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Tuesday, February 3: 7:00 p.m. left of center on: Electoral Reform Efforts in the Virginia General Assembly at Rapture (note new time). Featured speaker: Joe Szakos, Executive Director of the Virginia Organizing Project, a member of the Verifiable Voting Coalition of Virginia. Tuesday, February 3: 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Bob Gibson, executive director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at UVA, will host an Evening Edition live call-in program on public radio station WVTF with Attorney General Bob McDonnell, the soon-to-be Republican nominee for governor this year. WVTF is available online at http://www.wvtf.org/ and on air at 88.5 FM in Charlottesville. Thursday, February 5: Planned Parenthood Lobby Day in Richmond. Friday, February 6: 253rd Anniversary of the birth of Aaron Burr, Jr., least appreciated of the founding fathers of this country. Friday, February 6: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum The Reckoning: Obama's Inheritance from the Bush-Cheney Years Barton Gellman is a Special Projects Reporter at the Washington Post. He is the author of Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency (Penguin Press, 2008). A book signing will follow his Forum. Further information, directions at www.millercenter.org Saturday, February 7: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Gordon Avenue Library .Our Legacy, Inc, of Charlottesville & Albemarle County, Virginia will present a Black History Month Program featuring: Mrs. Florence Coleman Bryant author of "Memoirs of a Country Girl," "One Story About School Desegregation," and "Rebecca Fuller McGinness A Lifetime: 1892-2000" and Mr. Uriah J. Fields author of "Inside the Montgomery Bus Boycott," 'The Mutuality Warrior," and "The Saint Troubadour." Part of The Big Read program. Saturday, February 7: 7:00 p.m. 2009 Virginia Democrats' Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Greater Richmond Convention Center, 403 N. Third Street, Richmond, Virginia. More information at www.vademocrats.org Saturday, February 7: 7:00 p.m. Enjoy an evening of great music and raise money to support the Grace Tinsley Scholarship Fund to help deserving Charlottesville High School graduates continue their education. Elks Lodge, off Route 20 North, next to Towe Park, Charlottesville. $30 per person Heavy hors d'oeuvres and dessert included. Cash Bar. Tickets available:at Quilts Unlimited on the Downtown Mall. Plan 9 (Albemarle Square), Rose Hill Market and at the door. Information: Russ Linden 242-8586 or russlinden@earthlink.net Monday, February 9: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum Suicide Terrorism. Assaf Moghadam is Assistant Professor and Senior Associate at the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he directs West Point's Advanced Terrorism Studies Course and the CTC's Shia Ideology Program. He is the author of The Globalization of Martyrdom: Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the Diffusion of Suicide Attacks (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008) and The Roots of Terrorism (Chelsea House, 2006). A book signing will follow his Forum. Further information, directions at www.millercenter.org Monday, February 9: 7:30 p.m. The Albemarle-Charlottesville Branch of The NAACP, as part of its celebration of its 100th Anniversary and Black History Month, is honored to have as its guest speaker Attorney Alex Gulotta, Executive Director of Legal Aid, Charlottesville. He will speak on the subject of “What Are Your Civil Rights.” Tonsler Park Recreation Center. The event is free and open to the public. Thursday, February 12: 7:30 p.m. Monticello Bird Club February program “Virginia's Bird Beauties” Nature photographer Bob Schamerhorn will share his spectacular photos of Virginia’s native birds—from coastal regions to mountaintops. And there’ll be a bonus photography lesson: he’ll be sharing his experiences and giving tips on how to capture these images. Education Building, Ivy Creek Natural Area, Earlysville Road, Charlottesville. Contact: Ellen Dudley: 244-2688 / Patricia Wilczek: 985-4444 / Stauffer Miller: 296-5505 www.monticellobirdclub.org Friday, February 13: 11:00 a.m. What's Wrong with Rendition? Lessons Learned from Maher Arar and His Year in Syria. Lorne Waldman successfully acted as co-counsel for Maher Arar at the public inquiry into the circumstances behind Arar's deportation from the United States to Syria, where Arar was subjected to brutal torture. Further information, directions at www.millercenter.org Sunday, February 15: 3:00 p.m. Bill Anderson will speak at the United Nations Association meeting at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church – Unitarian Universalist (717 Rugby Road), on “Hopes for Peace and the Work of the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice” Bill Anderson is a Professional Counselor at UVA’s Student Health Center and President of the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice (CCPJ). He is a member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and a long-time area leader in peace and race relations in the Charlottesville-Albemarle area. Sunday, February 15: 4:00 p.m. The Albemarle-Charlottesville Branch of The NAACP is celebrating its Founders’ Day at the Jackson P. Burley Middle School, 901 Rose Hill Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia. The event is free and open to the public.Mr. King Salim Khalfani, Executive Director of the NAACP Virginia State Conference, will be the guest speaker. Monday, February 16: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum The Eight Stages of Genocide Gregory H. Stanton, the James Farmer Professor in Human Rights at the University of Mary Washington, is the Founder and President of Genocide Watch, the Founder and Director of the Cambodian Genocide Project, the Founder and Chair of the International Campaign to End Genocide, and the President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. Further information, directions at www.millercenter.org Monday, February 16: 7:00 p.m. Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, UVA The Place of "Their Eyes Were Watching God" in the African American Literary Tradition. join UVA English professor Lisa Woolfork for a lecture and Q and A on the power of this novel, and where it fits into a larger literary tradition. Part of The Big Read program. Thursday, February 19: 5:30 p.m. Author's reading and book signing The Bells of Moses Henry by Peter Skinner. At the New Dominion Bookshop on Charlottesville's Downtown Mall. Further info http://www.birchbrookpress.info Saturday, February 21: 9:30 a.m. Regular monthly Charlottesville/Albemarle Democratic Breakfast. This month there will be a panel made up of David Slutzky, Chair of the County Board of Supervisors, Dave Norris, Mayor of Charlottesville, and Liz Palmer, member of the South Rivanna River Reservoir Task Force. The subject will be the "Water Plan." At JABA 674 Hillsdale Drive, Charlottesville (just east of Fashion Square and adjacent to the Marriott Courtyard). The event is free (donations gratefully appreciated), a light breakfast is offered and the public is warmly invited. Monday, February 23: 5:30 p.m. Miller Center Forum Abraham Lincoln and Wm Shakespeare. William Lee Miller is Scholar in Ethics and Institutions at the Miller Center. Further information, directions at www.millercenter.org Monday, February 23: 6:30
p.m. Healthcare in Crisis: A Public Forum in the Lane Auditorium
of the Albemarle County Office Building, 401 McIntire Rd. How can we guarantee
healthcare for all? Speakers:
Further info or to volunteer donnagoings@gmail.com or visit: http://charlottesvillepeace.org/healthcare Tuesday, February 24: noon. LWV Community Dialogue, Water! Water! at the new Albemarle County Office Building on Fifth Street south of Rte 64. Email lwv@avenue.org or call 970 1707 prior to 3:30 p.m. on February 19 to reserve an $8 bag lunch. Pay by check to LWV mail to League of Women Voters, 1936 Arlington Blvd #116, Charlottesville 22903 Friday, February 27: 5:30
p.m. Miller Center Forum The End of Conservatism? Lee Edwards is
the Heritage Foundation's Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought.
A book signing will follow his Forum. Further information, directions at
www.millercenter.org
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