http://citizenmccord.com Sean McCord, Citizen Activist, Charlottesville VA Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:24:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I find this to be an extremely clever use of open market resources. Category 4, a local web design and hosting firm (I worked with them when implementing the new Virginia Film Festival website) is offering a Barack Obama WordPress theme. Here is the message that went out from Cat4's ... http://citizenmccord.com/2008/probama/ From March 13-16, the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, OFFSCREEN, and University Democrats, are sponsoring a film festival marking five years of occupying Iraq. All events are free and open to the public; discussions will follow each screening. The sponsors encourage everyone to come, regardless of their opinions on ... http://citizenmccord.com/2008/five-years-too-many-in-iraq-film-festival/ As if there wasn't enough to do on March 4, Charlottesville Parks and Rec has scheduled a public forum to discuss the Master Plan Project for the western end of McIntire Park. The meeting runs from 6:30 to 8:30 in City Council chambers, and yes, that is the same time ... http://citizenmccord.com/2008/mcintire-park-forum/ Those of you who work or live near the University Medical Center may find this interesting. Note that this unfortunately overlaps with the Old Lynchburg Road Citizen information meeting: U.Va. Officials Give Update on Medical Center Plans On Tuesday, March 4, the University of Virginia will host “Changing the Health Care Landscape: ... http://citizenmccord.com/2008/uva-medical-center-update-on-march-4/ I (finally) attended my first Parks and Rec meeting last night as a Board member, and I hope to blog about it this weekend. Until then, I thought it important to get this information out to those who may not have seen it, particularly my neighbors in the Fry's Spring ... http://citizenmccord.com/2008/old-lynchburg-rd/ Smith Magazine is sponsoring a contest to tell a complete memoir in just six words. Many of these have already been collected in a book Not Quite What I Was Planning, but they are also still accepting submissions on their website. My own contribution is linked below: What happens if I ... http://citizenmccord.com/2008/my-six-words-to-live-by/ This Sunday, Feb. 24th at 3:00 P.M., Chief Billy "Red Wing" Tayac of the Piscataway Nation will speak at UVA  issues affecting today's American Indians. The event, open to the public with no admission charge, is sponsored by the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, the American Indian Student Union, the ... http://citizenmccord.com/2008/the-native-people-still-live/ My friends at the CCPJ are sponsoring two very interesting events this week. To begin, a free screening of Uncounted on Feb. 21 at 7:00 at Sojourner's Church, 1017 Elliott Ave. The film is a nonpartisan look at election fraud and error, with a focus on the elections of 2004 ... http://citizenmccord.com/2008/uncounted-to-screen-feb-21-free/ The Charlottesville Office of Voter Registration has posted the results of the February primaries as a PDF. The results are broken down by precinct, and it's very clear to see how Obama swept them all. I was standing out in the freezing rain at my precinct for the last two ... http://citizenmccord.com/2008/2008-city-primary-results-posted/ February 5 is Super Tuesday, and though Virginia will not be voting until a week later, the results of that twenty-two state voting blitz could do much to determine the next nominee of each party. So if you're not already invited to a friend's Super Tuesday party -- complete with ... http://citizenmccord.com/2008/what-to-do-on-super-tuesday/