THURSDAY, MARCH 15

Noon-1:30 PM, Federal Building, S. Auditorium, 915 3rd Ave. "Eleanor Roosevelt and Other Great Women," with activist Alene Moris. Info: 206-685-1090 or http://depts.washington.edu/womenctr.

7PM, Nathan High School Little Theatre, 10750 30th Ave NE. "Report Back from Cuba" with the Seattle-Cuba Sister Cities Assoc. Info: 206-365-5316 or www.seattlecuba.org/scsca.htm.

1PM, UW, Savery Hall, Room 211. "Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) Lecture: "Globalization and Organizing: Farm Workers and Garment Workers in the Dominican Republic" with Luis Urena, President, Dominican Farmworkers. Info: 206-543-7946 or pcls@u.washington.edu.

FRIDAY, MARCH 16

Through March 31, 8PM, Labor Temple, 2800-1st Ave. at Broad St. "Accidental Death of an Anacharist", a play by Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo. Based on the 1969 death of anarchist Guiseppe Pinelli, who died during police integration. Dialogue follows each performance. Info: www.barefoottheatregroup.com.

7:30PM Seattle Independent Media Center screens "A Storm from the Mountain," featuring fresh, up close footage of the EZLN's caravan through Mexico and their arrival in Mexico City. Free (donation), 1415 3rd Ave. Info: 206-262-0721

SATURDAY, MARCH 17

9:30 AM-2 PM, Antioch U, 2326-6th Ave. Global People's Assembly meeting, working for direct democracy. Info: dickburkhart@home.com or 206-721-5672.

3PM, University Baptist Church, 4554 12th Ave. NE. Citizens Concerned for the People of Iraq meeting Info: 206-789-5565 www.endiraqsanctions.org.

SUNDAY, MARCH 18

5PM, Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, 225 N 70th, bus #5. "The Decade of Active Nonviolence" with Len Schreiner, hosted by the Seattle Chapter Fellowship of Reconciliation. Info: 206-789-5565.

7PM, 6512 23rd Ave NW, bus #18. Lois Canright of United For a Fair Economy speaks on the Free Trade Agreement Of The Americas (FTAA), a combination of NAFTA and the WTO which will bring great profit to a few and untold misery to the many. A follow-up 5-week discussion group will read the book "Economic Apartheid In America". Info: 206-784-2227 or oddrev@juno.com.

8PM, 4620 S. Findlay St, bus #7. Native American poet/activist John Trudell reads: a benefit for the NW Leonard Peltier Support Network. Tickets at Bailey-Coy Books & Left Bank Books. Info: 206-722-1191 or robtfree@earthlink.net.

MONDAY, MARCH 19

6PM, Town Hall, 8th & Seneca St, bus #2. "Micro-Credit and Information Technology: Seizing Opportunities to Reduce Abject Poverty in a Globalizing World" with Dr. Muhammad Yunus, founder and managing director of the Grameen Bank. Info: www.nwforum.org or nwforum@u.washington.edu or 206-221-3839.

6:30PM, St. Joe's Parish Center, 732 18th Ave. East. "Rice Bowl" event in honor of Archbishop Oscar Romero, assassinated in 1980 because of his justice work in El Salvador. Benefit for School Of the Americas Watch. Info: 206-663-2772 or DKHannula@aol.com.

TUESDAY, MARCH 20

6:30-8 PM, 430 Broadway E, bus #7, 9. Adoption Support Group for Gay/ Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Folks, with Kaleidoscope of Families, a program of Stonewall Recovery Services. Info: 206-461-4546 or mbutler@stonewallrecovery.org.

7PM, SCCC, Broadway and Pine, Room 4140, bus #7, 9, 10, 60. International Socialist Organization presents "The Crisis in Education, Will Bush's Voucher Plan Help Public Schools?" Info: 206-292-8809.

7PM, Independent Media Center, 1415 3rd Ave. at 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 or 206-943-9461.

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.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21

6PM, Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave. (at Broad). Honor the Anniversary of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero's Martyrdom. Info: 253-576-8950 or lgreen8@ix.netcom.com.

7 PM-Midnight, Speakeasy Cafe, 2304 2nd Ave. near Bell. "Lumpenproletariat," an Eat the State! Talent Show/Benefit for ETS! writer/calendar editor Valerie Jean Rose, to help pay medical bills for breast cancer treatment. $5 donation, more if you can. Info/to perform: ets@scn.org or 206-903-9461.

THURSDAY, MARCH 22

Olympia. Washington State Labor Council Annual Legislative Conference (& Fri. Feb. 23). 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, Univ. of Puget Sound, Student Union Building, Tacoma. Sunny Jacobs speaks on ending the death penalty. See Wed. 2/21 listing.

6:30-8:45 PM, 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 www.seattlegreens.org.

SATURDAY, MARCH 24

Noon, Westlake Center. March/Rally against the sanctions against Iraq, carrying 150 white balloons with the names of Iraqi children killed. Sponsored by Youth for International Justice. Info: 206-463-5916.

2-5 PM, Seattle Colombia Committee presents: "Tinto Por La Paz" (a cup of coffee for peace), Aaron Jackson, of Rainforest Action Network will discuss the struggle of the U'wa of Columbia to protect their ancestral lands from corporate oil interests. Organic Colombian coffee and baked goods will be served. North Seattle Community College, Baxter Student Center. Info: 206-567-5610 or 206-706-8377.

MONDAY, MARCH 26

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.

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.