2nd Annual Celebrate Rockfish
Rockfish Valley Community Center 190 Rockfish School Lane, Afton, VA, United StatesSaturday May 30, 5:00–9:00 p.m., Rockfish Valley Community Center. Second Annual Celebrate Rockfish. Festivities will included a raffle, with a portion of the raffle money going to Friends of Nelson. More details here.
Friends of Nelson Public Meeting
Rockfish Valley Community Center 190 Rockfish School Lane, Afton, VA, United StatesWednesday, June 10, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Friends of Nelson Public Meeting at Rockfish Valley Community Center. Many thanks to Donny Williams, organizer with We Are Cove Point and Calvert Citizens for a Healthy Community-CCHC, who spoke about the perils that have befallen Lusby, Maryland as Dominion has aggressively and ruthlessly moved in to expand and […]
Red, White, and NO PIPELINE Blue Rally
Piedmont Virginia Community College 501 College Drive, Charlottesville, United StatesSaturday July 4, 2015, 8-9 a.m., Piedmont Virginia Community College, Red, White, and NO PIPELINE Blue Rally. Great turnout at the rally to greet Governor McAuliffe before his 9 a.m. Independence Day speech at Monticello! A NO PIPELINE WELCOME for our Governor. George Washington proclaimed, “Private property and freedom are inseparable.” Thomas Jefferson stated, “The […]
Music for the Mountains
Devil's Backbone Brewery 200 Mosbys Run, Roseland, VA, United StatesSaturday July 18, 2015, 3:30–9:30 p.m. Devil’s Backbone Brewery. Music for the Mountains. It was wonderful! Hundreds came to enjoy Music for the Mountains, raising funds to fight the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. A huge thank you to Devil’s Backbone for the wonderful venue, to Showman and Chief Organizer Larry Stopper, to Queen of Volunteers Helen […]
Buckingham Compressor Station protest
Buckingham County Administrative Building 13380 West James Anderson Hwy (Rt. 60), Buckingham, VA, United StatesBuckingham Compressor Station Protest. Come help Friends of Buckingham as they protest Dominion's Community Advisory Group for the proposed ACP compressor station (a PR event designed to replace a fair public forum with open dialogue).
Bi-weekly Protest at Dominion Virginia Power
Bi-weekly Protest at Dominion Virginia Power's Charlottesville headquarters (across from Whole Foods) - Bring your signs and wear your t-shirts to protest the ACP. Sponsored by Virginia Sierra Club, 350.org, Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, Friends of Nelson.
Candidates Forum
Nelson Center 8445 Thomas Nelson Highway, Lovingston, VA, United StatesMeet the Candidates Forum - Nelson County Chamber of Commerce at the Nelson Center, 7pm. All local and state candidates have been invited. Great opportunity to show up early and submit questions! More info on this forum here.
Buckingham County Hearing on ACP Motion for Entry
Buckingham Courthouse 13061 W. James Anderson Hwy., Buckingham, VA, United StatesA hearing in Buckingham County Circuit Court before Judge Donald Blessing has been scheduled on ACP's motions for entry of an order granting it entry upon private properties to survey, inspect and REMOVE "items of interest" (to ACP) without owners' consent (or even knowledge as to exact times and identity of property removed). At the […]
People’s Climate Action – Charlottesville
Unnamed Venue 514 East Main St., Charlottesville, VA, United StatesJoin us for a rally that carries forward Central Virginia’s engagement in the fight for climate protection and clean energy solutions! As area residents organize to resist fracked gas transmission projects, the time is now to join the call for solar, wind, and efficiency and say Stop the Pipelines! Looking ahead to Paris and beyond, […]
Bi-weekly Protest at Dominion Virginia Power
Bi-weekly Protest at Dominion Virginia Power's Charlottesville headquarters (across from Whole Foods) - Bring your signs and wear your t-shirts to protest the ACP. Sponsored by Virginia Sierra Club, 350.org, Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, Friends of Nelson.
