Stop Data Centers & Harmful Developments in Alamance: Planning Meeting
Stop Data Centers & Harmful Developments in Alamance. Planning Board Meeting, August 13th • 6:30PM at 1946 Martin Street Burlington, NC.
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1946 Martin Street Burlington, NC. 1946 Martin Street, Burlington, NC, United StatesPrairieland Case: Women United Against Genocide
Join Women United Against Genocide speakers: MarQuetta Clayton and Sufia Khalid lawyers on the Prairieland case defending protesters against ICE and efforts to intimidate and silence resistance on Thursday, August 13 • 8 PM.
Rally: No Data Centers in Stokes County!
King, NC Corner of Jefferson Church Rd and Main St., King, NC, United StatesStokes County Strong Data Center Wrong! Developer Engineered Land Solutions is proposing to have a 1,800+ acre hyperscale data center built in Walnut Cove. Join community members to showcase opposition. August 14th • 5:30PM-7PM at the Sidewalks at the corner of Jefferson Church Rd and Main St. in King, NC.
14th Biennial Statewide UE Local 150 Convention
The Franklinton Center At Bricks 281 Southbend Ln, Whitakers, NC, United States14th Biennial Statewide UE Local 150 Convention will be held on August 15-16, 2026 at the Franklinton Center at Bricks located in Whitakers, North Carolina. This year’s theme, “Unite, Empower, Transform”, reflects the moment we are in. As we confront ongoing challenges in our workplaces and communities, we must unite across chapters, empower one another […]
Community Design: Abolition Workshop
North Star Church of the Arts 220 West Geer St, Durham, NC, United StatesJoin Durham Beyond Policing for their Community Design: Abolition Workshop on Saturday, August 15th • 2-5pm at North Star Church of the Arts (220 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701). The event will discuss what abolition is & how we can practice it in our lives.
Rally for Anas Al-Sharif
Moore Square 201 S Blount St, Raleigh, NC, United StatesRally for Anas Al-Sharif, August 16th • 5PM at Moore Square (201 S Blount St, Raleigh, NC). “I entrust you with Palestine.”
“Flock Walk” in North Carolina’s Triad
Join SASSI for a "Flock Walk" in North Carolina's Triad on Sunday, August 16 • 5:30 PM. They will kick off the National Week of Action Against ALPRs with a guided tour of surveillance technology installed in our cities. This walk will show you how to identify cameras, including Flock Safety's and Verkada's AI spy […]
Lee County Commissioners Meeting
Sanford Library 1740 Bragg Street, Sanford, NC, United StatesLee County! Show up on Aug 17 in Sanford at 6pm. PointOne Data Centers wants to build a huge data center complex on a 430-acre site in Lee County, according to paperwork on file with the local planning department. Make a comment at the meeting, let them know you expect them to protect Lee County […]
Alamance County Data Center Moratorium: Public Hearing
Alamance County Historic Courthouse 1 Court Square, Graham, NC, United StatesJoin the Alamance County Public hearing and tell the commissioners you want a minimum two-year moratorium and real permits that hold data centers accountable for water extraction and safe chemical disposal. Tell them residents shouldn't subsidize corporate infrastructure or absorb the chemical risk. Show up on Monday, August 17 at 6:30 PM and tell commissioners […]
ICE training for Hospital Workers
People's Solidarity Hub 1805 Chapel Hill Rd, Durham, NC, United StatesAcross the U.S., ICE arrested 10,000 people in 5 days. From Cary, NC Gabriel Johnson was denied medical attention and suffered a stroke in ICE custody leaving him paralyzed. From Durham, NC Prisciliano Trejo Ricano was denied medical attention after experiencing severe symptoms. He was later transferred to an intensive care unit in Atlanta where […]
“You Passed a Moratorium; Now What?!” Workshop
Hundreds of communities across the US have passed or are considering data center moratoriums—temporary pauses on facility construction, approvals, or operation—but once that pause is in place, what happens next? This 90-minute workshop explores the policy tools and organizing strategies to build lasting protections against the data center buildout, so moratoriums build momentum rather than […]
Brobots vs. The People: Tech Money in Politics
Register: Media Justice invites you to Brobots vs. The People: Tech Money in Politics a six-part political education series, BroBots vs. The People, where we’re exposing how these BroBots are selling out our people to spiral us toward Big Tech’s dystopian future at 6 PM • August 20: Clocking the BroBots Playbook
Clocking the Brobots Playbook
Join Media Justice for “Clocking the Brobots Playbook,” a part of their Brobots vs. The People: Tech Money in Politics series. Thursday, August 20th • 6PM ET/ 3PM PT. Register here.
