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Friday, December 1: Oral Arguments on Bush Appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court. For more, see accounts by Kay Slaughter and by Alex Searls. Saturday, December 2: Delegate Jay Katzen, R-Warrenton and GOP candidate for lieutenant governor will be the guest speaker on Bob Gibson's 'Talkback' show which airs on Saturdays from 10-11 a.m. The show is available on the Internet at http://www.wina.com/ to listeners and callers anywhere. Callers can question guests by calling 804-977-1070 after 10:05 a.m. Monday, December 4: The 2000 American Democracy Conference will take place at the Watergate Hotel's Monticello Room in Washington D.C. This conference, sponsored by the Center for Governmental Studies and The Hotline, has traditionally brought together some of our nation's best thinkers to analyze the health of our political process. This year's event looks to be no exception, with Andrea Mitchell, Bob Schieffer, and Elizabeth Drew heading up a distinguished list of panelists. A panel schedule follows. 12:30-1:45 PM 2:00-3:15 PM 3:30-4:45 PM If you would like to attend, please reply to this email or RSVP to Joshua Scott at the Center for Governmental Studies (804) 243-3540 by Thursday, November 30. There is no charge for attending, but seating is extremely limited and reservations will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. More detailed information about ADC 2000 can be found at Monday, December 4, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.: Rockingham County Democratic Committee CHRISTMAS PARTY! Guest Speaker:Delegate Donald McEachin, Candidate for 2001 Virginia Attorney General Keynote Speaker: Delegate Jerrauld Jones, Norfolk - 89th District, Chairman of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, Candidate for 2001 Virginia Lieutenant Governor Additional guest speakers: Delegate Alan Diamonstein -- 2001 Lt. At the Country Inn Restaurant on Main Street in Elkton, Virginia. Cost: $20 per ticket Social: 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. Limited tickets. Please R.S.V.P. before 11/30/00. Call Linda Shuler @ 540-298-9865 or Steven Sisson @ 540-298-2140 Tuesday, December 5: State Sen. Emily Couric, D-Charlottesville, plans to co-host public hearings throughout the 25th Senate District prior to the Jan. 10 convening of the General Assembly. She said five other state legislators will join her for various hearings Tuesday through Dec. 18. Tuesdays hearing for Charlottesville and Albemarle County will include Delegates Paul C. Harris, R-Albemarle, and Mitchell Van Yahres, D- Charlottesville. It will be at 7 p.m. in the Albemarle County Office Building Auditorium. Tuesday, December 5, 7 p.m.: TheYoung Feminist Scholar Program of the University of Virginia's Women's Center will feature Negar Mahmoodzadegan speaking on "Sisters of Survival: Understanding the Impact of Incarcerated Women's Childhood Abuse Histories on their Adjustment to Prison" at Newcomb Hall 389.
Negar Mahmoodzadegan is a Doctoral Candidate in the Clinical Psychology Program of the Curry School of Education. She will draw material from her dissertation research and from her yearlong internship as a mental health therapist at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women. Ms. Mahmoodzadegan's work combines feminist theory and psychological research in order to create a framework for understanding how incarcerated women with significant abuse histories relate to themselves and to others. For more, see the Women Coping in Prison Study. Wednesday, December 6: Building on a 'tradition' started in April 1999, a coalition of local anti-DP faith groups and citizen organizations will hold a public vigil outside the Charlottesville City Circuit Court (320 E. High St.), at noon on Wednesday Dec. 6th. The vigil will protest the execution later that evening of Christopher Goins. At 12:30 p.m., we will break tradition and move to a (rapid) teach-in on all the latest developments. We hope the teach-in can be held at the Village School, 215 E. High St. Bring brown-bag lunches if you want. We will have handouts available on many aspects of the current situation, talking points for contacts with legislators, etc.. Inform yourself! Join our network! At the teach-in, we also hope to start planning follow-on activities for early January. Finally, friends, the momentum is with us--at least for a while. Let's see what we can do to help push this to a moratorium IN THIS SESSION. For further information, to share ideas, etc., contact Helena Cobban, 971-1688, or Michele Mattioli, 295-5658. To order fliers for the Wednesday noon event, call Jennie Burton, 823-2844. Also, check out the latest news on the death penalty in Virginia on the Internet, at www.vadp.org Thursday, December 7 - Tuesday December 12: FOCUS Women's Resource Center will host its December Flea Market on the following days: Thu 12/7, 5-7 pm Preview, $3 admission (free to members, donors, volunteers); Fri 12/8, 12-7; Sat 12/9, 10-5; Sun 12/10, 1-5; Mon 12/11, 12-6; Tue 12/12, 10-5. We have great values on clothing, books, housewares, toys, sporting goods, gift items and more! Collectibles in the Fancy Flea. The Flea Market is a major community recycling venue and after each sale provides free goods to those in need. Purchases support FOCUS programs including counseling, lawyers assistance, career services, mediation and TEENSIGHT. Please support us and have fun looking for that great find! It will be held at 608 Preston Av (next to Reid's Supermarket. For more information, call 293-2222. Saturday, December 9: Delegate Alan Diamonstein, D-Newport News and Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor will be guest speaker on Bob Gibson's Talkback Show (see above). Monday, December 11: Acela Express weekday service begins. For
