Property Rights Revival

Rockfish Valley Community Center 190 Rockfish School Lane, Afton, VA, United States

Come out and celebrate the Constitution! Join us for the afternoon on November 6, 2016, at RVCC to learn more about how eminent domain could be our solution to stopping the proposed ACP (and MVP). Together we can collectively activate our private property rights to benefit our community at large. Meet experts on Constitutional law, […]

Day of Solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux

Free Speech Wall Downtown Mall, Charlottesville, VA, United States

November 15, 2016 is a National Day of Solidarity for opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline. Please join us on November 15, 2016, 4:30-7:30, Free Speech Wall, at the Pavilion end of the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, as we stand in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux and other tribal nations in their battle to protect […]

Water Is Life March and Rally, November 27, 2016

Department of Justice 905 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

Sunday November 27, 2016, noon-4 pm, Dept. of Justice (905 Pennsylvania Ave NW) to the Washington Monument.  Join Last Real Indians and other activists to demand that the Justice Department  intervene to protect the water protectors at Standing Rock. There needs to be an end of the use of violence by Morton County Police including […]

No Frackin’ Way Rally

Bell Tower at Virginia Square 9th Street and Franklin Street, Richmond, VA, United States

In addition to other events of Conservation Lobby Day on Monday January 23, 2017, the Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club is sponsoring a No Frackin' Way! rally on January 23, noon-1pm at the Capitol Grounds Bell Tower, Richmond. In this year's General Assembly session, there is the potential for various pieces of legislation that […]

Stop the Pipelines Demonstration

Free Speech Wall Downtown Mall, Charlottesville, VA, United States

The Central Virginia Environmental Coalition is holding a rally at the Freedom of Speech Wall on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Virginia, on March 11th, 2017, at 12:00 pm.  The rally is being held to demonstrate opposition to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Mountain Valley Pipeline in Virginia, as well as the Keystone XL and […]

Blast Zone Sign Installation and Rally

Stuarts Draft Farm Market 2964 Stuarts Draft Highway, Stuarts Draft, VA, United States

We 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 Gospel Sing and Lunch In – Cancelled

Union Grove Baptist Church 2522 Shelton Store Rd (Rt 660), Buckingham, VA, United States

UPDATED: With respect for the families of the children who died tragically last Thursday in Buckingham, and whose funeral is Saturday, April 8, 2017, at 1 pm, the Lunch and Gospel Sing In originally scheduled for Saturday 1-4 has been cancelled. There will now be a No Pipeline Strategy Session and Lunch on Monday April […]

No Pipeline Road Rally

Nelson Wayside Near Rt 29 and Rt 6 intersection, Woods Mill, VA, United States

Join Protect Our Water (POW) and the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League for a Road Rally along the proposed route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Rally will stop at multiple locations following the proposed route before ending in the Nellysford area with music and light refreshments. Road Rally will launch beginning at 1:30 from Nelson […]

People’s Climate March

Washington DC , United States

Join the People’s Climate March on April 29, 2017, from 9-4 in Washington DC, to stand up for our communities and climate. Throughout the first 100 days in office, the People's Climate Movement, a project of dozens of organizations working together to solve the climate crisis, is organizing a country-wide arc of action, culminating on […]

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 […]

 

Friends of Nelson welcomes event listings from all related groups who are working to oppose the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.  To have your event listed on our calendar, please contact us at friendsofnelsonweb@gmail.com.