Pizza & Principles: Live Libertarian Debates: Deportations
2025-08-12 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Hawthorne’s Pizza Meridian, 6215 Old Post Rd, Suite 101, Charlotte, NC, 28212, United States
Join us in the private dining area of the Meridian Hawthorne’s New York Pizza and Bar in Charlotte to watch the Soho Forum Debate between Glenn Greenwald and Anna Gorisch.
PLEASE RSVP ASAP so we can ensure the restaurant is not surprised by how many we have show up!
The Resolution:
President Trump’s deportation policies generally violate key civil liberties as set forth in the U.S. Constitution.
For the affirmative:
Glenn Greenwald is an investigative journalist, author, and former constitutional lawyer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on Edward Snowden and the National Security Agency at The Guardian and has authored several bestsellers on civil liberties and government surveillance. Greenwald graduated from New York University School of Law and hosts System Update, a live prime-time news show on Rumble.
For the negative:
Anna Gorisch is an immigration attorney at Kendall Immigration Law, PLLC, in Austin, Texas, focusing on employment-based immigration. She has held positions at leading firms such as Ogletree Deakins and Fragomen and served as in-house counsel for both GEODIS and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. She graduated from Georgetown University Law Center and is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

LPMeck Executive Committee Monthly Meeting August 2025
2025-08-13 20:00 - 21:00 | NC
This is the Executive Committee’s monthly business meeting to attend to the needs of the Libertarian Party for Mecklenburg county.
Agenda Items that require votes or spending (which requires votes) should be submitted to the chair or secretary ahead of time for consideration, as time is limited.
All LPMeck members may show up and participate, but please note that only EC Members are able to vote on business items.

Greater Charlotte Libertarians Food and Freedom 8/26 7pm
2025-08-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Dilworth Neighbohood Grille, 911 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, 28204, United States
Come hang out and get to know the other Libertarians in the area, have some dinner or drinks, or just hang out and build up your circle of like-minded liberty lovers. There is no set end time, but we’ll have a table by 7pm, so come join us!
This is a social event, but the restaurant tends to be busy, so please RSVP on Meetup if you are thinking of attending!
This will allow us to ensure we have a table large enough for everyone.

LPMeck Executive Committee Monthly Meeting September 2025
2025-09-10 20:00 - 21:00 | NC

Greater Charlotte Libertarians Food and Freedom 10/28 7pm
2025-10-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Dilworth Neighbohood Grille, 911 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, 28204, United States

Greater Charlotte Libertarians Food and Freedom 11/11 7pm
2025-11-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Dilworth Neighbohood Grille, 911 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, 28204, United States

LPMeck Executive Committee Monthly Meeting November 2025
2025-11-12 20:00 - 21:00 | NC
This is the Executive Committee’s monthly business meeting to attend to the needs of the Libertarian Party for Mecklenburg county.
Agenda Items that require votes or spending (which requires votes) should be submitted to the chair or secretary ahead of time for consideration, as time is limited.
All LPMeck members may show up and participate, but please note that only EC Members are able to vote on business items.
Members will be asked to identify themselves, so we can verify membership status.
Meeting will be virtual: RSVP on Meetup

Pizza & Principles: Live Libertarian Debates: Affirmative Action in Colleges
2025-11-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Hawthorne’s Pizza Meridian, 6215 Old Post Rd, Suite 101, Charlotte, NC, 28212, United States
Join us in the private dining area of the Meridian Hawthorne’s New York Pizza and Bar in Charlotte to watch the Soho Forum Debate between Paul Frymer and Jason Riley on the use of DEI in higher education.
The only cost is the food or drinks you purchase, so come eat drink and fellowship with us.
The Resolution:
### The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision to dismantle affirmative action in American higher education marked a significant regression in the pursuit of racial equality.
For the affirmative:
Paul Frymer is a professor of politics at Princeton University, specializing in American politics, law, civil rights, race, labor, political parties, and institutional development. He is the author of Uneasy Alliances: Race and Party Competition in America and Black and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party.
For the negative:
Jason Riley is an opinion columnist at The Wall Street Journal, where his column, Upward Mobility, has run since 2016. He is also a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of several books, including Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed, False Black Power?, Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell, and The Affirmative Action Myth: Why Blacks Don’t Need Racial Preferences To Succeed.

