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Monday, September 2: On Monday, September 2nd, there will be a LABOR DAY MARCH from the Jefferson School Parking Lot to the Marriott Hotel on Main St. Meeting time for the March is 11:30am, at the Jefferson School. The chief organizers for the march are David Walker and Andrew Holden, with organizational support from: The Virginia Organizing Project All ages and persons are invited to attend and march for a Living Wage, a scalable minimum wage set to the cost of living, for all residents of Charlottesville, and in particular, the housekeepers/janitors at the Marriott Hotel. Protesters in Charlottesville have been outside the Marriott every Friday afternoon to demand a Living Wage for over 94 weeks. Currently Tim Stiffler, the owner of the Marriott, refuses to pay all his workers a Living Wage. Please join the Virginia Organizing Project and many other groups to demand that the Courtyard by Marriott pay all of its employees at least $8.65 an hour (plus health insurance) Nobody Working a full time job should have to live under the deprivations of poverty. Monday, September 2: Picnic with the Charlottesville Democrats on Labor Day 'It¹s Time to Get Back to Work.' Join them at Washington Park on Monday, September 2nd, from 6-8 pm. Let's give a cheer for Grace Tinsley, honored by the Virginia General Assembly for her years of service; Let's thank our loyal volunteers; and Let's get fired up to support Meredith Richards for Congress! Special guests - Delegate Mitch Van Yahres and Meredith Richards. We¹ll bring fried chicken; please bring a dish to share and $5 for food. Questions? Call 296-1865. Tuesday, September 3: Virgil Goode and Meredith Richards will square off in a debate at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on National Public Radio. Bob Gibson of the Charlottesville Daily Progress will moderate the program, which can be heard on WVTF, 89.1; WVTW, 88.5 and WVTU, 89.3. The program also can be picked up via the Internet at www.wvtf.org. Saturday, September 7: Simple gifts and offerings of hope and healing through music dance, visual arts, prayers and mediations at Piedmont Virginia Community College. Wednesday, September 11th:
Friday, September 13: W.J. Wagner will discuss the "Warsaw Uprising of 1944" at 11 a.m. at the Miller Center. Friday, September 13: John C. Jeffries, Jr., Dean of the University of Virginia School of Law will speak on "The Origins of the Modern Establishment Clause" at 5 p.m. at the University of Virginia School of Law Caplin Auditorium. Admission is free, but reservations are required. For more information, call 434-295-4784. Sunday, September 15: Harry Landers has organized an informational meeting on the topic of instant run-off voting. The meeting, open to the public, will be held at the McIntire Room of the Jefferson-Madison Public Library on Sunday, September 15th, at 1:00 pm. The guest speaker will be Eric Olsen, deputy director of the Center for Voting and Democracy. Mark Rush, Associate Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University, will also be available to share his expertise on the topic. In short, instant run-off voting is a method by which elections can be held to enable voters to come up with a majority choice when there are multiple candidates, without having to return to the polls for follow-up voting, by means of being allowed to select a first choice, second choice, third choice, etc. Here's a link to learn more about instant run-off: http://fairvote.org/ There are various possible ways in which instant run-off voting could be used by local voters and it's my hope that this meeting could be the opening of a public dialogue on the topic. Harry would be happy to respond to inquiries either by email or telephone. He can be reached at 434-984-6060 days and 434-978-1351 evenings.
Monday, September 16: Joe Klein, author of Primary Colors, will discuss "A Natural Politician: The Presidency of Bill Clinton" at 11 a.m. at the Miller Center. Friday, September 20: Patricia Kluge & William J. Morris will be hosting a reception and golf outing honoring Timothy M. Kaine, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia at Albemarle House Winery and Vineyard. Giving Levels for the Reception run from $250 to $5000. Giving levels for the private golf outing run from $1000 to $5000. The golf outing is limited to 36 respondents. The fundraising comes at a good time, as the Lieutenant Governor has recently given up $16,000 that his office gets as discretionary money and "is encouraging other elected government officials to do the same in light of the state's budget woes." (Metro in Brief, The Washington Post, September 8, 2002) If you can't afford the ticket price or don't like golf, you have another opportunity to see Tim Kaine locally at a fundraiser for Meredith Richards on September 30th. See below. Friday, September 20 - Sunday, September 22: Confronting America's Low-Wage Economy, September 20-22, 2002, First Congregational Church, 10th & G Sts NW, Washington DC Forty Years After Michael Harrington wrote The Other America, poverty remains deeply embedded in American society. Since 1962 we have witnessed the War on Poverty, a vast restructuring of the American economy, the end of the Cold War and the globalization of the world’s economy; yet poverty remains a persistent and unsolved problem. Please join us in Washington, DC as we begin the process of organizing a national campaign to educate Americans about economy inequality and the injustice that it creates. Moving from education to action on these issues is what Michael Harrington would want us to do today. This conference is an initiative of the Democratic Socialists of America Fund and the Michael Harrington Foundation. It is cosponsored by ACORN, The American Prospect, the Institute for America’s Future, and the National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support, as well DSA. Confirmed participants: Barbara Bergman is Professor Emerita of Economics American University and University of Maryland, Deepak Bhargava is the Director of the National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support. Peter Edelman is Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. He served as an Assistant Secretary in HHS until he resigned over the Welfare Reform Bill. Maurice Isserman is the author of The Other American, a biography of Michael Harrington. Harold Meyerson is the Editor-at-Large of the American Prospect. Larry Mishel is the Executive Director of the Economic Policy Institute.Terry Mizrahi is the President of the National Association of Social Workers. Frances Fox Piven is the co-author of Regulating The Poor and many other books on poverty. Wendell Primus, Director of the Income Security Division of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, was one of three Clinton appointees to resign over welfare reform. Wade Rathke is the Chief Organizer of ACORN and of Local 100 SEIU. Holly Sklar’s latest book is Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies That Work For All Of Us .Tom Woodruff is an Executive Vice President of the Service Employees International Union. For more information, registration rates housing information, and on-line registration: www.dsausa.org/lowwage Saturday, September 21: The Albemarle/Charlottesville Democratic Breakfast will be held at 9:30 a.m. at Jefferson Area Board for the Aging on Hillsdale Drive. Steve Koleszar, chair of the Albemarle School Board, will lead a panel on Elected School Boards.