tickets: http://reservations.amtrak.com/ Tuesday, December 12: Deadline in federal law for settling contested presidential elections. Tuesday, December 12, 11:00 a.m.: Bradley H. Patterson, Jr., serving on the White House staff for 14 years will speak at The Miller Center of Public Affairs. His topic will be "The New White House Staff and Cabinet: Will Changes be Made? Lessons Learned?' A book signing of his most recent book The White House Staff: Inside the West Wing and Beyond will follow the forum. Thursday, December 14, 7 p.m.: The Charlottesville Democratic Committee will meet at Mount Zion Church to elect officers and to fill vacant precinct committee seats. [This is a change from the original date of the meeting which had been scheduled for December 7th.] Baughan Roemer is chair of the nominating committee for officers and can be reached broemer@peoplepc.com or directly @296-7521. Other members of the search committee are as follows: Virginia Daugherty at 293-5622 or (virginia@papercraft.com), David Simmons(des9k@virginia.edu), and Terri Di Cintio at 293-6147 or (tdicintio@hotmail.com). "Thus far, this ongoing process has been quite comprehensive and challenging. The committee is quite grateful for the abundance of wise input that we have received, not to mention many, many outstanding nominations for the various party offices. We certainly welcome further advice and nominations. Please don't hesitate to contact your search committee" (Baughan Roemer, electronic mail, November 20, 2000). If you are interested in filling a vacancy for your precinct, you might want to contact Shirley Cauley at scauley@cstone.net or contact your precinct chair. Precinct chairs include: Shirley Cauley and Jane Foster, co-chairs of Alumni Hall; Robert Tinsley, chair of Carver; Tom Vandever, chair of Clark; Nancy Damon and Chip King, co-chairs of JPA; Dave Norris and David Simmons, co-chairs of Recreation; Jesse Williams, chair of Tonsler; Baughan Roemer, chair of Venable; and David Nelson, chair of Walker. I do not know whether vacant precinct committee member seats will be filled first or whether officers will be elected and then vacant seats will be filled. Individuals for vacant precinct positions are nominated within their precincts and then confirmed by the committee as a whole. "It is the intention of the nominating committee to release its report sometime next week so that committee members will have the necessary information prior to the meeting on December [14]th. Additional nominations of officers, of course, can be made and will be accepted from the floor" (Baughan Roemer, electronic mail, November 20, 2000). The party bylaws, in article v - sect. 5.01., require the election of a chair, 3 vice chairs, a secretary and treasurer. For job descriptions of the those officers, see the by-laws for the Charlottesville Democratic Committee http://loper.org/~george/archives/2000/Feb/24.html Saturday, December 16: Join Joe Rhames, Will Harvey and other great Democrats to make Albemarle County look better for the holidays: they will be cleaning up their portion of 250 West on December 16th. Starting at 9:30, excepting extreme inclement weather, and meeting at Toddsbury's in Ivy. Saturday, December 16: State Sen. Randy Forbes, R-Chesapeake and state GOP chairman and candidate for lieutenant governor will be guest speaker on Bob Gibson's Talkback Show. Monday, December 18: Electors meet in each state to cast ballots for president. Monday, December 18: Emily Couric and Delegate Watkins M. Abbitt, D-Appomattox, will seek public input at the Nelson County Administration Building at 7 p.m. Wednesday, December 20, 11:00 a.m.: Washington Post journalist Helen Dewar will speak at the Miller Center. Her topic will be "The Other elections: The Senate and the 107th Congress." Friday, December 29: The League of Women Voters of Charlottesville/Albemarle County is hosting its annual "Legislative Luncheon" at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, January 3, 2001, at the Boar's Head Ballroom. State Senator Emily Couric, Delegate Paul Harris, and Delegate Mitch Van Yahres will be on hand to give a preview of the upcoming legislative session and to answer questions. The League hosts this annual event in an effort to give the public an opportunity to talk directly to state legislators and to learn what issues will be on the 2001 legislative agenda. All members of the community are invited. Cost of the luncheon, prepared by Boar's Head, is $20 non-members, $15 members. (A vegetarian entrée is available; please request when making your reservation). To make a reservation, call the League office at 970-1707 and leave a message or e-mail lwv@avenue.org. Please make your reservations by Friday, December 29th. Cancellations/refunds
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