WEDNESDAY JULY 17

2 PM. Rally For Police Accountability! As the Seattle City Council's Police, Fire, Courts & Technology Committee meets, join a rally outside with the People's Coalition For Justice. The public has returned a Vote of No Confidence in the Police Department - let the city government hear our demands! Seattle City Hall sidewalk. Info: 206-632-0500 ext.51.

5:30 - 9 PM. Inspiring Your Constituency: Designing Popular Education Workshops. Co-sponsored by United for a Fair Economy and Community Alliance for Global Justice. Free. 606 Maynard Ave. S., rm. 108. RSVP/info 206-405-4600.

7 PM. "Skin Deep," a documentary/feature from India, exploring body images/self perception among urban, middle class women in India - feelings of being too dark, too fat, too old ; the eternal search for idealized femininity. Screening followed a discussion and chai. $ 5, benefits Chaya, challenging domestic violence in South Asian Communities. 911 Media Art s Center, 117 Yale Ave. N., near REI downtown. Info: 206-682-6552 or www.chayaseattle.org.

THURSDAY JULY 18

Through Aug. 16. Compassionate Listening workshops, a powerful tool for reconciliation, as we work for peace locally and globally. Sliding scale, Bellevue location. Info cohencomm@ attbi.com.

Through Sun. July 20, 7 PM. "Maafa Suite," a powerful performance exploring the roots of racism in the US. "Maafa" is a Kiswahili word for "great calamity, catastrophe, tragedy or disaster." The "Maafa Suite" tells a story of the Middle Passage/African slave trade through drama, dance, and music with a 75-member cast from St. Paul Community Baptist Church in Brooklyn. Tickets through 206-292-ARTS. Moore Theatre. Info: 2 06-684-0111 or www.cityofseattle.net/maafa.

5 - 6:30 PM. Story Time with Uncle Bob. Activist Bob Santos reads from his memoir, "Humbows, Not Hotdogs!" Benefits the Urban Rest Stop. Frye Hotel, 223 Yesler Way (across from King Co. courthouse.) Info: dine@lihi.org or 206-443-9935 ext. 143.

7 PM "Take a Poem Into Your Heart-Family Night" reading/open mic. Take Another Look - BOOKS, 5023 Rainier Ave. S., bus #7, 9. Info: 206-721-1022.

7 - 10 PM. Musical benefit for the spiritual leaders of the Lakota Nation. Tickets $10, at Many Moons' Trading Co. or 206-937-3481. Elder Green Coffee House, 5612 California Ave. S W. Info: 206-937-6848.

7:30 PM. "Women in China Today" with Chinese feminist Hairong Yan. Dinner available at 6 :30, with vegetarian option available, $6.50 donation. New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave . S., bus #7, 9. Info or childcare: 206-722-6057.

FRIDAY JULY 19

5 PM through Sun. July 28. "Spirituality and Sustainability in a Global Economy: Creating a Culture of Non-Violence" with environmental activist, author, and teacher Vandana Shiva. $1,595 includes lodging, meals, materials and fieldtrip. Chinook Center, Whidbey Island. Info: 360-341-1884 or whidinst@whidbey.com or www.whidbeyinstitute.org.

Through July 21. Seafair Indian Days Pow Wow. Indian Cultural Center Grounds, Discovery Pa rk. 206-285-4425 x 38, or sgoldman@unitedindians.com.

7 - 11 PM. "Beyond The Prison Industrial Complex," the Critical Resistance Film Festival . Films and strategies for community-based alternatives to policing & prisons. $5 donation/day, no one turned away for lack of funds. (See Sat. July 20 listing also.) Sponsored by Critical Resistance, and CARA/Communities Against Rape and Abuse, a Seattle-based organization working to undermine the root causes of rape, abuse, and oppression. Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center, 104 - 17th Ave. S., bus #27. In fo: 206-322-4856 or info@cara-seattle.org or www.cara-seattle.org.

SATURDAY JULY 20

11 AM - 5 PM. "Beyond The Prison Industrial Complex" (see Fri. July 19 listing.) SCCC, B roadway & Pine, bus #7, 10, 11, 60.

1 - 3 PM. October 22nd Coalition meeting, working to stop police brutality. Drawing of raffle prize winners - benefits travel by family members of people killed by police to the October 22nd National meeting in Minneapolis. Prizes include dinners at fine restaurants, our famous "Danger - Police in Area" t-shirts, or a video compilation of October 22nd public service announcements. Seattle Central Grind, Cherry & MLK Way, bus #3, 8. Info: 206 -264-5527 or oct22seattle@hotmail.com or www.October22.org.

3 PM. Citizens Concerned for the People of Iraq meeting, working to end the deadly U.S./U. N. sanctions against Iraq. University Baptist Church, 4554 - 12th Ave NE. Info: 206-789-55 65 or www.endiraqsanctions.org.

MONDAY JULY 22

8 - 10 AM. Board meeting of the ETC (Monorail) Company, all welcome. ETC Solutions Room, 7 01 ^V 5th Ave., Suite 3600. Info: mtaylor@elevated.org or www.elevated.org or 206-262-7694 .

TUESDAY JULY 23

6:30 pm. (Note new meeting day.) Amnesty International meeting. Fremont Public Library, 73 1 N. 35th St., bus #26, 28, 74. Info: www.scn.org/amnesty or aigroup4@hotmail.com or 206- 622-6741.

7:30 PM Tales from a Free Timor. Hear about East Timor's independence ceremony and the challenges the Timorese people now face, from ETAN/Seattle's recently returned delegates to Timor, Brooke Nelson and Frank Zucker. See photos of Timorese people & their land, and samples of their artwork. Taste & smell delicious Timorese coffee. 2021 NE 75th St. (corner of 21st NE & NE 75) (Near Metro lines 48 and 68 in the Ravenna Dist.) info: Frank at 206-547-7735, frankz@scn.org

8 PM. Political satire with Ira Shorr, Featuring "Jess Trussme, Director of the Bush Office of Strategic Revelations." Co-sponsored by WA Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Peace and Justice Alliance of WA. Peace Cafe, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE, bus #66. Info : 206-547-2630 or martinf@wpsr.org.

FRIDAY JULY 26

Through Aug. 25. "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America," based on Barbara Ehrenreich's book documenting her investigation of living on minimum wage jobs. Post play discussion after each performance. Intiman Theatre, Seattle Center. Info: 206-269-1900 or www.intiman.org.

Through Sun. July 28. Central Area Community Festival: food, fun and music for all. Garfie ld Community Center, 2323 E. Cherry St., bus #3, 4, 48. Info: 206-999-3482 or vmin@juno.co m Event or www.cacf.com.

7:30 PM. "Get Your Letters Published!" with Matt Barry, part of the Humanists of Washington quarterly meeting. Matt has had over 80 letters published in the past 5 years, including letters in USA Today, Newsweek, and the Washington Post. Phinney Neighborhood Center, Phinney Ave. N. at N. 67th, bus #5.

2 PM. City Council Monorail Committee meeting, all welcome. Info: mtaylor@elevated.org or www.elevated.org or 206-262-7694.

SATURDAY JULY 27

Through Aug. 4. Vancouver Canada Pride Events, including parade Sun. Aug 4. Info: www.vanp ride.bc.ca.

SUNDAY JULY 28

7:30 pm. "WTO and the Impact of Globalization On Food & Water" with Dr. Vandana Shiva. Her most recent books include "Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply" and "Water Wars." Tickets $10/7, available at the door. Info: www.vshiva.net/.

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.

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