WEDNESDAY AUGUST 2

9:30 AM-afternoon, NW Elliott Bay Park, across from Pier 90, north of Myrtle Edwards Park & the Grain Towers. Vigil/Protest the nuclear weapons-carrying Trident Submarine USS Alabama, docked in Seattle during Seafair's "Fleet Week". Info: 206-547-2630 or http://www.christianleft.org/pc/alabama/. Info on the Trident nuclear weapons system: http://www.gzcenter.org

5:30 PM, Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave. Jobs With Justice Organizing Committee meeting. Info: 206-441-4969.

7 PM, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 99 Wells Ave., Renton. Parents, Families, &Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG) meeting. Info: 425-226-8783.

7 PM, Labor Temple, Hall 8, 2800 1st Ave. Latino Workers meeting, to achieve better wages, medical insurance, pensions. In Spanish, English translation available. Info: 800-202-1433.

THURSDAY AUGUST 3

thru Sunday Aug. 6, 16159 Clear Creek Rd. NW, Poulsbo. "Nonviolence: Practice Makes Progress" with the Ground Zero Center. Prepare for a nonviolent resistance action at the Nuclear Submarine Base Bangor. Registration: http://www.gzcenter.org. Info: 360-377-2586 or info@gzcenter.org.

6:30-8 PM, A.M.E. Zion Church, Social Hall, 1716 23rd Ave. at Olive, bus #11, 48. Meeting of the Michael Randall Ealy Social Justice Foundation: working for justice for the death of Michael Randall Ealy and others, killed while in custody of the Seattle Police Department. Info: 206-320-7069 or opealy@uswest.net.

7-9PM, SCCC, Broadway & Pine, Room 210, bus #7, 9, 10, 60. Hear about American "Political Prisoner in Peru: Lori Berenson Imprisoned Without a Fair Trial." Learn about the economic and political conditions that led this journalist to her unlawful incarceration and life sentence. Co-Sponsored by Seattle CISPES, Seattle Colombia Committee, and others. Info: 206-325-5494.

SATURDAY AUGUST 5

5:15 PM, Seattle Art Museum, 100 University St. Seattle premiere of "Steal This Movie," on '60s activist Abbie Hoffman. A fundraiser for the Community Action Network Fundraiser & Gala. Followed by 7:30 PM: March to protest Trident submarine and the 2000 Democratic National Convention; march to a Gala party at 115 Prefontaine Pl. S., CAN headquaeters. Info: 206-632-1656 or can@drizzle.com.

SUNDAY AUGUST 6

6:30 PM-dusk, around 9 PM, near the Bathhouse Theatre, northwest side of Green Lake, 7312 West Green Lake Dr. N, bus #358, 48. "From Hiroshima To Hope," Hirioshima Day Commemoration. Picnic, lantern making, folding of 1,000 origami cranes to be sent to the Hiroshima memorial in Japan; performances by Seattle Kokon Taiko, United Voices of Antioch, and Buddhist Toro Nagashi Lantern Floating Ceremony. Info: 206-527-8050 or http://students.washington.edu/sueko.

MONDAY AUGUST 7

Noon, Victor Steinbrueck Park just north of Pike Place Market. Protest the economic sanctions against Iraq, send-off for local delegation bringing food and medicines to Iraq. Info: 206-548-9566 or http://www.scn.org/ccpi.

6 PM, Peace Cafe, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, bus #66. Seattle Colombia Committee meeting. Info: 206-923-2669 or oakleyruth@igc.org.

TUESDAY AUGUST 8

through Thurs. Aug. 10, Richland, WA. Encampment around Hanford issues, including a vigil at the Federal Building on Aug. 9, the 55th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki by our country from plutonium made at Hanford. Info: PHer909836@aol.com or 206-417-3922.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 9

7-9PM, 1307 13th Ave. S. Homestead Community Land Trust meeting. Help government make the most of our limited housing subsidy funds. Info: 206-324-6822.

THURSDAY AUGUST 10

6:30 PM, Seattle NOW office, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., bus #16. Planning meeting for World March of Women 2000, Oct. 15 in Washington D.C. and Oct. 17 in New York City. Info: 206-632-8547 or feminist@seattlenow.org.

7-8:30PM, American Friends Service Committee, 814 NE 40th St. Women's Leadership Circle, working on women's oppression & racism. Info: 206-524-7489.

FRIDAY AUGUST 11

Through Thurs. Aug. 17. Caravan from Seattle to L.A.--demonstrate at the Democratic National Convention. Info: 206-325-0085 or wwpsea@aol.com or http://www.mumia2000.org.

MONDAY AUGUST 14

6-8PM, Delfino's in University Village. Cohousing Salon. Info: http://www.thefoundry.org/cohousing/ or 206-763-2623.

6-8PM, Pike Market Senior Center, 1931 1st Ave, enter on Virginia St. Tenant Organizing Meeting sponsored by the Tenants Union. Info: 206-722-6848 ext. 102.

6:30 PM, Labor Temple, Room 208, 2800 1st Ave. at Broad St. Potluck meeting of Out Front Labor Coalition/Gay Pride at Work, AFL-CIO. Info: 206-903-9488 or oflcpride@aol.com.

7 PM, Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave., bus #2. "All God's Children," documentary on the Black Church's embracing of African-American lesbians & gay men. Hosted by Seattle PFLAG (Parents, Friends and Family of Lesbians and Gays). Info: 206-325-7724.

TUESDAY AUGUST 15

2-4PM, University Friends Meeting House, 4001 9th Ave. NE. The Safe Schools Coalition meeting, working to make Washington State schools safe places for all regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. Info: http://www.safeschools-wa.org or questions@safeschools-wa.org.

7PM, the new Eat the State! office, Independent Media Center, 1415 3rd Ave. @ Pike St. Monthly Business Meeting for Eat The State! Come opine, meet, volunteer. How do we do it every other week? People like you--come join us! Info: 206-215-1156.

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.