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February 20 (Monday) - Conference
Washington State Democrats Annual Crab Feed/PCO training
Howard Dean will be in Olympia Feb. 20th for the State Party Crab
Feed and the PCO training. To buy tickets/RSVP more...
February 18 (Saturday) - Workshop / Training
February 18th & 19th: IWW organizer training
An organizer training for anyone interested in attaining the skills necessary to organize at work. more...
February 18 (Saturday) - Film / Video
Seattle 9-11 Visibility Free Film Event: "9-11 and the Bonds of Belief, Fear, and Consent"
Free Films and Discussion addressing the events on 9-11 more...
February 18 (Saturday) - Workshop / Training
February 18th & 19th: IWW organizer training
An organizer training for anyone interested in attaining the skills necessary to organize at work. more...
February 18 (Saturday) - Conference
Amnesty International USA 2006 Lawyers' Conference: International Justice 60 Years After Nuremberg
The AIUSA lawyers' conference is a biennial gathering of lawyers, legal professionals, law students and other human rights activists interested in issues of international justice. This year's conference will examine the Nuremberg legacy as it relates to current efforts to promote accountability for human rights abuses. It will also consider how the Nuremberg trials influence contemporary views on fair trial norms. CLE credit available. more...
February 18 (Saturday) - Film / Video
Documentary "FBI's War on Black America"
In honor of Black History month and on the 4th anniversary of Seattle
police's execution of Shawn Maxwell, the October 22nd Coalition to Stop
Police Brutality presents the documentary "FBI's War on Black America".
more...
February 17 (Friday) - Workshop / Training
Workplace Organizer Training- February 18th and 19th
Cascade People's Center
309 Pontius Ave. N.
Seattle, Wa 98109 more...
February 17 (Friday) - Film / Video
Seattle 9-11 Visibility Free Film Events
Free Film event: 9-11 and the American Empire, by David Ray Griffin, Madison, Wisconsin. Hosted by Seattle 9-11 Visiblity Project, Wallingford Neighbors for Peace & Justice, and representatives from MUJCA (Muslim-Jewish-Christian Alliance). more...
February 17 (Friday) - Lecture / Talk
Loretta Ross, National Reproductive Justice Advocate, to Speak in Seattle
Loretta Ross, director of SisterSong & Nat’l co-director of the 2004 Women’s Lives March in DC, will be speaking in Seattle on February 17th, 6:30-9 PM. "Organizing for Reproductive Justice: SisterSong's Vision for Bridging the Race and Class Divide in the Women's Movement," will be held at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Theatre in Seattle. more...
February 17 (Friday) - Lecture / Talk
A Vision for Our Struggle- How Reproductive Justice Can Save Our Movement
An evening with Ms Loretta Ross of SisterSong. Join us for an uplifting evening of sisterhood as we learn how to come together in our struggles. more...
February 16 (Thursday) - Lecture / Talk
Seattle EPA event: Efficient Suburbs
Here's how to create sustainable cities and regions, using advanced transportation as a means to bring about smarter land use. "Sustainable" entails: 1) Accommodating large-scale population growth, 2) Meeting the Kyoto protocol, 3) Stopping excess human consumption of land, 4) Dramatically curtailing auto use, 5) Reducing residential energy/resource consumption with vibrant (but smaller) stacked housing, 6) Lowering the cost of living, 7) Providing improved job access to lower income workers. more...
February 15 (Wednesday) - Meeting
Volunteer Meet-Ups and Planning Meetings for the 2006 A World Beyond Capitalism Conference
We are coming together to volunteer for conference positions, submit conference proposals and to help make the conference as community inclusive and productive as possible. All meetings are suitable for the entire family. We greatly welcome people of all races, ethnic groups and marginalized groups. more...
February 15 (Wednesday) - Lecture / Talk
Richard West, Director, National Museum of the American Indian, "Native America in the 21st Century: Out of the Mists and Beyond Myths"
The complexity, breadth, and depth of Native America and Native American cultural experience have not been fully understood heretofore. The first citizens of the Western Hemisphere not only achieved major accomplishments prior to European contact, but they also are committed to the maintenance of a cultural present and future.
more...
February 11 (Saturday) - Conference
AAAHRP 3rd Annual Black History Conference
The Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation (AAAHRP) is holding its 3rd Annual Black History Conference on Saturday, February 11, 2006, at Seattle University in Seattle.
more...
February 10 (Friday) - Lecture / Talk
GO-MAP Diversity Book Talk with Mona Lisa Saloy, "Red Beans and Ricely Yours"
Displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Saloy received offers from around the country to teach, yet chose to come to the University of Washington as a visiting professor in English. Saloy fondly remembered receiving first-rate mentoring from luminaries, such as Dr. Colleen McElroy and Dr. Charles Johnson, and eventually, her BA from the UW English department. more...
February 10 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies presents: "Argentina: Hope In Hard Times"
Film: “Argentina: Hope In Hard Times” (74 min, Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin, 2004) With Filmmakers Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin. "Argentina: Hope In Hard Times" traces the impact on the people of Argentina after the collapse of their economy in 2001, and describe in beautiful detail the beginnings of an inspired democratic recovery. more...
February 9 (Thursday) - Protest / Demonstration
Have a Heart for Kids Day
Rally for children in Olympia. This is the Children's Alliance's annual lobby day. More information at:
http://childrensalliance.org/whatsnew/hhd_2006_registration.cfm more...
February 9 (Thursday) - Meeting
College Not Combat! ---Coalition Meeting!!
CALLING ON ALL COMMUNTIY ACTIVISTS & ANTIWAR VOICES: We want you to participate in launching a College Not Combat
(CNC) ballot initiative campaign to put Seattle on the record as opposing the war on Iraq and military recruiters in schools, and on the record as advocating for the money wasted on war to be used for college funds for students.
more...
February 9 (Thursday) - Film / Video
Innocence Project Northwest presents After Innocence
Innocence Project Northwest and the Life After Exoneration Program proudly present "After Innocence." The Seattle premiere of After Innocence will be hosted by Director Marc Simon and Wilton Dedge, who spent 22 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
more...
February 9 (Thursday) - Other
CrossSection Potluck: Cultivating Community
The CrossSection Collective has organized its third potluck/open mic for activists, with this month's theme being "Cultivating Community". Feb 9, 2006, 7 PM, at the Cascade People's Center. more...
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