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October 21 (Tuesday) - Lecture / Talk
'Working Together We Can Build a World Without War'
Gayle Landt, Executive Director, Beyond WAR 2003 - Ms Landt’s presentation will elaborate on three foundational ideas: War is Obsolete, We All Live on One Planet Together, The Means are the Ends in The Making, more...
October 20 (Monday) - Other
Cracking the Darkness - Creating Hope North End Dinner
Dinner and discussion with the Rev Jon Luopa, pastor, University Unitarian Church and Rev. Flora Wilson Bridges, Assistant Professor, Pastoral Theology, Seattle University as they reflect on the challenges we face globally and locally to live as faithful, hopeful people. Cost to cover dinner $10.00. more...
October 18 (Saturday) - Panel / Forum
Nation's Oldest Veteran For Peace Celebrates 101st Birthday
This celebration is preceeded by a panel discussion on the realities of war and military life. Students, teachers and parents are welcome. Questions will be answered by former G.I.s from Western Washington Veterans for Peace. Refreshments follow to honor Port Angeles resident Ralph Carlson, the nation's oldest Vet for Peace. more...
October 18 (Saturday) - Other
The Third Seattle Arab Festival
Produced by the Arab Center of Washington, and presented by Seattle Center's Festál and the Seattle Times, the Arab Festival is the largest Arab cultural event in the Pacific Northwest. The goals of the festival are to educate the general public about the countries and peoples of the Arab world, and to celebrate the rich variety of cultures. more...
October 18 (Saturday) - Workshop / Training
Scars Tell Stories: (Dis)ability, Writing, and Activism
Saturdays, October 18-November 15, 2003
1:00-3:30 PM.
This 4 week course will explore the effects of an ableist culture on our lives, bodies and identities as radical Queer (Dis)abled youth and young adults ages 26 and under. We will focus on writing as a revolutionary act for personal and community healing and political resistance. The course will end with a reading and performance on November 15.
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October 18 (Saturday) - Other
Seattle Thunder 4 Democracy Festival
FREE Festival of Workshops, Speakers, Music, Information, Food, and Fun. Topics of discussion will include “The Bush 9-11 Cover Up” with Keynote speaker Bill Doulglas. Roy Farrell, MD from Physicians for Social Responsibility will also speak.
Workshops and panels on Making Consensus Work for Your Activist Group, “If the Media Won't Do Its Job...We Must BECOME the Media”,Reclaiming Our Elections, The Freedom Ride, and Building a Community Food System. Poet Larry Ebersole and Music by Jim Page, Linda Severt, Reggie Garrett, Jimvick Combo, Sons of Hagar, and Brad Warren.
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October 16 (Thursday) - Workshop / Training
Anger in the Peace Movement - Its costs and benefits
Anger is a fact of life neither to be embraced or rejected. We'll conduct a 10 minute role play of a " typical" peace group meeting using the information that surfaces to help us see how to better channel and transform the energy of anger into more productive resourdes for both individuals and groups. more...
October 16 (Thursday) - Panel / Forum
The Future Role of the United Nations
A panel of experts lead a forum on the relevance, possibilities for reform, and future role of the UN in the new world order of the 21st century, with specific reference to its probable role in Iraq. more...
October 16 (Thursday) - Other
Cracking the Darkness - Creating Hope East Side Dinner
Dinner and discussion with the Rev Rich Lang, pastor Trinity United Methodist Church and Chair, Church Council of Greater Seattle Peace & Justice Task force and Gail Khalid, a Jewish Seattleite who recently returned from living on the West Bank in Palestine for 14 years as they reflect on the challenges we face globally and locally to live as faithful, hopeful people. Cost to cover dinner $10.00. more...
October 15 (Wednesday) - Film / Video
Screening of "War and Peace"
Filmed over three tumultuous years in India, Pakistan,Japan and the USA, following the nuclear tests in the Indian sub-continent, War and Peace (India, 2002, 175 min, English subtitles) is an epic documentary journey of peace activism in the face of global militarism and war. more...
