WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2

5-8 PM. ISM Discussion Cafe. Informal discussion about nonviolent resistance to the occupation, getting over to Israel and Palestine, logistics, organization, etc. ISM is the International Solidarity Movement to end the Occupation. B&O Espresso on Capitol Hill at Belmont and Olive. Info: 206 633-1086 or palestinejustice@aol.com.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3

6:30 PM. Documenting Darfur Atrocities. Professor Sam Totten, scholar in Genocide Studies at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville visited the Darfur area in the fall of 2004 and will present his findings. He will be joined by Mercy Corp's Peter Blomquist, Vice President for Constituency Development who will discuss Mercy's Corps work in Darfur. University Unitarian Church, 6556 35th Avenue NE. Directions: 206-525-8400.

7-8:30 PM. Lecture: Auschwitz, Inside the Nazi State. Special guest Auschwitz historian and consultant on the documentary, Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt. Seattle University Shafer Auditorium, Lemieux Library, Seattle. Info@wsherc.org or http://www.wsherc.org.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4

Thru Sat, 2/5. 5 and 8:30 PM. Sat shows at 11 AM, 1 PM, and 3 PM. Black History Month Film Festival: Malcolm X. $5. A portion of the proceeds are going to benefit the Tsunami relief fund. The Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 South Alaska St. Info: 206-309-8331.

2-4 PM. Stop the Assaults on Reproductive Freedom. An action agenda for women and men of all colors and ages. Featuring Kim Gandy, NOW President, and Olga Vives, VP Action, NOW. Seattle Central Community College, BE 1110, Broadway just north of Pine.

7 PM. Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies: Orwell Rolls In His Grave. Free. 103 min, Robert Kane Pappas, 2003. Are Americans being given the information a democracy needs to survive or have they been electronically lobotomized? This film provides a vital forum for ideas that will never be heard in mainstream media. Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl. N. Info: http://groups.msn.com/wallingfordneighbors.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5

3-5 PM. Meeting of the Citizens Concerned for the People of Iraq and the Interfaith Network of Concern for the People of Iraq. Since 1996 challenging the US embargo which killed thousands of children per month, now reassessing how to promote peace and support Iraqis. Keystone Congregational Church, 5019 Keystone Place N. Info: Rev. Rich Gamble, spambles@yahoo.com or 206-632-6021 or http://www.concernforiraq.org.

7-9 PM. Stopping the Merchants of Death. Father Simon Harak will speak on the ethics of the means and ends of US policy in Iraq. Father Harak is well known for his opposition to war and his work against sanctions in Iraq. He has traveled extensively in Iraq and has dedicated his life to nonviolent peaceful resolution. Schafer Auditorium, Lemieux Library, Seattle University. Info: iggydog@aol.com or wwfor@connectexpress.com or 425-822-5990 or 206-789-5565.

7:30 PM. Wave of Love: Tsunami Relief Concert. Featuring Pat Wright and the Goodfoot Band; City Cantabile Choir conducted by Fred West; Lucia Neare, soprano soloist, singing music from South India; Paige Stockley, cellist; Seattle Peace Chorus; and Shades of Praise Gospel Choir from St. Therese Catholic Church, conducted by Kent Stevenson. First United Methodist Church, 811 5th Avenue, Seattle. Info: Micki Kent at 206-622- 7278, ext. 24, or micki@firstchurchseattle.org.

8 PM. Foolproof Presents: Now What? On the Future of America. A private performance to benefit Foolproof's American Voices series. With Governor Howard Dean and many more to be announced. Tickets $25, 45, 75, plus $2.50-$5 handling, on sale at http://www.foolproof.org. The Paramount Theatre, Pine St, downtown. Info: 206-325-2993.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6

6:30 PM. Sunday Night at the Movies--Ballard: Peace, Propaganda, and The Promised Land. Discussion and community-building will follow the film. Our purpose in facilitating discussion after the film is to provide a venue for community-building which is a hallmark of current Ballard events. Trinity United Methodist Church, NW 65th & 23rd NW. Info: http://snowcoalition.org/ or Ballard@snowcoalition.org.