Fight Creepy Cameras: Organizing Against ALPRs in North Carolina Virtual Town Hall
Join the ACLU of North Carolina and the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project on August 20, 6:15–7:30 pm ET, for a virtual town hall. We'll cover: How ALPR technology works and what data it collects. The threats ALPRs pose to our privacy and civil liberties. How to use ACLU resources to organize against ALPRs in your community. Automatic license plate reader (ALPR) […]
Prayer Vigil: Say NO to Violence at the Winton ICE Processing Center
Hertford County Courthouse 119 Justice Dr, Winton, NC, United StatesPrayer Vigil: Say NO to Violence at the Winton ICE Processing Center. SAY NO to ICE tactics of violence, cruelty and dehumanization of immigrants who will be held at the Winton Processing Center in Hertford County, NC. Friday, August 21st • 2-4 EDT at Hertford County Courthouse (119 Justice Dr Winton, NC 27986). Register here. […]
Vigil to Honor Farmworkers
Christian Church Without Borders 5490 Shattalon Dr, Winston-Salem, NC, United StatesEl Futuro Es Nuestro invites you to a Vigil to honor farmworkers whose lives were lost on the job with a special reflection by Pastor Daniel Sostaita, plus testimonies from the fields. Saturday, August 22 • 6 PM at Christian Church Without Borders, 5490 Shattalon Dr., Winston-Salem, NC.
Pack the County Chamber to Stop Data Centers in Durham!
200 E. Main St 200 E. Main St, Durham, NC, United StatesPACK THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' CHAMBERS TO STOP DATA CENTERS IN DURHAM! for the final and hearing and vote, August 24th • 7PM, 200 E. Main St, Durham, NC. Demand a countywide data center moratorium without loopholes! JOIN THE RALLY AT 6PM! Public comment will be allowed during the agenda item. You must sign up between […]
Critical Error: Data Centers, Environmental Justice, & You
Join the Environmental Justice Leadership Forum (EJLF) for a conversation on data centers, how these are expanding rapidly across the U.S., and how communities are paying the price. Speakers: Kasia Tarczynska from Good Jobs First & Dr. Rania Masri, North Carolina Environmental Justice Network. The virtual session will take place on Tuesday, August 25th • […]
The Rent is Too Damn High
Pullen Community Center 408 Ashe Ave, Raleigh, NC, United StatesThe Rent is Too Damn High event will feature a local panel of organizers, experts, and developers to discuss what affordability can look like in the Triangle and how other pioneers are tackling it in other parts of the country. Tuesday, August 25th • 6PM – 8PM at Pullen Community Center (408 Ashe Ave, Raleigh, […]
Halifax County Commissioners Meeting: Quiet Data Centers Halifax Inc
10 North King Street 10 North King Street, Halifax, NC, United StatesAttend: The Halifax County Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting on Tonight, August 25 • 6 PM at the commissioners’ meeting room at 10 N King St. for the public to hear about an economic development project with Quiet Data Centers Halifax Inc who will purchase Halifax County’s 251-acre industrial site, which has […]
How We Make the Worlds We Want
Join the event “How We Make the Worlds We Want” to learn how to analyze problems, consult desires, and design social interventions to grow participation as the undoing of fascism. Hear about local to global projects in housing, education, health care, transformative justice, and healing. Build analysis and strategy for sustainable social transformation. Second session […]
Data Centers & the Elections Event
Third Act invites you to Data Centers & the Elections Event on Wednesday, August 26 • 6:00 PM. Driven by the explosion of AI infrastructure and its immense resource demands, data centers have become a highly salient, contentious, and rapidly evolving political and environmental issue that cuts across political parties. Third Act is convening monthly […]
VS. GOLIATH: Stories from the Frontlines – Film Screenings
Varsity Theatre 123 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States7DS invites you two screenings of VS. GOLIATH: Stories from the Frontlines. After spending the past year screening at film festivals around the country, VS. GOLIATH is beginning an impact campaign designed to support communities organizing against fossil fuel expansion. The series brings audiences directly to the frontlines through the stories of people who refused […]
Diet Capital to City of Medicine: Fat Liberation
People's Solidarity Hub 1805 Chapel Hill Rd, Durham, NC, United StatesJoin Scalawag and a panel of dynamic speakers, cultural workers, community organizers, creatives, and writers on Wednesday, August 26 • 6:30 - 8 PM at the People's Solidarity Hub in Durham - Teal Building, 1805 Chapel Hill Rd, Durham. Register here.
