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August: Immunization Awareness Month Note: No Charlottesville/Albemarle Democratic Breakfast this month. Next event: Saturday, September 18. Wednesday, August 4: Paul Gaston at New Dominion Bookshop to discuss Where We Stand: Voices of Southern Dissent. 12 noon. Wednesday, August 4: Democracy for America Meetup -- Al Weed's Headquarters on West Main Street in Charlottesville. 6:00 to 7:00 pm Social - bring drink/food to share. 7:00 pm Meeting to map August - begin phone bank, continue canvassing efforts, begin letter writing. Saturday, August 7: HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI ANNUAL COMMEMORATION 11:00 am - 4:00 pm, Central Place, Downtown Mall, Charlottesville, VA. Sponsored by the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice. "Each year at this time, citizens around the world commemorate those who lost their lives and those who still suffer from the atom bomb attacks by the U.S. on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, 1945. Join the call: NEVER AGAIN! We will have our CCPJ table, our large sidewalk display boards, face painting for peace, and origami paper peace cranes (learn to make your own). NOTE: HELP NEEDED TO STAFF THE CCPJ TABLE. For further information or to help, call Sue 456-8176 or the CCPJ message line." Saturday, August 14: Albemarle Democratic Party canvassing from 9 am to 12 noon. Contact Jean Wyant at jeanbee6@netscape.net. Sunday, August 15: Projected Opening Date for Democratic Campaign Office on the Downtown Mall. Tuesday, August 17, Thursday, August 19th and Monday, August 23rd: Democracy for America Canvasses the Clark Precinct. Next Tuesday or Next Thursday - bring a partner and take your pick - Aug. 17 or Aug. 19 -7 PM Prudential Charlotte Ramsey office at the Maplewood Building - 404 8th Street NE. No need to attend both. We will go over procedures and give out street sheets, voter registration forms, info on absentee ballots, etc. Canvassing Begins: Monday, August 23rd. Each team will choose their own times to canvass - suggestions: weekdays 5-7 or 8. Saturday 10 - 12 or 4-7. We do not recommend Sunday canvassing. Deadline to Finish: September 15th Purpose: Identify Favorable voters. Register the unregistered. Give out information on Al Weed With over 2,000 households to canvass, this is a big project. 20 teams of 2 (40 volunteers) should be enough. VOLUNTEER NOW BY EMAILING Donna Goings: donnago@cville.net or find a partner and call me later. 295-0441 or show up with your partner and any other volunteers you can find on Tuesday or Thursday. Together we can take back the 5th and turn Virginia Blue! Thursday, August 19 and Thursday, August 26: FOCUS will be receiving donations for their next Flea Market, Thursdays in August and September, 3-8 PM in the parking lot at 1508 Grady Ave. Saturday, August 21: Yard sales for Al Weed. 1438 Westwood Road (Donna Goings, 295-0441) donnago@cville.net 2415 Jefferson Park Avenue (Betty Mooney, 293-6710) Mooney@ntelos.net Clean out your attics, closets, and basements! Don't wait for the SPCA sale. Donate NOW to help Al Weed win the 5th. Donations will be taken on Friday evening Aug. 20th from 5 - 7 PM. We also need volunteers to help us with this project (Friday night and/or Saturday morning). We plan to have a table with voter registration/absentee ballot info, Kerry and Weed bumper stickers, etc. to hand out to those coming. The purpose is to raise money and to raise awareness of Al Weed and Kerry/Edwards. The time is NOW to help elect Democrats on November 2nd.
Pouring rain will cancel. lean out the closets, basement, attic - donate your items on Friday August 20th. Yard sales will be held at various locations with all proceeds going to the Weed campaign. Contact Betty Mooney at mooney@ntelos.net. Saturday, August 21: Al Weed fundraiser in Lynchburg. Contact trevor@alweed2004.com Saturday, August 28: March for
Women's Lives/New York.  Saturday, August 28: The Albemarle County Democrats Auction and Barbeque will be at Claudius Crozet Park from 5:30 - 8:00 P.M. You can visit with Lt. Governor Tim Kaine, Congressional Candidate Al Weed, Senator Creigh Deeds and Delegate Mitch Van Yahres and others. You can purchase tickets at the door or you can call the Charlottesville/Albemarle Democratic office at 434-296-1865. Tickets are $15; children 16 and under are free. Information: Fred Hudson, wridge700@aol.com. Saturday, August 28: 8:00 PM - 1:00 AM (or so) -- "Rock the Ballot" rock concert for Al Weed and the Kerry/Edwards ticket. At the Satellite Ballroom on the corner. Think "Battle of the Bands" for Al Weed. We have four bands who have agreed to play -- The Beetnix, Man Mountain Jr., Small Town Workers, and Vandyke Brown. If you would like to help with this event, call Kris Keesling at 249-8813. Sunday, August 29: United for Peace and Justice Rally at the Republican National Convention, New York City. The world says no to the Bush agenda! Assemble at 10 a.m. at Seventh Ave & 14th Street. March at noon. Sunday, August 29: SEPIA Theater, a new community theater group in Charlottesville is casting for a new play, "Fifth & Dice," slated for Live Arts Theater in November. They are seeking twenty actors, men and women. In addition, volunteers are needed with technical skills in lighting and sound. Auditions will be held on August 29, 2004 at 7:00 pm at DANCEFIT MOVEMENT CENTER, 609 E. Market St, Studio 110. Visit our Website for more details or call Edna-Jakki Miller at (434) 295-4774 or Bill James at (434) 985-8987. Monday, August 30 - Thursday, September 2: The 2004 Republican National Convention will be held in New York City and begin on Monday, August 30, 2004. For more on protests, see also Republican National Convention Not Welcome and Counter Convention. Monday, August 30 - Friday, September 3: Pedestrian Safety Campaign kicks off at the Intersection of Emmett Street and Ivy Road. Sponsored by the Charlottesville Traffic Safety Work Group, with education and rigorous enforcement; info www.transportationchoice.org. Tuesday, August 31: Anti-Poverty Mobilizers To Create a 'Ring of Hope' Around Manhattan Island An interfaith "Ring of Hope" around Manhattan island is planned for Tuesday, Aug. 31, as part of a nonpartisan religious program during the Republican National Convention, meeting in New York City that week. A two hour worship service and festival at The Riverside Church, 120th Street and Riverside Dr., will be broadcast live via radio as hundreds of members of New York's diverse congregations encircle much of the city with lights. The special observance is the latest in a multi-city national tour by the "Let Justice Roll" campaign, seeking to make the issue of poverty in America a priority for candidates in the 2004 elections. On July 28 in Boston during the Democratic National Convention, 800 people of faith gathered in the historic Old South Church to hear the Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., pastor of The Riverside Church, warn that Americans need to get poor people on their agenda "because it’s on God’s mind,” As many as 300 Democratic National Convention Delegates were present for the service. "Let Justice Roll: Faith and Community Voices Against Poverty,"
is a joint effort of the NCC and the Center for Community Change and dozens
of local and national partner ministries in the cities where events have
been held so far: Portland and Eugene, Ore., Seattle, Rochester, Minneapolis,
and Boston. In New York, the service and "Ring of Hope" are a
project of Mobilization 2004 at The Riverside Church. Read more about NYC plans. More
about the Boston
event. More about 'Let
Justice Roll'.
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