Clay County NC Democrats

Board of Elections Meeting
2024-03-12 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-02-13 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-11-14 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-10-10 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Board of Elections Meeting Location, 75 Riverside Circle, Suite 3, Hayesville, NC, 28904
The Clay County Board of Elections meets monthly on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 9:00 AM.

Hayesville Town Council Meeting
2024-03-11 18:30 - 19:30
Town Council meetings are open to the public and held on the 2nd Monday of each month at 6:30 pm. You may call the Town Clerk at 828-389-1862 for more information on the Town Council or for specific meeting information. Meeting minutes and information may be found here.

Banned Book Club
2024-03-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Moss Public Library (Hayesville), 26 Anderson St, Hayesville, NC, 28904, United States
The book selection for Monday, March 11th 2024 is Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, Jill Long moderating. Please note that this meeting will take place at the Moss Memorial Library meeting room. Entrance will be via the side door, off of Main Street, perpendicular to the entrance of The Friends of the Library Book Store.

We are marking our club’s first anniversary, and here is the list of books we tackled during 2023:
March, 2023 – Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out (2019) by Susan Kuklin Mod: Dianne Olansky
April, 2023 – Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism and You [Remix] (2020) by Jason Reynolds; Adapted from Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi Mod: Linda McDonald and Terry Penland
May, 2023 – Looking for Alaska (2005) by John Green Mod: Hattie Sheehy
June, 2023 – Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (2001) by Barbara Ehrenreich Mod: Kathe Lowney and Vicki Engel
July, 2023 – A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007) by Khaled Hosseini Mod: Callie Moore
August 2023 – The Bluest Eye (1970) by Toni Morrison Mod: Dianne Olansky
September 2023 – Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz Mod: Terry Penland
October 2023 – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Mod: Wendy Slaton
November 2023 – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume Mod: Jill Long
FOR THOSE WANTING TO PERUSE SOME BANNED BOOK LISTS:
Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019 complied by the American Library Association at ala.org
PEN America’s The 11 Most Banned Books of the 2022-2023 School Year at pen.org
The Banned Book Club stands up for intellectual rights by reading and discussing books that have been banned in libraries right here in the United States. Anyone who cares about the freedom to exchange ideas is welcome to attend. You may also be interested in visiting The Banned Book Club website to learn how to stand up and fight book bans and also how to get access to banned books in communities where they were banned.

Clay County Board of Commissioners Meeting
2024-03-07 18:45 - 19:45, 2024-02-01 18:45 - 19:30, 2023-12-07 18:45 - 19:30, 2023-11-02 18:45 - 19:30 | Board of Commissioners Meeting Location, 261 Courthouse Drive, Hayesville, 28904, United States
The Clay County Board of Commissioners meet monthly on the 1st Thursday of the month at 6:45 PM. A button linking to the current agenda can be found here: https://www.claync.us/board-of-commissioners

Soil & Water Conservation District Board Meeting
2024-02-28 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-01-24 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-12-27 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-11-22 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-10-25 19:00 - 20:00 | Soil & Water Conservation District Board Meeting Location, 25 Riverside Circle, Hayesville, NC, 28904, United States
The SWCD board meets on the 4th Wednesday of each the month at 7:00 PM at 25 Riverside Circle (i.e., the brick community building down the hill from the library). The group meets in the conference room of the NC Cooperative Extension.

Clay County Democratic Party Monthly Meeting
2024-02-27 18:00 - 19:30 | The Corner Coffee Shop, 66 Church St,, Hayesville, NC, 28904, United States
All Clay County Democrats are invited to attend our monthly meeting at The Corner Coffee Shop in Hayesville. The Clay County Democratic Party monthly meeting is on the fourth Tuesday of each month with our speaker starting at 6:00 PM followed by an opportunity to socialize at 6:30. The CCDP holds its business meeting starting around 7:00 PM, and this meeting is also open for all Democrats to attend if they wish.
The speaker for this month is Nancy Curtis, Candidate for NC House District 120.

Hayesville Town Council Meeting
2024-02-12 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-12-11 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-11-13 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-10-09 18:30 - 19:30 | Hayesville Town Hall, 56 Sanderson Street, Hayesville, NC, 28904, United States

Banned Book Club
2024-02-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Moss Public Library (Hayesville), 26 Anderson St, Hayesville, NC, 28904, United States
The book selection for Monday, February 12th meeting is Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, with Joan Howard moderating. Also on the agenda will be Griffin Anderson on the Nantahala Regional Library’s Criteria for Book Selections. Please note that this meeting will take place at the Moss Memorial Library meeting room. Entrance will be via the side door, off of Main Street, perpendicular to the entrance of The Friends of the Library Book Store.
This meeting will mark our club’s first anniversary, and here is the list of books we tackled during 2023:
March, 2023 – Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out (2019) by Susan Kuklin Mod: Dianne Olansky
April, 2023 – Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism and You [Remix] (2020) by Jason Reynolds; Adapted from Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi Mod: Linda McDonald and Terry Penland
May, 2023 – Looking for Alaska (2005) by John Green Mod: Hattie Sheehy
June, 2023 – Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (2001) by Barbara Ehrenreich Mod: Kathe Lowney and Vicki Engel
July, 2023 – A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007) by Khaled Hosseini Mod: Callie Moore
August 2023 – The Bluest Eye (1970) by Toni Morrison Mod: Dianne Olansky
September 2023 – Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz Mod: Terry Penland
October 2023 – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Mod: Wendy Slaton
November 2023 – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume Mod: Jill Long
FOR THOSE WANTING TO PERUSE SOME BANNED BOOK LISTS:
Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019 complied by the American Library Association at ala.org
PEN America’s The 11 Most Banned Books of the 2022-2023 School Year at pen.org
The Banned Book Club stands up for intellectual rights by reading and discussing books that have been banned in libraries right here in the United States. Anyone who cares about the freedom to exchange ideas is welcome to attend. You may also be interested in visiting The Banned Book Club website to learn how to stand up and fight book bans and also how to get access to banned books in communities where they were banned.

