August 2012

Politics, Race, and the November Election Part 1: CIVIL RIGHTS & DISENFRANCHISEMENT

Politics, Race, and the November Election Part 1:   CIVIL RIGHTS & DISENFRANCHISEMENT
Speaker: Darryl Atkinson, Southern Coalition for Social Justice

Date: 

Monday, September 10, 2012 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: 

Hargraves Center, Roberson St, Chapel Hill

Politics, Race, and the November Election Part 3: HEALTH

Politics, Race, and the November Election Part 3:   HEALTH
Panel: 
Pam Silberman (NC Institute of Medicine), 
Adam Searing (NC Justice Center - invited), 
Gayle Harris (Durham County Health Director - invited)

Date: 

Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: 

United Church of Chapel Hill, MLK Jr Blvd

Politics, Race, and the November Election Part 4: EDUCATION

Politics, Race, and the November Election Part 4:   EDUCATION
Panel: 
Katy Munger (Progess NC), 
Mark Dorosin (UNC Center for Civil Rights), 
Sandy Darity (Duke Professor of Public Policy, Professor of African and African-American Studies and Economics, and Chair, Department of African and African American Studies, Director, Research Network on Racial and Ethnic Inequality - invited)

Date: 

Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: 

United Church of Chapel Hill, MLK Jr Blvd

BUSINESS MEETING OF THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD

Tonight's Proposed Agenda is available at:

http://www.orange.k12.nc.us/board_pages/Board_agendas_and_attachments/agenda_archive/8-13-12/agenda.pdf

Upcoming Meetings

Mon., Aug. 27, 2012 – 6:00 p.m. Closed Session; 7:00 p.m. Work Session Meeting – Location: Central Office Boardroom

Mon., Sept. 10, 2012 – 6:00 p.m. Closed Session; 7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting – Location: Central Office Boardroom

Date: 

Monday, August 13, 2012 - 7:00pm to 9:45pm

Location: 

Central Office Boardroom

DCHC MPO Transit Alternatives Analysis Public Workshop - Chapel Hill

What is this program?

The DCHC MPO programs state and federal transportation projects in our region.  The MPO is reviewing different alternatives for meeting future transportation needs and inviting citizens to participate.  The public comment period will be from Friday, August 17, 2012 through Wednesday, October 10, 2012.

 

How can I participate?

There are several options for participating, including:

 

www.dchcmpo.org -- Web site provides:

§  A description and presentation (tables and maps) of the alternatives – See “Alternatives Analysis” or use this link:

                       http://www.dchcmpo.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=92&Itemid=35

§  An email link for making comments; and,

§  List of opportunities to provide your comments at the local government level (see list in Introduction document).

 

Public Hearing – Citizens can provide feedback to local elected officials (Transportation Advisory Committee); Wednesday, September 12, 2012, at 9:00AM in the Committee Room (2nd Floor of Durham City Hall, 101 City Hall Plaza).  Persons with disabilities will be accommodated -- provisions must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.

 

Public Workshops

·       Hillsborough -- 9/13, “The Town Barn,” 4-7 PM;

·       Durham -- 9/18, Durham Station Transportation Center, 4-7PM; and,

·       Chapel Hill -- 9/20, Chapel Hill Town Hall, 4-7PM.

 

Who can I contact?

Comments and questions should be directed to:

               Andy Henry, City of Durham, Transportation Department

               101 City Hall Plaza

               Durham, NC  27701

               E-mail:  andrew.henry@durhamnc.gov    Phone:  (919) 560-4366, ext. 36419

Date: 

Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Chapel Hill Town Hall

DCHC MPO Transit Alternatives Analysis Public Workshop - Hillsborough

What is this program?

The DCHC MPO programs state and federal transportation projects in our region.  The MPO is reviewing different alternatives for meeting future transportation needs and inviting citizens to participate.  The public comment period will be from Friday, August 17, 2012 through Wednesday, October 10, 2012.

 

How can I participate?

There are several options for participating, including:

 

www.dchcmpo.org -- Web site provides:

§  A description and presentation (tables and maps) of the alternatives – See “Alternatives Analysis” or use this link:

                       http://www.dchcmpo.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=92&Itemid=35

§  An email link for making comments; and,

§  List of opportunities to provide your comments at the local government level (see list in Introduction document).

 

Public Hearing – Citizens can provide feedback to local elected officials (Transportation Advisory Committee); Wednesday, September 12, 2012, at 9:00AM in the Committee Room (2nd Floor of Durham City Hall, 101 City Hall Plaza).  Persons with disabilities will be accommodated -- provisions must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.

 

Public Workshops

·       Hillsborough -- 9/13, “The Town Barn,” 4-7 PM;

·       Durham -- 9/18, Durham Station Transportation Center, 4-7PM; and,

·       Chapel Hill -- 9/20, Chapel Hill Town Hall, 4-7PM.

 

Who can I contact?

Comments and questions should be directed to:

               Andy Henry, City of Durham, Transportation Department

               101 City Hall Plaza

               Durham, NC  27701

               E-mail:  andrew.henry@durhamnc.gov    Phone:  (919) 560-4366, ext. 36419

Date: 

Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Town Barn, Hillsborough

Super 16 Walk for Education

The Super 16th Annual Walk for Education will be held on Saturday, October 13th at 1:30pm rain or shine.  Walk for your school down Franklin Street and enjoy the festive post-Walk carnival at Lincoln Center. Fantastic inflatables, games, food and fun await you at the carnival.

Date: 

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 1:30pm to 4:30pm

Location: 

McCorkle Place to Lincoln Center

Chapel Hill shuts down Rogers Road Community Center

This month the Town of Chapel Hill followed up on their promise to help create a community center for the Rogers Road neighborhood by... shutting down the center that neighbors set up for themselves for code violations! What?

Did anyone at Town Hall think twice before doing this? Did anyone think 'given our huge debt to this community and our stated goal of supporting a community center there, how can we help improve this center and bring it up to code?'

No, as if they were computers instead of humans, they kicked the Rogers-Eubank Neighborhood Association out of their home. What were they thinking?

The Giving Communitree

The informal foot path connecting Estes Park Apartments and Pleaseant Drive in Carrboro is a critical link for hundreds of pedestrians and cyclists like me who don't want to brave the shoulders of Estes Drive. I hadn't been there in a while due to the idiotic closure of the Merrit Crossing, but I walked through yesterday and found that the residents of the co-op housing on Crest Street (which backs up to the path) have been inspired by Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree (a book I still can't read without crying) to create "The Giving Communitree." It's a collection of little spots and works of art with books, art, and other gifts to share with anyone who wants them.

I took some pictures.

OP's 9th Birthday Party

Join in the taproom at Mystery Brewing - a very fine example of local economic development - for a birthday party co-hosted by the Orange County Cultural Center

Date: 

Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Location: 

Mystery Brewing Company, 437 Dimmocks Mill Road, Suite #41, Hillsborough

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