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February 2017 Community Calendar

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ASURJ Outreach Planning Meeting

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Fire Cider: The People's Remedy for Winter Health

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ASURJ Do!scussion and Do-Session

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SURJ Direct Action Working Group Meeting

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Board Game Night

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Asheville Tarot Circle

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14

Know Your Status! Get Tested

+ 3 More

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"New Jim Crow" Book Club

+ 1 More

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SURJ Direct Action Working Group Meeting

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Lara Americo Tour

+ 2 More

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ASURJ Do!scussion and Do-Session

+ 2 More

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Green Grannies Book Club

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Health Policy in a Time of Crisis: Abortion, Austerity, and Access

+ 1 More

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Animal Rights Reading Group

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Self-Care as Sacred Activism

+ 1 More

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Stop the Pipelines

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ASURJ Do!scussion and Do-Session

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Wed, Feb 1

12:00pm – 1:30pm

Green Grannies Book Club

Founded in 2012, the Green Grannies are a group of women who are willing to make a ruckus about the need for action on climate change. This is their reading group and you're welcome to join in!

6:00pm – 8:00pm

ASURJ Outreach Planning Meeting

This is the first meeting of the Asheville Showing Up for Racial Justice Outreach Working Group, which will plan events and activities to draw more white people into working for racial justice.

Fri, Feb 3

6:30pm – 9:00pm

A Night with Hood Huggers!

This event is being held to show the community the talent which it holds and doesn't know about. It will be packed with poetry, heartfelt stories and possibly even some music! Local artists include Devin Jones and Dewayne Barton.

Sat, Feb 4

1:00pm – 4:30pm

QPOC Meetup

A monthly community building meetup for queer people of color in the Asheville area.

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Fire Cider: The People's Remedy for Winter Health

Fire Cider is a powerful, easy to make remedy with a long history. This class is part of a national week of resistance, as folks gather around the country to learn to make their own fire cider.

Sun, Feb 5

5:00pm – 7:30pm

Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night!

Letters save lives! Join Blue Ridge ABC each month for an evening of solidarity with incarcerated comrades. Celebrate their birthdays by sending words of encouragement and support.

Tue, Feb 7

10:00am – 11:30am

ASURJ Do!scussion and Do-Session

We come to together to talk about racial justice work, decide what we will do this week, and then get to work in the Do-Session!
2:00pm – 4:00pm

Steady Collective Syringe Access Outreach

Comprehensive harm reduction services including distribution of educational material, naloxone, syringes, and supplies at no cost.

Wed, Feb 8

12:00pm – 1:30pm

Green Grannies Book Club

Founded in 2012, the Green Grannies are a group of women who are willing to make a ruckus about the need for action on climate change. This is their reading group and you're welcome to join in!

6:00pm – 8:00pm

SURJ Direct Action Working Group Meeting

Anyone interested in working for racial justice in Asheville is welcome to this meeting of the Showing Up for Racial Justice direct action working group.

Fri, Feb 10

7:00pm – 9:00pm

Board Game Night

An inclusive board game night for teens and adults!

Sat, Feb 11

6:00pm – 9:00pm

Anarchism and Tax Resistance

Red Moon Song will discuss resisting taxes and what anarchism offers tax resisters. This workshop is for queer folks, women, and anyone who does not identify as a man.

Sun, Feb 12

12:00pm – 2:00pm

Asheville Tarot Circle

Discussion, exercises and practice in exploring the psychological dimensions of the Tarot.

Tue, Feb 14

9:01am – 1:00pm

Know Your Status! Get Tested

Public Health and WNCAP have partnered to provide FREE testing for pesky sexually transmitted infections and Hepatitis C (a virus). All you have to do is show up and receive a gentle blood draw and pee in a cup.

10:00am – 11:30am

ASURJ Do!scussion and Do-Session

We come to together to talk about racial justice work, decide what we will do this week, and then get to work in the Do-Session!
2:00pm – 4:00pm

Steady Collective Syringe Access Outreach

Comprehensive harm reduction services including distribution of educational material, naloxone, syringes, and supplies at no cost.
6:30pm – 8:30pm

The Fifth Vital Sign

Come connect with your bodies and community and learn about how the menstrual cycle is a vital sign of health -- as important as blood pressure or pulse in telling you how your body is doing!

