Ongoing

4:45-8 PM. Phone bank new absentee voters to remind them to mail in their ballots. A daily campaign between now and the election. Sign up at 206-694-6794, ask for Ann or Tim. Info: http://www.povertyaction.org or anne@povertyaction.org.

Wednesday, October 27

5:30 PM. Bilingual Spanish & Immigration Legal Clinic. Every Wednesday. Call 206-587-4009 to schedule an appointment, first come first served. Free 30 minute appointment. Interpreters provided. YWCA Opportunity Place, 2024 3rd Ave, downtown. Info: Victoria Cherniak at 206-267-7027.

7:15 PM. Green Party of Seattle general membership meeting. University Heights Center, NE 50th & University Way NE, Room 201. Info: 206-524- 3377 or info@seattlegreens.org.

Thursday, October 28

Noon-1 PM. Policy Matters: Educating Congress on Peace and Security, with Lorelei Kelly. Learn about the inner workings of Congress and how to influence your representatives. U of W, Parrington Hall, Room 309. Info: 206-221-3026.

6 PM. March & Rally Against US War in Iraq and US War Against the Poor and People of Color Here at Home. Seattle Central Community College, Broadway & Pine St. Sponsored by SNOW, American Friends Service Committee, Carl Mack, LELO and many others. Info: Dustin Washington at 206-632-0500 etx. 14 or dwashington@afsc.org.

Friday, October 29

Thru 10/31. 3-5 PM. Get Out the Vote. Hate Free Zone's Civic Engagement Project is reaching out to immigrant, Muslim, and Sikh voters to ensure that their voices are heard. Phone banking opportunities. To volunteer, contact karol@hatefreezone.org.

5:30 PM. Seattle Critical Mass. Come ride your bike with others during the Friday evening rush hour. Westlake Park, 4th & Pine St. Info: http://students.washington.edu/spiegel/cmass.html.

6-8 PM. Voices of the Village Anti-Racism Discussion Group. Refreshments will be served. Info: Vanessa Grandberry at 206-322-7061 ext. 225 or vanessa@pocaan.org.

7 PM. How Humans Cause Climate Change and How We Communicate About It, with Ralph Cicerone, Chair of Earth System Science at University of California-Irvine. U of W, Kane Hall, Room 110.

7 PM. Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies: "From the Back-Alleys to the Supreme Court & Beyond: the Power of Choice," sponsored by Wallingford Neighbors for Peace & Justice. Free, donation requested. Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl. N. Info: http://groups.msn.com/wallingfordneighbors.

Saturday, October 30

Noon-2 PM. Ballot Party. Assist people in researching the candidates and issues and help them complete their absentee ballots or a sample ballot. Crossroads Community Center, 16000 NE 10th St, Bellevue. Info & to take part in a brief training session one hour before the events: organizer@realchangenews.org.

2-5 PM. Self-Defense Workshop for Women, in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Seven Star Women's Kung Fu, 525 21st Ave. All are welcome. $5 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds. Please RSVP to Uma uma@chayaseattle.org.

3-4 PM. Vigil to Stop Preemptive Wars and Defend our Civil Liberties. Westlake Park, 4th & Pine St. Info: commiett@yahoo.com.

4 PM. Rebuilding Democracy in America, a voter mobilization benefit with speakers, a film, and opportunity to volunteer with voter mobilization groups. Rendezvous/ Jewelbox Theater, 2322 2nd Avenue. Advance tickets $10 at http://www.virtuous.com. Info: chainreaction@noamericanleftbehind.org.

7:30 PM. Thomas Graham, Jr. reads from his book "Commonsense on Weapons of Mass Destruction." Graham is the former General Counsel and acting director of the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Elliott Bay Book Company, 1st Ave S & S Main St. Info: 206-624-6600.

Sunday, October 31

9:30 AM & 11:15 AM. 2nd Annual Economic Justice Sunday: "Where We All Belong," lecture by Fran Korten, publisher of YES! A Journal of Positive Futures. University Unitarian Church, 6556 35th Ave. NE, in the Social Hall. Info: Jerome Chroman at 206-522-9384.

2-3 PM. Greenlake Weekly Peace Vigil. Use our signs or bring your own. And bring a friend, too. East Greenlake Way N near N 63rd St. Info: http://www.greenlakepeacevigil.org or SNOW at 206-789-2684.

5:30-9:30 PM. Wild Women Don't Get The Blues Dance & Concert to benefit WA Women's Voter Project. Featuring Alice Stuart, Red Hot Blues Sisters, Lady A and more! Highway 99 Blues Club. Info: 206-448-7348 ext. 334 or womenvotenow@yahoo.com.

