THURSDAY, AUGUST 10

National Convention of Veterans for Peace. University of Washington, Seattle. Register online at www.veteransforpeace.org or e-mail mtbrook64@hotmail.com or iggydog@aol.com. Info at www.vfpnationalconvention.org. To volunteer contact Nancy Dorn at 206-232-4966 or nedoks@hotmail.com.

7 PM. Monthly Business/Editorial Meeting for Eat the State! University Baptist Church, NE 47th and 12th Ave. NE, 3rd Floor in the U-District, Seattle. Come opine, meet, volunteer.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 11

2 PM. Silent rally and march for peace in Lebanon. Begins at the Idriss Mosque parking lot, 1420 NE Northgate Way, Seattle, continues down Northgate Way (4 blocks) to the Northgate Shopping Center, then back to the Mosque. All faiths welcome. Sponsored by: Arab American Community Coalition (AACC), Seattle; Muslim Students Association Northwest; Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Seattle; American Muslims of Puget Sound; Idriss Mosque, Northgate; and many other local Muslim organizations. Info: Aziz A. Junejo, 206-937-8687 or 206-356-8687 or Azizjunejo@yahoo.com.

5-6 PM. Rally for ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza held at Westlake Mall in downtown Seattle.

7 & 9 PM. Film "Sir, No Sir!" about soldiers who protested the war in Vietnam from within the ranks. Through Thursday, Aug. 17 at Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave., Seattle.

7:15-9 PM. Monthly board meeting of NICA, Northwest Intentional Communities Association at One Sky Medicine, 2611 NE 125th St., classroom off rear parking lot, Seattle. Info at www.ic.org/nica or contact Jonathan Betz-Zall at 206-782-9305 or jbz@scn.org prior to coming to confirm dates and times.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12

1 PM-9 PM. Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser, Aaron Dixon (Green Party) for US Senate. $7 (kids $5) with vegetarian option available. Meet the anti-war candidate at 3 pm. 8923 2nd Ave NE. For more information call 206-523-1720.

7:30 PM. Free Mumia Coffeehouse. New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S. (on #7 bus line). For info go to www.socialism.com or contact Luma Nicho: FSPSeattle@mindspring.com or 206-722-2453.

Noon. National Emergency Protest to Defend the People of Palestine sponsored by ANSWER Coalition Seattle. Federal Building, 2nd & Marion, Seattle. For info contact answer@answerseattle.org or 206-568-1661 or go to www.answerseattle.org.

10 AM. Esperanto Society meeting. The Seattle chapter of an international peace movement. The cafe in Third Place Books, Ravenna. Info at seattleesperanto.org.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13

Noon-6 PM. Seattle Peace Concert. Admission free, bring non-perishable food bank donations. Gas Works Park. Info at www.seapeace.org/events.html or call 206-729-5232.

MONDAY, AUGUST 14

7 PM. Meizhu Lui discusses and signs The Color of Wealth: The Story Behind the US Racial Wealth Divide at University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle. For info call 206-634-3400.

7-9 PM. Peace & Justice Committee of the Church Council of Greater Seattle. Open to new members. Trinity United Methodist Church, 6512 23rd Ave. NW. For info call Rev. J. Liljenstolpe at 206-782-6434.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 15

2-4 PM. Safe Schools Coalition meeting at Planned Parenthood, 2001 E. Madison, Seattle. For details contact Frieda Takamura: ftakamura@washingtonea.org, (253)765-7062 or Beth Reis: elizabeth.reis@metrokc.gov, 206-296-4970.

6-8 PM. Seattle Police Department/LGBTQ Advisory Council at Seattle LGBT Community Center, Seattle. For info contact julia.porras@seattle.gov or 206-684-8760.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 16

7 PM. The Politics of Radical Solidarity: Lessons from the 1970's Radical Activism of the George Jackson Brigade & the Weather Underground at Cascade People's Center, 309 Pontius Ave. N, Seattle. For info go to www.carw.org or contact Scott Winn, winn@scn.org.

4 PM gathering, 6 PM rally to support Lt. Ehren Watada at the entrance to Fort Lewis, I-5 exit 119 bridge. Friends and Family of Lt. Watada: www.ThankYouLt.org.

