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June 11 (Saturday) - Meeting
Educational Forum on Venezuela
Featuring new short video, "Voices of Venezuela" by Gloria La Riva, and guest speaker, Nathalie Hrizi, youth organizer for ANSWER, who has traveled to Venezuela in solidarity with the Bolivarian revolution. more...
June 10 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night At the Meaningful Movies: “MICKEY MOUSE MONOPOLY”
"Mickey Mouse Monopoly" (52 minutes, Miguel Picker, 2001)takes a close and critical look at the world Disney films create and the stories they tell about race, gender and class and reaches disturbing conclusions about the values propagated under the guise of innocence and fun. This film analyzes Disney's cultural pedagogy, examines its corporate power, and explores its vast influence on our global culture. .
For more information on the film: http://www.mediaed.org/videos/CommercialismPoliticsAndMedia/MickeyMouseMonopoly/#logistics . Help us celebrate Mickey’s 50th the way it really should be celebrated! Facilitated Discussion. . FREE! Donations Very Much Appreciated!!
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June 8 (Wednesday) - Film / Video
Trollywood
Madeleine Farley's sensitive look at the homeless in Hollywood uses the shopping trolly as a symbol to expose the plight of thousands in the most glamorous city in the world. "Trollywood" makes wide-screen statements about the nature of American society, alternating with intimate close-up studies of individuals who have either fought to escape the trap of drug addiction and mental illness, which is the lot of L.A.'s homeless, or who are mired within it.
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June 8 (Wednesday) - Film / Video
Environmental Film Night!
Join the Northwest Environmental Education Council and Seward Park for a film screening of GLOBAL GARDENER: PERMACULTURE WITH BILL MOLLISON. This film is a series of 4 programs looking at examples of permaculture in different bioregions - In The Tropics, Arid Lands, Cool Climates, and Urban. more...
June 8 (Wednesday) - Panel / Forum
Environmentalism Reborn
A look at broad-based environmental initiatives in energy, agriculture, indoor environment, and the Precautionary Principle. more...
June 6 (Monday) - Protest / Demonstration
DICK CHENEY SEATTLE TODAY NOON - WHERE ?
Just got the word, I work with Republicans...he will be around here at noon... more...
June 4 (Saturday) - Other
Shoreline Solar Project 2nd Annual Renewable Energy Fair
Announcing Shoreline Solar Project's 2nd Annual Renewable Energy Fair. Saturday June 4th 10 AM - 4 PM more...
June 4 (Saturday) - Workshop / Training
Circles of Change: Introduction to a new model of leadership for building a new democracy movement
This training is for anyone who wants to build a diverse movement for social change; wants to vision for a positive future; wants to take action for deep and lasting change; and wants to connect with heart, community, & spirit.
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June 4 (Saturday) - Music / Entertainment
From Broadway to Hollywood: An Evening with Seattle’s Queerest Glitterati
Film and theatre have long been home to the unusual intersection of iconoclastic beauty and resistance politics favored by Seattle’s own Queen Bees. As the gap between Church and State grows smaller and the attack on privacy and personal liberty worsens the Bees continue to fight the fascist right with shameless sass, ass, glitter and secular entertainment. more...
June 3 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night At The Meaningful Movies: “The Future Of Food”
THE FUTURE OF FOOD (88 min, Debrabra Koons Garcia, 2004)
COME HELP US CELEBRATE OUR 100th FILM SCREENING! 2-1/2 years of Friday Night At the Meaningful Movies! . The Future Of Food presents the people and politics behind the science of genetic engineering, and the world's food supply. An in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade. This film examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat, as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world's food system.
The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed by the introduction of genetically altered crops into our food supply.
CRAIG WINTERS with The Campaign, an organization advocating for required labeling of genetically engineered foods in the United States, will lead us in a discussion on the current impacts of genetic engineering on the foods we eat and what we can do about it. For more information, go to www.thecampaign.org. FREE! Donations appreciated. more...
June 1 (Wednesday) - Conference
2005 Northwest Pollution Prevention Roundtable
The Northwest Pollution Prevention Roundtable and the Canadian Pollution Prevention Roundtable have joined forces to organize a vibrant P2 conference offering professionals from across Canada and the Northwest US an excellent chance to network and learn from each other. more...
May 27 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night At The Meaningful Movies: "A CLOSER WALK"
Film: "A CLOSER WALK" (85 min, Robert Bilheimer, 2003)
"A Closer Walk" is the first film to depict humankind's confrontation with the global AIDS epidemic. Narrated by Glenn Close and Will Smith, this film explores the intricate relationship between health, dignity, and
human rights, and shows the harsh realities of AIDS.
