April 2012

Carrboro Precincts Democratic Party Forum

Organized by Democratic precincts in Carrboro.

Date: 

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Location: 

Carrboro Town Hall, Carrboro

OP Monthly Editors Meeting

Standing agenda:

  1. Review of previous month's content
  2. Upcoming topics
  3. Policy issues
  4. Technical/operational issues
  5. Upcoming events

 

Date: 

Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

Caffe Driade, 1215 E Franklin Street, Chapel Hill

OP Happy Hour

Date: 

Friday, June 8, 2012 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Location: 

To be determined

Are the County and Towns Tracking Our Cell Phones?

In August 2011, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina Foundation filed public records requests with all 100 North Carolina counties and all police departments in municipalities with populations larger than 30,000. The requests were part of a nationwide effort coordinated by the ACLU to determine under what circumstances law enforcement agencies are tracking cell phones. Both the Orange County Sheriff's Office and the Chapel Hill Police Department received the requests, and here's what the ACLU found.

Special Planning Board Meeting to discuss 2020

The Planning Board will hold a special meeting to discuss the latest draft of the 2020 comprehensive plan. As with all planning board meetings, this will be open for the public to observe.

Date: 

Saturday, April 7, 2012 - 9:00am to 1:30pm

Location: 

Homestead Aquatics Center

Budgetopolis: Chapel Hill 2020 Meets Priority Budgeting

Chapel Hill's forthcoming comprehensive plan is supposed to accomplish many things, one of which is to guide Town staff as the transition to from an incremental budgeting system to one that is priority-driven. Since the Town is beginning to use priority budgeting this year, I have been unsure as to how this will work. Last week, as part of Chapel Hill 2020, the Town hosted a budget simulation exercise called Budgetopolis to learn more about value-based budgeting. This exercise, facilitated by staff from the UNC School of Government, was held at the NC Botanical Gardens. Because of my role as an advisory board chair, I was invited to participate.

Marie Mason and Eric McDavid Political Prisoner Support Show

This presentation is focused on long-term anarchist prisoner support, specifically for Eric McDavid and Marie Mason. The show will also cover ways to more effectively grow a culture of resistance that can breach the prison walls and sustain us for a long time to come, as well as a security culture beyond 101 workshop with awesome guest speakers!

Date: 

Friday, April 13, 2012 - 7:00pm

Location: 

Internationalist Books: 405 W Franklin St. Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night

The Chapel Hill Prison Books Collective brings you this month’s Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night! Write letters and birthday cards to political prisoners whose birthdays fall during the month of April. A really easy way to make someone’s day!

 

Learn more about the Chapel Hill Prison Books Collective at prisonbooks.info

Date: 

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 7:00pm

Location: 

Internationalist Books: 405 W Franklin St. Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Israel/Middle East Discussion Group

With the growing public hype surrounding Iran and nukes, iBooks will start its first Israel/Middle East group to come together and start talking about the tensions/issues that face the Middle East (specifically on Israel, the Arab states, and Iran).
The framework: weekly (or bi-weekly) from the beginning of April to the middle of June. Starting with a “how to” to dialogue on the specific region in question focusing most on people’s understandings/experiences and for people to listen to them. Then continuing with discussions based on current affairs and historical texts, drawing on multimedia as ways to engage participants. It will be in dialogue form, with a neutral facilitator, focusing on people’s individual reactions/perspectives on the information presented as a way to drive discussion as opposed to us all learning about certain parts of the conflict.

Date: 

Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 8:00pm

Location: 

Internationalist Books: 405 W Franklin St. Chapel Hill, NC 27516

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