Growers Unite: Poultry Grower Protections
Join the Growers Unite team for an overview of three poultry grower protections currently under threat from the USDA. We'll review the history of this fight and discuss what comes next. Wednesday, August 26th • 7PM. Register here.
Defending Our Elections: Planning for Public Witness
Following the passage of new anti-immigrant laws, an escalation by ICE in the Pisgah National Forest and new threats to the sanctity of this fall's election, all enabled by white Christian nationalists, join clergy across the state to learn how to participate in powerful public Christian public witness that centers the Matthew 25 values of […]
Southern Visionaries Circle: Fighting Wars at Home and Abroad
Velvet Hippo Bar & Lounge 119 W Orange St 3rd Floor, NC, United StatesJoin the Southern Vision Alliance for the next Southern Visionaries Circle Thursday, August 27th • 5:30 to 7:30 at the Velvet Hippo Bar & Lounge in Downtown Durham (119 W Orange St 3rd Floor, Durham, NC). Register here.
BLACK X GREEN – A CONVERSATION WITH CORNELL WATSON ON ART & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Grandma's House 109 West Parrish Street, Durham, NC, United StatesJoin Climate Power for Black x Green, a conversation on art and environmental justice featuring photojournalist Cornell Watson. This conversation will explore how climate and environmental justice intersect with art, journalism, and agriculture in North Carolina, and the challenge of connecting climate issues to everyday life beyond natural disasters. Thursday, August 27th • 6:30PM – […]
2026 Triangle Environmental Symposium
The Halle Cultural Arts Center 237 N. Salem St., Apex, NC, United StatesThe Town of Apex is hosting the 2026 Triangle Environmental Symposium, a month-long series of presentations, films, and discussions centered on sustainability and environmental justice. The symposium will feature a variety of speakers and programs at The Halle Cultural Arts Center (237 N. Salem St.). Doors open at 6:30 PM and programs begin on August […]
EJ Day Community Clean Up
Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library 2412 Beatties Ford Rd, Charlotte, NC, United StatesOn August 29, SOL Nation is bringing the community together for a day of reflection, service, and action. EJ Day was created by the Black Climate Alignment Network to commemorate Hurricane Katrina and bring attention to the ways climate disasters can disproportionately impact environmental justice communities. Saturday, August 29th • 10AM-12PM at Allegra Westbrooks Regional […]
OUR COMMUNITY, OUR FUTURE
Greensboro Cultural Arts Center Room 413, 200 N. Davie Street, Greensboro, NC, United StatesJoin a community education session and art build on the impact of hyper-scale data centers. Saturday, August 29th 1:00 • 4:00 p.m. at the Greensboro Cultural Arts Center (Room 413, 200 N. Davie Street, Greensboro). Hosted by: Protect Guilford County: Data Center Moratorium Coalition, Wayward and Haw River Assembly.
Earth’s Greatest Enemy Screening
The Chelsea Theater 1129 Weaver Dairy Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe film the "Earth's Greatest Enemy" will be shown at the Chelsea theater in Chapel Hill. It is a one time screening with a virtual Q and A by the Director, Abby Martin on Sunday, August 30 • 1:00 PM
