Saturday, September 2, 2000: "Join us in calling for a moratorium on the death penalty in Virginia and celebrating former Death Row Prisoner/Activist Joe Giarratano's birthday on Saturday, September 2, 5-9 PM on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville (near Innisfree World Artisans store - 108 East Main Street) . Come hear live music on Charlottesville's beautiful outdoor downtown mall. For more information call (804)-823-5507." (Electronic mail, Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, August 23, 2000).

Monday, September 11, 2000: "In an effort to promote alternatives to the single occupancy vehicle, [Charlottesville] has proclaimed Sept. 11 as 'Bike to Work Day.'

After reading the proclamation at the Aug. 21 Charlottesville City Council meeting, Mayor Blake Caravati noted that a couple city councilors regularly use their bicycles to commute. He said that he hopes on Sept 11, the rest of council will join them.

'Bike to Work Day' [is] sponsored by the city and The Charlottesville Transit Service [and] will kick off with free breakfast and prizes in front of city hall from 7:30 a.m. - 10 a.m....

CTS encourages the use of bikes and buses to alleviate traffic congestion and help the environment,' said staff member Diane Taylor.

[Join] City officials and staff [who] will be setting an example, riding bikes to work, hoping to promote cycling as a viable, environment-friendly alternative to driving" (April Schweitzer, The Observer, September 6, 2000).

Wednesday, September 13, 2000: "Did you know that there are nine Justices who sit on the Supreme Court? do you know that these justices are appointed for life? Did you know that the next president might have the opportunity to appoint up to three Supreme Court Justices? And did you know that just one more right-wing Justice could tip the balance on the number of the rights and freedoms we take for granted?

Please join People for the American Way Foundation and allies as we explore the Supreme Court and related issues. Featured speakers include: Rev. Dr. C. Whelton Gaddy, Executive Director of the Interfaith Alliance; Hillary Shelton, Director of the Washington Bureau of the NAACP; Andy Imparato, President of the American Association of People with Disabilities; Bruce Parker, Chair of the Mount Vernon Sierra Club; Sarah von der Lippe, attorney, legal and policy consultant in the fields of civil rights and affirmative action; Ted Bilich, Georgetown University Professor of Law and member of the Hispanic Bar Association; Moderator - Peter Montgomery, senior policy analyst for the People for the American Way Foundation.

The meeting will be held from 7 PM to 9 PM at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, 4301 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia (at Ballston Metro and exit 69 off of Interstate 66). <http://www.conferenceresolution.com/>" (Electronic mail, Mary Ellen Sykes, August 31, 2000).

Friday, September 15, 2000: A town meeting on RESTORATIVE JUSTICE will be held on Friday, September 22, from 10 AM to 3 PM at the Albemarle County Office Building at 401 McIntire Road in Charlottesville. The meeting is free and lunch is included.

The registration deadline is September 15.

What to expect: How restorative justice works; program models; how to set up a program in your community or school. How courts, law enforcement, community agencies and citizens can collaborate to make restorative justice a reality.

The meeting is presented by the Thomas Jefferson Area Community Criminal Justice Board.

To register, or for more information, contact Thomas von Hemert, Criminal Justice Planner for the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission, at (804)-979-7310 or by e-mail at tvonhemert.tjpd@state.va.us.

Friday, September 15, 2000: "Massive Resistance" will be on the air on Friday, Sept 15th, at 9 PM over WCVE Channel 23, WHTJ Channel 41, and Adelphia Cable 7....the broadcast follows Washington Week in Review and Wall Street Week on PBS.

Saturday, September 16, 2000: 5th Virginia Congressional District Democratic candidate John Boyd and 7th Virginia Congressional District candidate Warren Stewart will be speaking at the Charlottesville/Albemarle Democratic breakfast to help energize local Democrats for the fall elections.

The breakfast is held at 9:30 AM at the Jefferson Area Board for the Aging on the third Saturday of each month, with the exception of August and December, and is open to the public.

Call (804)-971-8082 or e-mail <george@loper.org> for more information.

Sunday, September 17, 2000: The 15th Annual Farm Aid Concert at the Nisson Pavilion in Bristol, Virginia will feature Willie Nelson, Travis Tritt, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Bare Naked Ladies, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, and Ralph Nader.

Sunday, September 17, 2000: A high-profile Republican political rally will be held on Argyll Farm in Albemarle County. The farm, owned by Forrest and Donna Marshall, is on Route 20, about three miles sourth of Interstate 64.

The event, which runs from 3 to 6 p.m., has been titled 'Kick-off the Victory' and will feature the University of Virginia pep band, cheerleaders and barbecue.

The guest list includes U.S. Senate candidate George F. Allen, Sen. John W. Warner, Lt. Gov. John H. Hager, Reps. Thomas J. Bliley Jr. and Virgil H. Goode Jr., congressional candidate Eric Cantor, State Sen. and Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Randy Forbes and Delegates Jeanmarie Devolities, Jay Katzen and Paul C. Harris.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 977-6763.

