THURSDAY, APRIL 27

5-6:30 PM. Feet First University Lecture Series presents "The Urban Form, Walking and Eating" with presenter Anne Vernez Moudon. Moudon is an international leader in pedestrian design and will discuss recent research on land monitoring, neighborhood and street design, non-motorized transportation, physical activity, and access to food environments. Vance Building, 6th Floor Conference Room, 1402 3rd Ave, Seattle. Info: 206-652-2310 or info@feetfirst.info.

FRIDAY, APRIL 28

8:30 AM-4:30 PM. Multilingual Access Project presents The Language Institute, a planning workshop to help agencies create a larger pool of culturally competent language advocates to better serve immigrant, refugee, and non-English speaking victims of domestic violence. Registration by April 26. Randolph Carter Family & Learning Center, 23rd Ave S at Yesler, Seattle. Info: Asmeret Haile at 206-290-6728.

12:30-2 PM. Rebuilding New Orleans: Making a Commitment to Leave No One Behind with Barbara Majors, Co-chair, Bring New Orleans Back Committee. Majors will discuss the need for national commitment to healing, justice, and a humane post-Katrina rebuilding. Bertha Landes Room, City Hall, enter on 5th Ave between James St and Cherry St, Seattle.

7:30-9 PM. The TREE Institute and the International Capoeira Angola Foundation present Critical Voices of Rainier Community Fesitval (CRIVO). Events based on three Brazilian art forms/pedagogies: Theatre of the Oppressed, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, and Capoeira Angola. Festival continues on Saturday from 12-8:30. Rainier Beach Community Center, Seattle. Pre-registration and info: Maria Aparecida Lupinek at 206-772-6104 or cida_lupinek@yahoo.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

2 PM. Alternative Radio's David Barsamian presents "Louder Than Bombs: Interviews from the Progressive Magazine," a collection of twenty interviews with an array of political and cultural thinkers including Angela Davis, Danny Glover, Vandana Shiva, and Amartya Sen among others. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, Seattle. Info: 206-624-6600 or 1-800-962-5311.

6 PM. Global Visionaries present Fiesta de Guatemala, a live auction and cultural evening featuring vacation getaways, live music, dinner buffet, and Mayan artwork. Proceeds will be used to build a school in Pastores, Guatemala, homes for five Guatemalan families, and scholarships for 32 low-income Seattle students. Info: 206-322-9448, jaspree@global-visionaries.org, global-visionaries.org.

7 PM. The End of Empire: David Barsamian and David Korten. Reclaim the Media presents a public conversation on imperial power and the prospects for democracy in a globalized and interconnected world; featuring two of today's most articulate critics of American empire: David Barsamian (Alternative Radio) and David Korten (When Corporations Rule The World). $5-$15 sliding scale. Benefits Reclaim the Media and the NW UUJEC. University Unitarian Church, 6556 35th Ave. NE. Info: www.reclaimthemedia.org.

SUNDAY, APRIL 30

10 AM-2 PM. Meet The Producer Craft Workshop: Learn to make unique crafts from Pike Place Market's vendors and support health and human service agencies in the Market. Make a frivolous cocktail hat with Claudia Kelly. Funds raised benefit the Pike Place Medical Clinic, Senior Center, Child Care & Preschool, and the Downtown Food Bank. $20. Info and sign up: Michele Peterson at michelep@pikeplacemarket.org or 206-774-5249.

2 PM. Rally for Darfur. Rally will include speakers, music, action steps, and resource information. March from Westlake Park to the Federal Building as part of the Million Voices for Darfur Campaign. Westlake Park, 4th Ave and Pine St, Seattle.

6 PM. Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) presents an election report-back by the 2006 election delegation. Learn about the issues facing the Salvadoran people and the on-going struggle for social justice and democracy in Central America. Food and drinks. The Green Bean Coffeehouse, 210 N 85th St, Seattle. Info: 206-325-5494, seacispes@igc.org, cispes.org.

6:30 PM. Eat the State! presents an evening with David Barsamian: "Imperialism, Media, and Propaganda." Benefit for ETS! University Baptist Church Social Hall, 4554 12th Avenue NE. Suggested donation $5-10 (sliding scale). Help ETS! reach its upcoming tenth anniversary! Info: editorial@eatthestate.org.

MONDAY, MAY 1

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Thru Thursday, May 4. White Privilege Awareness Week at the University of Washington. The UW White Anti-Racist Student Union (WARSU), the Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites (CARW), People's Institute Northwest, Q Center, and others present: RACISM IS TAUGHT ... SO LET'S UNLEARN IT! Events include privilege game, videos, workshops on the intersections of oppression, films and guest speakers on the history of race and racism. UW campus. Event schedule and info: arwsu@u.washington.edu or Megan Wilbert at 206-715-2530.

