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April 2024 Community Calendar

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Asheville Food and Beverage United Open Hours

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Kids Book Reading and Sing-along

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Trauma, Tresses & Truth

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Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Canvassing

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Asheville Food and Beverage United Open Hours

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The Prison Books Movement

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Ceasefire Postcards Writing

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POSTPONED Sunday Stories: May Day Edition

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Wed, Apr 3

6:00pm – 7:00pm

Drop-in Community Notary Service

Have documents that require notarization, like advance care directives, name change paperwork, custody arrangements, etc.? Stop by Firestorm on the first Wednesday of each month for free, friendly, no-judgment Notary Public services!

Thu, Apr 4

2:00pm – 3:30pm

The Frontlines Against Green Capitalism

Drawing from contemporary front line struggles against colonialism and ecocide, author Xander Dunlap reveals the failures of mainstream debate around climate change.

Fri, Apr 5

12:00pm – 2:00pm

Asheville Food and Beverage United Open Hours

Drop in for AFBU's "open hours" to talk to a local organizer about how to start building a union campaign in your workplace. 
6:00pm – 8:00pm

Firestorm Game Night

Cooperative and competitive table-top gameplay for new and experienced players! Bring a game you love or try something new.

Sat, Apr 6

3:00pm – 4:30pm

Kids Book Reading and Sing-along

Children's authors Fred Small and Shannon Hitchcock will read—or sing!—their books for kids ages three and up.
6:00pm – 7:30pm

Madness, Utopia, and Revolt

Minneapolis-based author Sasha Warren will give a presentation on his new book Storming Bedlam about radical histories of psychiatry and antipsychiatry.

Sun, Apr 7

12:00pm – 3:00pm

Tranzmission Prison Project Packaging Party

An open, monthly volunteer event to help prepare books and zines for mailing to prisons across the United States.
3:00pm – 5:00pm

Political Prisoner Letter Writing

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.
8:00pm – 9:30pm

Trauma, Tresses & Truth

Trauma, Tresses & Truth editor Lyzette Wanzer will share her work on the status of Black women's natural hair in the 21st century and facilitate a conversation with speakers from the inaugural conference of the same name.

Tue, Apr 9

3:00pm – 4:30pm

Anarchism at the Dawn of the 20th Century

Drawing on their respective historic works recently published by AK and PM Press, authors Charlie Allison and Zoe Baker discuss the revolutionary strategy and practice of anarchists in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Wed, Apr 10

5:00pm – 7:00pm

Asheville Food and Beverage United Open Hours

Drop in for AFBU's "open hours" to talk to a local organizer about how to start building a union campaign in your workplace. 

Thu, Apr 11

5:00pm – 7:00pm

Harm Reduction Kit Packing Party

Want to take action to improve community health and show solidarity with people who use drugs? Help Steady Collective package harm reduction kits that will be distributed at upcoming outreach events!

Sat, Apr 13

11:59am – 12:30pm

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Canvassing

Informal intro to BDS canvassing before hitting the streets and talking with local stores about their commitment to joining a local apartheid-free zone. Be ready to walk/ride to stores in the area.

12:00pm – 2:00pm

Ceasefire Postcard Writing

This postcard writing pop-up invites community members to connect and write to their congressional representatives to demand a ceasefire in Gaza.
4:00pm – 6:00pm

Calls From Home: Community Bail Fund Benefit

Join the Asheville Community Bail Fund in collaboration with the Building Communities Not Prisons coalition and Working Films for a special screening of the film Calls From Home.

Sun, Apr 14

2:00pm – 5:00pm

Queer Kids Radical Reading: A Fierce Fundraiser!

Join us for an awesome queer kids story hour and art auction to raise funds for the fabulous Fierce Flix summer film camp!

Wed, Apr 17

5:00pm – 7:00pm

Asheville Food and Beverage United Open Hours

Drop in for AFBU's "open hours" to talk to a local organizer about how to start building a union campaign in your workplace. 

Fri, Apr 19

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Firestorm Game Night

Cooperative and competitive table-top gameplay for new and experienced players! Bring a game you love or try something new.

Sat, Apr 20

3:00pm – 5:00pm

Banned Books Back! Packaging Party

Help send books removed from Florida public schools back to kids in Florida!

Sun, Apr 21

1:00pm – 3:00pm

Asheville Prison Books Packaging Party

The Asheville Prison Books monthly meetup is an opportunity for new folks to learn about APB and plug in!
3:00pm – 4:30pm

The Prison Books Movement

A book release event for Books through Bars, a new collection exploring how prison books programs are quietly challenging the largest prison industry in the world.

Mon, Apr 22

7:00pm – 8:30pm

Queering Appalachian Ecologies

Contributors to Deviant Hollers, a new collection of queer critiques of settler colonialism in Appalachia, will share their work and discuss possibilities for a sustainable future.

Wed, Apr 24

5:00pm – 7:00pm

Asheville Food and Beverage United Open Hours

Drop in for AFBU's "open hours" to talk to a local organizer about how to start building a union campaign in your workplace. 

Sat, Apr 27

11:00am – 1:00pm

Ceasefire Postcards Writing

This postcard writing pop-up invites community members to connect and write to their congressional representatives to demand a ceasefire in Gaza.
2:00pm – 4:00pm

Dreaming Big! Cuando los Niñes Dominan el Mundo

Let's craft inspiring memorabilia for our futures! This workshop is geared towards youth ages 9+ and features collage and button -making.
7:00pm – 8:30pm

Rattling the Cages: Political Prisoners, Mass Incarceration & Abolition

Former political prisoners—Eric King with Susan Rosenberg, Herman Bell, and David Gilbert—discuss their experience behind bars and how today's activists can prepare for political repression and the possibility of incarceration.

Sun, Apr 28

2:00pm – 3:00pm

POSTPONED Sunday Stories: May Day Edition

For International Workers Day, we're hosting a storytime about working class people, jobs, and what it takes to keep a community running!
4:00pm – 6:00pm

Abolitionist Reading Club

A monthly discussion of topics of incarceration, repression and liberation framed by writings from, about and against prisons!

Mon, Apr 29

7:00pm – 8:30pm

No Maps Are New to the Ancestors

Join Palestinian American writers Susan Muaddi Darraj and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha to celebrate the launch of Tuffaha's Something about Living at this virtual fundraiser for HEAL Palestine.

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