02.26.08

VIGIL TO COMMEMORATE THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE IRAQ INVASION AND OCCUPATION

Posted in Events at 4:06 pm by nes

WHEN:           Saturday, March 15th  1PM-3PM

WHERE:        State Capitol Grounds

WHAT:            Triangle CODEPINK, in concert with other area Peace organizations, will sponsor a vigil on the State Capitol grounds to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the Iraq invasion and mourn the cumulative loss of lives and treasure.  Participants will read the names of U.S. soldiers from North Carolina who have died in Iraq since the initial invasion on March 19th, 2003.  All are invited; signs welcome.

NCWU Report Card Release Event

Posted in Events at 1:46 pm by nes

Interact, 612 Wade Ave., Raleigh

Downstairs conference room — enter from the back parking lot.

Press conference at 11:30
Box lunch at noon

RSVP: reportcard@ncwu.org or 866-518-7657 by March 10.

Location: Interact, 612 Wade Ave., Raleigh

02.12.08

Financial Literacy Classes

Posted in Branch News at 12:52 pm by nes

The branch is working with the YWCA to teach a series of financial literacy classes to middle school girls. We’re doing two hours each on

  • Wants vs. needs
  • Savvy shopping
  • Earning money

Sue Stock, the retail guru at the Raleigh News and Observer, has posted about this on her blog, Taking Stock, that offers tips on shopping and other retail news. If you have comments on what we should be discussing with the students, please post there.

If you’d like to help with this project that runs from Feb. 13 through March 19 and may be repeated, please contact info@rwc.aauwnc.org.

02.05.08

Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) Career Conference Needs Volunteers

Posted in Branch News at 12:04 pm by nes

From the Feb. 2008 Science House Newsletter:

Seventh grade teachers and career counselors, mark your calendar! The Sixteenth Annual EYH Career Conference for 7th grade girls is scheduled on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008. The purpose of the conference is to expose middle grade girls to science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers. The conference is hosted by The Science at North Carolina State University. Registration for students and schools is now closed but we still welcome workshop presenters and other volunteers. For more information about the conference, contact Janet Bailey at 515-9403 or visit the web page at http://www.science-house.org/student/eyh/index.html

Learn more about what the Science House is doing to support science education in NC, or subscribe to their newsletter directly: www.science-house.org/whatsnew

01.30.08

February branch meeting: Legal issues of immigration

Posted in Events, Branch News at 5:32 pm by esther

Tuesday, February 5
6:30 - 8:00 pm

Location: Room 116, Flowe Building, Peace College (NOTE NEW LOCATION!)
Parking: large main parking lot at corner of East Peace St and Blount St (enter from Peace St)

Campus Map (Flowe Building is #8 on the map, adjacent to the large parking lot)
Directions

Speaker: Amanda Bryant, an attorney from Smith Debnam, will speak to us on the topic of immigration. Ms. Bryant handles a wide range of immigration and nationality matters, including employment and family-based visas, fiancé petitions, and naturalization/citizenship. A significant portion of her practice is spent assisting and training employers, managers, and HR professionals with I-9 audits, preparation for government raids, national origin discrimination, and other immigration-related employment issues.

This meeting is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact info@rwc.aauwnc.org.

01.23.08

Darwin Day - RTP

Posted in Events at 3:28 pm by nes

In honor of Darwin’s birthday, the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center is hosting a symposium that takes us back to the beginning. This interdisciplinary event brings together researchers in philosophy, chemistry, biology and astrobiology to address our current understanding of basic questions about life.  What is life?  Where did it come from and where can it be found?  How can life forms unlike our own be identified?

February 8, 2008
8:00 - 6:30

Sigma Xi Headquarters, RTP, NC

The event is free and open to the public, but spaces are limited and pre-registration is required.

http://www.nescent.org/news/DarwinDay2008.php 

HKonJ2

Posted in Events at 12:22 am by nes

Plan now to gather with thousands — perhaps tens of thousands — of North Carolinians in support of a progressive agenda for the state. The second annual HKonJ — Historic Thousands on Jones Street in Raleigh — will be held Saturday, February 9 at Chavis Park, 505 Martin Luther King Blvd., Raleigh beginning at 10 a.m., with a march to the State Legislative Building planned for 2 p.m.

01.11.08

Vagina Monologues

Posted in Events at 1:06 pm by nes

The Vagina Monologues will be presented in Raleigh on

Saturday, Feb. 9

1:00 p.m. at the Rialto Theater
9:00 p.m. at the Pour House

Tickets are $10 and proceeds will benefit WILL: Women Improving Lives through Literacy, a program of the Wake Literacy Council.

For more info or to purchase tickets, see www.raleigh-vm.org.