October 15 (Wednesday) - Lecture / Talk
Colombian Unionist and Mexican Organizer to visit Seattle
Juan Galvin, a union organizer from Colombia, and Jaime Castillo, an activist from Mexico will be at the Seattle Labor Temple on October 15th for a potluck and presentations about trade policies in their respective countries. more...
October 15 (Wednesday) - Panel / Forum
The United Nations and Current US Policy - At the Crossroads
The legality and legitimacy of the Iraq invasion and occupation have been questioned by citizens around the world. Many citizens are concerned about the rule of law and achieving our foreign policy goals with less reliance on military force. Forum speakers will provide information to help citizens understand how they can constructively participate in changing U.S. policy from a unilateral to a multi-lateral approach emphasizing cooperative diplomacy through the United Nations. more...
October 14 (Tuesday) - Other
Cracking the Darkness - Creating Hope South End Dinner
Dinner and discussion with the Rev Elaine Stanovsky, Asst to the Bishop, Pacific NW Conference, United Methodist Church and Dustin Washington, Director of the Cross Cultural Youth Development Program, American Friends Service Committee as they reflect on the challenges we face globally and locally to live as faithful, hopeful people. Cost to cover dinner $10.00. more...
October 13 (Monday) - Other
Cracking the Darkness - Creating Hope Central Area Dinner
Dinner and discussion with Mike Lowry, former governor and congressman, and Gerri Haynes, leader of peace missions to the Middle-east, including Iraq, as they reflect on the challenges we face globally and locally to live as faithful, hopeful people. Cost to cover dinner $10.00. more...
October 12 (Sunday) - Film / Video
"Regret to Inform" (Vietnam War)
Weaves together the stories of widows from both sides of the American-Vietnam war. The result is a profoundly moving examination of the impact of war over time. Widows from both sides speak out, putting a human face on the often overlooked casualties of armed conflict: the survivors. Present at the screening will be Xuan Nguyen, a major interviewee and field translator for the film, who will be returning to Vietnam to work on The New Day Project. This special screening will benefit that project. more...
October 12 (Sunday) - Lecture / Talk
Lyndon LaRouche: Fascism Restyled for the New Millennium
Frequently dismissed as a nut, LaRouche and his contradictory politics conceal a far-right world view, says feminist Helen Gilbert. Her newly published analysis will be discussed at a Freedom Socialist Party public educational. more...
October 12 (Sunday) - Protest / Demonstration
International Indigenous People's Day/Rally for Justice for Leonard Peltier
The 9th annual march and rally for the First Nations features Carrie Dann with the Western Shoshone Defense Project. Eighty year old Dann has struggled for decades to protect her tribe's land from the US government and mining interests. Master of Ceremonies is Harold Belmont. more...
October 12 (Sunday) - Lecture / Talk
Conscience Court Martialed--Israeli High School refusniks
Shministim (Israeli high school refusal movement) was founded by a group of high school graduates who refuse to serve the occupation and "war crimes committed by the Israeli Occupation forces in the territories. Som are being tried for this "crime" and sit in military jails. more...
October 11 (Saturday) - Conference
2003 Seattle Earth Charter Community Summit
A grassroots movement towards interdependence. Seattle is one of 30 US and five international cities convening an Earth Charter Community Summit this year. Grassroots Earth Charter initiatives have sprung up around the country and throughout the region, symptomatic of people's desire for a new vision and a healthy new direction for life on the planet. This year's Summit in Seattle/Bothell will highlight the people and organizations in our region doing the work called for in the Earth Charter. more...
October 11 (Saturday) - Film / Video
'The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till' (Film)
The 14-year old Emmett Till was murdered while on a visit from his home in Chicago. A widespread outpouring of indignation resulted from Emmett's mother, Mamie Till's, brave decision to show her son's mangled body to the world, an action which defied an order from the state of Mississippi to keep his coffin sealed. more...
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