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Activist Calendar



Wed. April 14, 7 PM, NACC offices, 3rd floor, University Baptist Church, 4554 12th NE at NE 47th, U-district. Help plan opposition to NATO attacks. Info: NACC 206-547-0952.

Thurs. April 15, 7 PM, Seattle Central Community College, Broadway and Pine, Room 1112. "Town Hall Meeting: War in Kosovo--Why You Should Oppose the Bombing." Speakers: Nan McMurry, Fellowship of Reconciliation; Geov Parrish, Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia; Fred Miller, Peace Action; Lian Schmidt, International Socialist Organization. Info: 206-292-8809.

Thur. April 15, 8:30-10:30 PM, Skateland, Olympia. 1980's Music & Rollerskate Extravaganza! Party benefitting Works In Progress (WIP) and Radical Alternative Media Project (RAMP). Info: Wendy Ortiz, Works In Progress 360/705-2726 or wip@olywa.net.

Thur. April 15, various post offices. Tax Day Leafleting: NACC will be at the U District, Capitol Hill and 23rd/Union post offices Noon-1 PM; Fellowship of Reconciliation will leaflet at the Greenwood P.O. 4-5 PM; NACC will be downtown at 4th and Lander 10:30 to 11:30 PM. Help spread the word about war tax resistance and our huge military budget. Info: Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia 206-547-0952, Fellowship of Reconciliation 206-789-5565.

Thur. April 15, 6:30-9 PM, Rainier Valley Unitarian, 4620 S. Findlay, "Meetings: The Key To Moving Forward," an Urban Action School course. Instructors from the Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia. Info: 206-464-9129.

Friday April 16, 10 AM-Noon, Seattle Central Community College, Broadway and Pine, Capitol Hill, Room 1110. Panel discussion/teach-in on the war in Kosovo. Info: Dick Burton 206-587-2916.

Fri. April 16, 12:30-1:30 PM, Thomson 317, University of Washington. "Free Speech And The Political Maturation Of Singapore," by Dr. Chee Soon Juan, General Secretary of the Singapore Democratic Party. Info: 206-543-9606.

Fri. April 16, 7 PM Tacoma Community College Auditorium. Dr. Helen Caldicott presents "A Partial Victory: How and Why the Nuclear Threat Continues. Info: 253-566-5118.

Sat. April 17, 10:30 AM-4 PM, Seattle Central Community College room 1110. "The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal and the U.S. Criminal Justice System." Keynote speaker will be long-time Washington state political prisoner Ed Mead. Info on the case http://www.mumia.org, local Seattle Mumia Defense Committee info 206-376-5867 or dante@halcyon.com or http://www.speakeasy.org/~smdc or 206-633-0573 or 206-587-4009 x115.

Sat. April 17, and subsequent 3rd Saturdays, 3 PM, University Baptist Church, 4554 12th Ave NE. Citizens Concerned for the People of Iraq, working to end the sanctions. Info: Fellowship of Reconciliation 206-789-5565.

Sat. April 17, 8 PM, Richard Hugo House, 1634 Eleventh Ave., bus #7, "The Circle of Memory: An Evening of Sister Poets," Featuring African American poet and activist Nikky Finney, a founding member of the Affrilachian Poets Collective. Info: 206-325-3384.

Sun. April 18, 11 AM, 3842 NE 90th St. near 35th Ave. NE. "Honduras After Hurricane Mitch" with Ed Myer, M.D., a medical aid worker in Honduras. Info: 206-523-1127.

Sun. April 18, 5 PM potluck, 6:30 program, Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, 225 N. 70th at Greenwood. "Bigotry In The Northwest: Progress & Problems," with Bill Wassmuth, Executive Director, Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment. Info: 206-789-5565 or http://members.aol.com/NCAMH.

Mon. April 19, 11 AM-1 PM, HUB auditorium, University of Washington; "Social Security: What Every Woman Should Know." Info/request sign-language 206-553-7170.

Mon. April 19, and subsequent third Mondays, 7 PM, University Baptist Church, 4554 12th Ave NE. Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia monthly action planning meeting. Info: 206-547-0952.

Tue. April 20, and every other Tuesday, 7 PM, Vain Co. 2222 2nd Ave; meeting to plan local responses to the impending execution of African American activist/journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal. Info: 206-376-5867 or dante@halcyon.com or http://www.speakeasy.org/~smdc.

Tue. April 20, 7:30-9:30 PM, Unitarian Universalist Church, 2200 East End NW, West Olympia. Universal Health Care forum: info on the voter initiative for the November 2000 ballot. Info: Chuck Spies 360-438-0050.

April 22-28, 5th Annual National TV-Turnoff Week, sponsored by TV-- FreeAmerica. Info: http://www.tvfa.org or 202-887-0436.

Thursdays April 22 & 29, 7 - 9 PM, Rainier Valley Unitarian, 4620 S. Findlay. "Capitalism 101" with instructor Alan Rabinowitz, an Urban Action School course. Info: 206-464-9129.

Thur. April 22, EARTH DAY.

Thur. April 22nd, 5 PM. Major march to oppose the US/NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. Starting from the Federal Building, 2nd & Marion, downtown Seattle, marching to Westlake, 4th & Pine. See planning mtg. Wed. April 14 to get involved. Info: NACC 206-547-0952.

Thur. April 22, 6:30-9 PM, Rainier Valley Unitarian, 4620 S. Findlay. "Planning A Campaign," appropriate tactics at different stages of organizing," with instructor/activists from the Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia, including ETS!'s Geov Parrish. An Urban Action School course. Info: 206-464-9129.

For an excellent and much, much longer compilation of upcoming and ongoing progressive events in Seattle, check out Jean Buskin's Peace Calendar: http://www.scn.org/activism/calendar/ or e-mail her at bb369@scn.org.



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