Film Showing: The Future of Energy
Rockfish Valley Community Center 190 Rockfish School Lane, Afton, VA, United StatesReady for some good news in the New Year? Come see a heart-warming and optimistic report on the revolution that has already started: clean energy is alive and well throughout the USA. The 64-minute dvd “The Future of Energy” will be shown, free of charge, in the Rock U. room on Wenesday, January 11 at […]
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 […]
Bi-weekly Protest at Dominion Virginia Power
Wednesday January 18, 2017, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Dominion Virginia Power (Charlottesville headquarters), 1719 Hydraulic Rd., Charlottesville 22901, Bi-weekly protest against the ACP. Bring your signs and wear your t-shirts to protest the ACP at Dominion’s Charlottesville headquarters. Or bring your knitting and join the Knitting Nanas. Sponsored by Virginia Sierra Club, 350.org, Charlottesville […]
2017 Conservation Lobby Day
St. Paul's Episcopal Church 815 East Grace St., Richmond, VA, United StatesBills move fast in the Virginia General Assembly! Virginia Conservation Network (VCN) organizes Conservation Lobby Day to ensure a strong conservation voice is heard early in the legislative session. Volunteer advocates are invited to join professional staff of our Network Partners as we meet with state legislators and encourage them to support environmental policy advancements. […]
No Frackin’ Way Rally
Bell Tower at Virginia Square 9th Street and Franklin Street, Richmond, VA, United StatesIn 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 […]
Bi-weekly Protest at Dominion Virginia Power
Wednesday January 25, 2017, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Dominion Virginia Power (Charlottesville headquarters), 1719 Hydraulic Rd., Charlottesville 22901, Bi-weekly protest against the ACP with the Knitting Nanas of Virginia. Bring your knitting, your signs, and wear your t-shirts to protest the ACP at Dominion’s Charlottesville headquarters.
Protest at Dominion Virginia Power
Wednesday February 1, 2017, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Dominion Virginia Power (Charlottesville headquarters), 1719 Hydraulic Rd., Charlottesville 22901, protest against the ACP. Bring your signs and wear your t-shirts to protest the ACP at Dominion’s Charlottesville headquarters. Sponsored by Virginia Sierra Club, 350.org, Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, Friends of Nelson.
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 […]
Survey Suit Hearings, Nelson Circuit Court
Nelson County Court House Lovingston, VA, United StatesOn December 7, 2016, ACP filed in court a second amended petition asking for a declaratory judgement allowing them to enter private property in order to survey for the proposed pipeline. The evidentiary hearing on the petition, where both ACP and the owners will likely call witnesses, including experts, will be held in Nelson Circuit […]
Bi-weekly Protest at Dominion Virginia Power
Wednesday February 8, 2017, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Dominion Virginia Power (Charlottesville headquarters), 1719 Hydraulic Rd., Charlottesville 22901, Bi-weekly protest against the ACP with the Knitting Nanas of Virginia. Bring your knitting, your signs, and wear your t-shirts to protest the ACP at Dominion’s Charlottesville headquarters.
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.
