THURSDAY, JANUARY 6

8 AM, Crocodile Cafe, 2200 2nd Ave. near Blanchard, International Women's Day Planning Committee, monthly planning meeting. Info: Rosalinda, Jobs With Justice, at 206-441-4969 or Diane, Seattle NOW, at 206-632-8547.

7-8:30 PM, CAMP, 18th Ave. @ Columbia, bus #2. Planning meeting of the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee. Help plan Jan. 17 events commemorating Dr. King, furthering civil rights. Info: 206-461-3865.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 8

Noon, outside the Jefferson Park Community Center at 3801 Beacon Avenue S. near S. Spokane St., The Community Coalition for Environment Justice's Stop the Burning! Campaign: Phase II. Door-belling to gather signatures for postcard campaign petitioning the VA Hospital to phase out use of PVC plastic and mercury, and phase in a recycle program. Please RSVP at stoptheburning@yahoo.com or 206-720-0285.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 9

9:30 AM, Univ. Unitarian Church, 6556 35th Ave. NE, Impact Forum with Len Schreiner, director of the Namaste Peace Project, on the possibility of creating a "Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World," as envisioned by the living Nobel Peace Laureates. Info: Jerry Chroman 206-522-9384.

10 AM-4 PM, Magnuson Park, Sand Point Way & 65th Ave. NE, bus #74. Join the Promontory Point Restoration Project. Help plant native plants, make signs, restore trails. Tools provided. Info: 206-523-8243 x14 or laurenb@seattleaudubon.org.

1:30-6 PM, St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E., bus #7. Fourth Annual "Youth Dialogue On Race" sponsored by the Church Council of Greater Seattle Commission on Racial Justice. Info: 206-525-1213 x 4502.

MONDAY, JANUARY 10

In Olympia, the State Legislative Session opens.

6-8 PM, Pike Market Senior Center, 1931 1st Ave., use side door on Virginia St. Tenant Organizing Meeting. Help the right of first refusal campaign. Info/special needs (interpretation, childcare): 206-722-6848 ext. 102

TUESDAY, JANUARY 11

7-8:30 PM, CAMP, 18th Ave. @ Columbia. bus #2. Planning meeting of the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee. Help plan Jan. 17 events commemorating Dr. King, furthering civil rights. Info: 206-461-3865.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12

7:00 PM, Univ. Baptist Church, NE 47th and 12th Ave. NE in the U-District, meeting of the Seattle Anti-War Collective. Info: 206-547-0952.

7:30 PM, Seattle Univ., Broadway @ Madison, Lemieux Auditorium, bus #2, 7, 9, 12, 60. "Martin Luther King, Jr. & the WTO," talk by Jim Douglass, theologian and activist.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 13

7-8:30 PM, CAMP, 18th Ave. at Columbia, planning meeting of Martin Luther King Celebration Committee, planning Jan. 17 events commemorating Dr. King and furthering civil rights. Info: K.L. at 206-461-3865 or (pager) 206-645-7224.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 14

7:30 AM, Catholic Community Services Cafeteria, 23rd & Yesler, bus #27, 43. Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast, hosted by the African American/Jewish Coalition for Justice. Info: 206-781-6654.

Noon-1 PM, Federal Building, 2nd Ave. near Marion downtown, protest marking the 9th anniversary of the beginning of the Gulf War, and the continuing lethal sanctions in Iraq. Info: Citizens Concerned For The People Of Iraq at 206-789-5655 or www.scn.org/activism/ccpi.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 15

10 AM-3 PM, CAMP, 18th Ave. @ Columbia, bus #2. Work party for Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration/Jan. 17 events commemorating Dr. King. Info: 206-461-3865.

3 PM, Univ. Baptist Church, 4554 12th Ave. NE. Citizens Concerned for the People of Iraq meeting, working to end the sanctions against Iraq. Info: Fellowship of Reconciliation 206-789-5565 or http://www.scn.org/ccpi.

8 PM-midnight, Nu Black Theatre, 14th & Fir, bus #27. "Wake Up 2000," Martin Luther King Youth Committee all ages Hip-Hop Show. Info: Seattle Young People's Project at 206-860-9606.

MONDAY, JANUARY 17

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.

9:30 AM workshops, 11 AM Rally, Noon march, Garfield High School, 23rd Avenue @ E. Jefferson, bus #3, 4, 48. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, march to the King County Administration Building downtown, theme: changing the county logo from an Imperial Crown to the likeness of Rev. King. Info: 206-461-3865.

2 PM, Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, 16159 Clear Creek Rd. NW, Poulsbo, National Day of Resistance to Nuclear Weapons Carrying Trident Submarines and Martin Luther King Day, walk or drive to Bangor gates, come to Bangor to put King's words and vision into nonviolent direct action at the Pacific home of the Trident nuclear weapons system. Info: 360-377-2586 or info@gzcenter.org.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 18

Noon-1:15 PM, House Rules Committee Room, Legislative Building, Olympia. Section 8 Briefing for State Legislators, crucial for low income housing. Info: Tenants Union at 206-722-6848, ext. 102.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19

6:30 PM, Univ. Baptist Church, NE 47th & 12th Ave. NE in U-District, Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia monthly general planning meeting. Info: 206-547-0952.

7-8:30 PM, Pilgrim Congregational Church, 509 10th Ave. E, one block east of Broadway, Seattle Displacement Coalition meeting, developing strategies to save low income housing. Info: 206-632-0668 or jvf4119@zipcon.net.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 21

To Sun., Jan. 23 (including public forum Sat. 4:30-6:30 PM), Univ. Friends Meeting Center, 4001 9th Ave. NE, national gathering of Counter-Recruitment Activists, working to demilitarize schools and youth-serving institutions. Info: Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft at comdsd@aol.com or 206-547-0952.

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.