Events Archive

Lunch ‘n’ Learn: Growing your nonprofit through effective marketing

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

 

While collaboration among nonprofits is essential, they often compete for the same donor dollar, and often must do so with an ever-shrinking marketing budget and over-stretched staff.

Please join the Philanthropy Journal for a Lunch ‘n’ Learn workshop in Wilmington May…

Crucial Conversation Luncheon: Big Money in Local Politics

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Can the average citizen afford to run for local office?  It's getting more difficult in North Carolina's major cities. As the cost to compete for City Council and mayoral races increasingly exceeds six figures, fewer people are willing or able…

People of Color: Justice and Unity Legislative Day

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

The People of Color: Justice and Unity Legislative Day will be held on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008. We will converge again at the Legislative Building to challenge our legislators to close the gaps and protect the sacred: our families, our…

North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness Leadership Lunch

Monday, May 19th, 2008
The NC Coalition to End Homelessness will hold a lunch event entitled Smart Investing: Permanent supportive housing as a just and fiscally responsible solution.  Featured speakers will be U.S. Senator Richard Burr and State Representative Deborah Ross.  The luncheon will be…

A Special Hearing on Capital Punishment: Perspectives at the Death House Door

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

 

A panel of experts, elected officials, and religious leaders will discuss the current issues surrounding the death penalty such as: wrongful conviction, racial justice and lethal injection.   Each discussion will be introduced by a clip of the Independent Film Channel’s…

The 2008 Short Session: Prospects for the Progressive Agenda

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Don’t miss this special event!

 

The 2008 “short session” of the North Carolina General Assembly starts next week. If you’re looking for the inside scoop on what to expect, be sure to attend a special “Crucial Conversation” luncheon sponsored by two…

Jim Hightower

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Common Cause North Carolina invites you to a special event with progressive political activist, author and commentator Jim Hightower. Jim will discuss his new book, Swim Against the Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow on Friday,…

Leadership in changing times is focus on nonprofit workshop

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Managing change, a critical responsibility for nonprofit leaders in a time of continual change, will be the focus of a luncheon workshop for nonprofits April 17 in Charlotte.

Sponsored by the Philanthropy Journal, an online publication for North Carolina nonprofits, the Lunch…

Crucial Conversation Luncheon

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Workplace safety: What will it take to convince state officials to act?

Earlier this year, people across North Carolina were shocked and saddened by a special series in the Charlotte Observer entitled “The Cruelest Cuts: The human cost of bringing poultry to…

Philanthropy Journal Workshop Helps Nonprofits Court Major Gifts from Donors

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

CEO of 501c Solutions discusses “Prospect Migration Toward a Major Gift”

Raleigh, NC (March 5, 2008) — The first stop in the Philanthropy Journal’s statewide Lunch ‘n’ Learn series is Research Triangle Park, where Tom Drew, president and CEO of 501C…

The Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis: How Should North Carolina Respond?

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

NC Policy Watch invites you to a Crucial Conversation Luncheon

The Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis: How Should North Carolina Respond?

Wednesday, March 5th
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

The news on the mortgage foreclosure front remains grim. In 1998, there were 16,661 mortgage foreclosures in…

George Lakoff

Saturday, March 1st, 2008
 George Lakoff — SOLD OUT

Thank you for your interest in the dinner with George Lakoff.  This event is now SOLD OUT. We know you are disappointed, and we wish we could accommodate you. You may want to go to Dr.…

2008 HKonJ

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Last year, the NC NAACP built a might coalition of 75 organizations that endorsed an anti-racism, anti-povety and antiwar People's Agenda. Over 5,000 of us (representing thousands more) marched to the Legislature on Jones Street, and HKonJ (Historic Thousands on…

NC Justice Center 2008 Legislative Briefing

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Raleigh — United Way of North Carolina, along with the NC Justice Center and the NC Budget & Tax Center, is hosting a discussion series covering the following state and local issues:

-What is happening in the state and local economy?

-How…

Doctors in the Death Chamber

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

A panel discussion to address the collision between law, ethics, and the authority of the state.

with
-James P. Cooney III, Womble Carlyle Attorneys at Law
-Kathleen M. Joyce ,PhD, Medical Ethics
-Liz Kanof, MD. Past Pres. NC Medical Board & Medical Society
-Paul Stam,…