THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15

8AM, Crocodile Cafe, 2nd & Blanchard. International Women's Day Planning meeting. Info: 206-328-9637 or www.scn.org/basecamp/iwd.

7:30PM, New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S, bus #7, 9. Video showing: "I'll Make Me A World Without Fear or Shame", organizing for radical justice during WWI & the Great Depression. Info: 206-722-6057.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 16

& Sat. Feb. 17. The Workshop to challenge and empower people to "undo" institutionalized racism, led by The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond. Info: 206-615-0982 or elizabeth.alexander@ci.seattle.wa.us or http://www.cityofseattle.net/hsd/UIR/.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17

& Sun Feb 18, Ground Zero Center, 16159 Clear Creek Rd NW, Poulsbo. Action Camp preparing for upcoming forest actions, the FTAA and Vandenberg Airforce Base. Info: 206-632-1656 or can@scn.org.

7:30-9:30PM, Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. "Is A Just Peace Possible? A View From Jerusalem" with Salim Shawamreh and Jeff Halper from the Israeli Coalition Against House Demolitions. Info: ptpshalom@cs.com or 206-325-1776. 8PM, Lesbian Resource Center, 2214 S. Jackson St, bus #14, 48. Black Herstory Cabaret. Info: 206-32*****.

11:02PM, KCTS- public TV. "Enemies of War" on the war in El Salvador. Info: http://www.itvs.org/enemies of war.

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 18

Media Democracy Day! 1PM, Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S. Main St. "Trust Us, We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future" with authors John Stauber & Sheldon Rampton. Info: 206-624-6600.

3PM, Independent Media Center, 1415-3rd Ave. "Fear & Favor in the Newsroom" documentary. Info: 206-262-0721.

4:30PM, Independent Media Center, 1415-3rd Ave. "Toxic News is Good for You!: How Corporations Manipulate the News through PR & Advertising $$$" with John Stauber. Info: 206-262-0721.

5:30PM, Independent Media Center, 1415-3rd Ave. "Recent Developments in the Movement For Media Democracy/Implications of a Bush Presidency" with Randy Baker, Director/Producer "Fear and Favor in the Newsroom"; John Stauber. Info: 206-262-0721.

MONDAY FEBRUARY 19

10PM-3PM, Olympia. "Step up for Human Services" rally & Children's Alliance's advocacy day. Info/transportation/childcare: 206-324-0340 x19 or jon@childrensalliance.org or http://www.geocities.com/hsday2001.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20

Noon-2PM, Seattle U, Sullivan Hall Rm C-5, Broadway & Madison, bus #9, 12, 60. Washington Coalition to Abolish The Death Penalty presents Death Row Survivor/wrongly convicted former prisoner Sunny Jacobs. Info: 206-622-8952 or wcadp@scn.org.

7PM, UW, Johnson Hall, rm 101. Death Row Survivor/wrongly convicted former prisoner Sunny Jacobs speaks, see above.

7-9PM, Lesbian Resource Center, 23rd @ Jackson, bus #8, 14, 48. White Women Organizing Against Racism meeting. Info: 206-323-2396 or stemple@ywcaworks.org.

7:30PM, Northwest Asian American Theater, 7th & Jackson, bus #7, 14. Isangmahal presents Umaga ("morning" in tagalog): videos & spoken word. , Benefits the Asian Pacific Islander Women and Family Safety Center.Info: 206-467-9976 or kwenjive@home.com or www.geocities.com/makibaka_1999.

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21

12:30-1:30PM, UW, Thomson 317. "Death and Taxes-Globalization & Burden-Shifting in Latin America" with Dr. Erik Wibbels. His analysis defines connections between global markets, social policy, and democratic consolidation in Latin America. Info: 206-685-3435 or lasuw@u.washington.edu.

7PM, General Administrative Auditorium, 11th & Columbia, Olympia. Death Row Survivor/wrongly convicted former prisoner Sunny Jacobs, speaks. Info: 360-943-4076 or aliscurtis@aol.com.

THURSDAY FEB 22

& Fri Feb. 23, Olympia. Washington State Labor Council Annual Legislative Conference. Info: 206-281-8901.

FTAA District All-Call Day. Oppose the extension of "free" trade to the rest of the Americas: call your legislators. Info: 202-546-4996 or www.tradewatch.org.

7:30PM, University of Puget Sound, Student Union Building, Tacoma. Sunny Jacobs speaks on ending the death penalty. See Wed. 2/21 listing.

6:30-8:45PM, New Hope Baptist Church, 124-21st St., 1 block N of Yesler, bus #27, 48. Green Party of Seattle meeting. Info: 206-264-5110 or sgreens@boutell.com or http://www.seattlegreens.org.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24

9AM-12:30PM, Miller Community Center, 330-19th Ave. E, bus #8, 12, 43. "Getting The Word Out-Make Headlines!", a Neighborhood Leadership Workshop. Info: 206-684-0719 or randy.wiger@ci.seattle.wa.us or http://www.cityofseattle.net/don/.

8PM, Community Action Network,115 Prefontaine Pl S (3rd and Yesler). "Hairspray" Theme Party/Benefit. Watch the movie, do the Madison (and other dances) in the spirit of Divine. Cross-gender dressing encouraged. Info: 206-632-1656 or can@scn.org.

8PM, New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S, bus #7. ^SLife, Liberty and Voting Rights for Some^T, a Freedom Socialist Party Black History Month Celebration. Info: 206-722-2453.

MONDAY FEBRUARY 26

6-9:30PM, American Red Cross, 1900-25th Ave. S, bus #48. "Generating Resources," advanced fundraising for neighborhood organizations. Info: 206-684-0719 or randy.wiger@ci.seattle.wa.us or www.cityofseattle.net/don/.

7PM, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 25701-14th Place S., Des Moines, bus #130. South King County Parents, Families and Friends of lesbians and gays (PFLAG) meeting. Info: 206-325-7724.

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 28

Olympia. King/Pierce Head Start Advocacy Day. Info: 206-439-6910 x3917.

Olympia. Protest the use of Depleted Uranium, poisoning the environment, civilians & soldiers. Info: jeffgu@hotmail.com or http://www.gulfveteran.org.

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.