The film features interviews with prominent individuals from all walks of life, including The Dalai Lama, Kofi Annan, and Bono; stories, portraits, and vignettes of children, women, and men living with AIDS on four continents. Breathtaking cinematography that celebrates human dignity, even as it bears witness to immense human suffering. Facilitated Discussion.
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May 25 (Wednesday) - Meeting
CAGJ Monthly Community Meeting
Everyone Welcome! Join us for a light dinner, campaign updates, and learn about ways to get involved in our campaign to defeat CAFTA and promote Fair Trade. more...
May 25 (Wednesday) - Conference
DAYS OF EMPOWERMENT
Join two days of an all-day teach-in/conference May 25th and May 26th, 8:30 to 3:30, sponsored by a student club, The Rebel Alliance. Issues addressed include US intervention in Nicaragua, speaker, Dr. Maria Acosta, an indigenous rights activist whose husband was tortured and killed in 2002 in retaliation for her work, and US intervention in El Salvador, along with issues of free trade, or CAFTA, speaker Dave Tatro. The exciting Latino band, Cyphalliance will also be on center stage, along with Bizarro. more...
May 23 (Monday) - Lecture / Talk
Overcoming mainstream media spin with FAIR founder Jeff Cohen
Media critic Jeff Cohen speaks on Overcoming Mainstream Media Spin: Exploring the Role of Independent Media. Don't miss this opportunity to meet and hear one of the nation's most articulate critics of how media distortion serves power politics and corporate corruption. The event is free. more...
May 22 (Sunday) - Music / Entertainment
Todos Unidos - Spaghetti Dinner Benefit event
A benefit dinner presented by TODOS UNIDOS, World Youth Festival, Seattle Committee.
Join the fun with local folks who are raising funds to attend the Youth and Student Festival in Caracas, Venezuela. Vegetarian and meaty spaghetti will be available, we'll be showing the films "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and an interview with Hugo Chavez, and music will accompany diners. more...
May 21 (Saturday) - Other
Linda Averill for City Council Kick-off Picnic
Linda Averill, a union bus driver and feminist, launches her second bid for Seattle City Council as a Freedom Socialist candidate. In 2003 she won 11,000 votes in a six-way race. This time she is challenging Council president Jan Drago. She's a tested advocate for labor who will give working folks a lift! more...
May 21 (Saturday) - Film / Video
FILM ON DARFUR: “BEDEEKEE DARKEE” (“MESSAGE FROM HOME”) and A SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY THE FILMMAKER JEN MARLOWE
Film: “BEDEEKEE DARKEE - MESSAGE FROM HOME” (56 min, Aisha Bain, Jen Marlowe and Adam Shapiro, 2005).
This is a rare opportunity to be one of the first to see this incredible film with exclusive footage, some of which is still in pre-release form, filmed where few reporters have gone before; and to get a first-hand report from the filmmaker about what's now happening on the ground in Darfur! Jen Marlowe will also lead an open Q&A discussion on the current situation in Darfur, and what we can all do to help end the conflict.
The United Nations is reluctant to call it genocide. The U.S. government called it genocide, ...then dropped the ball. Over two million people have been displaced and up to 400,000 people have been killed due to political conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan; over 80% of these refugees are women and children.
This film becomes a platform for the people of Darfur to speak for themselves; about their lives of tragedy as well as their strength and resilience.
For more information on the film: www.darfurfilm.org or donkeysaddle@hotmail.com; For more on the crisis & action: www.savedarfur.org.
All donations benefit the advance of this critical documentary work on Darfur.
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May 20 (Friday) - Music / Entertainment
Gay-Straight Alliance Banquet
On May 20, 2005 GLSEN Puget Sound and Renton High School’s Gay-Straight Alliance will be sponsoring a banquet for ALL GSA groups throughout the state of Washington and their allies. The event features the music of Magdalen Hsu-Li. more...
May 20 (Friday) - Protest / Demonstration
Protest the War on Terror in the Philippines!
SEATTLE, WA – Gabriela Network-Seattle Chapter will hold a vigil on Friday, May 20, 2005 from 6pm -7pm at Westlake Center in downtown Seattle (4th & Pike) to commemorate 11 GABRIELA and GABRIELA Women's Partylist members who have been killed in the Philippines since the Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) took office. A reception will follow the vigil from 7:30pm-8:30pm at the Carlos Bulosan Exhibit Community Room (Eastern Hotel- 506 Maynard Ave South, Seattle International District). more...
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