3:30 PM. Annual May Day March and Rally for Immigrant Workers' Rights. Meet at St. Mary's Church and march to Federal Building for rally. St. Mary's Church, 611 20th St, Seattle. Info: 206-441-4969, wsjwj@igc.org, wsjwj.org.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

4 PM. Youth, Militarism, Empire, and the School of the Americas--an event focusing on the closing of the School of the Americas (AKA School of the Assassins). Guest speaker Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of School of the Americas Watch, has just returned from South America visiting governments to urge them to refrain from sending soldiers to the SOA. Seattle University, Pigott Auditorium, Seattle. Info: 206-632-1523, soaw.org.

THURSDAY, MAY 4

7-9 PM. ACLU presents Spying, Secrecy, and Presidential Power: Revelations about warrantless spying on Americans by the National Security Agency. John W. Dean, former Legal Counsel to President Nixon, and Lisa Graves, ACLU Senior Counsel for Legislative Strategy discuss the NSA program, civil liberties, and the Constitution. Moderated by Ross Reynolds from KUOW. Town Hall, 8th & Seneca, Seattle. Info: 206-624-2184 or aclu-wa.org.

7:30 PM Community Meeting: learn more about Radical Women's current organizing and campaigns. Dinner with veggie option available at 6:30 for $7.50 donation. New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S, Seattle. Info, rides, childcare: 206-722-6057 or 206-722-2453.

FRIDAY, MAY 5

Thru Sunday, May 7. Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia (NACC) hosts the National War Resistance Coordinating Committee Spring Meeting and Ways We Resist Conference. Friday evening program with Roy Bourgeois, School of the Americas Campaign. Saturday program includes panels on the different ways people resist, workshops, breakout groups. $15. University Friends Meeting House, 4001 9th Ave NE, Seattle. Info and registration: nwtrcc.org, netrcc@nwtrcc.org, 800-269-7464.

7:30 PM. Elliott Bay Book Company, YES! Magazine, Institute for Policy Studies, and Town Hall present "The Bush Agenda: Invading the World One Economy at a Time," by Antonia Juhasz. Juhasz exposes the radical corporate globalization agenda of the Bush administration while focusing on the impact that Bechtel, Lockheed Martin, Chevron, and Halliburton have had in shaping it. $5. Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle. Info: thebushagenda.org.

SATURDAY, MAY 6

5-9 PM. Seattle Young People's Project Annual Auction. Support youth empowerment, social justice, and youth activism. "Spring Into Action" Auction includes silent auction, live auction, dinner, dessert, and live entertainment and performances by youth members. Donations of auction items and desserts needed. $20 youth, $35-50 adults. Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1634 19th Ave, near Madison, Seattle. Info: info@sypp.org, 206-860-9606, sypp.org.

6 PM. In Praise of Immigrant Labor: pay tribute to the lasting contributions of foreign-born workers at the Annual May Day Celebration. Spanish Paella dinner followed by panel discussion. $10 dinner, $2 presentation, sliding scale available. Sponsored by Freedom Socialist Party. New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S, Seattle. Info, rides, childcare: FSPseattle@mindspring.com, 206-722-2453, socialism.com.

SUNDAY, MAY 7

Noon-5 PM. Celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month with art, music, performances and dance. Performances include The Grateful Crane Ensemble, an LA-based theatre company, Fijian singers, Chinese Community Girls Drill Team, Vovinam Lion Dance, and tributes to Japanese Americans interned during WWII. Seattle Center, Center House, 305 Harrison St, Seattle.

MONDAY, MAY 8

7 PM. CODEPINK Seattle, Open Media, and Mothers Day Original Movement Against War present Mothers Day for Peace featuring peace activist Cindy Sheehan and author Anthony Arnov. Both will discuss recently released books. All proceeds benefit MADRE, Revolutionary Association of the Women of Iraq, and CODEPINK Seattle. Tickets $15, $12 students and seniors at Elliott Bay Books and Santoro's Books in Greenwood. Town Hall, 8th & Seneca, Seattle. Info: codepinkseattle.org, jannapu@u.washington.edu, elliotbaybook.com.

TUESDAY, MAY 9

7 PM. Seattle Remembers the Hunger Strikers! Join the Seattle Irish Hunger Strike Commemoration Committee for readings and music in remembrance of the ten Irish hunger strikers who died in prison 25 years ago. Guest Sean Crowe, instrumental in supporting the strikers and a key player in the Irish and British government's Good Friday Agreement, will give main address. Pigott Auditorium, Seattle University, 12th Ave and Marion St, Seattle. Info: 206-369-7087.

8 PM. Eat the State! music benefit, featuring Artis the Spoonman, vocal percussionist Otha Major, and the Patriot Act. Come celebrate 10 years of shamelessly biased independent publishing! $7 min. donation requested. Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. NW. Info: 206-632-2162.

THURSDAY, MAY 11

Thru May 14. Sacred Activism Conference. Take a stand for progressive values and galvanize a deeper connection between our spiritual practice and social action. Nothing less than the future of America and fate of the earth are at stake. Sing, do yoga, network, reflect, hear poetry, watch liturgical dancing, and groove to the Total Experience Gospel Choir. Lynnwood Convention Center. Info: 415-561-2346, wisdomuniversity.org/sacred-activism-conference.html.

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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