Oct 11th, Sun 11AM -12:30 PM: Protect Our Parks Rally. Meet opposite the KAO store at 8544 Hghwy 73 in Townsend. See Huddle calendar for details.
Oct 12th, Mon 6PM: Town Hall with Hilary Trudell. Ms. Trudell is candidate for TN House District 8. Location: Blount County Public Library, 508 N Cusick St, Maryville. Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1996566528237932/.
Oct 12th, Mon 7:30-PM: Win the Midterms – Enforce the Results #2 . Sponsored by SURJ. Three-part training series on preparing to protect the outcome of the election. Last date is Oct 19th. For more information, visit this website.
Oct 13th, Tues 6-8PM: Constitutional & Poll Observer Training. Sponsored by Indivisible Knoxville. Location: St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway Knoxville. Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/amFlRBPEi?sfnsn=mo
Oct 13th, Tues 8PM: Protecting Outcome of Election. Sponsored by ACLU. For more information and to register, visit this website.
Early Voting Period is October 14-29th. Alcoa-BC NAACP is offering rides to the polls. See details in the Huddle Calendar.
· Blount County Public Library, 508 N. Cusick St. Maryville: Mon-Fri 11AM-7PM, Sat 8AM-2PM
· Blount County Operations Center, 1227 McArthur Rd Maryville: Mon-Fri 11AM-7PM, Sat 8AM-2PM
· Everett Recreation Center, 316 S. Everett High Rd, Maryville: Mon-Fri 8AM-4PM
· Pellissippi Community College, 2731 W. Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville: Mon-Fri 8AM-4PM
· Oct 19-29 – Providence Baptist Church Annex, 5766 Sevierville Rd, Seymour: Mon-Fri 11AM-7PM
Oct 17th, Sat All Day: Nationwide No Kings: Vote Early event. Numerous events are scheduled all across Tennessee. Monitor planned events here and stay tuned for local events to be announced.
· Blount County 10AM-Noon: Meet at Greenbelt Park behind Blount County Public Library, 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville. See this website for details.
· Here are details on the event in Madisonville TN 10:30AM-Noon.
· Visit this website for details on the Tellico Plains TN event 1-3PM.
· Here are details on the event in Sevierville TN 11AM-1PM.
· See this website for information on Knoxville sign making event 2:30-5:30PM
· Oak Ridge 10 AM-Noon: Meet at 102 Robertsville Road, Oak Ridge.
· Lenoir City 9 AM-Noon: Meet at Roane State Community College, 100 W. Broadway, Suite 131, Lenoir City.
Oct 19th, Mon 7:30-PM: Win the Midterms – Enforce the Results # 3. Sponsored by SURJ. Three-part training series on preparing to protect the outcome of the election. This is the last session. For more information, visit this website.
Oct 21st, Wed 6:30-8PM: Maryville Roots & Rights Activist Book Club. Location: The Bird and the Book, 1509 E. Broadway, Maryville. For more information and to register, visit this website.
Oct 21st, Wed 8PM: No Kings: What’s Next? Discussions about the final push for voter turnout, as well as what happens post-election: How we're preparing for election enforcement, how you can start to plan now to be ready to protect the results of the election. For more information and to register, visit this website.
Oct 22nd, Thurs 8 PM: No Kings: Prepping for Election Defense. Join the No Kings coalition for this training to prepare for engaging in sustained mobilization and results protection work depending on opposition response to election results. For more information and to register, visit this website.
Oct 24th, Sat 11:30AM: Alcoa-BC NAACP Meeting. Location: St. Paul AME Church, 401 W. Broadway, Maryville or join Zoom Meeting https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87452523636&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw2S-PI_6yMqNEBJg68Jl38Y
Oct 24th, Sat 1PM: Blount County United Meeting. Location: St. Paul AME Church, 401 W. Broadway, Maryville or join Zoom Meeting https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87452523636&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw2S-PI_6yMqNEBJg68Jl38Y
Oct 25th, Sun 11AM -12:30 PM: Protect Our Parks Rally. Meet opposite the KAO store at 8544 Hghwy 73 in Townsend. See Huddle calendar for details.
Oct 29th, Thurs 7-8:30 PM: Maryville Huddle Meeting: Climate Reality Project. Speakers are Marilyn Finley and Cathy Dryden. Earlier this year, Cathy and Marilyn (both local residents) attended the 20th anniversary of Al Gore’s "An Inconvenient Truth" and The Climate Reality Project in Nashville. They were trained and authorized to share the updated presentation on the concerning state of our progress on climate change, as well as good news. This powerful presentation is the very same one that Al Gore delivers. Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89545888666?pwd=ZlMyQ2pBYVQwMG5pblNVdGt5RTdwUT09.Meeting ID: 895 4588 8666, Passcode: 061690. One tap mobile +16465588657. Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/share/1B2uQtv5CT/
Future Huddle Meeting Dates: We will continue to meet via Zoom on the last Thursday of the month at 7PM. Last meeting of 2026 is Oct 29th (Marilyn Finley & Cathy Dryden - Climate Reality Project). We do not meet in November and December. 2027 meetings begin on Jan 28th.