EVENTS
Every Wednesday:
Peace Coalition
The Nashville Peace Coalition meets nearly
every Wednesday night at the Friends Meeting House at 530 26th Avenue North,
Nashville, from 6 to 7:30 pm. (For the very rare exceptions -- e.g., for
Christmas -- check this calendar.) We discuss what's going on in town, and
sometimes we plan demonstration rallies or other activities.
Upcoming:
Thursday, July 24, 2008Thursday, July 24, 2008
5:30p
Bells Bend Planning Meeting
On July 24 the Metro Planning staff will present the Scottsboro/Bells
Bend Detailed Design Plan to the Planning Commission for a vote. A
positive vote on the plan in its current form makes it almost certain
that the May Development will receive approval later in the year by
the Planning Commission. The meeting begins at 4:00 pm with the
Scottsboro/Bells Bend discussion scheduled to begin around 6 pm. We
are asking that everyone be there by 5 pm so that we are ready when
the testimonies begin. The meeting will be held at the "Metro
Southeast" Building, 1417 Murfreesboro Pike (the old Genesco Building,
east of the Briley Parkway intersection). We hope to have several
hundred supporters there, so you may want to arrive early for parking
and to avoid rush-hour traffic. As you turn into the parking lot, it
will be in the second building on your right. A map to Metro Southeast
can be found at the following link:
http://www.nashville.gov/mpc/agendas/2008_agenda_dates.htm
Thursday, July 24, 2008
6:00p
Lecture: Closing the Food Gap
"Closing the Food Gap" author Mark
Winne to discuss food and farming
issues at free, public event hosted by the Food Security Partners of
Middle Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On Thursday, July 24th at 6pm the Food Security
Partners of Middle Tennessee will host a book talk and signing with
Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the
Land of Plenty. The event is free and open to the public and will be
held at Second Presbyterian Church, 3511 Belmont Blvd, Nashville. The
event will be followed by a light reception featuring locally-grown
foods.
Winne will read from his book, Closing the Food Gap, in which he
chronicles the beginnings of the food movement and the crippling
effect Regan-era cuts to federal food assistance programs had on the
poor and elderly. He charts the role "supermarket abandonment" and
the
proliferation of fast-food chains have played in the growing obesity
and diabetes crisis among low-income Americans. Winne provides an
insider's look at strategies employed by those working to close the
food gap in communities across the country, from New Orleans to
Brooklyn to Oregon. Food banks, community gardens, farmer's markets,
cooperative supermarkets, community supported agriculture programs,
and nutrition programs are just a few of the models he discusses.
A book signing and reception will follow the reading.
Monday, July 28, 2008
6:00p
Nashville Food Coop Meeting
The Nashville Food Coop
East Park Community Center.
There is energy and enthusiasm to begin meeting to further discuss the
hopes and dreams of community betterment through more accessible food
and other benefits of a food coop.
If you're interested in continuing the conversation, or helping get
this thing off the ground, please plan to attend the next meeting at
6:00 p.m., Monday, July 28. If you're interested, but cannot attend,
please let me know so I can pass along your interest to the
appropriate people.
If you're interested in learning more about the idea, please consider
joining the GoogleGroup.
http://groups.google.com/group/nashvillefoodcoop
Monday, July 28, 2008
6:30p-8:30p
Town Hall Meeting on Solid Waste Reform
Monday July 28th 6:30-8:30
Edgehill United Methodist Church
1502 Edgehill Ave South Nashville,TN 37212
BURNT and the Nashville Chapter of the NAACP are co-sponsoring a town hall
meeting on solid waste reform. The town hall meeting will start with an
informational session where Nashville community members will learn about the
importance of solid waste reform. Local artists including Aleea,Dean, Adarian,
and Aphropik will recite spoken work about environmental justice at 7:30.
Refreshments will also be provided.
July 30, 2008
4:00p
East Nashville Farmers Market
in the Parking Lot of Produce Place
10th & Woodland
East Nashville
Call for volunteers: If you are interested in helping out at the market any
Wednesday send an email to Jennifer at manager@eastnashvillemarket.com
Spread the word that the Farmers Market is EVERY WED 4-7 RAIN or SHINE, and we
will see you there!
If you are interested in volunteering at the market, or have any suggestions
or questions, please contact Jennifer at manager@eastnashvillemarket.com.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
National Day of Action to Stop War in Iran
AUGUST 2:
An Emergency Call to Action
STOP WAR ON IRAN !
An Attack could be Imminent
We Can’t Afford to Wait
Take It to the Streets This Summer
U.S. out of Iraq, Money for human needs, not war!