Sunday, September 17, 2000: NADER AT UVA! Ralph Nader will be speaking at Old Cabell Hall, 8 PM (doors open 7:00), Sunday Sept 17th. There will be a $5.00 suggested donation.

Tuesday, September 19, 2000: Come hear Gloria Steinem, co-founder of Ms. magazine, Marcia Ann Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief of Ms. magazine, and Amy Richards and Jennifer Baumgardner, authors of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism and the Future at 4 p.m. at Pavilion I Upper Garden, West Lawn, University of Virginia. Rainsite: Dome Room.

If you happen to make the event, remember to ask Gloria about her new husband, South African-born entrepreneur David Bale, 61. Says Steinem, "'Though I've worked many years to make marriage more equal, I never expected to take advantage of it myself'" (Lloyd Grove with Beth Berselli, The Washington Post, September 6, 2000).

"'I'm happy, surprised, and someday will write about it, but for now I hope this proves what feminists have always said - that feminism is about the ability to choose what's right at each time of our lives'" (Jennifer Frey, The Washington Post, September 7, 2000).

Wednesday, September 20, 2000: LAG is kicking off the fall with a big event for UVA staff and all those who support workers' rights at UVA.

It will take place at noon on 9/20 in the South Meeting Room of Newcomb Hall.

Featured speakers include Julian Bond and Donald McEachin along with UVA classified staff and others. McEachin is a pro-labor state delegate (D-Richmond) who is currently running for Attorney General.

The focus of the forum will be the new, management-driven pay plan which takes effect this month for classified staff around the state. We are hoping to air staff concerns about this plan and to stress that UVA workers have the right to speak out about such issues as salaries, evaluations, grievances, fear of retaliation, benefits, unionization, and a living wage.

Thursday, September 21, 2000: September 21 is World Car-Free Day. A future without cars is a tantalizing prospect. A day without cars is a glimpse of that future. Imagine: People walking, people smiling, a man selling ice cream. (hold on a sec, we're having a '70s Chicago flashback. There, it passed.) Certainly, there will be a measure of silence, a measure of peace. Conversations will be heard. Desk jockeys will get a little exercise. People will miss appointments they didn't really need to make.

After experiencing a city without cars - or, more realistically, part of a neighborhood without cars - many folks will find it hard to allow the traffic back the next day.

This is World Car-Free Day's inaugural year. Let's kick it off with feeling. Download a poster at http://www.adbusters.org , organize a rally or make a personal statement on foot, bike, or bus. It matters.

Send your pics and stories to campaigns@adbusters.org or to george@loper.org

Cheers from the staff and volunteers at Adbusters.

Friday, September 22 through Sunday, September 24: The Fall Book Sale for the Virginia Festival of the Book is September 22-24. Participating bookstores include:

Quest Book Shop, The Blue Whale, Read It Again, Sam, The Book Cellar, New Dominion Bookshop, Barnes and Noble, Heartwood Books, Oliver and Company, Oakley's Gently Used Books, Shenanigan's, Clover Hill Books, The Book Broker, Franklin Gilliam-Rare Books, Magnum Opus Rare Books, Respess Books, The University Bookstore.

Buying books during this weekend helps the bookstores, which make a contribution to the book festival. And everyone knows that the Book Festival, March 21-25, 2001 is a great event, with about 100 events, free and open to the public.

Saturday, September 23, 2000: Banned Books Week runs until September 30, 2000. To celebrate, check out this web site - http://www.ala.org/bbooks/top100bannedbooks.html - and choose your favorites among the Top 100 'most frequently challenged books' of the decade. The list includes some old favorites (Huck Finn, #5; The Great Gilly Hopkins, #20) along with some newcomers (The Stupids, #27; Harry Potter series, #48) ... (Susan Tyler Hitchcock, C-Ville Weekly, September 26 - October 2, 2000).

Saturday, September 23, 2000: The Charlottesville Chapter of The Links, Inc. invites you to join them for their 2nd Annual walk-a-thon, Take Charge of Your Health and Walk!

Walk with them Saturday, September 23, 2000, rain or shine. Your $10.00 registration fee will benefit the Charlottesville Free Clinic. Link with them at 7:30 AM at University Hall for a soulful, spirited and music infused warm-up. The walk begins at 8:00 AM.

Their honorary co-chairs for this year's event are Tennis Professional Renee Blount and Link Emeritus Carolyn Howard French. This walk will also salute the dedicated service of our last year's co-chairperson, Honorable Senator Emily Couric. Come out and join us for a morning of fun, friendship and fitness.

Saturday, September 23, 2000: Join Daily Progress political writer Bob Gibson with your questions for Attorney General Mark Earley Saturday at 10 a.m. for Talkback on Newstalk 1070 WINA.

