THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1

7 PM. Monthly business/editorial meeting and mailing party for independent print and 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! Info: 206-719-6947 or info@eatthestate.org.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2

7 PM. Renowned labor singer Anne Feeney in concert. 8611 11th Ave SW, West Seattle. Benefit for Washington State Jobs With Justice. Tickets $10 at the door, or $8 in advance available through JwJ at http://www.wsjwj.org, see also Anne Feeney's website http:// www.annefeeney.com.

7-9:30 PM. Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies. Wallingford Neighbors for Peace & Justice present the film "W.E.B. DuBois--A Biography In Four Voices" at Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl., west of I-5, just north of 50th, Metro Bus Routes 16, 26 & 44, Seattle. Discussion follows. Free and open to the public, but donations are kindly accepted. Info: http://www.meaningfulmovies.org/.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3

All day. National AAAHRP Black History Conference. Seattle University. registration at the door (depending on space availability) $60. Seniors 60 and over and students $25. Registration includes evening buffet. Info and registration http://www.aaahrp.org, info Ed Diaz history3@comcast.net or 206-547-5394 or conferences@aaahrp.org.

7 PM. Love and Justice Film Series screening "Life and Debt." Queen Anne United Methodist Church, 1606 5th Ave. W., Seattle. Free. Come learn more about the debt cancellation movement called Jubilee and how you can get involved. Info: http://www.qaumc.org.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5

All ddy. National Day of Action in support of Lt. Ehren Watada. Lt. Watada's court martial begins at Fort Lewis; come show your support. At the gates of Fort Lewis, exit 119 off of I-5. Schedule: 9 AM court martial begins, 11:30 AM student & youth rally with Iraq Veterans Against the War, 1 PM political art performance, 3 PM rally and vigil. Dress warmly, come rain or shine! Info and bus schedules leaving Seattle area: http://www.thankyoult.org or info@ltwatada.org or Carrie Hathorn Calni27@gmail.com or 206-963-4873.

6-8:30 PM. Home Alive workshop on Self-Defense and Boundary Setting for Teens. 1415 10th Ave., 2nd fl., between Pike & Union on Capitol Hill. Drop-ins welcome up to 10 minutes before class begins. $0-75/session, sliding scale/ pay what you can. Info: selfdef@homealive.org or 206-323-HOME (323-4663), http://www.homealive.org.

7:30 PM. Eric Klinenberg: author of "Fighting for Air," on corporate ownership and control of local media. Klinenberg is interviewed by Michael Fancher, editor-at-large of the Seattle Times. Town Hall, Eighth Ave. at Seneca, Downstairs, enter on Seneca St., Seattle. Tickets $5 at the door only. Info: http://www.townhallseattle.org.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6

7 AM-PM. Special election for Seattle School District No. 1 Propositions #1 & 2. Vote yes! See "Eat These Shorts!," this issue.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7

5-8 PM. International Solidarity Movement Discussion Cafe. B&O Espresso on Capitol Hill at Belmont and Olive, Seattle. Come for part or all of the time for informal discussion with returned ISMers about nonviolent resistance to the occupation in Palestine. Info: 206-633-1086 or info@palestineinformation.org or 206-633-1086.

7-9 PM. "The Crossover or The Takeover: Black History and Hip Hop." Bush School DIVERSITY SPEAKER series with Bryant K. Smith. The Bush School, Lower Campus Community Room, 3400 East Harrison Street, Seattle. Free and open to the public. Info: 206-326-7731 or eddie.moorejr@bush.edu.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8

Also Feb. 9, 15/16, 22/23. Black History Month Film Festival. Show times each day 10:30 AM and noon. Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 S. Alaska St., Seattle. Films & info: Anthony Tibbs 206-225-7272.

6 PM dinner, 6:30 PM program. Race and Culture in the Media. With Seattle Times columnist Jerry Large and ColorsNW Magazine Editor Naomi Ishisaka. Highland Community Center, 14224 Bel-Red Road, Bellevue. Free. RSVP to Callie Shanafelt cshanafelt@bellevuewa.gov or 425-452-7922.

