WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18

6 PM potluck. 6:30 PM meeting. Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites, working to undo institutionalized racism. We strive to be accountable to and actively support groups led by People of Color. University Friends Meeting Social Hall, 4001 9th Ave. NE. Info: indi@riseup.net or or http://carw.org.

6:30 PM. Meeting of Amnesty International Group 4, working to protect human rights worldwide. Current campaigns include working for the release of our Tibetan prisoner of conscience, ending the death penalty, globalization and human rights, US human rights (police accountability, war on terror, refugees), and more. Cascade People's Center, 369 Pontius Ave. N (at Thomas St.). Info: http://www.scn.org/amnesty or 206-622-6741.

7 PM. Monthly Business/Editorial Meeting for Eat the State! Come opine, meet, volunteer. How do we do it every other week? People like you! Come be one of them! University Baptist Church, NE 47th & 12th Ave. NE, 3rd Floor (the NACC/SDC offices). Info: 206-903-9461 or ets@scn.org.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 19

5:30-8 PM. Campaign Kick-off for Activist Candidate Chris LaRoche, running for Washington State House of Representatives. He supports tax fairness, public education, electoral reform, health care for all. Enat Ethiopian Restaurant, 11546 15th Ave. NE. Suggested donation: $20. RSVP via email, or phone Chris at 206-523-1932, info: http://www.VoteChris.org.

6 PM. Meeting of Seattle SHARE/WHEEL, support homeless people's rights. Topic: Tent City 3. SHARE stands for Seattle Housing And Resource Effort. WHEEL stands for Women's Housing Equality and Enhancement League. El Centro de la Raza, 2524 16th Ave. S. Info: Michelle Marchand at 206-956-0334 or http://anitraweb.org/homelessness/faqs/tentcities.html.

7-9 PM. Training to Become a Conversation Cafˇ Host. A simple dialogue process that enables strangers to talk deeply very quickly. University Heights Center, NE 50th & University Way. To register: 206-545-6111. Info: http://www.conversationcafe.org/Training/host_training.html or atlantis@nwlink.com.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20

Thru Sun. 8/22. Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) training retreat. We have received a lot of requests from schools and educators for sensitivity training. This is a retreat to train around 25 people to conduct sensitivity trainings in schools next year. Info: 206-333-6194, or glsenpugetsound@yahoo.com.

Thru Sun. 8/22. Fri 7-10. Sat & Sun 9-5. Applied Meditation Training with Margo Adair & Bill Aal. "Skills For Living Well In Turbulent Times." Applied Meditation is a practice which weaves together three approaches to consciousness: intuition, creative visualization, and mindfulness. Sliding scale. To register: http://www.toolsforchange.org/events/. Info: http://www.toolsforchange.org or 206-329-2201.

7:30 AM. Seattle Monorail Executive Committee Meeting. In the Seattle Monorail Project Meeting Room, 4th Ave. entrance, 1913 4th Ave. Info: info@elevated.org.

7 PM. Monthly Movie/Discussion Night with Beacon Hill Peace Action and The Seattle Cuba Friendship Committee. Bethany UCC Church, corner of Beacon Ave. S & Graham St. Kids welcome, children's films in an adjoining room. Feel free to bring a snack to share. Info: 206-725-7535.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21

Thru Sun. 8/22. Hempfest annual celebration with music, speakers, workshops, and more. Myrtle Edwards Park, Seattle. Info: http:///www.hempfest.org.

Thru Sun. 8/22. Volunteer at Hempfest to register voters. HempFest will be publishing a voter guide as well as actively promoting the registration effort. Myrtle Edwards Park. Register to volunteer or info: http:///www.hempfest.org/staff/staff-app.php or contact Kurt at Kurt@oz.net.

10:45 AM-1:30 PM. Register low-income voters with Statewide Poverty Action Network in South King County. We will work at the neighborhood level, going door to door to register voters, encouraging them to exercise this most important civic right by signing a petition and committing to vote. Carpools leave from back parking lot at 1501 N 45th in Wallingford at 10 AM or meet us in Kent/Auburn. For maps and info: http://www.fremontpublic.org/SPAN/volunteer.html or Anne Yen at 206-694-6794, ext. 4.

