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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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