WEDNESDAY, MAY 24

5:00 PM, Safeco Field, main entrance, Rally to Save the Salmon and Remove Dams, send a message to media and politicians to remove the four Snake River dams. Info: Brady Bennon, Save Our Wild Salmon, 206-286-4455, ext. 11.

7 PM, Pilgrim Congregational Church, 509 10th Ave. E, Seattle Displacement Coalition meeting, help plan for the June 10 renters summit. Info: 206-632-0668 or jvf4119@zipcon.net.

THURSDAY, MAY 25

3:30 PM, Univ. of WA, HUB Room 200A, Ralph Nader for President meeting, running on the Green Party ticket. Info: ramykhalil@hotmail.com or 206-720-2933.

6:30 PM, 915 E Pine, Room 301, artists meeting for "Paint-a-Thon," help design and paint a banner to raise funds for cross-border labor organizing, a project of CISPES and Jobs with Justice. Info: 206-325-5494 or seacispes@igc.org.

7 PM, Peace Cafe, 5828 Roosevelt, meeting of the Joe Szwaja for U.S. Congress Committee, 7th District Green Party candidate running against Jim McDermott.

7 PM, Downtown Human Services Council, 115 Prefontaine Pl. S, south of 3rd and Yelser, meeting to discuss direct action at the Democratic National Convention in LA, to join listserv on this issue: http://www.egroups.com/invite/seattle_la, click "join" button. Info: can@scn.org.

SUNDAY, MAY 28

11 AM, 3842 NE 90th St., Seattle Women Act for Peace and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), meeting with Hanna Petros, speaking about Jubilee 2000 and debt forgiveness for third world. Info: 206-523-1127.

TUESDAY, MAY 30

6 PM, 1400 18th Ave., Home Alive, Women Only Basic Self Defense Workshop covering safety planning, awareness, basic strikes, and getting out of common grabs. Sliding scale is $5-$25 per session, and goes to $0. Pre-registration encouraged: 206-903-9747.

7 PM, New Hope Baptist Church, 21st & Fir, People's Coalition for Justice meeting, organizing for a civilian review board of the police. Info: Dick Burton at 206-587-2916 or Delila Leber at 206-587-4009, ext. 115.

7 PM, University Heights Center, Room 209, 5031 University Way NE, Green Party of Seattle monthly general meeting. Info: 206-264-5110 or http://boutell.com/seagreens.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 31

7 PM, 1802 N 41st St., the Joe Szwaja for Congress Campaign Committee, collecting signatures on Joe's petition to run against Jim McDermott. Desserts and beverages provided.

THURSDAY, JUNE 1

6:30 PM, A.M.E. Zion Church, 1716 23rd, meeting of the Michael Randall Ealy Social Justice Foundation, justice for the death of all people who have died while in police custody. Info: 206-320-7069 or opealy@uswest.net.

7 PM, American Friends Service Committee, 814 NE 40th, Women's Leadership Circle, working on women's oppression and racism, call to confirm: Jessica Levy at 206-524-7489.

7:15 PM, Broadway Performance Hall, on Broadway north of Pine, movie "Rebels With a Cause," about Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the '60s, the film-maker will be present at this showing. Tickets and info: SIFF at 206-324-9996. Also showing on Sat., June 3, 3:30 PM, at Egyptian Theater.

SATURDAY, JUNE 3

Through Sunday, Ground Zero, Olympic Peninsula north of Bremerton, "Action Camp," learn blockading, tree climbing, lockdowns, tripod making, and other action tactics. Bring vegan food to share for group meals, sliding scale $5 to $20, please RSVP: Community Action Network 206-632-1656, can@scn.org, or can@drizzle.com.

12:30 PM, Egyptian Theater, documentary film "A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict," 90 years of nonviolence, from Gandhi to the anti-apartheid movement. Info and tickets: SIFF at 206-324-9996.

4 PM, Keystone Congregational Church, 5019 Keystone Pl. N, meeting of Interfaith Network of Concern for the People of Iraq, end the barbaric sanctions against Iraq. Info: Dick Blakney at 206-522-4934.

MONDAY, JUNE 5

6 PM, Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Ave. NE, meeting of the Seattle Colombia Committee against US military aid to Colombia. Info: Justin at 206-923-2669 or oakleyruth@igc.org.

7 PM, Independent Media Center, 1415 3rd Ave., Urban Action School presents "Independent Media Against Global Capital." Sliding scale $7-25. Info: 206-464-9129 or http://www.endgame.org/uas.html.

7:15 PM, Pacific Place Theater downtown, documentary film "Long Night's Journey Into Day," a study of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa. Winner of the Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Info and tickets: SIFF at 206-324-9996. Also showing Thurs., June 8, 5 PM, at Harvard Exit.

TUESDAY, JUNE 6

7 PM, Univ. Baptist Church, 4554 12th Ave. NE, monthly business meeting for Eat the State! Come opine, meet, volunteer. How do we do it every week? People like you! Come be one of them! Info: 206-215-1156.

SATURDAY, JUNE 10

8:30 AM-1 PM, Northwest Rooms of Seattle Center, Council member Judy Nicastro's Renters' Summit to discuss rental housing policies. Call 206-615-1567 or e-mail judy.nicastro@ci.seattle.wa.us to get a copy of the policy proposals. Info: Scott at Tenants Union 206-722-6848 x103.

9:30 PM, Gibsons Bar, 2nd & Stewart, benefit for North Seattle Grassroots Radio (NSGR), $6. Info: nsgr@scn.org or http://www.scn.org/activism/nsgr.

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.