THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21

5-6 PM. WHEEL/Church of Mary Magdalene Women In Black Silent Witnessing Vigil at Westlake Park near 4th and Pine, Seattle, annual Solstice Vigil on National Homeless Persons Remembrance Day. For info call the WHEEL Office at 206-956-0334.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22

5-6 PM. Peace Bannering in support of Lt. Watada organized by United for Peace of Pierce County over I- 5 at the Tacoma Dome on the McKinley Ave. overpass, Tacoma. For info go to www.ufppc.org.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23

2-4 PM. Vigil and leafletting to stop pre-emptive wars and defend our civil liberties. Westlake Park near 4th and Pine, Seattle. For info contact commiett@yahoo.com.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24

Noon-4 PM. Peace On Earth-Winterfest Interfaith Celebration, at Center House, Seattle Center.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26

7 PM. NW Biodiesel Meeting at Phinney Ridge Center, Blue Bldg, Room 6, Seattle. For info contact akahn@windermere.com or www.nwbiodiesel.org.

Noon-2 PM. Lesbian and Gay Childcare Taskforce monthly meeting (call for location). For info call Jean at 206-721-6732.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27

6 PM. Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) Community Meeting at 606 Maynard Ave. South, #252, Seattle. For info contact info@seattleglobaljustice.org or 206-405-4600.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28

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

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29

7-9:30 PM. Friday Night At the Meaningful Movies and Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice present "Amandla! A Revolution In Four-Part Harmony", at Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl., West of I-5, just North of 50th, Metro Bus Routes 16, 26 & 44, Seattle. Free. For info go to www.meaningfulmovies.org.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31

3 PM. 8th Annual New Year's Interfaith Walk "Gathering For Contemplation & Reflection" at Green Lake in Seattle. Meet near the Green Lake Community Center, 7201 East Green Lake Drive North, Seattle for chants, music, songs, and prayers from many spiritual traditions, followed by a candlelight prayer vigil and walk around the lake. Please bring a candle to light the darkness and one for a friend. After the walk, there will be an Open House from 5:30-9 pm at the Interfaith Community Church in Ballard, 1763 NW 62nd Street, for enjoyment of delicious homemade soup (vegan and traditional), music, friendship and fun. For info call Jamal at 206-633-0150 or Linda at 206-546-6823. Sponsored by the United Religions Initiative. For more info on (URI) go to www.uri.org.

8:30 PM. Radical New Year Party (a benefit) with Northwest rabble-rousers at Radical Women's annual New Year's Eve celebration the red hot spot for rebel movers and shakers. Festivities include buffet, dancing, comedy spoofs and a no-host bar. Door donation $5, buffet donation $15. Sliding scale and work exchanges available. For info contact 206-722-6057, 206-722-2453 or RWseattle@mindspring.com.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 2

7 PM. Citizens for Overt Action, educating the public about the threat to democracy here and abroad posed by covert action, told us about the CIA-Crack connection a decade before the San Jose Mercury report came out. Meeting at the cafe next to the Grand Illusion Theatre, 1405 NE 50th St, Seattle. For info call 206-547-7735.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 4

6 PM. The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Book Club at the Seattle LGBT Community Center, 1115 East Pike Street, near bus routes 2, 10, 11, 49, and 84, Seattle. For info contact Jerry Stewart, volunteer host, at 206-794-2036 or jerry@seattlelgbt.org.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 5

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. For info contact justice_works@yahoo.com or 206-303-7559 or go to www.justiceworks.info.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 6

7 PM. Love and Justice Film Series: "Dark Days," the multi-award winning documentary from Marc Singer about a community of homeless people living in a train tunnel beneath Manhattan. Queen Anne United Methodist Church, 1606 5th Ave. West, Seattle. Free admission; wheelchair accessible; infant "cry room" available; refreshments served. We will be joined by special guests from Real Change. For info contact tonya@qaumc.org 206-234-4416.

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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