September

Tuesday, September 6: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. League of Women Voters Community Dialogue: The Role of the Federal Government in Public Education at the New Albemarle County Office Building, 1600 Fifth St.

Joining Us for the Meeting will be: Dr. Rosa Atkins, Superintendent, Charlottesville City Schools and Dr. Pamela R. Moran, Superintendent, Albemarle County Public Schools. For Lunch Reservations, box lunch $8, contact the office, 970-1707, by Thursday, September 1.

Thursday, September 15: 5:30 p.m. UVa Center for Politics presents Constitution Day 2011 in Garrett Hall. The new documentary, The Lord Is Not On Trial Here Today, will be screened. The film examines the historic McCollum v. Board of Education court case, in which the separation of church and state was questioned in public schools. Film director Jay Rosenstein will speak and answer questions from the audience. The event is free and open to the public. Further information james.paradis@virginia.edu.

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, September 16 -18: CCPJ sponsors The Military Industrial Complex at Fifty A Conference on Moving Money from the Military to Human Needs. In Charlottesville. Friday, September 16 at the Haven, 112 W Market Street. Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18 at The Dickinson Fine and Performing Arts Center at Piedmont Virginia Community College, 501 County Road 338, Charlottesville, Va. 22902-7589. See the website for registration information, costs, directions.

Saturday, September 17: 9:30 a.m. Democratic Breakfast Returns Downtown Library, 3rd Floor. Light food - juice, bagels and coffee. This is Constitution Day and a chance to reflect & appreciate before the County picnic later in the afternoon.

The speaker will be John Whitehead, founder and director of the Rutherford Institute, Charlottesville's voice for civil liberties. Politics, Values and Defending the Constitution Including Ten Years After 9/11: Have We Become the Enemy of Freedom? The Rutherford Institute is currently defending Aaron Tobey, who was arrested in the Richmond Airport for displaying text from the Constitution of the United States.

Saturday, September 17: 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. Fluvanna Democrats BBQ at the home of Supervisor Mozell Booker on Rte 6 Between Fork Union and Scottsville. Further info, map on the website www.fluvannademocrats.org

Saturday, September 17: 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. Albemarle County Democrats 23rd Annual BBQ! Lower Sherwood Farm, Keene (between Charlottesville and Scottsville) Local candidates and special guest speakers (to be announced), along with our always great homecooked BBQ will be featured at our 23rd annual event! www.albemarledems.org/bbq

Tuesday, September 20: 7:00 p.m. The University of Virginia Center for Politics will host a presentation by Dan Fenn, the founding director of the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston and a former staff assistant to President Kennedy, at the University of Virginia's Rotunda Dome Room.

Fenn, also an adjunct lecturer at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, will share his experiences in the Kennedy White House and explore the similarities and differences between the Kennedy and Obama administrations.

The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Please register online at http://hoosonline.virginia.edu/cfp920speakerseries. If you have any questions, please e-mail cfp-programs@virginia.edu or call (434) 243-3540.

Monday September 26: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum: America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda, Thom Shanker and Eric Schmitt. Counterstrike tells the story of how a group of analysts created an innovative and effective way to fight terrorism. This new way, unbeknownst to most Americans, was in sharp contrast to the cowboy slogans typical of the U.S. government's public posture.

Currently the Pentagon correspondent for The New York Times, Shanker previously served as foreign editor at The Chicago Tribune. Schmitt is a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times senior writer, who covers terrorism and national security issues. A book signing will follow their Forum. Further info, directions on the website

Thursday, September 29: 9:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time).Tom Morgan returns to the local airwaves with a fund drive show for his old station in Charlottesville, WTJU (http://wtju.net/). He tells us that all of the songs will be about food. :).