FRIDAY, JULY 21

10 AM-noon. Developing Community Mental Health Services During the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict--An interactive panel discussion. Seattle Public Library, downtown 5th & Marion, conference room #2, fourth floor. Sponsored by Univ. of Washington's Jackson Middle East Peace Institute, School of Social Work, and the union-busting Virginia Mason Medical Center's Separation & Loss Service.

7-9:30 PM. Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies: "Born Into Brothels." Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Place N. Free; presented each Friday by "Wallingford Neighbors For Peace and Justice. Info: http://www.MeaningfulMovies.org.

10 PM. Seattle Black Pride GLBTQ Youth Dance Party ages 16+ at Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center. Info at www.seattleblackpride.org or call (206)304-1848. Tickets are on sale at www.brownpapertickets.com.

SUNDAY, JULY 23 7 PM. Not In Our Name Project meeting at 1609 19th Ave at Pine in southeast Capitol Hill, Seattle. Info at seattle@notinourname.net, http://www.notinourname-seattle.net, 206-322-3813.

7:30 PM. Fremont Freedom Flicks. Admission by donation, no one turned away, suggested at least $5. Visionary Studios, 4128 Fremont Ave N, Seattle. Info at www.weaponsofmassdistractionproject.org & stw@riseup.net.

MONDAY, JULY 24 7 PM. Marriage Equality Now meeting: grassroots, direct-action orientated and open to all marriage equality advocates. Seattle Central Community College, room 4404, Pine & Broadway. Info at www.equalitynowseattle.org or e-mail info@equalitynowseattle.org.

TUESDAY, JULY 25 and subsequent Tuesdays, 11 AM-6 PM. Seattle Troops Home fast. Rotating fast launched early this moth in conjunction with national fast in Washington D.C. Fasters will gather each Tuesday at Federal Building, 2nd & Madison, downtown. Initiated by Code Pink Seattle. Info: libby@codepinkseattle.org.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 7:15 PM. Screening of 2006 documentary "Why We Fight," Green Party of Seattle general membership meeting. The public is welcome. University Heights Center, NE 50th and University Way NE, Room 201, Seattle. For info e-mail info@seattlegreens.org or call 206-524-3377.

7:30 PM. Watergate's John W. Dean to speak about his new book Conservatives Without Conscience. Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Avenue at Seneca. Tickets and info at www.elliottbaybook.com or call 206-624-6600.

THURSDAY, JULY 27 6-8:30 PM. EarthCorps World Night! Enjoy free music, performances, activities and delicious foods from the countries and cultures of EarthCorps International corpsmembers! 6344 NE 74th Street, Bldg 406, Community Activity Center, Magnuson Park, across from Building 30, Seattle. For info call Jenni Conrad at 206-322-9296 x204 or e-mail jenni@earthcorps.org.

6-8 PM. Seattle Human Rights Commission meeting. SHRC is made up of 15 citizen representatives who advise the Mayor, the City Council & all City of Seattle departments in matters regarding human rights. Meetings open to the public. Info at www.seattle.gov/humanrights/meetings.HTM#meetings or 206-684-4540.

7:30 PM. Political commentator and author David Sirota speaks on "Democracy and Corporate Power." Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Avenue at Seneca. Presented with Elliott Bay Book Co.; tickets $5 at the door.

FRIDAY, JULY 28 5:30 PM. Critical Mass, an organized coincidence of bicyclists who ride around the streets of Seattle en masse. It happens when a lot of cyclists happen to be in the same place at the same time and decide to cycle the same way together for a while. Come join the fun! And watch out for undercover King County sheriffs deputies with an attitude. Westlake Park, downtown, 4th & Pine, Seattle. Info at students.washington.edu/spiegel/cmass.html.

7-9:30 PM. Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies: The Point. Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Place N. Free; presented each Friday by "Wallingford Neighbors For Peace and Justice. Info: http://www.MeaningfulMovies.org.

SUNDAY, JULY 30 Noon-5 PM. Arab American Community Coalition Community Picnic: building bridges between communities. Great food, games & people! Menu of chicken, kefta, hummus, salad, beverages, dessert. $10, $5 children under 12 years. Lower Woodland Park, 1000 N 50th St @ Woodland Ave N, shelter 1, Seattle. Please RSVP: 206-634-9001 or info@theaacc.org.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2 Noon. Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action annual Peace Fleet Event to meet the US Navy fleet at Seafair. We are inviting all with the spirit of nonviolence, a sign, and a boat to join us. The fleet arrival at Seafair is a public relations and recruiting event for the US Navy. Previous years have brought Trident nuclear submarines and Navy warships used to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles in the first and second wars on Iraq and the war on Afghanistan. Peace boats in Elliott Bay by noon, activists are also encouraged to meet on land on the Seattle waterfront at the same time for a nonviolent demonstration against weapons of war. Meet on the waterfront by 1 PM to see vessels in Elliott Bay. For info, call Mary Gleysteen at 360-297-3894, Glen Milner 206-365-7865, or e-mail info@gzcenter.org.

5:30-7 PM. Jobs With Justice Seattle Organizing Committee meeting. Labor Temple, Hall 8, 2800 1st Ave, Seattle. Info: 206-441-4969.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 3 6:30-8 PM. Michael Randall Ealy Social Justice Foundation meeting. A.M.E. Zion Church, Social Hall, 1716 23rd at Olive, Seattle. For info e-mail opealy@uswest.net.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 through Mon. Aug. 7. Events commemorating anniversaries of nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, 16159 Clear creek Road NW, Poulsbo. 4 PM Friday potluck dinner, welcome to peace walkers; Sat. walk to Bangor base, Hiroshima commemoration, nonviolence training; Mon early morning nonviolent direct action at Bangor Main Gate. Info: http://www.gzcenter.org or info@gzcenter.org or Brian Watson 360-479-6399.

6:30 PM. Justice Works! general meeting. An organization whose mission is undoing racism in the criminal justice system as experienced by African Americans. Cascade People's Center, 309 Pontius Ave N, Seattle. Info at www.justiceworks.info, e-mail justice_works@yahoo.com, or call 206-303-7559.

7 PM. Seattle NOW Young Womans Task Force planning meeting. We meet once a month at Cafˇ Vita, upstairs, 1005 E. Pike Capitol Hill, to decide upon the activity or event we'll be participating in next. Come join us! For info contact Sonia at SeattleNOWChapter@hotmail.com or 206-632-8547.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 3-5 PM. Citizens Concerned for the People of Iraq & the Interfaith Network of Concern for the People of Iraq meeting. INOC is a program unit of the Church Council of Greater Seattle, at the Keystone Congregational Church, 5019 Keystone Place N, just north of N 50th and Sunnyside N, Seattle. Info: Rev. Rich Gamble, spambles@yahoo.com or 206-632-6021 or www.concernforiraq.org.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 through Sun. Aug. 12. National convention of Veterans for Peace. Theme: Sow Justice, Sow Peace: Strategies for Moving Beyond War. UW campus. Workshops, panels, speakers include Cindy Sheehan, Diane Benson, Bruce Gagnon, Evan Kanter. Overall conference registration $225. Look for the ETS table! Info: http://www.vfpnationalconvention.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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