Sunday, September 22:As of June 30, 2002, the cash balance of Virgil Goode compared with the cash balance of Meredith Richards was about 10 to 1. The Richards campaign will be having several fundraising events in September which will give you the opportunity to help level the playing field. The first will be from 5:30 to 7 pm on September 22nd at Panorama Farms [the home of Jim and Bunny Murray] in Earlysville, Virginia - where Governor Mark Warner will be the honored guest. For more information, call the Meredith Richards' Campaign Headquarters at 245-0191. Tuesday, September 24: Bob Gibson, senior writer and political reporter for the Daily Progress, will speak at the League of Women Voters fall meeting at noon in O'Mansky Hall at Congregation Beth Israel in Charlottesville, Virginia. Tuesday, September 24: Brent Scowcroft and Lawrence Eagleburger will discuss "American Policy: Past and Present" at a special Miller Center Forum at the Darden School in the Darden Auditorium at 4 p.m. Tuesday, September 24: From South Carolinian John Spratt who is the ranking Member on the Budget Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives to Nita Lowey, the Chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, from Virginians Bobby Scott and Jim Moran to Louise Slaughter, the dean of the women's delegation in the U.S. House, Charlottesville Vice Mayor Meredith Richards today received a major boost in her campaign to represent Virginia's Fifth Congressional District. Seven Members of the House announced that they would host a fundraiser for Ms. Richards in Washington, DC on the evening of September 24th at Fran O'Brien's Stadium Steak House. P.O. Box 3302 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 Mrs. Richards said, "I am very appreciative of the support of these hard-working and effective members of Congress. Their concern for the working men and women of the Fifth District is gratifying and just a preview of the national focus that we are going to bring to create the good jobs at good wages that are so desperately needed." The Representatives who will host the event are: The Honorable James P. Moran of Virginia, the Honorable Robert C. Scott of Virginia, the Honorable John M. Spratt of South Carolina, the Honorable Nita M. Lowey of New York, the Honorable William Jefferson of Louisiana, the Honorable Louise McIntosh Slaughter of New York, and the Honorable Ted Strickland of Ohio. Wednesday, September 25 - Monday, September 30: Mobilization in Washington DC : AntiCapitalist Convergence - Main Day of action: 9/27 Mobilization for Global Justice - Main Day of action: 9/28 www.globalizethis.org 202-452-5912 Schedule of events: Sept 25-29 Convergence of organizers and activists. Trainings,
teach-ins, and coordination for the Fall and beyond Friday, September 27: I.M. Destler will discuss "Organizing for Homeland Security" at 11 a.m. at the Miller Center. Saturday, September 28: Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population (ASAP) presents a conference: The Myth of Endless Growth: Our Region's Future at Risk Saturday morning, September 28, 2002, 9:00 to 1:00. Registration 8:30-9:00 . Albemarle County Office Building, Main Auditorium. 8:30 - 9:00 Registration 9:00 - 9:10 Welcome: Moderator: Deborah Murray, environmental attorney. Goals of conference: Francis Fife, past Mayor of Charlottesville 9:10 - 9:35 Our region's future at risk: Local population facts and impacts -- Jack Marshall, President of ASAP 9:35 - 10:15 Controlling growth: The Boulder experience -- Paul Danish, Boulder (Colorado) County Commissioner 10:15 - 10:25 Questions and discussion 10:25 - 10:35 BREAK 10:35 - 11:05 The Loudoun County experience in managing growth -- Jim Burton, Loudoun County Supervisor 11:05 - 11:35 Can Virginia communities legally control our demographic fate? -- Ron Rosenberg, William & Mary Law School Professor 11:35 - 11:45 Questions and discussion 11:45 - 12:15 The ethics of controlling local growth -- Rich Collins, Director, UVA Institute of Environmental Negotiation 12:15 - 12:45 Questions and discussion 12:45 - 1:00 Concluding remarks -- Al Weed, Vice President of ASAP Saturday, September 28: Charlottesville Amphitheatre 2 pm – 7 pm: Blues and Brews Festival sponsored by 3WV to benefit the AIDS/HIV Services Group.
Monday, September 30: Alice Rivlin will discuss "Challenges to Capitalism: The Role of Government" at a special Miller Center Forum at the Darden School in the Darden Auditorium at 11 a.m. Monday, September 30: There will be a Women's Fundraiser for Meredith Richards from 5:30 to 7 pm at the home of George and Page Gilliam - where Lieutenant Governor Tim Kaine will be the featured guest. For more information, call the Meredith Richards' Campaign Headquarters at 245-0191.
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