7 PM. Combatants For Peace speaking tour. Schaffer Auditorium, Lemieux Library Bldg, Seattle Univ., 12th Ave. E. & E. Marion St., guest parking entrance. Sponsored by the Seattle Chapter of Brit Tzedek v'Shalom. Featuring Sulaiman Al Hamri, the Palestinian coordinator for Combatants for Peace, who spent four-and-a-half years in Israeli prisons for his involvement in anti-occupation protests and demonstrations; and Shimon Katz, who served for four years as an officer in an elite Israeli Defense Forces unit. Info: 206-442-2077.

7 PM. Movie "Edens Lost & Found: Seattle." NW Environmental Education Council, 650 S. Orcas St.Suite 220, Seattle. Afterward, Billy Frank of the Nisqually tribe, Bernie Matsuno of the Dept. of Neighborhoods, members of the People's Waterfront Coalition and High Point development bring us up to date on the efforts to implement sustainability in Seattle. Free/fonations taken. Info: Northwest Environmental Education Council rsobol@nwetc.org or http://www.nweec.org/ea.htm or 206-762-1976.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9

7 PM. COLAGE (Children Of Lesbians And Gays Everywhere) Seattle Chapter Monthly meeting of the new Seattle Chapter of COLAGE. All ages welcome--let's meet, eat & plan at the fabulous new Faire Cafe (sandwiches, too!) & Gallery between Capitol Hill & downtown. Faire Cafe & Gallery, 1351 E. Olive Way, just off I-5, Seattle. Info: http://www.COLAGE.org or www.myspace.com/queerspawn, or contact Rebecca at rslanda@u.washington.edu or 206-363-0880.

7-9:30 PM. Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies. Wallingford Neighbors for Peace & Justice present the film "Granito De Arena" ("Grain Of Sand") with filmmaker Jill Friedberg. At Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl., west of I-5, just north of 50th, Metro Bus Routes 16, 26 & 44, Seattle. Discussion follows. Free and open to the public, but donations are kindly accepted. Info: http://www.meaningfulmovies.org/.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10

Noon. 14th Annual Regional Tacoma Leonard Peltier March & Rally for Justice. Portland Ave. Park on Portland Ave. between E. 35th & E. Fairbanks, Tacoma. March to US Federal Court House, 1717 Pacific Ave. for 1 PM rally. Carpools leaving from the Red Apple parking lot at 23rd & Jackson, Seattle, at 10 AM. Info, including other Pacific Northwest carpools: bayou@blarg.net.

7 PM. Folk singer and peace activist Tom Rawson concert and album release party to benefit Seattle chapter of Fellowship of Reconciliation. Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, 225 North 70th St, Seattle. "Several other musicians will also perform." Suggested donation $10-20. Info 206-789-5565.

7:30 PM. Seattle Folklore Society concert with Rebel Voices and renowned political folk singer Charlie King. Phinney Neighborhood Center, Brick Building, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle. Admission: $14 ($2 off for SFS & PNA members & seniors); kids half price. Reservations recommended. Tickets can be reserved at http://www.seafolklore.org/reserve.html, or 206-528-8523.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14

Love somebody.

6 PM Potluck, 6:30 to 8:30 meeting, call to confirm. Meeting of Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites (CAR-W). Cascade People's Center, 309 Pontius Ave N at Thomas, Seattle, Buses #8 and #70. Info Zoe 206-903-1441 or info@carw.org or http://carw.org or Chris 206-328-4342 or boonchrist@yahoo.com or lambert@riseup.net.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16

Through Feb. 18, Human Rights Film Festival, presented by Amnesty International Puget Sound. Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave., Seattle. Tickets $/$5 students/seniors/low income; festival passes $40/$20. Schedule and tickets http://www.aiwashington.org/filmfest/filmfest.htm, info 206-782-5206 or jcnw55@yahoo.com.

7-9:30 PM. Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies. Wallingford Neighbors for Peace & Justice present the film "A Force More Powerful: Gandhi's Salt March. At Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl., west of I-5, just north of 50th, Metro Bus Routes 16, 26 & 44, Seattle. Discussion follows. Free and open to the public, but donations are kindly accepted. Info: http://www.meaningfulmovies.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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