Join peace actions near you: INTERNATIONAL: www.unitedforpeace.org; U.S. MILITARY FAMILIES: www.mfso.org; TACOMA: www.tacomapjh.org; SEATTLE area: www.snowCoalition.org/contact.php. Jean Buskin's Puget Sound Activism Calendar: /www.scn.org/activism/calendar or text version: www.scn.org/activism/PJ-cal.txt.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 9

5:30 - 7:30 PM. Ethiopian Fair Trade Coffee' with farmer Tadesse Meskela. UW School of Social Work, 15th Ave. NE & NE 41st St., 3rd floor.

7 PM. Eat the State! monthly business/editorial meeting. If you relish this publication, help make it happen! University Baptist Church, 11th Ave NE & NE 47th St., 3rd floor. Info: 206-903-9461 or ets@scn.org.

7 - 9 PM. "A Force More Powerful'" documentaries on international nonviolent actions. Grateful Bread Cafe, 7001 35th Ave. NE, bus #71, 76. Info: www.snowCoalition.org.

7:30 PM. "Urban Warrior" video/discussion with producer/consultant Paul Richmond. Militarized police threaten civil liberties! IMC, 1415 3rd Ave. between Pike and Union. Info: 206-297-6810 or www.geocities.com/urbanwarrior_northwest/film.html.

THURSDAY APRIL 10

4:30 - 5:30 PM Fridays. Lynnwood Peace Vigil. 196th & 44th. Info: mmorganwa@aol.coml or 425-743-7697.

6:30 - 8:30 AM. Peace Vigil on the median strip south of Montlake Bridge. Info: clmurray2@attbi.com.

7:30 - 8:30 PM Thursdays. Southend Standing for Peace Vigil. QFC, 218th & Marine View Dr. Info: 206-243-9366.

FRIDAY APRIL 11

5:15 - 6:30 PM Fridays. Bainbridge Island Women in Black Peace Vigil. Winslow Way and Highway 305, Info: bislandwomeninblack@hotmail.com.

7 - 9 PM Fridays, through May 2. "A Force More Powerful" videos on nonviolent actions -- this week, "South Africa 1984." Keystone Congregational Church, 5019 Keystone Pl., bus # 16. Info: http://groups.msn.com/wallingfordneighbors.

8 PM. "Theater Not Fit For the White House," includes a scene from Tony Kushner's newest play, "Only We Who Guard the Mystery Shall Be Unhappy." $5. New City Warehouse, 2110 S. Airport Wy. S., bus #130. Info: 206-328 4683.

SATURDAY APRIL 12

10 AM - Noon Saturdays. Peace Vigil. Bellevue Square, NE 8th & Bellevue Way.

10:30 AM -- Noon Saturdays. Bus Stop for Peace, Lynn St./Eastlake Ave., bus #66, 70. Seattle. Info: erie1917@attbi.com or 206-329-5514.

11 AM - 1 PM Saturdays. No Iraq War' sign-waving on I-5, other freeway overpasses. Info: Lynnwood: 425-338-7198 or bechar@myrealbox.com; Shoreline: ginjerales@earthlink.net or 206-365-2619.

Noon - 1:30 PM Saturdays. Monroe Peace Vigil. Hwy. 2 & Lewis St. Info: albertpenta@hotmail.com or 360-793-2129.

3 - 5 PM Saturdays. Capitol Hill/Montlake Peace Vigil. Broadway & John Sts. Info: WendReil@aol.com.

3 - 4 PM Saturdays. North Bend Peace Vigil, N. Bend Post Office. Info: hayden@rcia.com.

3 - 4 PM Saturdays. Peace Vigil with 911 Peace Coalition. Westlake Park 4th & Pine. Info: commiett@yahoo.com.

3 PM - dark Saturdays. Southend Standing for Peace. S. 144th & Tukwila-Intl. Blvd. (Hwy. 99.) Info: 206-243-9366.

8 PM. "Split Wide Open," explores the impacts of globalization on traditional India. Capitol Hill Arts Collective, 1621 12th Ave. @ Pine, bus # 7, 10, 60. Info: www.tasveer.org

SUNDAY APRIL 13

Through May 25, 6 - 9 PM. "Racism & White Privilege," classes with the Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites. $20 - 50 sliding scale. Info: 206-861-1096 or epaddison@mailworks.org.

10:30 AM - 5:30 PM. Student/Youth Union Organizing Training. Organize your summer workplace! Sponsored by Jobs with Justice. Ethnic Cultural Center, NE 40th & Brooklyn Ave. NE. Info: 206-543-7946 or pcls@u.washington.edu.

2 - 4 PM. Mothers for Police Accountability's Paul Robeson Peace & Justice Awards. Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave. E., bus #12. $5. Info: 206-329-2033.

MONDAY APRIL 14

8 - 10 PM Mondays. "Peace Stage," musicians, writers, and theater artists; also open mic. Capitol Hill Arts Center 1621 - 12th Ave., between Olive and Pine, bus # 2, 10, 11, 12. Info: 206-786-5715 or bob@capitolhillarts.com.

TUESDAY APRIL 15

4 - 7 PM. "Tax Redirection Celebration," with the Axis of Peace. Info: 206 547-0952 or www.axisofpeace.info.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 16

7 - 9 PM. Anti-War Videos by local activists. Grateful Bread Cafe, 7001 35th Ave NE, bus # 71, 76. Info: www.snowCoalition.org.

THURSDAY APRIL 17

7 PM. Native Rights activist Vine Deloria, Jr., reads from "Evolution, Creationism and Other Modern Myths." Free, ticket required. Kane Hall rm. 130, UW. Tickets/info: 206-634-3400, ext. 256 or www.bookstore.washington.edu/ubs/main.taf? [yes there really is a "?" at the end of the url -- ed.]

FRIDAY APRIL 18

7 - 9 PM. Edmonds Peace Action monthly meeting, 23010 84th Ave W., Edmonds. Info: http://hometown.aol.com/peaceaction98020.

7 - 9 PM Fridays, through May 2. "A Force More Powerful," see April 11 listing.

8 PM. "Theater Not Fit for the White House," see April 11 listing.

SATURDAY APRIL 19

9 AM - 5:30 PM. Community-Based Solutions for Environmental Health & Justice Conference. $0-$30 sliding scale. Must pre-register by April 14th. Info: 206 720-0285 or www.ccej.org.

Earth Day Restoration & Reflection along the Duwamish and Cedar Rivers. Info: 206-632-2426 or emoffice@earthministry.org.

7:30 PM. Queer Artists Against the War: benefits Not In Our Name' $10/6 donation, all ages. LGBT Center, 1115 E. Pike, bus #2, 7, 10, 11, 60. Info: lizburbank@earthlink.net.

SUNDAY APRIL 20

7 PM Sundays. Candlelight Vigil for Peace. Red Square, UW. Info: www.campus4peace.net.

TUESDAY APRIL 22

7 PM. "The Media and the War: Do We Have Fair, Balanced, and Accurate Coverage?" Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. @ Seneca St., bus #2. $10 donation. Info/tickets: 206-282-7895.

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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