THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

5-6 PM. Peace Vigil to protest US policy in Afghanistan, Palestine/Israel & Iraq at Westlake Park near 4th and Pine, Seattle. For info contact seattlewomeninblack@speakeasy.net, 206-208-9715 or go to www.scn.org/womeninblack.

5 PM Reception, 7 PM Lecture & book signing: populist activist & former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower kicks off the Institute for Washington's Future's "Back to the Roots" forums on sustainable community. Town Hall Seattle, 8th & Seneca. Tickets available at www.brownpapertickets.com or 1-800-838-3006. Program info at forwashington.org/btr.php or www.washblog.com.

6:30-8 PM. The City of Seattle Commissions for Sexual Minorities & Human Rights will host a forum on Hate & Bias. Bertha Landes Room, City Hall, downtown Seattle. For info, go to www.seattle.gov/shrc/.

7 PM. Monthly Business/Editorial Meeting for Independent Print & Electronic Weekly Eat the State! University Baptist Church, NE 47th & 12th Ave. NE, 3rd Floor (the NACC/SDC offices), in the U-District, Seattle. Come opine, meet, volunteer. How do we do it every other week? People like you! Come be one of them! Info: 206-719-6947 or info@eatthestate.org.

7:30 PM. Irwin Redlener, founder & director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University & author of Americans at Risk will talk about what's wrong with our approach to preventing & responding to mega-disasters. Town Hall, 8th & Seneca (downstairs, enter on Seneca street), Seattle. Tickets are $5 at the door only. For info go to www.townhallseattle.org.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15

And following, premier of The Ground Truth, a film about the hidden toll of the war on Iraq focusing on wounded servicemen & women & specifically on PTSD. Metro 10 Cinema, 4500 9th Avenue NE, Seattle. For show times call 206-781-5755.

7 PM. Art, Truth, & Politics, Harold Pinter's renowned 2005 Nobel Prize acceptance speech. Part of Wallingford Night at the Meaningful Movies. Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Place N. Free. Info: www.MeaningfulMovies.org.

7 PM. Loose Change, a documentary discussing the 9/11 conspiracy, followed by a lively discussion. Bethany UCC Church, 6230 Beacon Ave S. at Graham St, Seattle. Free, collection taken. Please attend only if you can stay for the discussion after the film. For info contact 206-523-1720, mail@drruhland.com or warner@scn.org.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 16

7 PM. Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! at Town Hall, 8th & Seneca, Seattle. $15, Tickets & info at www.nwcommunityradio.org & www.brownpapertickets.com or Brown Paper ticket walkup locations.

10 AM-1:30 PM. Register voters with low incomes! Sponsored by Statewide Poverty Action Network. Morrill Meadows Park, Kent (carpools available). For info go to www.povertyaction.org or contact Marcy@povertyaction.org, 206-694-6794.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

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

1-4 PM. Queer Peoples of Color Liberation Project (QPOC), a community forum at LGBT Community Center, 1115 E. Pike St, Seattle. For info go to www.qpocliberation.org.

2-3 PM. Greenlake Peace Vigil: "No more troops to Iraq! Bring the Troops Home!" East Greenlake Way N near N 63rd St near the crosswalk, Seattle. For info contact greenlakepeacevigil@hotmail.com, organizer@snowcoalition.org, or go to www.greenlakepeacevigil.org, www.snowcoalition.org.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

5:30 PM. Seattle Women's Commission meeting, in the City Hall Boards & Commission Conference Room CH L280, 601 Fifth Ave between Cherry & James streets, downtown Seattle. For info contact Kristin Distelhorst at 206-684-4537 or Kristin.Distelhorst@Seattle.Gov.

6-9 PM. Pro-bono Legal Clinic for Non-profits. This 45-minute consultation is designed for nonprofits seeking pro-bono legal advice on various nonprofit business topics. Phone to register. Ronald A. Peterson Law Clinic, Seattle University School of Law, 1112 E. Columbia, Seattle. For info contact 206-324-5850, info@NACSeattle.org or go to www.nacseattle.org.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

7 AM-8 PM. Primary Election in Washington State, REMEMBER TO VOTE.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

Japan Dolphin Day. Noon: Peaceful protest to stop the largest remaining dolphin slaughter in the world. Consulate General of Japan, 601 Union St., Seattle. For info go to www.savetaijidolphins.org, www.orcanetwork.org or call 1-866-orcanet.

