THURSDAY, MAY 24

9 AM-Noon. Immigration Support Training and Refugee Advocacy workshop. Co-sponsored by NW African Times and Ujima Consultants. Safeco Insurance Community Room, 23rd Ave. and Jackson St., Seattle. Info: Charlie James 206-860-5916 or JamComm2012@yahoo.com or Isom Taylor 206-568-5452 or isom@ujima.biz.

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

7:30 PM. Seattle Follies. Town Hall's original comedy/political/musical cabaret returns for the spring season. Town Hall, Eighth Ave. at Seneca, Seattle. Tickets are $14/$12 Town Hall members, students & seniors at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800-838-3006. $15/$13 at the door. Info: www.townhallseattle.org.

FRIDAY, MAY 25

5:30 PM. Critical Mass. An organized coincidence of bicyclists who ride around the streets of Seattle en masse. Come join the fun! Westlake Park, 4th & Pine, Seattle. Info: http://students.washington.edu/spiegel/cmass.html.

7-9:30 PM. "Tears For The Crocodile." Friday Night At the Meaningful Movies and Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice present a film on East Timor. The 32-minute documentary film chronicles a school trip made in April 2005 by 10 Nova High School students to their sister high school located in East Timor. The program will also feature free cups of fair trade, organic East Timorese coffee which is used to raise money for the sister school, available in bag form for $10 a pound to benefit the Sister School project. Free and open to the public but donations are kindly accepted. Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl., Seattle. Info: www.meaningfulmovies.org.

7:30 PM. Doug Barnes, on Cuba and Oil. Evergreen Peace and Justice Community presents Kirkland Meaningful Movies. Admission is free, but donations are greatly appreciated. Kirkland Congregational Church Fellowship Hall, 106 5th Ave, Kirkland. Info: http://epjc.net or tboyle@rosehill.net.

TUESDAY, MAY 29

7:30 PM. Brian Steidle on the Darfur genocide. Former US Marine Captain Brian Steidle served for six months in Darfur as an unarmed military observer for the African Union. He bears witness to the genocide in Darfur and shows how one person's actions can have the power to change the world. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life and University Book Store. Tickets $5 at the door only. Town Hall members receive priority seating. Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave., Seattle. Info: www.townhallseattle.org.

8:30-10 PM. Non-Profit Comedy. A benefit show for CASA Latina, a community-based organization that educates and organizes Latino urban migrant workers and their families. Tickets are $12 at the door ($6 with student ID), or get a guaranteed reservation and $2 off each full-price ticket by e-mailing yoram@nonprofitcomedy.com with your name, the number in your party, and the date of the show before noon on Tuesday, May 29. (You'll pick up and pay for your tickets at the door). The Comedy Underground, 222 S. Main Street, under Swannies Sports Bar in Pioneer Square, Seattle. Info: Marek Falk 206-956-0779, x.18 or marek@casa-latina.org.

FRIDAY, JUNE 1

Through June 24. The House of The Spirits by Isabel Allende. Book-It Theatre presents this alluring tale of matriarchy, magic realism, and revolution. Elements of the story are based upon Allende's own life; her uncle Salvador Allende became the first socialist to be elected president in Chile in 1970 and then in 1973 was assassinated in a military coup. Seattle Repertory's Leo K Theatre. Info or tickets: 206-216-0833.

7-9:30 PM. "In Search Of International Justice" (66 min, Judy Jackson, 2006). Friday Night At the Meaningful Movies and Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice present this film about a crucial new commitment to the International Rule of Law. In 2002 the International Criminal Court was established in The Hague. So far 100 countries have signed on to the Court's mandate. However, the world's remaining superpower, the United States, is strongly opposed. Discussion follows. Free and open to the public! but donations are kindly accepted. Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl., West of I-5, just North of 50th, Seattle. Info: www.meaningfulmovies.org.

7:30 PM. Green Film Series. 911 Media Arts Center and Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network present a monthly showcase of progressive documentaries. The HWEFN opens up its extensive film library to showcase documentaries of all shapes and sizes on environmental issues. Admission $5. 911 Media Arts Center, 402 9th Ave N, Seattle. Info: www.911media.org or www.hazelfilm.org/greenfilms.html#reinvention.

SATURDAY, JUNE 2

4 PM. Palestine For Beginners. Public forum features Ed Mast. Activists For A Better World and Newberry Books co-host this monthly speaker meeting followed by a public discussion. Newberry Books, 561 NE Ravenna Blvd., Seattle.

