National Night Out
Pleasants Park
Tuesday, August 2 at 8:30 PM
Refreshments served: Hot dogs and snow cones
Richmond City Police will be present around 8:30 PM
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Know Your Rights Workshop at July Really Really Free Market
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.com
“An Opportunity To Celebrate Our Shared Humanity”
Email announcement:
A group of folks from St. Andrew’s Church and the neighborhood are volunteering this coming week with the 1000 Homes for 1000 Virginians-Richmond Campaign to help folks who are chronically homeless move into housing. We’ve been “assigned” the Oregon Hill neighborhood and will be out in the wee hours of the morning on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (Aug. 1-3). For more information, see http://1khomesrva.org/. You may also check out the recent blog post by Barbara Ambrose on the Virginia Supportive Housing Blog (NOTE – religious content):
http://www.virginiasupportivehousing.org/blog/?p=997
They may still be looking for volunteers, so if you’re interested, please join us. You can register to volunteer online, though if you’re interested in joining our group of volunteers in this and surrounding neighborhoods, please let me know and we’ll get you on our list.
OHNA Meeting Tomorrow Night
Reminder: The Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association (OHNA) meets tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 7pm at the William Byrd Community House (WBCH). OHNA meets monthly on the fourth Tuesday of the month.
What’s Happening at the Byrd House Market this Week?
From announcement:
FIRST! A huge and flowery Thank You to the interns of the Federal Reserve Bank of Virginia for swooping in to help set up the market and assist our vendors and envy the kids on the playground. In the dripping humidity that was our market day we were so grateful to haven their help. Many left smarter and really excited about their experience, sorry they weren’t staying, promising to return and looking forward to doing it again. So let’s give them a big virtual hug and hearty virtual handshake for a day well spent, clothes well soaked and spirits well lifted!
26 July (tomorrow) our 4th Tuesday market, will include:
Richmond Public Library tent and storytelling
St. Andrew’s brings their canned yummies
Guest nonprofit Alex’s Lemonade Stand will be fund raising for childhood cancer research
Louisa the Facepainter
Cathy the Chocolatiere
All our Fabulous Vendors
Kids taking photos for the Virginia Grown
and TOMATOES!!!!
See What’s Happening in Pictures and Words at ByrdHouseMarket.blogspot.com
Come, Shop, Taste, Revel, Relax, Enjoy, Go Home.
Morning Greenway
Volunteer for the Richmond Folk Festival
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 ensembleChatham County Line
contemporary bluegrass and countryDavell Crawford
“Piano Prince of New Orleans”Git-Hoan Dancers
Traditional Tsimshian dance and songLarry Chance & The Earls
doo-wopMagic Slim & The Teardrops
with Big Time Sarah
Chicago bluesMary Jane Lamond Quartet
featuring Wendy MacIsaac
Cape BretonThe Mighty Diamonds
reggaeRedd Volkaert Band
with Cindy Cashdollar
Masters of American
country guitar stylesSteve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
CajunWinograd’s Nue Tanhoyz Kepele
klezmer band
Gun Safety Training
From yesterday’s event:
Reminder for WBCH’s Mamma Zu Dinner
Press release:
Contact: Jessica Turner FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel. (804) 643-2717
Email: jturner@wbch.org
A SPECIAL DINNER AT MAMMA ‘ZU TO SUPPORT A LOCAL COMMUNITY NON PROFIT
Join William Byrd Community House for a Special Evening of Food and Support
Ed Vasaio, the owner of Mamma ‘Zu, is preparing a special menu for William Byrd Community House’s dinner held at his restaurant on Sunday, August 7 at 5:30 pm. Mamma ‘Zu, a favorite Oregon Hill restaurant, is known around town for their delicious and sometimes unique version of authentic Italian food. The dinner will support the local non-profit which helps the working poor of inner city Richmond.
It will be a wonderful evening of fun and food all while supporting a great cause. Founded in 1923, William Byrd Community House provides families of Richmond’s inner-city neighborhoods with a full range of prevention-oriented, community-based programs to empower the individual, strengthen the family, and enhance city neighborhoods. William Byrd Community House gives the working poor access to services for their most pressing needs in five key program areas, Early Childhood Education, School Age program, Youth and Young Adult Services, Grace Arents Library and Education Center and Emergency Family Services. The mission of WBCH is to help people transform their lives and build self-sufficiency.Tickets for this event will be $75.00 per person (not including alcohol or gratuity) and will be available through the William Byrd Community House Finance office. Call (804) 643-2717 for more information or check out our website at www.wbch.org.
Flying Brick Library Profiled
RVANews.com has an article this week on special libraries around town. It includes a profile on Oregon Hill’s Flying Brick Library:
Stats:
Free
Circulating
All about radical topics
Find the library online
Find the library in person: 506 S. Pine St.
Allison Self, one of the Flying Brick volunteers and someone who has lived in the library house, chatted with me when I went to visit the collection. A cozy green flowered couch graces one corner of the room, there are shelves all the way up to the ceiling on multiple walls, and the collection of over one thousand zines is displayed in one corner. “I like all of it…the zines are my favorites when it comes down to it,” Allison said after hemming and hawing over what her favorite item in the collection might be, adding, “We also have a really good collection of books on women’s health.”To my query about what makes the Flying Brick library stand out (aside from its name), Allison explained that the books are “more radical leftist.” The library has been around in various forms for quite some time, originating with the General Strike Collective.