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April 15 (Friday) - Protest / Demonstration
Denounce the UNfair Income Tax
Show the Bush Administration that progressive Americans demand a minimum tax of 100% on all income over $25,000.
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April 15 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies: "THE FAT OF THE LAND"
Film: "The Fat of the Land" (56 min, Niki Cousino, 1996)
Who would have taken a bet that anyone could drive a Chevy Van across the United States fueled by left-over vegetable oil? Five enterprising young women did just that traveling 2300 miles, using vegetable oil as an alternative fuel in their Ford van They proved there is a sustainable and renewable alternative to petroleum. Fat of the Land is a cross-country adventure interspersed with both serious and humorous interviews. Learn about biodiesel.
Special Presentation by Dr. Dan, from Dr. Dan’s Alternative Fuel-Werks on Biodiesel; also an exhibit of “Tim’s Clean Air Wood Burning Car”.
Facilitated Discussion Follows. FREE! (Donations appreciated)
(UPCOMING FILMS...)
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April 14 (Thursday) - Lecture / Talk
Dr. Shakti Butler. “Transformative Learning, Social Justice and Compassion”
As the Executive Director of World Trust, Dr. Butler initiated "Heart-to-Heart Conversations," a national program of public dialogue that speaks to critical social issues of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. Her work moves conversations beyond black and white and speaks to the interconnectedness of racism, classism, sexism, and homophobia more...
April 13 (Wednesday) - Workshop / Training
Enough for Everyone: Fair Trade Panel
Learn how to move the Fair Trade mission forward in Seattle at this panel featuring a variety of producer and consumer perspectives. Guests include CEPCO representatives, plus Ruth Mena of The Fair Trade Zone sewing cooperative in Nueva Vida, Nicaragua; Tom Hanlon-Wilde of Equal Exchange; and Melanie
Hardison of Presbyterian Church (USA). Sponsored by Equal Exchange, PC(USA), and the World Affairs Council Young Professionals International Network
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April 12 (Tuesday) - Conference
Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference
This year’s topics include internet accountability, anonymity, biometrics, blogging, constitutional law in cyberspace, copyright, crypto and elections, data brokers (e.g ChoicePoint), DRM, email and wiretapping, FISA, 'glogging, identity theft, location tracking, Patriot Act, podcasting, privacy, RFID tags, science fiction writers, adware/spyware, and surveillance. more...
April 11 (Monday) - Meeting
The Power of You & You & Coffee: House Party and Conference Call
Equal Exchange customers from across the country will be dialing in to a conference call with our guests. Watch the “Equal Exchange: Agent for Change” video and then join the call at this informal house party. Sponsored by Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Economic Justice Group at University Unitarian, UU’s for a Just Economic Community NW, and UU Central America Network.
RSVP to Ruth Little at 206.524.3525 or ruthlittle@comcast.net more...
April 10 (Sunday) - Other
Eyes Wide Open, the American Friends Service Committee’s on the human cost of the Iraq War
See April 9 listing more...
April 10 (Sunday) - Panel / Forum
Coffee that Repairs the World: Coffee and Chocolate Tasting with Discussion
Equal Exchange provides fairly traded coffee, tea, and chocolate for 150 places of worship in the Seattle area, including Temple Beth Am. Join us for a taste of justice! Sponsored by the Temple Beth Am Social Action Committee more...
April 10 (Sunday) - Other
Get to Know Global Citizen Journey
Get to know Global Citizen Journey, a new nonprofit dedicated to building global understanding by bringing people of diverse cultures together to work on community projects, develop leadership skills and create sustainable communication networks. Learn about our upcoming journey to Nigeria in November and meet acclaimed Nigerian peace mediator Joel Bisina, founder of our African host organization NIDPRODEV. more...
April 10 (Sunday) - Lecture / Talk
Coffee with a Conscience: Worship Services & Educational Forum
Producers from the CEPCO coffee cooperative will visit to explain the benefits of Fair Trade for small-scale coffee farmers in Mexico. Holy Trinity has been serving Equal Exchange Fair Trade coffee since 1998! Fair Trade helps them fulfill their mission for community, stewardship, and grace. All are welcome to learn about their lives and work, and to share a taste of justice! more...