Platform Committee 2026 Meeting
2025-12-07 15:00 - 16:00 | NC
This will be the first meeting of the LPMeck Platform Committee for the 2026 annual convention.
Chairing the committee is LPMeck Chair James Higgins.
Committee Members:
Steven DiFiore
If you care to join the committee, please apply here.

Greater Charlotte Libertarians Food and Freedom 12/09 7pm
2025-12-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Dilworth Neighbohood Grille, 911 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, 28204, United States

LPMeck Executive Committee Monthly Meeting December 2025
2025-12-10 20:00 - 21:00 | NC

Platform Committee 2026 Meeting
2025-12-28 15:00 - 15:30 | NC
This will be the second meeting of the LPMeck Platform Committee for the 2026 annual convention.
Chairing the committee is LPMeck Chair James Higgins.
Committee Members:
Steven DiFiore
If you care to join the committee, please apply here.

LPMeck Executive Committee Monthly Meeting January 2026
2026-01-14 20:00 - 21:00 | NC

Greater Charlotte Libertarians Food and Freedom 1/27 7pm
2026-01-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Dilworth Neighbohood Grille, 911 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, 28204, United States

LPMeck Executive Committee Monthly Meeting February 2026
2026-02-11 20:00 - 21:00 | NC

LPMeck Annual Convention - 2026
2026-02-21 17:00 - 21:00 | Hawthorne’s Pizza Meridian, 6215 Old Post Rd, Suite 101, Charlotte, NC, 28212, United States
Hello Mecklenburg Libertarians!
It’s time for our annual county convention and we’re excited to convene at Hawthorne’s NY Pizza & Bar – Meridian Place on Saturday, February 21st at 5pm. Dinner will be provided.
RSVP on Meetup.
Jp Cortez is returning to headline and give us another rousing speech.
Our business this year includes choosing delegates to the state convention and voting on changes to our platform. To join the platform committee, fill out the form here.
LPNC’s state convention this year is in Lake Lure, NC and we’re celebrating our 50th anniversary as a state party, so be sure to sign up and come to our convention to be named as a delegate from Mecklenburg.
Come help us grow and make our presence felt at the state and county levels.
We look forward to seeing you there!
James Higgins,
Chair, LPMeck

LPMeck Executive Committee Monthly Meeting March 2026
2026-03-11 20:00 - 21:00 | NC

Pizza & Principles - Libertarian Debates: Education's Role in Partisanship
2026-03-19 17:30 - 20:30 | Hawthorne’s Pizza – Mint Hill, 7319 Matthews Mint Hill Road, Mint Hill, NC, 28227, United States
Join us in the private dining area of the Mint Hill Hawthorne’s New York Pizza and Bar in Mint Hill to watch the live-streamed Steamboat Institute Campus Liberty Tour Debate between Josh Dunn and Timothy Messer-Kruse on Education’s Role in Partisanship.
The only cost is the food or drinks you purchase, so come eat, drink and fellowship with us.
The Resolution:
Is the failure of civic education in schools the primary cause of ideological partisanship in society today?
For the affirmative:
Josh Dunn, PhD is a professor and Executive Director of the Institute of American Civics at University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
For the negative:
Timothy Messer-Kruse, PhD is Professor in the School of Cultural and Critical Studies at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

Greater Charlotte Libertarians Food and Freedom 3/24
2026-03-24 18:00 - 19:30 | Dilworth Neighbohood Grille, 911 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, 28204, United States
Come hang out and get to know the other Libertarians in the area, have some dinner or drinks, or just hang out and build up your circle of like-minded liberty lovers. There is no set end time, but we’ll have a table by 6pm, so come join us!
This is a social event, but the restaurant tends to be busy, so please RSVP on Meetup if you are thinking of attending!
This will allow us to ensure we have a table large enough for everyone.

Libertarian Party of NC - 50th Annual State Convention
2026-03-27 18:00 - 2026-03-29 12:00 | Lake Lure Inn & Spa, 2771 Memorial Hwy, Lake Lure, North Carolina, 28746, United States
We are so excited for the 2026 Libertarian Party of North Carolina Annual State Convention. This year, we will be celebrating our 50th anniversary of our parent organization’s founding, and they are planning our biggest, boldest, most inspiring convention yet.
Register at https://www.lpnc.org/ and we’ll see you there!