Wed, Feb 15

12:00pm – 1:30pm

Green Grannies Book Club

Founded in 2012, the Green Grannies are a group of women who are willing to make a ruckus about the need for action on climate change. This is their reading group and you're welcome to join in!

6:30pm – 8:30pm

"New Jim Crow" Book Club

Asheville SURJ discusses Michelle Alexander's groundbreaking book on the white supremacist/anti-black roots of the mass incarceration system in the United States.

Thu, Feb 16

6:00pm – 8:00pm

SURJ Direct Action Working Group Meeting

Anyone interested in working for racial justice in Asheville is welcome to this meeting of the Showing Up for Racial Justice direct action working group.

Sat, Feb 18

1:00pm – 2:30pm

Asheville Cannabis Legalization

Join members of ACL to plan events for the coming year.
4:00pm – 5:00pm

Asheville IWW General Organizing Meeting

Monthly meeting to discuss current organizing efforts.
7:00pm – 9:00pm

Lara Americo Tour

A queercore / dreampop music performance including local artists Brynn Estelle, Cloudgayzer, and Guillble Boys,

Tue, Feb 21

10:00am – 11:30am

ASURJ Do!scussion and Do-Session

We come to together to talk about racial justice work, decide what we will do this week, and then get to work in the Do-Session!
2:00pm – 4:00pm

Steady Collective Syringe Access Outreach

Comprehensive harm reduction services including distribution of educational material, naloxone, syringes, and supplies at no cost.
6:30pm – 8:30pm

Citizens Accountability Project

A monthly progressives meetup that features short films and discussions.

Wed, Feb 22

12:00pm – 1:30pm

Green Grannies Book Club

Founded in 2012, the Green Grannies are a group of women who are willing to make a ruckus about the need for action on climate change. This is their reading group and you're welcome to join in!

Thu, Feb 23

5:00pm – 8:00pm

Tranzmission Prison Project Packaging Party

An open, monthly volunteer event to help prepare books and zines for mailing to prisons across the United States.
6:00pm – 7:00pm

Health Policy in a Time of Crisis: Abortion, Austerity, and Access

An author event for a new ethnography of women's and providers' experiences accessing legal, publicly funded abortion in a public health system increasingly under threat.

Fri, Feb 24

6:00pm – 9:00pm

Animal Rights Reading Group

A group to discuss where human and non-human issues intersect and how we might take action on specific issues.

Sat, Feb 25

10:00am – 12:00pm

Self-Care as Sacred Activism

A workshop for organizers, activists, advocates, helpers, and anyone who cares about changing the world. Come learn why self-care is crucial to the success of any movement and take home practical tools you can use to refill your spiritual well.
6:00pm – 8:00pm

Anarchism and Tax Resistance

Red Moon Song will discuss resisting taxes and what anarchism offers tax resisters. This workshop is for queer folks, women, and anyone who does not identify as a man.

Sun, Feb 26

11:00am – 12:30pm

Asheville FM Station Meeting

Asheville FM is a volunteer-based, grassroots community radio station broadcasting at 103.3 on the FM dial in Asheville, NC. Created by Friends of Community Radio, a 501(c)3 non-profit entity.
6:00pm – 8:00pm

Stop the Pipelines

A presentation on two fracked gas pipelines -- the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines -- threatening our region and how we can stop them.

Tue, Feb 28

10:00am – 11:30am

ASURJ Do!scussion and Do-Session

We come to together to talk about racial justice work, decide what we will do this week, and then get to work in the Do-Session!
2:00pm – 4:00pm

Steady Collective Syringe Access Outreach

Comprehensive harm reduction services including distribution of educational material, naloxone, syringes, and supplies at no cost.
7:00pm – 8:30pm

The Men's Diversity Circle

A courageous space for dialogue and connection between men of color.

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