MONDAY, JUNE 4

Free Grantwriting Clinics for Nonprofits.A joint venture between the Nonprofit Assistance Center and the Puget Sound Grant Writers Association Nonprofit Assistance Center. Up to 2 members from an organization may bring a RFP, application guidelines, draft proposal or a proposal not funded and an experienced grant writer will give you one-on-one guidance! Organizations must have budgets under $500,000. Seen by appointment only. Info: 206-324-5850 or www.nacseattle.org or info@NACSeattle.org or www.dakotta.com or 206-973-7449.

7 PM. Jubilee 2000 NW Coalition meeting at St. Mark's Cathedral. Working for debt relief for the world's poorest nations. Open to new members! 1245 10th Ave E, Conference Room, Seattle. Info: Betsy Bell, 206-933-1889 or betsyjbell@comcast.net or Mary Margaret Pruitt 206-382-3785 or www.jubileenw.org.

TUESDAY, JUNE 5

Through June 10. Noise for the Needy. A local non-profit organization dedicated to raising money for charitable causes through live music, presents its annual music festival to benefit Seattle's Rise n Shine. Rise n Shine provides emotional support programs, advocacy, and AIDS education for children and teens affected by HIV and AIDS. Participating artists include Okkervil River, CSS, The Handsome Family, The Cops, Thee Emergency, Head like a Kite, Tall Birds, Cancer Rising, The Lights, The Prids, Sirens Sister, and others at clubs such as Neumo's, Tractor Tavern, Comet Tavern, Sunset Tavern, Chop Suey and more. Advance tickets, online auction, and artist updates at www.noisefortheneedy.org.

THURSDAY, JUNE 7

5:30-7:30 PM. Free legal clinic. Seattle Public Library and Access to Justice Initiative. Clinics provide free and confidential legal advice from attorneys. Translation will be available in Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Russian. This clinic is a Basic Wills Clinic. Ensure that your wishes are carried out when you die. Central Library Conference Room 2, Level 4, 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle. Info: 206-386-4667 or culturalcommunities@spl.org.

7 PM. Monthly Business/Editorial Meeting and Mailing Party for Eat the State! Come opine, meet, volunteer. How do we do it every other week? People like you! Come be one of them! University Baptist Church, NE 47th and 12th Ave. NE, 3rd Floor. Info 206-719-6947 or info@eatthestate.org.

7 PM. Soldiers Of Conscience. Documentary film premiere at Seattle film festival. Their country asked them to kill. Their hearts asked them to stop. Portrait of eight US soldiers today, torn between the demands of duty and the call of conscience, including four who decide not to kill in a realistic yet optimistic film about war, peace and the power of the human conscience. SIFF Cinema, Seattle Center, McCaw Hall. Trailer for film at: http://socfilm.com. Ticket/festival link: http://tinyurl.com/2zoult.

7:30 PM. Christopher Hitchens: "God is Not Great." Presented by Town Hall Center for Civic Life and Elliott Bay Book Company. Tickets are $5 at the door only. Town Hall members receive priority seating. Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave., near Seneca Street, Seattle. Info: www.townhallseattle.org.

FRIDAY, JUNE 8

7 PM. COLAGE--Children Of Lesbians And Gays Everywhere. Do you have one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender parents? Want to meet other folks who understand what its like to have LGBT parents? Be a part of the newly re-activated COLAGE Seattle group--community & fun for youth and adults with LGBT parents. All ages welcome. Call for location. Info: Rebecca Landa 206-363-0880 or rslanda@u.washington.edu or Jonathan j_feakins@yahoo.com, 206-353-2721, or www.COLAGE.org.

8 PM. Stonewall Youth Drag Cabaret. Back by popular demand, Stonewall Youth will be performing their fabulous Drag Cabaret in Seattle! This show includes an all-star cast of Queer Youth from Olympia, Tacoma, and Seattle, playing talk-show hosts, newscasters, Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, even George W. Bush himself. The youth have spent months developing this production, exploring issues of homophobia, transphobia and racism as it relates to their communities and their lives. Tickets on sale 6 pm - Doors open 7 pm. Youth $5-Adults $15-$15,000,000 (no one turned away for lack of funds!). All proceeds go to Stonewall Youth. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway, Seattle. Info: 360-705-2738.

SATURDAY, JUNE 9

9 AM-1 PM. Weaving Webs of Color: Conversations About Race. We invite everyone interested to join us for our 4th annual series of conversations about race. How does race impact the organizations and institutions of our community? What roles do our organizations play in strengthening or diminishing the effects of racism? $25, scholarships available. Advance registration and payment required. In Central Seattle. Register with Washington Courage & Renewal at 206-633-2888 or info@wacouragerenewal.org or www.wacouragerenewal.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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