debate
On Friday August 16th Internationalist Books in Chapel Hill
will host a debate/discussion at 6 p.m. regarding the new zine “The
Issues Are Not The Issue” with the author (a former environmental
activist) and current organizers from Katuah
Earth First! and Panagioti from the Earth First! Journal Collective.
Panagioti Tsolkas New father and current editor on the EF! Journal
collective and EF! activist organizer since 1997. From 2000-2004 he was
a trainer for the Ruckus Society. In 2004 he ran for the Mayor of Lake
Worth, Florida. Since 2005, Tsolkas has been co-chair of the grassroots
Palm Beach County Environmental Coalition, a group which files
litigation regarding development issues in the Everglades and has been
on the planning committee for 3 national Earth First! Organizers
Conferences (2000, 2006 and 2008). In 2009, Panagioti spent 5 months
traveling with the Earth First! Roadshow group. In 2010 Panagioti
co-founded Uncivil Landscapes, a work collective which creates part-time
income opportunities through native landscaping for local activists in
South Florida. He is presently on the steering committee for the Night
Heron Grassroots Activist Center in Lake Worth. Tsolkas was named
‘Troublemaker of the Year’ in 2009 and ‘Activist of the Year’ for 2010
by New Times magazine (Broward/Palm Beach edition). He has no formal
education past 10th grade; he is diploma-free and proud.
Date:
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 6:00pm
Location:
Internationalist Bookstore 405 W. Franklin St.
Ask them yourself! US Rep David Price (D) & BJ Lawson (R)
debate the issues at a candidates' forum co-sponsored by the Independent Weekly & BullCityRising.com. Public may submit questions to the candidates at the event or in advance by e-mailing editors@indyweek.com. The 4th Congressional District includes Durham, Orange & parts of Chatham & Western Wake (Cary, Fuquay, Holly Springs, New Hill, Morrisville) counties. In the second-floor public space of the Durham Transportation Center, 515 W Pettigrew St.
Date:
Friday, October 8, 2010 - 2:30pm
Location:
Durham Transportation Center, 515 W Pettigrew St., Durham
It’s time to replace our do-nothing
Senator Dole with a hard-working Democrat! Come hear NC Senator Kay Hagan and Mr. Jim Neal, Democratic
candidates for US Senate next Sunday, and make an informed choice in the May 6
Primary.
The Orange County Democratic Party and
the UNC Young Democrats present the US Senate Candidate Forum on April 13 in the auditorium of
the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building of the UNC School of Social Work, 325 Pittsboro
Street, Chapel Hill.
The event starts
at 2:00 pm. Each candidate will
speak and then answer questions from the audience. You are invited to meet the candidates before and after the
event.
Public parking is available in a parking
deck underneath the Global Education building next to the Tate-Turner-Kuralt
building and on side streeets.
For more
information about other Democratic candidates’ events, click Campaign
Clearinghouse.
Date:
Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 10:00am
Location:
Auditorium of the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building of the UNC School of Social Work, 325 Pittsboro Street
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