ACLU holds to Events concerning Amendment 1

There is a event to night in Chapel Hill,

The ACLU-NC's 2012 Annual Membership Meeting

Time and Location:
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Time:
7 to 8:30 p.m.

Location: The United Church of Chapel Hill - Fellowship Hall
Address: 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

Featuring: An overview of our plans for advancing LGBT rights in the aftermath of Amendment One, and a panel discussion featuring Jen Jones, Communications Director of Equality NC, and same-sex couples harmed by North Carolina's current adoption laws. Entertainment by spoken-word artist Will McInerney, Executive Director of the Sacrificial Poets.

Learn more about Equality NC at http://equalitync.org/

Learn more about the Sacrificial Poets at http://sacrificialpoets.com/

and one on the 20th of May

ATTENTION: Western North Carolina Residents! 

The ACLU's Western North Carolina chapter will host its annual meeting in Asheville on Sunday, May 20.

WHAT: Western North Carolina ACLU chapter's annual meeting, featuring a forum on immigration policy, a presentation of the Evan Mahaney Champion of Civil Liberties Award to Defensa Communitaria, and a reception with snacks and drinks.

WHEN: Sunday, May 20, at 2 p.m.

WHERE: Western North Carolina Community Health Services, Fellowship Hall, 312 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806

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September 17th: Day Of Rage

From their website:

On the 17th of September, we want to see 20,000 people to flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in a plurality of voices and we will not leave until that demand has been met. Like our brothers and sisters in Egypt, Greece, Spain, and Iceland, we plan to use the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic of mass occupation to restore democracy in America. We also encourage the use of nonviolence to achieve our ends and maximize the safety of all participants.

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