7:30 PM. Town Hall Center for Civic Life presents James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly & author of Blind Into Baghdad: America's War in Iraq documenting that the government had ample intelligence which, if listened to, could have avoided many of the disastrous consequences of the occupation. Town Hall, 8th & Seneca, downstairs, enter on Seneca Street, Seattle. Tickets are $5 at the door only. Info: www.townhallseattle.org.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

6-8 PM. The Friends of Denny Park are working with The Berger Partnership on a plan to Revitalize Seattle's Oldest Park, Denny Park at Spruce Street School, 914 Virginia St. For info contact pamela.kliment@seattle.gov, 206-684-7556 or go to www.friendsofdennypark.org.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

8 AM-4 PM. Planning & Financing Non-profit Facilities Workshop "Ready, Set, Grow" at Washington State Convention & Trade Center, 800 Convention Place, Seattle. $100, $125 at door pending space. For info & registration go to www.wshfc.org/facilities/workshop.htm or call 206-464-7139 or 1-800-767-4663 in Washington State.

7-9:30 PM. The film Sir! No Sir! energetically reveals the untold story of the GI movement to end the war in Vietnam. Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl., West of I-5, just North of 50th, Metro Bus Routes 16, 26 & 44, Seattle. Free and open to the public, but donations are appreciated. Info: www.meaningfulmovies.org.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

5 PM. Amnesty International Banned Book Reading: this year's program will feature attention on Chinese political prisoner of conscience Shi Tao, a cyber-dissenter, journalist, and poet who was turned in to the Chinese authorities by Yahoo, Inc. in China. Elliott Bay Books, 1st Ave S & S Main, Pioneer Square, Seattle. Info: www.amnestyusa.org/bannedbooks.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

Noon-6 PM. Seattle Peace Concert. Admission free, please bring non-perishable food donations! Woodland Park, Seattle. For info contact 206-729-5232, seapeace@seapeace.org or go to www.seapeace.org/events.html.

7:30 PM. Cultural Music Club of Zanzibar opens Town Hall's 2006-7 Global Music Series. 1119 8th Avenue. Tickets available at www.ticketweb.com or at the door. For info go to www.townhallseattle.org.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

Noon-1 PM. Forum on a Topic of War & Peace sponsored by the Washington State Bar Association World Peace Through Law Section at the office of the Association, 2101 4th Ave Ste 400, Seattle. Open to section members, all welcome to join for $25/ year for monthly meetings and more. Pre-Registration required. For info go to www.wsba.org/lawyers/groups/worldpeace or call WSBA at 206-443-9722.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

6-8 PM. Seattle Human Rights Commission Meeting in the City Hall, Boards & Commission Conference Room CH L280, 601 Fifth Ave between Cherry & James Streets, downtown Seattle. Meetings open to the public, phone or check website to confirm date & time: 206-684-4540 or www.seattle.gov/humanrights/meetings.HTM#meetings.

7:30 PM. Foolproof presents Pulitzer prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersch at Town Hall, 8th & Seneca, Seattle. For info & tickets go to www.foolproof.org or call 206-325-2993.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

7 PM. South Asian Film Festival features Man Push Cart about a Pakistani pushcart vendor in NYC that has won numerous awards around the world, including Best Actor at SIFF. Info at www.noruzfilms.com/films/mpc.html or www.tasveer.org.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

6 PM. Film Free the Cuban Five/Mission Against Terror, a fundraiser to benefit the Five Freedom Fund, includes dinner. Sponsored by ANSWER. 1423 10th Ave NE, Seattle. For info go to www.answerseattle.org.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1

4 PM. Film Me & The Mosque: journalist & filmmaker Zarqa Nawaz visits mosques throughout Canada and talks to scholars, colleagues, friends & neighbors about equal access for women. Broadway Performance Hall, Broadway & Pine, Seattle. For info go to www.tasveer.org.

OCTOBER 1 - 8

Keep Space For Peace Week: International Days Of Protest to stop the militarization of space. The Bush Administration has now begun deployment of missile defense interceptors in Alaska and California. Next we expect Bush to give the green light to the Pentagon to begin deploying offensive weapons systems in space. For info go to www.space4peace.org or contact Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space at 207-729-0517, globalnet@mindspring.com.

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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