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Activist Calendar



THURSDAY, AUGUST 8

& Fri. Aug. 9, 9 AM-5 PM. Undoing Racism Workshop, offered by The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond. Registration $300. Seattle location. Info: 206-615-0982 or blair.kreuzer@ci.seattle.wa.us.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9

& Sat. Aug. 10. "Remember Nagasaki, Resist Trident!" Celebrate Ground Zero's 25 years of resisting Trident nuclear weapons-carrying submarines. Vigil, nonviolence training, Theatre of the Oppressed workshop, music. Camping space available. Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, 16159 Clear Creek Rd. NW, Poulsbo, and Bangor Nuclear Sub Station. Info: 360-377-2586 or info@gzcenter.org.

20th Anniversary reunion/celebration with World Citizens for Peace. We welcome NW activists -- especially those who came to Hanford in the 1980s to "Shut It Down, Clean It Up!" Vigil at the Federal Building, slide show, no-host dinner, Atomic Cities Peace Memorial ceremony, overnight peace camp. Richland, Washington. Info: www.tcfn.org/wcp.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10

Noon-2 PM. Sidewalk Education Event for Palestinian Human Rights. All welcome. Westlake Park, 4th & Pine. Info: Palestine Solidarity Committee palestinejustice@aol.com or 206-633- 1086.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 11

All day: Annual Farmworker Festival/Party! In Yakima; nuses available from Seattle. Info: Rebecca Saldana, Community Mobilizer, Fair Trade Apple Campaign; 206-789-1947.

11 AM. "Under the Volcano" 13th annual festival of art & social change. Hip-hop, spoken word, First Nations singers, womyn rockers, workshops, food, kid's zone. Cates Park, N. Vancouver, Canada. Info: 604-682-3269x9800 or www.tao.ca/ volcano.

Noon-6 PM. Seattle Peace Concert featuring Charles White Band, The Howlers, Stickshift Annie & the Overdrive, The Jellyrollers. Free/bring food bank donations. Info: 206-729- 5232.

MONDAY, AUGUST 12

Through Aug. 23, 10 AM-4 PM. Seattle Indian Youth Arts & Performance, free performance/life skills workshop for Native youth ages 12 - 19. Freehold Theatre, 1525 10th Ave. between Pike & Pine, bus #7, 9, 10, 11. Info: 206-323-1868.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14

Through Aug.18. CREATE!, training for youth 13-18. Learn skills to counter bigotry through art, music, and workshops on White Nationalism, Breaking Down Prejudice, Bigotry Post 9/11, Reproductive Health, Immigration, more. Sponsored by the NW Coalition for Human Dignity. Info: 206-762-5627 or activism@nwchd.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.



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