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Adopt A Tree Deadline is September 1

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From the Tree Stewards website:

Do you want to help grow Richmond’s future tree canopy? Is there a space for a street tree in front of your home or business? If the answer to both of these questions is “YES”, then please consider participating in the city’s Adopt A Tree program.

To participate:

Complete an application
Contribute $50.00 toward the purchase of the tree
Agree to care for the tree, including watering for the first two growing seasons.
Applications are accepted July 1—September 1.

The planting season is from November 2011— April 2012.

For more information or to download an application go to

http://www.richmondgov.com/PublicWorks/UrbanForestry.aspx

Fundraiser at Pescados China Street for AIDS Walk Washington

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Pescados continues to do its Monday charity thing.
From the FaceBook event page:

Pescados China Street will be donating fifteen per cent (15%) of the day’s take on August 15th to AIDS Walk Washington 2011 to benefit the Whitman-Walker Health in DC. “Team Superheroes!” is walking in memory of our beloved friend and brother Andy Ward.

Come out for lunch or dinner (or both!!) and support the cause.
Lunch from 11:30am-2pm
Dinner from 5pm-closing

AIDS Walk Washington is a 5K fundraising walk and timed run benefiting and produced by Whitman-Walker, a nonprofit community-based health organization which provides dependable, high-quality, comprehensive and accessible health care to those infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS.

In the city of Washington, DC, where three percent of adults are known to have HIV and an additional three percent are infected but don’t know it, AIDS Walk plays a vital role in raising funds to fight the epidemic.

Know Your Rights Workshop at July Really Really Free Market

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From Facebook event page:

Richmond Copwatch will be facilitating a Know Your Rights Workshop at the July Really Really Free Market at 1pm. The Really Really Free Market is at the corner of Main and Laurel streets in Monroe Park. It is always on the last Saturday of every month, so this event will be on July 30th.

This workshop will help participants learn the basics of asserting their rights when dealing with the police. We highly recommend this workshop for EVERYONE. But especially anyone who engages in any level of political protest or demonstrations.This workshop consists of skits that are performed by Copwatch members and then edited by participants from the audience. We encourage participation, questions, and dialogue around the topics covered in the skit. We are not lawyers, but we are able to provide useful information about a lot of legal questions.

For more information about this workshop or Richmond Copwatch you can call 804 303 5449 or email sbhcopwatch@gmail.com

The monthly really Really Free Market happens on the last Saturday of each month from noon until 3pm. It is an alternative to the capitalist “free market” where everything actually is free. People come to share things they no longer need or want, share skills, share music, etc. You can find out more about the RRFM at rvaradicalendar.blogspot.c​om

Volunteer for the Richmond Folk Festival

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Volunteer solicitation:

“Richmond Folk Festival, Oct 14-16
richmondfolkfestival.org
Want to volunteer for the best festival in RVA? We need over 1000 volunteers for the Richmond Folk Festival and now is a great time to visit the website and sign up! FREE ONSITE PARKING, FREE T-SHIRT & INVITE TO THE ARTIST/STAFF PARTY!”

From the RFF website (click here to check out sound clips):

Six more artists added to the list of 2011 Performers

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Malian ngoni ensemble

Chatham County Line
contemporary bluegrass and country

Davell Crawford
“Piano Prince of New Orleans”

Git-Hoan Dancers
Traditional Tsimshian dance and song

Larry Chance & The Earls
doo-wop

Magic Slim & The Teardrops
with Big Time Sarah
Chicago blues

Mary Jane Lamond Quartet
featuring Wendy MacIsaac
Cape Breton

The Mighty Diamonds
reggae

Redd Volkaert Band
with Cindy Cashdollar
Masters of American
country guitar styles

Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
Cajun

Winograd’s Nue Tanhoyz Kepele
klezmer band