January 2008
Hi to everyone!
I've been inspired by the blogs on this site. These times I believe require more action on our part, and it seems I too now feel compelled to get involved.
I have been talking much with friends about growth and development. Everyone I speak with is very concerned over where it's leading us. Many feel down the wrong road. But it doesn't have to be this way.
Out of concern I called one of the best run and accomplished development agencies in the world, the Portland Development Commision. The resulting conversation lead to a column I wrote for the Chapel Hill News.
http://www.chapelhillnews.com/opinion/guest_columns/story/12305.html
I was impressed with the concern the people in Portland showed for our situation and believe you too will find they're advice highly relevant to us all.
Please read the article and let me know what you think! And thanks,
Don Henze
Focus the Nation is a national teach-in on global warming
solutions for America—creating a dialogue at over a thousand colleges,
universities, high schools, middle schools, places of worship, civic
organizations and businesses, and directly engaging millions of
students and citizens with the nation’s decision-makers. The students
at UNC signed onto this initiative in the fall of 2006 and have been
working since then to put together an event that will bring the
community together around this important discussion.
In support of the student effort, Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill and
Carrboro have officially proclaimed January 31, 2008 as Climate Change
Awareness Day.
Date:
Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 1:00am to 6:00pm
Take this with a big grain of salt, as the study comes from the right-wing John Locke foundation (who are constantly in the papers, in spite of the fact that they have shown that ideology trumps ethics in their "research").
According to the Locke Foundation, the per person tax burden in other towns amounted to:
[- $2,424 Holly Springs;]
- $2,198 in Morrisville;
- $2,055 in Chapel Hill;
- $1,991 in Durham;
- $1,976 in Cary;
- $1,945 in Hillsborough;
- $1,935 in Carrboro;
- $1,891 in Knightdale;
- $1,875 in Wake Forest;
- $1,866 in Fuquay-Varina;
- $1,816 in Raleigh
Date:
Monday, February 11, 2008 - 7:00am
Location:
Orange County Board of Elections
Date:
Friday, February 29, 2008 - 7:00am
Location:
Orange County Board of Elections
The Israeli/Palestinian conflict is a central, governing feature of US policy in the Middle East. And it is not a conflict that is simply “over there.” It is part of our society and culture and affects everyone in the US in multiple ways. What is the role of people in the US in relation to the conflict? What can we do?Sponsored by Elders for Peace
Date:
Monday, February 11, 2008 - 8:00am to 9:30am
Location:
Carol Woods , 750 Weaver Dairy Road, Chapel Hill, NC
As one Palestinian activist responded when asked the question, “We are everywhere.” This presentation explores the rich, varied, and largely unknown history of Palestinian nonviolent activist, much of it using Gandhian tactics, yet without “a Gandhi.”
Speakers: Joe Groves & Donna Hicks
Sponsored by the Coalition for Peace with Justice
Date:
Monday, February 11, 2008 - 2:30pm to 4:00pm
Location:
Community Church, 106 Purefoy Road
As one Palestinian activist responded when asked the question, “We
are everywhere.” This presentation explores the rich, varied, and
largely unknown history of Palestinian nonviolent activist, much of it
using Gandhian tactics, yet without “a Gandhi.”
Speaker: Joe Groves of Interfaith Peace Builders
Sponsored by Solidarity with Palestine Through Education and Action at Carolina and the Middle East Student ForumCatered by Mediterranean Deli and Catering
Date:
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 10:00am to 11:30am
Location:
UNC Student Union, Room 3413
[On Monday night, local activist and historian Dr. Yonni Chapman, PhD petitioned the Chapel Hill Town Council to support the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACPs effort to have a historical marker placed at the location of the former bus station that was visited by Bayard Rustin and others during the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation, which is now known as the first freedom ride. What follows is an excerpt of his presentation (PDF). I recommend reading the proposal which has more context and details. -Ruby, OP Editor]
Journey of Reconciliation in North Carolina
The Journey of Reconciliation, later called “The First Freedom Ride,” began on April 9, 1947. It was led by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)’s leaders, Bayard Rustin and George Houser [who worked for the Fellowship of Reconciliation, CORE's founder]. The First Freedom Riders committed themselves and their bodies to test a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1946 that ruled interstate Jim Crow laws on buses and trains were unconstitutional.
I was going to try to re-hash the following into a column for
the Citizen, but the issue of access in downtown Carrboro has generated so much discussion this week I figure I
might as well put this out now. Below the jump is an email I sent to Mayor
Chilton and all members of the BOA regarding the broad issue of access
to downtown, and a sampling of several Transportation Demand Mangement strategies the town could pursue.
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