WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16

6 PM, across from Westlake Mall, 4th & Pine. Candlelight vigil to protest military aid package to Colombia. (Candles provided.)

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17

Olympia. Housing Advocacy Day--meet with your Legislators, lobby for decent, affordable, stable housing for all! Join the Tenants Union, Low-Income Housing Network, and others. Free transportation and lunch. Info: Aline 206-722-6848 x114 or alinebc@hotmail.com.

8 AM, Crocodile Cafe, 2200 2nd Ave. @ Blanchard. International Women's Day Planning Committee weekly meeting. Info: 206-441-4969 or http://www.scn.org/basecamp.

4-6 PM, Federal Courthouse, 5th and Madison, rally and separate civil disobedience action to send Elian home to Cuba. Sponsored by Seattle Committee to Send Elian Home to Cuba, part of the Seattle-Cuba Friendship Committee, Church Council of Greater Seattle. Info: Melinda 206 365-5316 or Tom 206 527-7055.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 18

10 AM-2 PM, Westlake Park, 4th and Pine. Fearless Friday: A Day Without Dieting! Bring a pair of your old jeans. "Don't Fight Your Genes, Just Change Your Jeans!" Info: 206-382-3587.

6:30-9:30 PM, Garfield Community Center, 23rd & E. Cherry; bus #3, 4, 48. "Live from Death Row"/update on Mumia. Sponsored by the Campaign to End the Death Penalty. Info: 206-378-0989 or cedp@hotmail.com.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19

Through Monday Feb. 21, begins at noon, Seattle Center House and Flag Pavilion, Seattle Center, bus #1,2,3,4,15,16,18. "Festival Sundiata," a celebration of African American art, culture & history. Info: 206-329-8086.

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

3 PM, Douglass Truth Library, 23rd & Yesler, bus #8, 27, 48. October 22nd Video showing in honor of Black History Month, with selected footage of recent demonstrations, presented by the Coalition to Stop Police Brutality. Info: 206-264-5527 or seattleoctober22nd@hotmail.com.

11 AM, 3842 NE 90th St. (near 35th Ave.) "Olympia and I-695," activist Nancy Amidei discusses state legislative issues, presented by Seattle Women Act for Peace and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Info: 206-523-1127.

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 20

5 PM potluck, 6:30 program, Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, 225 N. 70th (near Greenwood), bus #5. Dr. Neal Hulkower on "Opposing the Death Penalty." Info: Fellowship of Reconciliation, 206-789-5565.

MONDAY FEBRUARY 21 Olympia. "Have A Heart For Kids" Advocacy Day at the state legislature, coordinated by the Children's Alliance. Info: 206-324-0340.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 22

Noon-1 p.m., in front of the Mexican Consulate, 3rd and Blanchard. The Committee Against Repression and for Democracy In Mexico monthly protest against low intensity war in S. Mexico. Info: 425-235-7180 or ryjudge@u.washington.edu.

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 23

Through Sunday Feb. 27, Seabeck Christian Conference Center, Seabeck, WA. Popular Economics Education Institute/Intensive Training for Activists. Workshops include: Introduction to Globalization, Creative Action for a Fair Economy. Info: 206-956-0494 x 14 or stw@stw.org or http://www.stw.org.

Noon, Red Square, UW campus. Justice for Mumia & All Prisoners Speak-out. Info: Meesh, 206-720-1457 or meesh99@u.washington.edu.

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 24

7 PM, UW, Kane Hall, Room 120. Feminist Historian Bettina Aptheker speaks on the occasion of the 25th anniversary reprint of "The Morning Breaks: The Trial of Angela Davis."

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 25

9 PM, Gibson's Bar, 2nd & Stewart. Benefit for North Seattle Grassroots Radio (NSGR). Music by Shit List, Consume, The Cripples, Hippies In Flames. Info: bp637@scn.org or http://www.scn.org/activism/nsgr.

Through Sunday Feb. 27, Seattle. Alternatives To Violence Project workshop on Nonviolent Conflict Resolution. Info: Peace Between People, 206-517-4047.

5:30 PM, Westlake Park, 4th & Pine. Critical Mass, an organized coincidence of bicyclists. Info: http://www.oz.net/~nic/cm.html.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26

8:30 AM-4:30 PM, Olympia. Capital Youth Conference 2000, Washington State Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Youth Conference on schools and coalitions. For youth. Info: deloreymm@osd.wednet.edu or http://capitalgsa.org/

1 PM, UW Law School, Condon Hall, 1100 NE Campus Parkway. ACLU/WA annual membership meeting. Keynote address by historian Walt Crowley "Protest in Washington: From the Wobblies to WTO and Beyond." Info: 206-624-2184 or http://www.aclu-wa.org.

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 27

3 PM, Group Health, 6th fl, N. Building, 15th @ John, bus #10, 43. Red Dot Girls meeting for 40+Yr. Old Lesbians. Info: 206-559-2992 or http://www.reddotgirls.org or RedDotGirl@aol.com.

MONDAY FEBRUARY 28

6-8:30 PM, Queen Anne Library, 400 W. Garfield, bus #2. Monthly meeting of the Washington Hemp Education Network. Info: 206-282-4776.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 29

7-9 PM, [new location!] University Heights Center, rm. 209, 50th & University Way NE, bus #7, 9, 43, 44, 48, 71-73. Green Party Seattle monthly meeting. Info: 206-264-5110 or sgreens@boutell.com or http://boutell.com/seagreens.

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.

VOLUNTEERUS CHOMPUS

This week's ETS! volunteer needs:

* Ad Salespeople * Good graphics (cartoons, photos, artwork) * Distributors for West Seattle, North Seattle, South County

Call or e-mail us: 206-903-9461 or ets@scn.org Or stop by, Tuesday nights at Univ. Baptist Church, 47th & 12th NE.

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