7 PM. Palestine: The People, ongoing film event. This week: "Until When," set during the current Intifada, this documentary follows four Palestinian families living in the Dheisheh Refugee Camp near Bethlehem. Suggested Donation $10/all welcome. Ethnic Cultural Theater, 3940 Brooklyn Ave. NE. Info: 206-633-1086.

Tuesday, November 2

7 AM-8 PM. Election Day. Remember to vote: kick the world's worst fundamentalist terrorist out of office!

9 AM-8 PM. Help phonebank or transport people to the polls with Statewide Poverty Action Network. Choose any 3 hour shift, sign up at 206-694-6794, ask for Ann or Tim. Info: http://www.povertyaction.org or anne@povertyaction.org.

Wednesday, November 3

4-6 PM. The Day After: Now What? Constitutionally-protected, permitted assembly. Protest the outcome of the election or put John Kerry on notice. Westlake Plaza, 4th & Pine. Info: November 3 Committee at 206-789-3620.

5-8 PM. ISM Discussion Cafe. Informal discussion with folks returning from nonviolent resistance work in Palestine. B&O Espresso on Capitol Hill, Belmont & Olive Way. Info: 206 633-1086 or palestinejustice@aol.com.

5:30-6:30 PM. Ballard Weekly Peace Vigil. Still going strong: come and push for change in US foreign policy. NW Market St & 22nd Ave. NW. Info: ballard@snowcoalition.org.

Thursday, November 4

5:30-7:30 PM. Public Hearing on the Mayor's Budget. Urge the Mayor and City Council to divert the 3 million dollars for racist buy-bust drug enforcement programs into drug treatment programs. And ask them why social services are getting cut more than any other item in the budget! Seattle City Hall, Council Chambers, 601 5th Ave., 2nd Floor.

7 PM. Seattle Colombia Committee monthly meeting. Organize for education and action in support of peace and justice in Colombia. Cascade People's Center, 309 Pontius N. Info: info@seattlecolombiacommittee.org or 206-329-8378.

Friday, November 5

Thru Sat, 11/6. Poverty Action Summit. No matter the election outcome, on Nov. 3rd our real work begins. Registration $20, low income scholarships available. Muckleshoot Meeting Center, located above the casino, 2402 South Auburn Way, Auburn. To register: http://www.povertyaction.org or Elizabeth at 206-694-6794.

Organize visible opposition to the war in Iraq. Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War (SNOW) calls on all neighborhood groups to organize neighborhood/regional actions, regardless of the outcome on election day. Call 206-784-2684 for help with materials or organizing.

7 PM. Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies: "Don't Go Back To Sleep, America! Energizing For the Next Four Years. Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl. N. Free, donations appreciated. Info: wnfp@comcast.net or http://groups.msn.com/wallingfordneighbors.

Saturday, November 6

1 PM. Rally and March: deliver a resounding No to War and Repression here and abroad. Sponsored by ANSWER and Not IN Our Name. Westlake Park, 4th & Pine. March through downtown and surround the Federal Bldg. with orange netting in an arrest for this illegal, immoral war. Info: http://www.notinourname-seattle.net or 206-322-3813.

Sunday, November 7

6:30 PM. Ballard Peace Activists Movie Night: "The Global Banquet: the Politics of Food." Trinity United Methodist Church, NW 65th & 23rd Ave. NW. Info: http://groups.msn.com/ballardpeaceactivists.

Monday, November 8

7 PM. "Trinkets & Beads," a documentary film about the indigenous Huaorani struggle against oil companies trying to drill on their land in the Ecuadoran rainforest. So far, the Huaorani have been successful; find out how. University Friends Service Meeting Hall, 4001 9th Ave. NE. Info: 206-523-2709.

7:30 PM. Claude Anshin Thomas speaks about his book, "At Hell's Gate: A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace." Thomas is a Vietnam veteran who has become a zen monk and peace activist. Free. Antioch University Seattle campus, 2326 6th Ave. Info: Mary Lou LaPierre at 206-268-4483 or mlapierre@antiochsea.edu.

Tuesday, November 9

5:30-7:30 PM. Volunteer to help Africa Global Citizen organize its first trip to Nigeria to work on an environmental restoration project in the Creeks area of the Delta region. 3400 Phinney Ave. N. (former Redhook brewery). Info: gcjvolunteers@hotmail.com.

6:30-8 PM. From Piglets to Prosthetics: 10 Northwest Aid Groups on the Burma Border. Listen to presentations from each group and volunteer, donate, learn about Burma or just make friends. Refreshments. Free. Suzzallo Library, U of W.

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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