7 PM. Film Series: Best Labor Films Ever Made. Sponsored by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Pepper-Spray Productions, and others. Free. IBEW Local 46 Union Hall, 2700 1st Ave. Info: Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at 206-543-7946.

MONDAY, AUGUST 23

9 AM-4 PM. Applied Meditation Leadership Session with Margo Adair & Bill Aal "Skills For Living Well In Turbulent Times." see Aug 20-22 event above. The Leadership Session will help build skills for using Applied Meditation with people individually and in various healing and organizational settings.

6:30-8:45 PM. From the jungle of Peru comes Mino, delegate of the Ashaninka to tell of his community's use of the Internet to promote their language & culture and gain help for their community. Sponsored by Electronic Communication & Information Exchange, a nonprofit, Hispanic organization that helps small communities use electronic communications for empowerment. The presentation is bilingual and free. Library in Fairwood, 17009 140th, SE, Renton. Info: 253-761-3113 or daviesm@ecie.org or http://www.ecie.org.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 24

6-8:30 PM. Coalition to Undo Racism Everywhere (CURE) Community Dinner. Member organizations include People's Coalition for Justice and Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites. The Treehouse Bldg., 2100 24th Ave. S. Info: http://www.seattlecure.org or 206-938-1023.

6:30-8:30 PM. A Forum on Wildlife Passage Across Interstate 90, with the I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition for Cascades Crossings. Panel discussion followed by Q&A. Beverages & snacks provided. Center for Urban Horticulture, Univ. of WA. RSVP to Jen Watkins at http://www.i90wildlifebridges.org/forum.htm i90wildlifebridges.org or 206-675-9747, ext. 208.

7-10 PM. Documentary Film: "The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream." With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores the future of the American suburb and the planet as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. Capitol Hill Arts Center (CHAC), Lower Level (below Crave), 1621 12th Ave. Please sign up on the Evite at http://www.evite.com/ jake@perrine.net">href="mailto:jake@perrine.net">jake@perrine.net/oil so we can know how many are coming. Info: jake@perrine.net or http://www.endofsuburbia.com.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25

7:15 PM. Green Party of Seattle monthly general membership meeting. University Heights Center, NE 50th & University Way NE, Room 201. Info: Lance Scott at 206-524-3377.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 27

1-6 PM. Recycled Treasures Sale. A showcase of products & services of independent & small businesses & sales of recyled toys, games, books, etc. Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N. Info: http://www.MonarchMarketing.info or 425-562-0708.

5:30 PM. Critical Mass, an organized coincidence of bicyclists who ride around the streets of Seattle en masse at rush hour. Promote clean wheels! Westlake Park, 4th & Pine St. Info: http://students.washington.edu/spiegel/cmass.html.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 28

10 AM. Black Dollar Days Task Force's 10th Annual Campaign 5000 Walk, Bite, and Jazz Festival. The Campaign 5000 endowment fund was created to provide loans to struggling, small, local businesses. Corner of 24th Ave. & E. Fir St. Walk will end at Pratt Park, 20th & East Yesler Way. Any individual can register to walk for $10. Send donations to Campaign 5000, PO Box 18376, Seattle WA 98118. Info: Lottie Cross at 206-324-3114.

7-9:30 PM. Activist and Author Charles Derber on his new book "Regime Change Begins at Home: Freeing America from Corporate Rule." Musical performance by Jess Grant. Suggested donation $5. University Unitarian Church, 6556 35th Ave. NE. Info: coordinator@uujec-pnwd.org.

8 PM. Women's Rights Day Celebration, "For This we won the vote?! An irreverent look at election lunacy." Sponsored by Radical Women, a project of the Freedom Socialist Party. New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S. Info, rides, or childcare: 206-722-6057 or 206-722-2453

SUNDAY, AUGUST 29

Noon-6 PM. Seattle Peace Concert. Please bring food bank donations for NW Harvest. Featuring Lucy Lunchmouth, Oxygen Ensemble, ATMA, Very Special Forces, Crack Sabbath. Drum Circle after every concert. Volunteer Park, Seattle. Info: 206-729-5232 or or http://www.seapeace.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.

Eat the Airwaves

Hear Eat the State! political commentary on Mind Over Matters every Saturday morning from 8:30 to 9:00 on KEXP 90.3 FM. If we can get up that early, the least you can do is turn on your radio and listen! If you can't - you can listen to archived programs on the web.