As part of our commitment to creating a more just, fair, and compassionate North Carolina, we are dedicated to making CJJ events accessible and welcoming to all participants! Click here to become familiar with some of the practices we employ to support this effort.
- Friday, July 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
UU Action Hour
Since May of 2020, Rev. Lisa of the Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of NC and friends/partners, including CJJ!, have gathered on Fridays to take action and experience the joy and power of community. Every Friday at 11:00am there's a recap of the past week and an opportunity to take action on the issues impacting our state and country. And there is always great music to help us feel the justice movement in our bones!
ALL are welcome! Over the past two years, our Friday Action Hour community has grown to include justice partners like The People’s Budget Coalition, The Poor People’s Campaign, NC Justice Center, ProChoice NC and many more!
Sign up here if you wish to receive the Weekly Friday Action Hour Email that will include a promo of the week's actions, the Zoom link, and the link to the Actions Google Doc. If you can't make it on Fridays, you can still take action at any time by checking out the weekly action list. Here is the zoom link if you want to join!
- Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 06:00 PM
WNC Good Trouble Lives On!
Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people. On Thursday, July 17 at 6pm at Pack Square, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, we’re taking action across the country to defend our democracy and carry forward his legacy of Good Trouble.
If you would like to meet up with WNC organizer, Lisa Forehand, before the rally, sign up below and Lisa will send a separate email closer to the date with a meet-up spot and time.
If you would like to head directly to the rally on your own, please register here with Indivisible Asheville WNC.
For other sites in WNC:
Black Mountain (Buncombe County) , 5:30 pm. Get details and RSVP here.
Bryson City, (Swain County) 5 pm. Get details and RSVP here.
Hayesville, (Clay County) 5:30 pm. Get details and RSVP here.
Hendersonville, (Henderson County) 10 am. Get details and RSVP here.
Lenoir, (Caldwell County) 6 pm. Get details and RSVP here.
Old Fort, (McDowell County) 4 pm. Get details and RSVP here.
Spindale, (Rutherford County) 4:30 pm. Get details and RSVP here.
Sylva, (Jackson County) 7:30 pm. Get details and RSVP here. - Friday, July 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
UU Action Hour
Since May of 2020, Rev. Lisa of the Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of NC and friends/partners, including CJJ!, have gathered on Fridays to take action and experience the joy and power of community. Every Friday at 11:00am there's a recap of the past week and an opportunity to take action on the issues impacting our state and country. And there is always great music to help us feel the justice movement in our bones!
ALL are welcome! Over the past two years, our Friday Action Hour community has grown to include justice partners like The People’s Budget Coalition, The Poor People’s Campaign, NC Justice Center, ProChoice NC and many more!
Sign up here if you wish to receive the Weekly Friday Action Hour Email that will include a promo of the week's actions, the Zoom link, and the link to the Actions Google Doc. If you can't make it on Fridays, you can still take action at any time by checking out the weekly action list. Here is the zoom link if you want to join!
- Friday, July 18, 2025 at 06:00 PM
CJJ-W Shabbat Potluck Gathering 7-18-25
This month’s Shabbat falls within The Three Weeks, traditionally a period of intense mourning in the Jewish calendar that includes Tisha B’av. Therefore, before enjoying a delightful potluck, we'll reflect on the connection between grief, transformation, and renewal.We'll be meeting in a centralized location in Asheville (venue address shared once you register) Bring a dish to share (Please label your food with ingredients). Feel free to invite your friends. All are welcome (Jewish and non-Jewish)! - Tuesday, August 05, 2025 at 03:00 PM
WNC Virtual Book Study: Safety through Solidarity
Join members of JSCA (the Jewish Secular Community of Asheville) and CJJ-West in eight chapter-based discussions, once a month from July through February (folks can join at any time as the chapters are stand alone and not cumulative), about the book Safety through Solidarity by Shane Burley and Ben Lorber. Author Peter Beinart calls it "the best book I've read on contemporary antisemitism and how to combat it. Careful, honest, eloquent, and essential at this terrible moment." To find out the reading schedule and to sign up to receive the session Zoom links, click here.
- Friday, August 15, 2025 at 06:00 PM
Meet R'Sandra ! CJJ-W Shabbat Potluck Gathering 8-15-25
Come and meet Rabbi Sandra Lawson, Carolina Jews for Justice's new Executive Director! R'Sandra is eager to share conversation - both to hear about what you want CJJ-West to be and to share with you her vision for the future of our statewide organization.
We'll be meeting in a centralized location in Asheville (venue address shared once you register) Bring a dish to share (Please label your food with ingredients). Feel free to invite your friends. All are welcome (Jewish and non-Jewish, old and young, ALL means ALL)! - Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 06:00 PM
CJJ-W Shabbat Potluck Gathering 9-18-25
What better thing is there to do in difficult times than come together in community?! So, let's break bread, talk about how to stay sane, share ways to take action, and enjoy each other's company!We'll be meeting in a centralized location in Asheville (venue address shared once you register) Bring a dish to share (Please label your food with ingredients). Feel free to invite your friends. All are welcome (Jewish and non-Jewish)!