April 9 (Saturday) - Other
Eyes Wide Open, the American Friends Service Committee’s on the human cost of the Iraq War
Eyes Wide Open features a pair of boots honoring each U.S. military casualty, a field of shoes and a Wall of Remembrance to memorialize the Iraqis killed in the conflict, and a multimedia display exploring the history, cost and consequences of the war.
Interfaith service Saturday at 2. more...
April 8 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies: "Justice and the Generals" - Special presentation in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar A. Romero
Film: "Justice And The Generals" (86 min, Gail Pellett, 2002).
In late 1980, the bodies of four American women, three nuns and a lay missionary were exhumed from a crude grave in El Salvador. They had been abducted, raped, and murdered. Justice And The Generals offers unique insight into a new chapter in international human rights law, an important step forward in the campaign to bring military commanders to justice for crimes committed within their ranks. At the same time, as it follows efforts to hold human rights abusers accountable, JUSTICE AND THE GENERALS also maps the confusion, barbarism, and, ultimately, the tragic heart of a conflict whose wounds, over two decades later, are far from healed.
Discussion facilitated by Dave Tatro from CISPES (The Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador).
(UPCOMING FILMS...)
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April 8 (Friday) - Film / Video
Movie "Every Mother's Son"
Documentary about the mothers of Amadou Diallo, Anthony Baez, and Gary Busch - all killed by NYPD officers, and just 3 of roughly 8,000 people killed by police in the U.S. in the 1990s - in their quest for justice for their sons; followed by a discussion with Seattle-area family members of people killed by police.
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April 7 (Thursday) - Panel / Forum
A Conversation about Depleted Uranium
Special Guests: Loren Moret and Dennis Kyne.
Moderated by Mike Kearney of Veterans for Peace.
6 p.m. Potluk, 7:30 program more...
April 6 (Wednesday) - Panel / Forum
Depleted Uranium and Family Values
Special Guests: Leuren Moret and Dennis Kyne.
Moderated by Bert Sacks. more...
April 6 (Wednesday) - Film / Video
Lifetime Television Stop Violence Against Women Documentary Viewing
Because we are your mothers, sisters, lovers, friends....
Our Lifetime Commitment: Stop Violence Against Women, Together Women and Men. Please Join us in speaking out to stop violence against women.
This will be a pre-screening of Lifetime Television’s Documentary produced by Oscar-Winning Director Maryann De Leo and Grammy-Winning Singer, Songwriter and Activist Michael Bolton. Panel Discussion to follow.
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April 5 (Tuesday) - Film / Video
Traveling Film South Asia: Opening Night with Film & Reception
Opening Night with Film & Reception.
Tasveer is an independent South Asian media organization committed to bringing films from South Asia and the Diaspora to the Pacific Northwest. We are pleased to present the diverse and unifying package of Traveling Film South Asia (TFSA). This year's TFSA is the fourth edition of this festival of South Asian documentaries which were held in Kathmandu out of which 15 were selected to travel around the globe to through different countries sponsored by various organizations.
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April 5 (Tuesday) - Lecture / Talk
Dahr Jamail: An Unembedded and Independent American Journalist In Iraq
DAHR JAMAIL an Unembedded & Independent American Journalist In Iraq. He is one of the few correspondents traveling through the war-torn
country - and almost the only Western journalist reporting exclusively from
inside Fallujah. more...
April 3 (Sunday) - Lecture / Talk
Hotel Palestine: Killing the Witness
Interfaith Network of Concern for the People of Iraq welcomes Javier Couso from Madrid, Spain for a presentation about the attack on journalists in the hotel in Baghdad on April 8, 2003... along with the Northwest premier of Spain's powerful documentary --- "Hotel Palestine: Killing the Witness" more...
April 1 (Friday) - Film / Video
Live Nude Girls Unite!
Comedian turned stripper Julia Query never dreamed that her first attempt at
labor activism and film-making would be as a stripper. But fed up with low
wages, sexual harassment, and racism, strippers at San Francisco's Lusty Lady decide to fight for their rights by forming a union. This award-winning
documentary by Query and Vicky Funari follows the women from dance floor to picket line, exploring the double exploitation they face as women and workers. A fascinating, hilarious, first-hand account of the sex industry.
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