[ed. note: We need a new calendar editor! After four years of wondrous work, ETS! calendar editor Valerie Rose is stepping back. See Eat These Shorts! for more details.]

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4

Simultaneous informational pickets at Starbucks stores throughout the City, in protest of Starbucks' co-sponsorship of this year's Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU) national training seminar in Seattle June 2-6. For more information or to get involved: 206-736-4751.

5:30 PM. Jobs with Justice meeting. Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave. Info: 206-441-4969.

7 PM. "Vote tampering in the United States," with Bev Harris, author of "Black Box Voting: Ballot Tampering in the 21st Century." Bellevue Library. Sponsored by Eastside Fellowship of Reconciliation.

7:30 PM. "Human Security in a Time of Terrorism and War: The Canadian View," with Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs. UW, Kane Hall Rm. 210. Info: www.world-affairs.org

THURSDAY, JUNE 5

8:45 AM. Arraignment of Anti-War protesters. Support those arrested at a SNOW demonstration at the Federal Building, shortly before the latest war broke out. [This includes Jean Buskin, activist & editor of the main calendar I reference for the Activist Calendar.] 3rd Floor, Courtroom A, Federal Court, 5th & Madison.

1 PM. "Stop Bush's Attacks On Women's Rights," with Jessica Moore of the Socialist Alternative. Childcare provided. Info: 206-736-6807 or www.SocialistAlternative.org.

5-6 PM. Seattle Women in Black vigil. Westlake Park, 4th & Pine. Info: seattlewomeninblack@speakeasy.net.

6:30-8 PM. Michael Randall Ealy Social Justice Foundation meeting. A.M.E. Zion Church, Social Hall, 1716 23rd at Olive. Info: 206-320-7069 or opealy@uswest.net.

7:30 PM. Radical Women general meeting. Dinner, with vegetarian option, at 6:30 for a $6.50 donation. New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S. Info: 206-722-6057 or 722-2453.

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

FRIDAY, JUNE 6

& June 7. "Peace Pentecost Festival" with biblical scholar Wes Howard Brook. Workshops on Local Living Economies, Debt Crisis and the Jubilee Campaign, War and the Rise of Christian Fascism, Living Wages and Human Dignity, Why the Church Needs The Peace Movement. Trinity United Methodist Church 6512 23rd Ave. NW. Info: 206-784-2227 or oddrev@yahoo.com.

6:30-8 PM. Justice Passage meeting, working to undo racism in the criminal justice system as experienced by African Americans. POCAAN, 2200 Rainier Ave. S. at S. Walker, bus #7, 9, 42, 48. Info: 206-312-1961 or www.justicepassage.org.

6-8 PM. "War on Drugs and Racial Disparity in Seattle." African-Americans make up 8% of Seattle's population, and only 7% of drugs users in King Co., but 57% of drug arrests. Sponsored by the Defender Assoc., Justice Passage, and Communities Against Rape and Abuse. Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Ave. NE. Info: 206-322-4856.

SATURDAY, JUNE 7

"Men and Women: Building Alliances Between Us" workshop hosted by the National Coalition Building Institute. $30-$80 sliding scale. SCCC, Room 3115, Broadway & Pine, bus #7, 10, 11, 60. Info: 206-323-5427 or www.scn.org/ncbisea/.

3-5 PM. Meeting of Citizens Concerned for the People of Iraq/Interfaith Network of Concern for the People of Iraq. Info: 206-568-8178 or www.endiraqsanctions.org.

SUNDAY, JUNE 8

2-3:30 PM. "A Children's Gathering for Peace" with performances by the Arab Children's Dabke Group, singers from El Centro de la Raza, others. Seattle Center Mural Amphitheatre. Info: 206-517-5566 or mkmcneill@mac.com.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11

7 PM. Monthly Business/Editorial Meeting for Eat the State! Enjoying your meal? Help plan the menu & pay for the kitchen! Info: 206-903-9461 or ets@scn.org.

THURSDAY, JUNE 12

7-8:30 PM. Capitol Hill/Montlake Neighbors for Peace meeting. Info: warrennorthrop@earthlink.net.

FRIDAY, JUNE 13

Through June 15. "Reclaiming our Power Together: a Multicultural Workshop for Women to Liberate Ourselves From Internalized Sexism" with Margo Adair, Nina Laboy, & Tricia Wagner. Work with Theater of the Oppressed and Applied Meditation. Pre-registration required. Sliding scale fee. Info: 206-329-2201 or www.toolsforchange.org/women.

6:30-9:30 PM. "Una Rosa Blanca, Cultivating Cuba's Garden of Knowledge." Join El Centrro De La Raza for a celebration of cultural/educational exchanges between Seattle and Cuba. Music by Yerba Buena, documentary film on childcare and education in Cuba. Drinks and snacks. $25 donation, benefits "Learning Across Borders" project. Info: 206-329-9442.

SATURDAY, JUNE 14

Seattle LGBT Community Center Birthday Party! Info: 206-709-1114 or amy@seattlelgbt.org.

9:30-11 AM. Fundraiser for Water Purification Project in Iraq. Supported by many SNOW neighborhood groups. Minimum suggested donation $50. RSVP by June 6. Plymouth Congregational Church, 6th and University. Info: 206-297-3024 or www.water.org/iraq.

6 PM. "Domingo, Viernes, Jefferson Awards Dinner" hosted by the Northwest Labor and Employment Law Office. Invited speaker: Stephen Funk, 20-year-old Filipino American reservist activated during the war, who refused to go to Iraq. Tickets $35, $15 low income/students. Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church, 3001 24th Ave. S., bus #36. Info: 206-860-1400 ext. 5.

7-10 PM. IMC benefit show, webcast/live music by Gods Among Men, August Spies, The World We Made. IMC, 1415 3rd Ave. between Pike and Union. All ages, $5. Info: sarahjeandragon@yahoo.com.

MONDAY, JUNE 16

6:30 PM. Out Front Labor Coalition/Pride at Work, the national GLBT labor organization. All pro-union, pro-GLBT people welcome. LGBT Community Center, 1115 E. Pike St, bus #2, 10, 11, 60. Info: 206-903-9488 or www.prideatwork.org.

7 PM. "At War With Ourselves: Why America is Squandering Its Chance to Build a Better World" with Michael Hirsh, former Foreign Editor/chief diplomatic correspondent for Newsweek. UW, Kane Hall Rm. 130. Info: www.world-affairs.org

TUESDAY, JUNE 17

6-7:30 PM. "Co-op Fremont: Creating A Cooperative Economy in the Center of the Universe." Info: 206-725-7074 or habib@thegarden.net or www.coopfremont.org.

7-9 PM. Meeting of White Women Organizing Against Racism. Info/location: 206-860-7371.

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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