THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 28

6:30 PM, Downtown Human Services, 115 Prefontaine Place S, near 3rd & Yesler. Work Party for the Joe Szwaya for Congress Campaign. Info http://www.joeforcongress.org, or joeinfo@joeforcongress.org, or 206-633-2464.

7 PM, Broadway Performance Hall, Broadway @ Pine. "An Uncensored Celebration" for Banned Books Week. Info: 206-624-2184.

7 PM, U of W, 301 Miller Hall. "Long Night's Journey into Day," documentary on South Africa's Truth & Reconciliation Commission. Info: 206-523-5834 or educate@u.washington.edu.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29

And Sat. Sept. 30, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1634 - 19th Ave., bus #11. Voices for Healthy Environments & Communities, discussion of toxic waste exposure, air/water quality, asthma, pesticide exposure, etc. Info: 206-616-2643 or naomis@u.washington.edu or http://depts.washington.edu/townmeet/.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 30

Noon-5 PM, Volunteer Park Amphitheater, bus #10. "My Voice, My Choice" pro-choice for youth with NARAL. Info: dawnmerydith@wanaral.org or 206-624-1990.

7 PM, Seattle Center. Rainier Room, 1st & Republican, bus #1, 2, 13, 15. "Youth & Police Forum," interactive theater event. Info: 206-650-5364 or paul@thevillageproject.org or http://www.mandalaforchange.com/youth&police.html.

7:30 PM, Bainbridge Playhouse, Bainbridge Island. Benefit concert for PeaceTrees Vietnam with John McEuen and Jimmy Ibbotson, formerly of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Info: 206-842-2521.

9:30 PM-1 AM, Century Ballroom, 915 E Pike, bus #7, 10, 11. Salsa Dance, music by Yerba Buena. Benefits Seattle-Cuba Friendship Committee. Info: lcla@earthlink.net or 206-365-5316.

MONDAY OCTOBER 2

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

7 PM, Kane Hall, Rm. 130, U of W. Lani Guinier on "Reframing the Affirmative Action Debate in a Post-Initiative 200 Environment." Guinier, the first Black woman tenured professor at Harvard Law School, was nominated by President Clinton to head the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice in 1993; he withdrew her name before she could defend her views on U.S. racial problems in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Info: 206-543-4972.

TUESDAY OCTOBER 3

7 PM, Seattle University, Madison & Broadway, Wyckoff Auditorium, 2nd floor, Engineering Bldg., bus #9, 12. "Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq." Info: 206-789-5565 or wwfor@connectexpress.com or http://pilger.carlton.com/iraq.

7-9 PM, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Madison near 19th Ave, bus #11, 48. Health Care Justice Community Hearing. Jobs with Justice/Workers Rights Board will take testimony from consumers, advocates and health care workers on how our health care system fails. Info: 206-784-9695.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4

7-9 PM. "Seize the Airwaves!!!," an Urban Action School class by Studio X & The Independent Media Center. Info: http://www.urbanaction.org or 206-464-9129.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 5

6:30 PM meal, 7:45-9 program, Museum Cafe, 401 E. Pine St., bus #7, 10, 11. "Soup R Bowl," fund-raiser for Seattle Lesbian Cancer Project. Lisa Koch, mistress of ceremonies. Info: 206-323-6540.

6:30-8 PM, A.M.E. Zion Church, Social Hall, 1716 23rd at Olive, bus # 48. Michael Randall Ealy Social Justice Foundation meeting, seeking justice for the death of Michael Randall Ealy, and everyone who's died in police custody. Info: 206-320-7069 or opealy@uswest.net.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 6

Through Sun. Oct. 8, Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. & Seneca, bus #2. "The Reverberations of Violence on Children, News Reporters and Culture." Info: 206-232-2994.

Through Sun. Oct. 8: Fri. 6:30 PM, Town Hall, downtown 8th and Seneca; Sat 9AM-6 PM, SCCC; Sun. at Home Alive Headquarters, 18th & Union. Home Alive's Annual Conference "Building Bridges & Building Allies: Moving Forward with Different Communities to Address Violence, Bigotry & Hate." Info: 206-720-0606 or http://www.homealive.org/conference_2000.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 7

International Day of Protest and Resistance to Nuclear Weapons. Info: 206-527-8050.

SCCC, Broadway & Pine, bus #7, 10, 60. "Prejudiced, Who, Me?" Washington State Assoc. for Multicultural Education Fall Conference. Info: 206-522-5438.

Olympia, with stops in Tacoma and Seattle. Caravan for Justice: 6th Annual International Indigenous People's Day: Justice For Leonard Peltier & the First Nations. Info: 206-325-0085 or SLPSG@aol.com or bayou@blarg.net.

2-5 PM, Wyckoff Auditorium. Seattle U, Broadway & Madison, bus #12. "Tinto por La Paz/Peace for Columbia, not Military Aid." Info: 206-567-5610.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 8

1:30-3 PM, Westlake Park, 4th & Pine. Pursue the Peace, vigil for a shared Jerusalem & just Israeli/Palestinian Peace. Info: 206-522-0657 or figtree18@hotmail.com.

6-9 PM, Bloedel Hall, St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E., bus #7. "In the Face of Debt: Nicaragua Today," potluck dinner with the Jubilee 2000 Northwest Coalition. Info: 206-525-1213 or betsyjbell@home.com.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 11

7-10 PM, Seattle. "De-Cartooning," an Urban Action School class with ETS! contributor Leonard Rifas. Info: http://www.urbanaction.org or 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.