Clay County Democratic Party January Meeting
2024-01-23 18:00 - 19:30 | The Corner Coffee Shop, 66 Church St,, Hayesville, NC, 28904, United States
All Clay County Democrats are invited to attend our monthly meeting at The Corner Coffee Shop in Hayesville. This month we will present an excerpt from a video of Sherrilyn Ifill’s powerful talk “How America Ends and Begins Again“. Sherrilyn Ifill served as the seventh President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) from 2013 to 2022, and currently serves as President and Director-Counsel Emeritus. Ifill began her career as a Fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union, before joining the staff of the LDF as an Assistant Counsel in 1988, where she litigated voting rights cases for five years. Her 2007 book On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the 21st Century, was highly acclaimed, and is credited with laying the foundation for contemporary conversations about lynching and reconciliation. A 10th-anniversary edition of the book was recently released with a foreword by Bryan Stevenson, the acclaimed lawyer and founder of the national lynching memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. In 2020, she was named “Attorney of the Year” by The American Lawyer. In 2021, Ifill was appointed to President Biden’s Commission on the Supreme Court. She serves on the boards of the Learning Policy Institute, the NYU Law School of Trustees, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Profiles in Courage Advisory Board. In 2022, Ifill received the prestigious Brandeis Medal, named for Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, and the American Bar Association’s Thurgood Marshall Award.
The Clay County Democratic Party monthly meeting is on the fourth Tuesday of each month with our speaker starting at 6:00 PM followed by an opportunity to socialize at 6:30. The CCDP holds its business meeting starting around 7:00 PM, and this meeting is also open for all Democrats to attend if they wish.

Banned Book Club
2024-01-08 18:00 - 19:30 | Moss Public Library (Hayesville), 26 Anderson St, Hayesville, NC, 28904, United States
The book selection for Monday, January 8th meeting is My First Thirty Years by Gertrude Beasley with Dianne Olansky moderating. Please note that this meeting will take place at the Moss Memorial Library meeting room. Entrance will be via the side door, off of Main Street, perpendicular to the entrance of The Friends of the Library Book Store.
Note: There is no December Banned Book Club Meeting
The Banned Book Club stands up for intellectual rights by reading and discussing books that have been banned in libraries right here in the United States. Anyone who cares about the freedom to exchange ideas is welcome to attend. You may also be interested in visiting The Banned Book Club website to learn how to stand up and fight book bans and also how to get access to banned books in communities where they were banned.

Board of Elections Meeting
2023-12-13 09:00 - 10:00 | Board of Elections Meeting Location, 75 Riverside Circle, Suite 3, Hayesville, NC, 28904
The Clay County Board of Elections meets monthly on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 9:00 AM. For some reason this one is on a Wednesday… please double check BOE meeting calendar here.

CCDP Holiday Party
2023-12-11 18:00 - 20:00 | The Corner Coffee Shop, 66 Church St,, Hayesville, NC, 28904, United States
Please join us for our Holiday Party at the Corner Coffee Shop in Hayesville on Monday Dec 11th at 6:00 PM for an opportunity to meet other Democrats in our county. All are welcome to attend this free event. Various finger foods and drinks will be provided.

School Board Meeting
2023-11-27 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-10-23 18:00 - 19:00 | School Board Meeting Location, 154 Yellow Jacket Dr,, Hayesville, 28904, United States
The Clay County Board of Education meets in regular session on the 4th Monday night every month unless otherwise posted. All meetings begin at 6:00 pm in the board room of the Clay County Board of Education office. Past meeting minutes may be found here.

Banned Book Club
2023-11-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Moss Public Library (Hayesville), 26 Anderson St, Hayesville, NC, 28904, United States
The book selection for the Monday, November 13th meeting is Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume. Please note that this meeting will take place at the Moss Memorial Library meeting room. Entrance will be via the side door, off of Main Street, perpendicular to the entrance of The Friends of the Library Book Store.
The Banned Book Club stands up for intellectual rights by reading and discussing books that have been banned in libraries right here in the United States. Anyone who cares about the freedom to exchange ideas is welcome to attend. You may also be interested in visiting The Banned Book Club website to learn how to stand up and fight book bans and also how to get access to banned books in communities where they were banned.

Clay County Democratic Party October Meeting
2023-10-24 18:00 - 20:00 | The Corner Coffee Shop, 66 Church St,, Hayesville, NC, 28904, United States
All Clay County Democrats are invited to attend our monthly meeting at The Corner Coffee Shop in Hayesville. This month our guest speaker is Sam Edny who was recognized as the District Volunteer of the Year and has been key in increasing democratic voter participation in the district. Mr. Edny also serves as the Democratic Party County Chair of Transylvania County. Mr. Edny will speak at 6:00 PM followed by a period for socializing and refreshments. The CCDP will hold its business meeting starting around 7:00 PM, and this meeting is also open for all Democrats to attend if they wish.
The Clay County Democratic Party monthly meeting is on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM.

Game Night
2023-10-19 18:00 - 21:00 | Clay County Democratic Party Headquarters, 568 Tusquittee, Hayesville, NC, 28904, United States
Join us for Game Night which will be a night of fun and socializing for everyone. Games are a great way to grow our minds and keep them sharp while having fun. We will begin gathering at 6:00 PM and probably start playing around 7:00 PM until 10:00 PM. We have cards and board games, but feel free to bring a game you love and we can learn together. You can also bring a snack or drink to share if you like.
Game Night occurs the 3rd Thursday of each month.
