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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
News / Music Neighbors for Equality hosting discussion at Amelies on Feb. 2
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Neighbors for Equality will host a Coffee & Conversation event on Feb. 2 at Amelie's in NoDa. Singer-songwriter Mieka Pauley will offer a free, live performance and participate in a discussion surrounding the anti-quality amendment to the North Carolina state constitution.
Held from 5 to 7 p.m., the event is open to the public and will offer opportunities to register to vote and time to sign up to volunteer for various initiatives for equality.
Pauley, a native of Boston and Harvard alumnus, has a 10 p.m. performance scheduled that night at the Evening Muse. She won the grand prize in both Cosmopolitan's StarLaunch and the New York Songwriters Circle Songwriting Competition in 2008 and was nominated for a Boston Music Award. In 2005, she won the grand prize in the first Starbucks Emerging Artist competition. She has toured with Citizen Cope and Edwin McCain.
Neighbors for Equality is a group of activists, working to mobilize and inspire communities through researching issues, developing resources, coordinating events, registering voters and encouraging equality supporters.
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