WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21

2 PM. Seattle School Board will hear testimony & vote on advertising in schools. To sign up to testify, call 206-298-7040. 815 4th Ave. N. Info: Citizens' Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools at 206-523-4922.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23

11 AM-1 PM. Vigil for Peace: Children Learn What They Play, Buy Nonviolent Toys! Hosted by Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action. Randall Way & Kitsap Mall Blvd., Silverdale (by Target & Olive Garden). Info: 360-377-2586 or info@gzcenter.org.

5 PM. Peace Vigil/Leafleting to Stop the War on Afghanistan, with Women in Black. Westlake Park, 4th and Pine. Info: 206-208-9715.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25

6:30 PM. "Break Free From Debt: Voices of the Global South," kickoff of series on overview of debt and structural adjustment, with members of Jubilee South from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E. Many other dates, times & locations--call: Michael Ramos at 206-625-9790, x12 or Hanna Petros at 206-297-0311.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27

7:30 PM. Independent Media Center, 1415 3rd Ave., Immigrant Rights Speaking Tour, with Jessica Marques from the Mexico Solidarity Network and Lucas Benitez from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28

7 PM. "Jung (War) In The Land Of The Mujahedin." An award-winning documentary, benefiting Human Rights Watch. A surgeon and a war correspondent set up a hospital in contemporary Afghanistan. Suggested donation: $5. UW, Kane Hall, room 130.

7 PM. "Gathering Data to Guard Against Racial Profiling," community meeting with the King County Sheriff's Office. Give feedback on what kind of data police should collect at traffic stops. Fairwood Library, 17009 140th Ave. SE, Renton. Info: 206-296-7528.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29

6:30 PM. Green Party of Seattle monthly meeting. New Hope Baptist Church, 124 21st St., 1 block north of Yesler, bus #27, 48. Info: 206-264-5110 or www.seattlegreens.org.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30

3 PM. "People's Holiday - a Celebration Of Art And Action" on N30, 2nd anniversary of the 1999 WTO meeting in Seattle. South African Poet Dennis Brutus, David Korten, Jim Page, Faith Petric, members of the Flying Karamazof Brothers, Artis the Spoonman, many others! Town Hall, 8th and Seneca, bus #2. Info: 206-517-2694 or http://seattle.indymedia.org/N30.

7 PM. Celebrate Resistance--2 Year Anniversary of WTO Shutdown, all ages music/art show with The Pinkos, Mea Culpa, The November Group, Walken, the August Spies, and the N30 Mural Project. Secluded Alley Works, 113 12th Ave. at Yesler, $3-10 donation (pay what you can). Info: 206-240-1428.

7:30 PM. Monthly social potluck for Eat the State! volunteers and readers. Eat, drink, and shoot the shit with us. 4302 Meridian Ave. N.

9 PM. Benefit for Riff Raff Radio, with The Cripples, New Luck Toy, Dark Places. RRR is a pirate radio station broadcasting in north Seattle on 94.5 FM, soon to change to 99.5 FM. 21 and over. Industrial Coffee, 5503 Airport Way S., Georgetown, bus #60, 130. Info: RiffRaffRadio@hotmail.com or 206-222-9508.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1

9:30 AM-3:30 PM. "Deepening Democracy: Sustaining a Voice for Peace & Healing Even Under Siege," Global Peoples Assembly annual meeting. The GPA works to create new forms of world democracy. Antioch U., 2326 6th Ave., Info/childcare reservations: 206-721-5672 or http://globalpeoples.cjb.net/.

10 AM-1 PM. "Development By Design: Shaping the Shape of Things to Come." Learn tools to aid or oppose development projects. Free. Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave. E., bus #12. Info: 206-684-0719 ext. 1, or www.cityofseattle.net/don.

7 PM, Two films: "Vieques, an Island Forging the Future" and "Vieques...Un Largometraje" about the Puerto Rican island used by the US Navy for bombing practice and the folks who want to stop it. Donation: $5-15, Independent Media Center, 1415 3rd Ave. Info: 206-325-4061.

9 PM. Benefit for Riff Raff Radio with The Gloryholes, The Getdown Syndrome, The Lonesome Teardrops. (See Fri. Nov. 30 listing.). 21 and over. Industrial Coffee, 5503 Airport Way S., Georgetown, bus #60, 130. Info: 206-763-0354.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5

7 PM. Community meeting with The King County Sheriff's Office to discuss data collection when police make traffic stops. Kingsgate Library, 12315 NE 143rd Ave., Kirkland. Info: 206-296-7528.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7

9 PM. Benefit for Home Alive, with Studfinder, Tales From The Birdbath, and others, 21 and over, $5. Industrial Coffee, 5503 Airport Way S. Info: 206-763-0354 or www.homealive.org.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8

9 PM. Benefit for Eat the State!, the paper you're holding in your hands right now! With Zillionaires, The Valley, Me Infecto, and St. Louis Smiles, 21 and over, $5. Industrial Coffee, 5503 Airport Way S. Info: 206-763-0354.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11

6:30-8:00 PM. Community meeting with the Seattle Police Department's Office of Professional Accountability. The OPA Director and staff will present the recent changes in the complaint process and listen to suggestions for further improvements. 8825 Rainier Ave. S. Info: 206-615-1566.

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.