Activist Calendar

Below calendar entries have mostly been chosen from Jean Buskin's email Peace and Justice Calendar. To post activism events on th email web version, sebd event notices to Jean Buskin at [email protected]. To receive updates of the complete calendar, have Ms Buskin add you to her email list by contacting her at the same address, or view the full canendar anytime at
http://www.scn.org/activism/calendar

OTHER NW REGIONAL PROGRESSIVE WEB CALENDARS

SEATTLE www.seattleactivism.org/ and www.snowCoalition.org, TACOMA www.tacomapjh.org, OLYMPIA http://olynetwork.com and www.OlyFOR.org, PUGET SOUND, Women in Black Vigils (various cities) www.scn.org/womeninblack, BELLINGHAM www.bellinghampeace.org or www.revolutionz.org, EUGENE Oregon www.planeteugene.com/peace-events, MONTANA www.montanapeaceseekers.org, TRI-CITIES www.tcfn.org/wcp, Lots of NEIGHBORHOOD PEACE GROUPS, see below and www.snowCoalition.org/contact.php

MON JAN 15, Seattle; MARTIN LUTHER KING CELEBRATION with March and Rally. info Nick Allen [email protected] or 206-296-0321 THUR JAN 25, Seattle; 7 pm, at Camp Long Environmental Learning Center; Movie "An Inconvenient Truth" about GLOBAL WARMING. free/ Donations taken. info Northwest Environmental Education Council 206-762-1976 or www.nweec.org or [email protected]

JAN 26 - 28, AND MARCH 16 - 18, in Olympia; Course ACTING FOR CHANGE. The content will be: anti-oppression theory and techniques, playback theatre, theatre of the oppressed, authentic movement, and performance ar.t This two-weekend retreat-style in-depth workshop is designed to facilitate communication and empowerment. Thirty-six contact/ training hours, $360. Scholarships and trades are available. info and sign up [email protected]

JAN 26 - 28, in Sacramento, California; Western Migrant Stream Forum 16th Annual Conference. Se Puede Hoy: SUSTAINING MIGRANT COMMUNITIES for a Healthy Tomorrow. info [email protected] or www.nwrpca.org/conf/detail.php?ID=303

JAN 26 - 27, Seattle; THE HOMELESS ONE NIGHT COUNT. This is the event at which participants walk the streets and count people who are sleeping outside because of lack of housing. Please contact the Church Council if you would like to participate 206-525-1213 or [email protected].

THUR FEB 8, Seattle 7 pm, at NW Environmental Education Council, 650 S. Orcas St.Suite 220; Movie "Edens Lost & Found: Seattle", bring us up to date on the efforts to IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABILITY IN SEATTLE. free/ Donations taken. info Northwest Environmental Education Council 206-762-1976 or www.nweec.org or [email protected]

SAT FEB Tacoma 10 - noon, Portland Ave. Park on Portland Ave. between E. 35th & E. Fairbanks, 14th Annual Regional Tacoma Leonard Peltier March & Rally for Justice on the International DAY OF SOLIDARITY FOR LEONARD PELTIER. March to U.S. Federal Court House, 1717-Pacific Ave. for 1 pm rally. Donations Needed! info [email protected]

FEB 22 - 24, Olympia; The LATINO/A EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT PROJECT (LEAP) 7th Annual LEAP Education Conference and Legislative Day with Workshop for students on civics and government; educational workshops for students, educators, parents; Parent and student perspectives on what's needed in education; Tour of the State Capitol Campus; Rally in the Rotunda; Meet your legislator. info www.leapwa.org/events.htm or 206-878-3710 x5176 or [email protected]

MARCH 1 - 3, Spokane at Red Lion Inn at the Park; 3rd International GLOBALIZATION, DIVERSITY, AND EDUCATION Conference. This conference will provide a forum for scholarly discussion of diversity grounded in relationships between peoples and their contexts. info [email protected] or 509-335-0000 or www.emmps.wsu.edu/globalization/

APRIL 12 - 14, Yakima; The Washington State Multicultural Student Services Directors Council presents the 17th Annual STUDENTS OF COLOR CONFERENCE - "Diversity in Action: Openin' Minds, Makin' Changes!" info Tina Young 206- 587-4085 or [email protected]

APRIL 20 - 22, Olympia at The Evergreen State College; The 6th Annual SUSTAINABLE LIVING CONFERENCE. info www.evergreen.edu/synergy

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