolina Lane.

Second and Fourth Thursdays • Asheville Inn Exchange combines enthusiasm of disadvantaged young adults with nonprofit community service projects for the benefit of all. 7pm, CORE (37 Carolina Ln.). Info: 350-1900, innexchange@hotmail.com, or groups.msn.com/ashevilleinnexchange

Fridays • Women in Black stand in silence against war, 5-6pm at Vance Monument. Info: 252-4536.

Fridays • German conversation practice Fridays 1:30 at International Link, 87 Patton, $2 each. 255-9104.

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

Saturdays • Tours and service learning projects at Earthaven Ecovillage, outside of Black Mountain. 669-3937 (visitor voice mail number, please leave a message).

Saturdays • InterFaith Vigil, 11am, Prichard Park.

Second and Fourth Sundays • Poetry Slam at Area 45 Theatre, 45 Wall St., 7:30 pm. Info: slamasheville@yahoo.com

Sundays • The Bountiful Cities Project holds community workdays at the Pearson Dr. garden in Montford at noon (volunteer meeting first Sunday of month). Info: Jodi at 236-9462

Sundays • Asheville Prison Book Program meets at the ACRC, 63 N. Lexington Ave. 5:30-8pm. Info: 254-3025.

Sundays • Food Not Bombs serves free vegan food and informal activist networking at City County Plaza, 4pm. 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

Sundays • The Bountiful Cities Project Community Garden (formerly GROW) meets: grow food for the community. 3pm, Pearson street garden. Info 236-9462.

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.

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Other areas

Southeastern Ohio

Mon., June 16-Mon., June 23 • Second annual Eastern Forest Defense Camp: featuring workshops on DIY skills, blockades, nonviolence, tree climbing, community organizing, knowing your legal rights, and more. Info: <www.athenscommons.org/actioncamp>, Buckeye Forest Council (740)797-7200 or (Western North Carolina region) Kelly at Dogwood Alliance: 251-2525 x16 or Emily at SABP: 258-2667

Washington, DC

June 29-30 • Witness for Peace 20th Anniversary

Join us in celebrating 20 years of Witness for Peace! Our hemisphere is not for sale! Since our beginning in Nicaragua in 1983, Witness for Peace has worked for peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas. Anniversary events include workshops, speakers, rally and demonstration. For a full schedule of events and other info: www.witnessforpeace.org/tools/20thpacket.htm or call 202-588-1471

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Organizations

Active Students for a Healthy Environment (ASHE) • 236-3834 or ecology@bulldog.unca.edu

American Indian Movement Asheville • 828-628-2862 or aimasheville@hotmail.com or <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 (ACRC) • 236-1672.

Asheville Free School • ashevillefreeschool@hotmail.com or 255-3678

Asheville Life Food Collective, 280-2555.

Asheville Prison Book Program • 254-3025.

Asheville ReCyclery • Non profit bicycle repair at the Asheville Community Resource Center, 828-253-7930

Asheville for a Socialist Colombia • 258-0731.

Asheville Inn Exchange • Non-profit youth shelter + community service projects = a better Asheville! 350-1900, innexchange@hotmail.com, or groups.msn.com/ashevilleinnexchange

Blue Ridge Equality Alliance • 252-4097 or <info@breaonline.org>

The Bountiful Cities Project PO Box 898 Asheville, NC 28801 Info: Jodi at 236-9462.

Canary Coalition • clean air group, PO Box 1556, Whittier, 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. 828-255-0182.

Clean Water for North Carolina (formerly the Clean Water Fund) • Works with communities to help protect their rights to clean, safe water by providing organizing and technical assistance and statewide advocacy for swift, fair, and effective environmental enforcement. Info:251-1291, or [www.cleanwaterfund.org] www.cwfnc.org

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 • Local grassroots cannabis advocacy group. Call: 251-0343; E-mail: herbmercy@aol.com; Website: <members.aol.com/herbmercy/>

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, <www.dogwoodalliance.org>

Earthaven Ecovillage • Permaculture based, off-grid, intentional community, 669-3937 (voice mail) or <www.earthaven.org> 1025 Camp Elliott Road, Black Mountain, NC 28711

Education In Action • Youth action for social justice. Info: Eric, 828-254-9729, email: eric@educationinaction.org or web site: www.educationinaction.org

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.

Environmental and Conservation Organization (ECO) • 119 3rd Ave. West, Hendersonville, NC 28792 or 692-0385

Food Not Bombs • Feeding the hungry and building community, call Jason @ 281-4343.

Free Radio Asheville • PO Box 1485, Asheville, NC 28802, freeradioasheville@hotmail.com, or www.freeradioasheville.org

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 or 665-2198.

Katuah Earth First! • PO Box 1485, Asheville, NC 28802 or 225-0814.

Katuah MASHH (Medicine for Activists Seeking Health and Healing) • 275-6221.

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 • Not-for-profit youth empowerment organization. Call Breanna at 258-9395, or visit <geocities.com/mosaicvortex/>

North Carolina Citizens for Safe Food • Anti-biotech group. Subscribe to NC Safe Food Net at: <www.topica.com/lists/NC_Citizens_for_Safe_Food>

North Carolina Peace Action • PO Box 10384, Raleigh, NC 27605, billtowepa@juno.com , 919-469-0831

Nuclear Information & Resource Service Southeast • PO Box 7586, Asheville, NC, 28802. Contact: Mary Olson, 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 • WNC Chapter, 828-253-6287.

PFLAG • Gay and lesbian family group, 277-7815

PFLAG Hendersonville, 696-8250

Physicians for Social Responsibility • Lew Patrie at 299-1242 or Stan Dienst 890-1582 <patrie.wncpsr@main.nc.us>.

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 cleanup. 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 <www.sabp.net>

Southern Appalachian Center for Cooperative Ownership • 12 1/2 Wall St. Ste. D, Asheville, NC 28801or 232-0632

SPARE CHANGE? Testing the constitutionality of Asheville’s new solicitation ordinance. sparechange345@hotmail.com

Tranzmision • Transgender community/activist group. Allies welcome! 281-4343 or tranzmision@hotmail.com

Voices for Peace • c/o Brevard College, Box B-5649, 400 N. Broad St., Brevard, NC 28712

War Resisters League • 277-0758

War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee • 1-800-269-7464 or 285-0010

Western Carolinians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East • PO Box 563, Asheville, NC 28802. Info: Ahmad Amara, 252-7710, Andrew Summers, 298-5320, or Jean Franklin, 669-5205

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: 254-5058

WNC Peace Coalition • Mission: “We are a coalition of groups and individuals promoting nonviolent solutions to world conflicts.” Peace Line: 271-0022 / E-mail: Peace@wncPeaceCoalition.org / Website: www.wncPeaceCoalition.org

WNC School of the Americas Watch • 254-5195

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom • PO Box 8016, Asheville, NC 28814. 299-1414 or 254-5489.

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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