January 2010, Events

January 12th, 2010 at 3:19 pm (01/2010 - January, Event Calendar)

  • 3rd ,Sunday; 3:00pm; Post Kwanzaa discussion on jobs & community organizing
  • 8th , Friday; 5:30pm; Financial Health Workshop Free and open to interested community members.
  • 8th , Friday; 7:00pm; First Fridays Wine & Cheese Networking Social; 6:00pm; Free but, donations are welcome.
  • 10th, Sunday; 3:00pm; Fruit of Labor Singing Ensemble rehearsal & jam session.
  • 15th , Friday, 4:00pm; Youth March for Jobs to Raleigh City Hall.  Call Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse for more information at 919-272-5169.
  • 15th -17th , Friday-Sunday; Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival in San Francisco, CA; Fruit of Labor singing Ensemble presents workshops on culture and organizing in NC and performs at a special M.L. King Day celebration concert on Sunday at 6pm.;For more information, (including hotels and transportation) contact coordinator Kendyll Stansbury, (650) 724-9262 .
  • 17th, Sunday; 4:00pm; 18th Annual Martin Luther King Memorial Concert at Mann’s Chapel AME Church 9992 Red Oak Road, Whitakers, NC featuring Youth and Gospel Choirs from Whitakers, Battleboro area
  • 18th, Monday; 7:30am: 13th Annual MLK Community Empowerment Breakfast; Franklinton Center at Bricks, US 301 North, Whitakers, NC; Speaker: Rev. Leon White, Ministers for Racial, Social & Economic Justice Sponsored by Community Empowerment Alliance
  • 18th, Monday; 9:30pm; 11th Annual Whitakers M.L.K. Day Motorcade & March; march begins at Whitakers Town Park (NW Railroad St.) and ends at the Bloomer Hill Community Center. Sponsored by the Whitakers Community Club.
  • 18th , Monday; 11:00am;20th annual MLK Day Celebration, at the Bloomer Hill Community Center ,US 301, Whitakers, NC; Keynote Speaker: MELVIN MACLIN - Vice President, UE Local 1110, Chicago, IL Former Republic Windows & Doors worker; Music by Chapter 3; Lunch will be served; sponsored by CDC Workers Unity Committee/Carolina Auto, Aerospace & Machine Workers Union-UE150,and the Bloomer Hill Community Association; for more info. call Jim Wrenn at 252-641-0294.
  • 24th, Sunday; 3:00pm; Fruit of Labor Singing Ensemble rehearsal & jam session.
  • 30th, Saturday: 3:00pm; WORKERS NEED JOBS NOW SPEAKOUT.  Workers/community members speak-out  about unemployment, the need for a public jobs program, livable wages and survival in these hard economic times. Location: Hargett Street YWCA. Call 919-876-7187 or e-mail: FruitofLaborWCC@netscape.com for more information.