| Date | Time | Place | Description |
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| Thursday, September 20, 2007 |
10 am - 12 noon |
Hargraves Center, 216 N. Roberson Street, Chapel Hill
Map |
General Meeting.
Paula Wolf, Legislative Lobbyist will speak to us on the "NC Legislative Agenda for the coming legislative session"
Public Invited
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| Wednesday, September 26, 2007 |
7:00 - 8:30 PM |
Carrboro Town Hall, 301 W. Main Street, Carrboro
Map |
Orange County Municipal Candidates Forum.
Candidates for Carrboro Mayor and Board of Aldermen will be available to answer your questions. Public Invited.
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| Saturday, September 29, 2007 |
9 am - 12 noon |
Auditorium of the UNC-CH School of Social Work (Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg.), 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill
Driving and Parking Directions |
Health Care For Everyone: How Do We Get There?.
Public Health Care Forum sponsored by the LWVODC and the UNC-CH School of Social Work Clinical Lecture Series.
Free to Public but pre-registration required by Sept. 15.
For more details about this Forum and pre-registration select What's New on our website.
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| Monday, October 01, 2007 |
7:00 - 8:30 PM |
Chapel Hill Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.,Chapel Hill
Map |
Orange County Municipal Candidates Forum.
Candidates for Chapel Hill Mayor and Town Council will be available to answer your questions. Public Invited.
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| Wednesday, October 10, 2007 |
10 am - 11 am |
Directions: Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, Kenan Center (Room 406)on the University of North Carolina Campus. |
Immigration Discussion.
James H. Johnson Jr. (Director, Urban Investment Strategies Center at the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and the William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship) will speak to the audience on "The Economic Impact of the Hispanic Population in the State of North Carolina. "
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| Tuesday, October 16, 2007 |
7:00 - 8:30 pm |
Chatham County Courthouse, Pittsboro, NC 27312 |
Chatham County Municipal Candidates Forum.
Candidates for Pittsboro Mayor and Board of Commissioners will be available to answer questions. Public Invited.
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| Wednesday, October 24, 2007 |
7:00 - 8:30 pm |
Durham County Main Library Auditorium, 300 N. Roxboro Street, Durham, NC
Map |
Durham County Municipal Canidates Forum.
Candidates for Durham Mayor and Councilmen will be available to answer your questions. Public Invited.
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| Thursday, November 08, 2007 |
1:30-3:30 pm |
Gathering Place, Fearrington Village, Pittsboro, NC |
Immigration Discussion Group.
No reservations Required
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| Saturday, November 10, 2007 |
2-4 pm |
Mebane, NC |
Immigration Small Discussion Group.
Contact forcats4@mebtel.net to reserve your place.
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| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 |
7-9 pm |
Pittsboro, NC |
Immigration Small Discussion Group.
Contact cynthia_wertz@embarqmail.com to reserve your space. Seating is limited.
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| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 |
7-9 pm |
Durham, NC |
Immigration Small Discussion Group.
Contact bessiec@mindspring.com to reserve your space. Seating is limited.
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| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 |
10:00 - 12 noon |
Southwest Library, Shannon Road, Durham
Map |
November General Meeting: Affordable Housing in Durham.
Two speakers will address affordable housing challenges in Durham.
Rich Lee, Director, Durham Affordable Housing Coalition, and
Denise Neunaber, Executive Director for the NC Coalition to End Homelessness.
Public Invited.
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| Thursday, November 15, 2007 |
10-noon |
Chapel Hill, NC |
Immigration Small Discussion Group.
Contact jwikrich@earthlink.net to reserve your space. Seating is limited.
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| Thursday, November 15, 2007 |
2-4 pm |
Durham, NC |
Immigration Small Discussion Group.
Contact Carol.rist@verison.net to reserve your space. Seating is limited.
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| Thursday, November 15, 2007 |
7-9 pm |
Fearrington Village, Pittsboro, NC |
Immigration Small Discussion Group.
Contact colaiaj@aol.com to reserve your space. Seating is limited.
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| Friday, November 16, 2007 |
10-noon |
Chapel Hill, NC |
Immigration Small Discussion Group.
Contact jgeddy@earthlink.net to reserve your space. Seating is limited.
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| Saturday, November 17, 2007 |
10-noon |
Carrboro, NC |
Immigration Small Discussion Group.
Contact viva.lwv@gmail.com to reserve your space. Seating is limited.
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| Tuesday, December 11, 2007 |
6:00- 8:30 pm |
Governor's Club
From Chapel Hill: Take 15/501 south to Mt. Carmel Church Rd; turn left. Governor's Club is 3.5 miles on right.
From Pittsboro: Take 15/501 north to Mt. Carmel Church Rd; turn right. Governor's Club is 3.5 miles on right.
Southern Durham: Take HWY 54 toward Chapel Hill; cross I-40 and turn left at Farrington Rd. Drive approximately 2 miles and turn left onto Farrington Mill Rd. Drive 4 miles to stop sign at Mt. Carmel Church Rd.; turn right. Governor's Club i mile on left. |
LWVODC Holiday Dinner.
6:00 PM Cash Bar
6:30 PM Dinner
Following dinner two short documentaries will be shown followed by a speaker and and discussion period. The films are Food for Justice, A Growing Movement and Young Agrarians. Dan Coleman, Carrboro Alderman and activist for sustainable economic development will speak on this subject and the need for communities to engage in sustainable projects.
Deadline for reservations for dinner, is Dec. 6. Contact Joyce Colaiace (colaiaj@aol.com) by December 6 to reserve your dinner. Dinner will cost $30, which includes tax and gratuity. Dinner selection is either salmon or Chicken.
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| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 |
1:00 - 2:30 PM |
Hargraves Center, 216 N. Roberson Street, Chapel Hill
Map |
Jan. General Meeting.
Melinda Wiggins Executive Director of Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF)will discuss SAF and their effort to improve labor, housing and health care to immigrant farmworkers in N. Carolina and to help them in adapting to their new environment. SAF is a nonprofit group that brings students and farmworkers together to accomplish their mission.
This important talk will add to the League's program of information on immigration issues and help us to prepare for the upcoming Immigration Consensus. Please mark your calendars for the date and time.
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| Saturday, January 26, 2008 |
9:30 - 11:30 am |
Chapel Hill Library,
100 Library Road (off Estes Dr.),
Chapel Hill, NC
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Immigration Study Consensus Meeting.
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| Thursday, February 14, 2008 |
10 am - 12 noon |
Conference Center at 200 S. Elliott Rd. in Chapel Hill.
Center is located diagonally across from Whole Foods and directly across from the barbecue restaurant. Parking in rear of building. Name on building is "Extraordinary Ventures". |
Feb. General Meeting.
Professor Helen F. Ladd, Duke University Edgar T. Thompson Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics, will review the results of the NC Blue Ribbon Commission on Testing and Accountability of NC testing policies and student achievements.
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| Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
7:30-8:30 PM |
Superior Courthouse Room, Pittsboro |
Pittsboro Town Board Candidate Meeting.
LWVODC will sponsor a candidate forum for Ms. Michele Berger and Mr. Hugh Harrington, Candidates for the Pittsboro Town Board.
The format for the forum will include questions obtained from the audience addressed to both candidates followed by their responses. A League member will act as facilitator and timekeeper. Both candidates will have opening and closing statements announcing their qualifications for the office and their positions on the issues.
Open to the public.
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