Occupy Wall Street Asheville

Lots of action around town. I've been busy and out of town and checking out a few events so here's a rushed version of what I've found so far. Feel free to add to the list in the comments, dear friends.

Here's a list of links to check out a few of the nationally links and in Asheville:

https://www.facebook.com/occupyashevillemediagroup
http://www.imageasheville.com/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-asheville-day-one
http://www.mountainx.com/article/35903/Occupy-Wall-Street-moves-to-camp-out-in-Pack-Square-Park
http://occupyasheville.org

Why I'm in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street - http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/10/05

Bloody Hell, Jeff Mangrum at Occupy Wall Street yesterday!

Global Revolution's Live Stream is covering the New York Wall Street peaceful event around the clock. Go take a look. http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

World Peace is coming to Asheville!

On Wednesday May 4th, World Peace and Other Fourth Grade Achievements will be screened at the Diana Wortham Theater. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A session with the film’s star, John Hunter, followed by a regional education leadership dialogue.

WHEN: May 4, 2011 at 6:45 PM
WHERE: Diana Wortham Theatre
TICKETS: K-12 Educators: Free, Non-Educators: $16

To learn more about the film, as well as the screening, please visit WorldPeaceAvl.com.

TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/john_hunter_on_the_world_peace_game.html

Activist Clare Hanrahan

Activist Clare Hanrahan may leave the front lines, but her voice still rings out - by Jason Sandford, Citizen-Times

In her younger days, she marched with garbage workers in Memphis, Tenn., in the wake of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.

She has shaken her fist at the front gates of bomb-making factories. She has chanted with immigrants demanding fair treatment. She has stood silent vigil with women advocating for an end to war.

And she once trespassed on the grounds of the Fort Benning, Ga., military base, home to a military training school commonly known as the School of the Americas — an offense for which she spent six months in federal prison in 2002.

“At one point in my life, I thought if I screamed loud enough and worked hard enough and was unrelenting in my kind of advocating and demanding, I could make change,” Hanrahan said.

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Great story on a true peace warrior from Asheville.

"Rethink Afghanistan" movie on August 27th

Film & Discussion — Free
Thursday, August 27, 2009 7-9PM
North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave.

Since the October 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, the U.S. has spent almost
$225 billion and coalition forces have lost more than 1300 troops. In just
the first six months of 2009, we killed more than 1,000 civilians. There
is no end in sight.

Why are we still there? Are the people of Afghanistan any better off? Have
women’s rights improved? Is the government stable? Are there better ways
to spend our tax dollars? Is our military presence effective?

Carnegie Endowment's Gilles Dorronsoro says:
"The mere presence of foreign soldiers fighting a war in Afghanistan is
probably the single most important factor in the Taliban's resurgence."

What do you say?

Join Veterans For Peace for a screening and discussion of Brave New Films’
documentary, “Rethink Afghanistan” (http://rethinkafghanistan.com/). This
full-length documentary about America’s escalating military involvement in
the country provides expert opinions as well as troubling images as it
answers many questions and raises others.

www.Veterans4Peace.org More info: (828) 626-2572

Reading The Names

Hello, friends.

Sunday March 18 starting at 1:00 pm, Touchstone Gallery at 318 N. Main St.
in Hendersonville, (outside of Asheville, NC) will host a Reading of the Names of American troops killed as part of it's on-going installation "Portrait Iraq Freedom"

Seating is limited, so bring a chair or cushion if you plan to stay for the
entire event which is estimated to take approximately 3 hours since there
will likely be nearly 3300 names to read at that time.

Anti-SOA Circus Troupe

from my inbox:

Subject: SUPPORT CALL for Upcoming Anti-SOA Circus Troupe at UNCA, Nov 12

A GOOD EVENING TO ONE AND ALL!
In behalf of the Traveling Bonfires and UNCA's Students for a Democratic Society, I'd like to invite you to a very significant and urgent show on NOVEMBER 12, SUNDAY, 7pm at UNCA's Alumni Hall. The show is called "WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS" by a touring group called CARDBOARD CHAOS (Uncle Sam's Little Global Circus). This is the Asheville leg of an annual East Coast tour to help shut down the US Army School of the Americas. It features a provocative mix of circus stunts, puppetry, political satire and original music. The show is FREE; donations collected at the show go to Cardboard Chaos' tour
fund.

Meantime, The Bonfires also requests any form of help or donation--little cash or spare change, extra accommodation to our visitors etc--to help us make this event a fulfilling, enjoyable and relevant community effort. You can either email me back or call Marta Osborne at 505 0476 for more info.

In case you want to see us, we will be at Pritchard Park this Saturday, OCT 28, from 4pm to 10pm--for The Bonfires' annual Halloween family dance-concert/gathering, "BONFIRES FOR VAMPIRES: Bonfires for Peace at Pritchard Park, Year 3." Touch Samadhi's family of DJs will be spinning records, and we will be giving out free gifts and goodies to kids. GRACIAS!

--Pasckie Pascua

Bonfires For Peace

Pritchard Park halloween trance party 10/28 - link

Bonfires for Peace

TOUCH Samadhi in Pritchard Park

Saturday April 15, 2006, 3pm to 10pm at Pritchard Park in Downtown Asheville, NC, Featuring members of Touch Samadhi.

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Medisin
Blue Spectral Monkey

Other Bonfires for Peace dates: May 6, June 10, July 1, August 5, Sept 2. For more details, email pasckie@yahoo.com or call Marta Osborne at (828) 505 0290.

The Traveling Bonfires roam the country, instigating arts and music events, bringing people together for global peace and multicultural community connected-ness.

Center of Unlimited Possibilities

The goal of C.U.P. is to enable members to achieve their highest potential on all levels of being; the physical, mental, intuitive, and spiritual. It is in this attainment that one secures the deepest and most all-embracing sense of peace and harmony with self and all of creation. We believe that at the highest level of human potential, miracles become ordinary. The center is a place of inspiration and support of evolutionary achievements. An empowered space where new boundries, paradigms, and beliefs are created. The time for a major shift has arrived and all are invited to participate.

Today C.U.P. is in the early stages of creation. We have found a central Asheville location for preliminary core member meetings to prepare for a Grand Opening in the Spring of 2006. These meetings will be every other Wednesday from 6:30-9pm starting February and onward. This is the time to get involved and assist in creating the most inspirational gathering center ever. All input will be welcome. Every Wednesday's meeting will also have an "all you can eat" vegetarian dinner.

Link

The Artwork of John Lennon

In between transatlantic trips last week, Yoko Ono talked to Xpress about When I'm Sixty-Four: The Artwork of John Lennon will make a three-day stop at the Haywood Park Hotel in Asheville, NC.

His drawings are about peace, love and family. But the late singer's works – though not executed on gessoed canvases – are far from uninformed. In fact, before the former Beatle was a musician, he was an art student.

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