7 PM. Not in Our Name Project Meeting. 1609 19th Ave. at Pine St. Info: 206-322-3813 or seattle@notinourname.net or http://www.notinourname-seattle.net.

7:30 PM. A Wave of Relief: A Songwriters' Benefit Concert for Tsunami Relief Lineup: Jim Page, Reggie Garrett, Kym Tuvim, Val D'Alessio, Richard Middleton, Eva Tree, Larry Johnson, Kathryn Mostow, Jim Vick, Barbara Buckland & Michael Guthrie, Larry Murante, Nancy Colton, Alicia Healey, Jean Mann, and Brad Warren. $10 suggested donation. Conor Byrne Pub, 5140 Ballard Ave NW. Info: 206-784-3640 or http://www.conorbyrnepub.com.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7

5:30-7 PM. Working for Debt Relief for World's Poorest Nations. Jubilee 2000 NW Coalition meeting. Study the issues, plan actions and report on them, so that we can be as effective as possible in joining other concerned people around the globe to cancel the debt. St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E. Info: Betsy Bell at 206-933-1889 or betsyjbell@comcast.net or Mary Margaret Pruitt at 206-382-3785.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8

7PM. Public Performance: Harriet Goes to School: A Student's life After Brown vs. Board of Education. The Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas invites students, teachers and parents to step inside the home of fictitious Harriet Johnson who, three years after the Brown vs. Board Supreme Court decision, sets out to test the notion that all children have equal access to an education. The Seattle Public Library, Microsoft Auditorium, Level 1, 1000 Fourth Ave.

7-8:30 PM. Herbicides and Human Health: Are Frogs Our Canaries in the Coal Mine? Nationally renowned researcher Tyrone Hayes, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Endocrinology at the University of California, Berkeley, presents the second of a three-part lecture series on environmental health entitled, "Our Health, Our Environment: Making the Link." $10 with advance reservation, $12 at the door. Seattle Art Museum, 100 University Street. Info and registration: http://www.iceh.org.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10

7 PM. Old Stories, New Struggles: Transforming the Work of People Beguiled By The Corporate State with Richard Grossman, Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy, and Thomas Linzey, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. Part of Trinity United Methodist Church's Joy and Justice Lecture series. Trinity United Methodist Church, 6512 23rd Ave. NW in Ballard. Info: http://www.tumseattle.org.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11

Thru Sat. 2/12. 7 and 9 PM. Sat shows at 11 AM, 1 PM, and 3 PM. Black History Month Film Festival: School Daze $5. A portion of the proceeds are going to benefit the Tsunami relief fund. The Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 South Alaska St. Info: 206-309-8331.

7 PM. Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies: WMD--Weapons of Mass Deception. Free. 86 min, Danny Schechter, 2004. There were two wars going on in Iraq--one was fought with armies of soldiers, bombs, and a fearsome military force. The other was fought alongside it with cameras, satellites, armies of journalists, and propaganda techniques. A look at how the Pentagon helped shape media coverage and why the American audience lapped it up. Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl. N. Info: http://groups.msn.com/wallingfordneighbors.

7-10 PM. Movie: The Murder of Fred Hampton shows many electrifying speeches by the 20-year-old Black Panther leader to help us understand why he had became "dangerous" in the eyes of the FBI, and investigates his December 1969 killing by Chicago police and an FBI informant. Free, Safeco Center, 306 23rd Ave. S at S Main St. Info: October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality at 206-264-5527, oct22seattle@hotmail.com, or http://www.october22.org.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12

7 PM. Fellowship of Reconciliation Fundraising Concert with Tom Rawson and friends, suggested $10-20 donation, no one turned away. Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, 225 N 70th, Seattle. Info: 206-789-5565.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13

2-4 PM. Sunday Afternoon Meaningful Matinee Film Series: The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It. About WWII conscientious objectors and how they struggled to develop the institution of conscientious objection. Free. West Seattle Library, 2306 42nd Ave. SW. Info: jmrepp@comcast.net.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14

7 PM. Annual meeting of SNOW: Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War. Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, 225 N 70th Street. Info: 206-789-2684 or organizer@snowcoalition.org or http://www.snowcoalition.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. Also, check out www.seattleactivism.org.

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