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October 11 (Saturday) - Conference
2003 OCA Hate Crimes Conference
The Organization of Chinese Americans-Greater Seattle Chapter (OCA) will host the first annual 2003 OCA Hate Crimes Conference. The conference is aimed at educating the Asian Pacific American community, and the greater community at large, about the realities of hate crimes and the laws that protect us against such criminal acts. more...
October 11 (Saturday) - Film / Video
Seattle Scouting for All Rally
A presentation of "Scout's Honor," an award-winning documentary about the Boy Scouts controversy will follow a short awards ceremony. The rally is being sponsored by an impressive list of community organizations. more...
October 11 (Saturday) - Workshop / Training
OCA 2003 Hate Crimes Conference
The Hate Crimes Conference aims to educate the Seattle public about hate crimes and hate incidents. It will be an opportunity to explore some key issues regarding underreporting and response from the law enforcement when dealing with hate crimes. An action plan will be developed at the end of the conference to ensure that these issues continue to be addressed. more...
October 11 (Saturday) - Protest / Demonstration
Ghettopoly protest
Beginning at 9:00am at the NAACP office at 14th and Yessler called the Urban League Building we will have a meeting. Then at 10:00am we will move to the different Urban Outfitters locations to protest the Ghettopoly game you can veiw this manifestation of coporate exploitation at www.ghettopoly.com more...
October 11 (Saturday) - Lecture / Talk
Dr. Stephen Zunes on the UN Role and Transition in Iraq
Dr. Stephen Zunes, professor and chair of the Peace & Justice Studies Program at the University of San Francisco, will speak on "From Occupation to Trusteeship: the UN Role and Transition in Iraq". Dr. Zunes won recognition from the Peace & Justice Studies Association in 2002 as Peace Scholar of the Year
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October 10 (Friday) - Panel / Forum
Reflections on the Philippine Left: Revolutionaries and Ex-Revolutionaries on the Verge of Retirement
Presentor is Dr. Patricio Abinales, who wrote on colonial and post-colonial Mindanao and the Communist Party of the Philippines. The forum will include comments from Robert Garcia, author of "to Suffer Thy comrades." more...
October 10 (Friday) - Film / Video
'Romero' (El Salvador) - Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies
Wallingfod Neighbors for Peace and Justice continues their movie and discussion series with a showing of "ROMERO" which chronicles Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero's struggle with his conscience, his brother priests, and a brutal military regime during the seismic social upheaval in El Salvador in 1980. more...
October 9 (Thursday) - Lecture / Talk
Naomi Klein: 'Economic Terror, Deep Democracy'
Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist and author of the international best-seller 'No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies.' Translated into 27 languages, The New York Times called No Logo 'a movement bible' (for the anti-globalization movement). more...
October 9 (Thursday) - Panel / Forum
The Mission of the United Nations
The Mission of the United Nations. A screening of two documentaries on United Nations peacekeeping efforts followed by a moderated discussion on the success of its historical and current mission.
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October 9 (Thursday) - Conference
Fostering Alternatives to Violence - Peace and Justice Studies Association Conference
2nd Annual Conference of the Peace and Justice Studies Association: This nationwide organization holds a very informative conference with renowned speakers and outstanding workshops. We will critically examine efforts to understand and uproot both physical and structural violence by paying attention to militarism, poverty, racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of social injustice and inequality.
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October 8 (Wednesday) - Panel / Forum
The People Speak: America Debates Its Role in the World
Brewster Denny, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Public Affairs
Rick White, Former 1st Congressional District Congressman.
As America faces daily challenges abroad, a nationwide discussion about the future of our foreign policy is more important and timely than ever.
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October 8 (Wednesday) - Lecture / Talk
'The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century' - Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman, a renowned economist and New York Times columnist, provides an alternative perspective of the last three years of the Bush administration’s economic policies and his views on their effect on America’s economy.
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October 7 (Tuesday) - Music / Entertainment
We Are Against The Wall
Fundraiser for Against the Wall - a group of three Seattle activists who will travel to Palestine for six weeks to document the effectsof occupation, economic and agricultural destruction, the Apartheid ("Security") Wall, and all of the physical, psychological and societal walls being constructed around the Palestinian people.
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October 7 (Tuesday) - Protest / Demonstration
Stop the Military Recruiters!
On the second anniversary of the bombing of Afghanistan, the Not In Our Name Yourth Network is calling on youth and students to take a stand against the military recruiters. The Anti-Recruitment campaign is a youth-led initiative aimed at stopping the recruiters. more...
October 6 (Monday) - Lecture / Talk
Consequences of Depleted Uranium
Doug Rokke, Gulf War Veteran and former director of the Army's Depleted Uranium Project will discuss the consequences of US depleted use. Senator Jim McDermott will introduce Doug Rokke and his work. more...
October 5 (Sunday) - Other
AN EXECUTION IN THE FAMILY: Bookreading
Robert Meeropol was six years old when his parents, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, were sent to the electric chair, executed by the U.S. government after one of the most hotly debated trials in American history. At 2:00 PM on Sunday, October 5th, at Ravenna Third Place Books, (6504 20th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA) Meeropol will read from and answer questions based on his new book AN EXECUTION IN THE FAMILY: One Son’s Journey, a memoir which tells how he survived the loss of his parents and established his own identity in the shadow of a case that drew world-wide protest. More event info available from Third Place Books, (206) 525-2347 or www.ravennathirdplace.com. Sponsored by the Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (WCADP), (206) 622-8952 or info@abolishdeathpenalty.org. more...
October 5 (Sunday) - Protest / Demonstration
Rally and March: "We See Through the Lies!"
"War is not peace. Occupation is not liberation. Immigrants are not terrorists. Police state restrictions are not security." This long march will take participants through the most crowded parts of the city to reach as many people as possible, and then end at the INS detention center where immigrants are being unjustly detained under the guise of the so-called "War on Terrorism." more...
October 4 (Saturday) - Conference
Seattle Women's Summit
The Seattle Women's Commission is sponsoring the second Annual Seattle Women's Summit, "to assess the status
of women in Seattle". Together with service providers, agencies and policy makers, we will address the top issues affecting women in Seattle and identify action plans for change.
Training workshops in media & advocacy are included during afternoon sessions. more...
October 2 (Thursday) - Other
AN EXECUTION IN THE FAMILY: Bookreading
Robert Meeropol was six years old when his parents, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, were sent to the electric chair, executed by the U.S. government after one of the most hotly debated trials in American history. Meeropol will read from and answer questions based on his new book AN EXECUTION IN THE FAMILY: One Son’s Journey, a memoir which tells how he survived the loss of his parents and established his own identity in the shadow of a case that drew world-wide protest. (More event info at 206-366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.) more...
September 30 (Tuesday) - Other
ATR Social Justice Dinner
On September 20, 2003 ATR will celebrate 25 years of funding social justice and change work at it's annual Social Justice Dinner at the Westin Hotel in Seattle. Civil rights attorney and author Lani Guinier is the keynote speaker more...
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