7 PM. Screening of Standing on Common Ground, a documentary about the work of the Common Ground Collective in Katrina relief with a post-show discussion. Neptune Theatre.

6 PM. Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites meeting & potluck. Free childcare is available (please call to reserve a space). Cascade People's Center, 309 Pontius Ave. N at Thomas, Seattle. For info contact lambert@riseup.net, info@carw.org, boonchrist@yahoo.com or call Chris at 206-328-4342.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 18

5 PM. Interfaith Vigil for Peace in the Middle East program of prayer, readings & reflection. St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E, Seattle. For info call 206-270-9170 or 425-641-9247.

5-6PM. Rally for ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza held at Westlake Mall in downtown Seattle.

8 PM-2 AM. Katrina Relief benefit concert featuring ReBirth Brass Band from New Orleans at the Royal Esquire Club: 5016 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle. Tickets can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com. For more info contact Crystal Jordan at 206-719-8253, crystalljordan@yahoo.com or Claudette Thomas 206-353-0020, claudettekt@yahoo.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 19

Rally begins at 10 AM. Community Walk, Bite and Jazz Festival. 124 21st Ave. Community Walk from Spruce Park, 21st & E Fir St. to Pratt Park 20th and E Yesler, Seattle. For info contact Lottie Cross at 206-324-3114 or Black Dollar Days Task Force at 206-323-0534 or www.blackdollar.org.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 20

Just after 11 AM service. Monthly Vigil for Palestine at New Hope Baptist Church, 124 21st Ave., one block north of Yesler, Seattle. For info call 206-633-1086.

1-3:30 PM. Preschool Educators against Racism (PEAR). E-mail for location and agenda: mollypeach@hotmail.com.

MONDAY, AUGUST 21

6-9 PM. Ronald A. Peterson Law Clinic, a pro-bono legal clinic for non-profits by the Nonprofit Assistance Center, King County Bar Association & Seattle University School of Law. Seattle University School of Law, 1112 E. Columbia, Seattle. For info or to register for a free 45 minute consultation, call 206-324-5850. Info at www.nacseattle.org or email info@NACSeattle.org.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 22

7 PM. NW Biodiesel meeting at Phinney Ridge Center, Blue Bldg, Room 6, Seattle. Info at www.nwbiodiesel.org or email Aaron Kahn at akahn@windermere.com.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23

7:15 PM. Green Party of Seattle general membership meeting at University Heights Center, NE 50th and University Way NE, room 201, Seattle. The public is welcome. For info contact 206-524-3377 or info@seattlegreens.org.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 25

5:30 PM. Critical Mass, an organized coincidence of bicyclists who ride around the streets of Seattle en masse starting at Westlake Park, downtown, 4th & Pine, Seattle. Info at students.washington.edu/spiegel/cmass.html.

8 PM. In Olympia: Author and activist Derrick Jensen speaks on industrial and environmental collapse. Benefit for Olympia Civil Liberties Resource, a group formed to support the civil liberties of activists in response to the FBI's "Green Scare" witch-hunt against environmental activists. Capitol Theater, 206 5th Ave SE Olympia. Doors open at 7:30, event begins 8:00. Tickets are $5-$15 and are available at the box office night of show. Info at olycivlib.org.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 26

11 AM-5:30 PM & 7-9 PM. 4th Annual Nat Turner Slave Rebellion Teach-In hosted by CARA (Communities Against Rape and Abuse). 820 E. Cherry St. at MLK Way, Seattle. Register at www.cara-seattle.org/turner_form.html. For info contact Alisa at 206-276-9059 or foxybrown@riseup.net.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 27

Noon-6 PM. Seattle Peace Concert at Volunteer Park. Includes Steeplechase. Admission Free, bring non-perishable food bank donations. For info go to www.seapeace.org/events.html, or contact seapeace@seapeace.org, 206-729-5232.

6 PM. Queer People of Color Liberation Project (QPOC) at UW Ethnic Cultural Theater, 3940 Brooklyn Ave. NE, Seattle. Info at www.qpocliberation.org.

For an excellent and much, much longer compilation of upcoming and ongoing progressive events in Seattle, check out Jean Buskin's Peace Calendar: www.scn.org/activism/calendar/ or e-mail her at bb369@scn.org. Also, check out www.seattleactivism.org.

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