Public Meeting
Cville Rising: Stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Charlottesville Friends Meeting House 1104 Forest St, Charlottesville, VA, United StatesCville Rising Event: January 14, 2017 – Building the Resistance, Stopping the Atlantic Coast Pipeline – Saturday January 14, 2017, 4:30-6:00 pm, Charlottesville Friends Meeting House, 1104 Forest St, Charlottesville, VA 22903. Agenda will include speakers from local groups and directly impacted local counties. Cville Rising says, “The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is proposed to cut […]
Community Mapping Project Launch and Fundraiser Dinner
Union Hill Baptist Church 1496 Union Hill Road (Rt. 663), Buckingham, VA, United StatesFriends of Buckingham (FoB) and Concern for the New Generation are holding a launch event at Union Hill Baptist Church for the door-to-door project to create a "community map" of the people who would be most impacted by the Buckingham ACP compressor station, if built. 2 PM: CNG will hold a community dinner fund-raiser in […]
Property Rights and Environmental Issues Educational Forum
Buckingham Middle School 1184 High School Road, Buckingham, VA, United StatesFriends of Buckingham will sponsor a Property Rights and Environmental Issues Educational Forum on Sunday February 12, 2017, 2-4 pm, in the Buckingham Middle School cafeteria. Who and What: Appalachian Mountain Advocates (APPALMAD) attorney: land owner information VA Sierra Club Kirk Bowers: Review the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) […]
Friends of Nelson Community Meeting
Rockfish Valley Community Center 190 Rockfish School Lane, Afton, VA, United StatesJoin us on Sunday February 12, 2017, at 7 p.m. at the Rockfish Valley Community Center for a community meeting. The featured guest will be Thomas Hadwin, speaking on "Challenging the Purpose and Need of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline." Thomas has worked for electric and gas utilities in Michigan and New York and has written […]
Blast Zone Sign Installation and Rally
Stuarts Draft Farm Market 2964 Stuarts Draft Highway, Stuarts Draft, VA, United StatesWe will be installing an "Entering the Blast Zone" sign along the proposed pipeline path, and will have a rally with a few guest speakers. Please invite everyone you know so we can educate as many people about the threat of this pipeline to our community, our water, health and safety of our families, etc. […]
No Pipeline Strategy Session and Lunch
Union Grove Baptist Church 2522 Shelton Store Rd (Rt 660), Buckingham, VA, United StatesJoin Concern for the New Generation and Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League for speaker, Lois Gibbs, grass roots organizer of Love Canal followed by lunch at Union Grove Baptist Church on Shelton's Store Road.
Dominion Annual Shareholders Meeting – and Protests
Dominion will hold their annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday May 10, 2017, 9:30 am, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. See below for information on protest demonstrations before and after the meeting. Only shareholders as of the March 3, 2017 record date may attend the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (2017 Annual Meeting). Parking will […]
Legislative Wrap-Up Breakfast
Nelson Center 8445 Thomas Nelson Highway, Lovingston, VA, United StatesSponsored by the Nelson County Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club of Nelson, the annual Legislative Wrap-Up Breakfast will be held on Thursday May 11, 2017, at the Nelson Center (8445 Thomas Nelson Hwy, Lovingston). State Senator Creigh Deeds and Representatives Dickie Bell and Matt Fariss will review the 2017 General Assembly and speak […]
Resist the Pipelines with Appalachian Voices
Jefferson-Madison Central Library 201 E. Market St., Charlottesville, United StatesVirginians have an opportunity to defeat the two proposed fracked-gas pipelines- the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines - that would cut across our state, through 900 miles through pristine forests, farms, and wetlands and cross (and potentially contaminate) thousands of headwater streams and rivers. Inter-state pipelines require approval at both the federal and state […]
Friends of Buckingham Meeting
Union Hill Baptist Church 1496 Union Hill Road (Rt. 663), Buckingham, VA, United StatesWednesday, July 26, 7 pm at Union Hill Church, we will be discussing and organizing for the upcoming Department of Environmental Quality hearings in Farmville on August 10th.