Attorney General Mark Earley is a Chesapeake Republican running for governor. Earley, a former state senator, is vying with Lt. Gov. John Hager for the GOP nomination for governor in a June 1-2 convention in Richmond. The winner will face Democrat Mark Warner.

Callers can question guests by calling 804-977-1070 after 10:05 a.m.

Sunday, September 24: The grand opening of Belmont Park will be o from 1-5 p.m..The "House Rockers" will be playing and there will be food for sale as well as fun and games for children. Admission is free.

Belmont Park is on Druid Avenue..Take Avon Street past Elliott Avenue to the flashing light..Turn left onto Druid and park is directly ahead.

Sunday, September 24: Robb vs. Allen Debate at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond with Special Guest Moderator Former Governor Doug Wilder. The debate will be held at the Performing Arts Center at 8 P.M. The debate will be televised live on C-Span.

Wednesday, September 27, 2000: The Citizens Advisory Committee for the Charlottesville-Albemarle Public Defender Office presents Mr. Roger A. Galvin (Chairman of the Virginia Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights) and a Distinguished Panel of Community Leaders in a public forum on Unequal Justice -- African Americans in the Virginia Criminal Justice System.

Panelists will include: Blake Caravati (Mayor, Charlottesville), David Baugh (Past President of Virginia College of Criminal Defense Attorneys), Lloyd Snook, Otis Lee Jr., Ida Lewis, Juandiago Wade (Charlottesville NAACP), and Rev. Alvin Edwards (Mt. Zion Baptist Church).

Moderator: Maurice Cox (Vice Mayor, Charlottesville)

6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Buford Middle School, 9th Street SW/Cherry Avenue, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Wednesday, September 27, 2000: World Premier of "Buses & Bikes Sharing the Road." Features E. Danny Murphy and a cast of thousands. Filmed in Charlottesville and Albemarle. Associate Producer Diane Taylor.

5:30 p.m. at Vinegar Hill Theatre. Free to the General Public.

Thursday, September 28, 2000: THE WOMEN'S CENTER PRESENTS: Elizabeth Birch Human Rights Campaign Director. Elizabeth Birch is a leader in the struggle for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people's rights to full protection under the United States Constitution. Ms. Birch has appeared before the Supreme Court and has helped to defeat much of the numerous anti-gay and anti-AIDS advocacy legislation recently proposed. Most recently, she delivered a keynote address to this summer's Democratic National Convention. Cosponsored by the Jefferson Society. 8:00 p.m. Newcomb Hall Ballroom.

Thursday, September 28, 2000: Last Friday, in Roanoke Virginia, Randolph Gay asked directions to a bar where he could "shoot some gay people." He found the Back Street Cafe, where he gunned down 7 men and women. Danny Overstreet 43, died in this vicious attack.

In response to this tragic act of hatred, there will be vigils held in Roanoke, across Virginia and throughout the United States on Thursday evening.

The Charlottesville vigil will take place at 9:00 p.m. on the Rotunda Lawn on University avenue. The vigil will follow a previously scheduled 8:00 talk by Elizabeth Birch of the Human Rights Campaign. She will also speak at the vigil along with representatives of several local organizations and churches.

Don't let Randolph Gay's atrocity go unanswered. Add your voice to our calls for an end to hate. Come and let your presence speak out against this, and all hate based violence.

The vigil will take place on the lawn across from the construction site close to Old Cabell Hall. Please, bring candles if you have them. This vigil is being sponsored by about a dozen groups including the UVA womens center, VOP, MCC TJMC and more churches.

"Donations for a memorial for Danny Overstreet and for medical expenses of those who were injured can be made out to ROANOKE 7 and mailed in care of Christ of Good Shepherd American Catholic Church, Post Office Box 3359, Roanoke, Virginia 24015" (Virginia Organizing Project, 703 Concord Avenue, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-5208, (804) 984-4033, (804) 984-2803 fax, http://www.virginia-organizing.org)

Saturday, September 30, 2000: Join Daily Progress political writer Bob Gibson with your questions for Charlottesville Mayor Blake Caravati and Vice Mayor Maurice Cox, who will discuss the recent report on unequal justice for black Virginians.

Callers can question guests by calling 804-977-1070 after 10:05 a.m.

Saturday, September 30, 2000: Please join your fellow Democrats for the Grand Opening of this fall's joint campaign Head Quarters at 501 East Main Street, the old WINA space on the Downtown Mall. Our special guest will be Lynda Robb, wife of current and soon to be re-elected U.S. Senator Chuck Robb! We anticipate that the festivities will begin at 11:45 A.M., so mark your calendars!

Saturday, September 30, 2000: Cornelia Johnson cordially invites you to a fundraising lunch with Lynda Johnson Robb from 12:30 until 2:00 p.m. at Cornelia's home, 1100 Hilltop Road, Charlottesville, Virginia.

The suggested contribution is $75. For more information, call Sheila Dwyer at (202) 547-4246.

Democratic Congressional candidates John Boyd and Warren Stewart will also be there.