WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2

5:30 PM, Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave. Jobs With Justice Seattle Organizing Committee meeting. Info: 206-441-4969.

7 PM, Labor Temple, Hall 8, 2800 1st Ave. Latino Workers meeting. Better wages, medical insurance, pensions. Spanish, English translation available. Info: 800-202-1433.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3

8 AM, Crocodile Cafe, 2200 2nd Ave. (at Blanchard). Int'l Women's Day Planning Committee. Info: 206-441-4969 or http://www.scn.org/basecamp.

Through Sun. Feb. 20. Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center, 104 17th Ave. S., bus #27. "Women on Tap", musical by Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates. Info: 206-684-4757 or http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/langstonhughes.

6 PM reception, 7 PM presentation, New Hope Baptist Church, 124 21st Ave., bus #27, 48. Talk by Barbara Smith, co-founder/publisher of Kitchen Table/Women of Color Press, editor "Home Girls," co-editor of "All the Women are White, All the Blacks are Men, but Some of Us Are Brave". Info: 206-684-0479.

7:30 PM, Seattle First Baptist Church, Harvard & Seneca, bus #2, 12. League Of Women Voters Forum. Info: 206-329-4848 or lwvseattle@aol.com or http://www.scn.org/civic/lwvseattle.

12 Noon, start at Portland Ave. Park, between E. 34th & E. Fairbanks Ave., Tacoma, 1 PM rally, US Federal Courthouse, 1717 Pacific Ave. March and Rally for Justice for imprisoned Native American activist Leonard Peltier. Info: NatAimer@aol.com or bayou@blarg.net.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5

9:30 AM, Town Hall, 1119 8th Avenue (at Seneca), bus #2, 11. Technology And The Community public forum. Sponsored by Citizens Technology Literacy & Access Initiative and Sustainable Seattle. Info: 206-615-1397 or http://www.cityofseattle.net/tech/.

6:30 PM, 2822 31st Ave. S., Freedom Socialist Party holds a welcome party "Bienvenidos Moises Montoya", meet gay Chicano writer Moises Montoya, author of 'Voices of Color', Mexican buffet for $8.50 donation, salsa dancing! Info: 206-722-2453.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6

11 AM-2 PM, Lesbian Resource Center, 2214 S. Jackson St., bus #14, 48. Women's Brunch. Info: 322-3965.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7

6 PM, Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Ave. NE. Seattle Colombia Committee meeting, working to end Colombia's civil war. Info: 206-923-2669 or oakleyruth@igc.org.

7-8:30 PM, Christ Episcopal Church, 4548 Brooklyn Ave. NE, ring bell at 47th St. entrance. "The Concept of Peace in Islam", sponsored by the Nonviolence Dialog Group. Info: 206-236-9536.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9

1-3 PM, Four Angels Cafe, 14th & Union, bus #2, 12. Legislative Workshop for housing advocacy, sponsored by the Tenants Union. Info: 206-722-6848 x 114.

7 PM, Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave. Labor Party monthly meeting. Info: 206-783-4502.

7-9 PM, 1307 13th Ave. S., bus #7, 9. Homestead Community Land Trust meeting. Increase affordable housing! Info: 206-324-6822 or homesteadclt@yahoo.com.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10

Through Fri. Feb. 11. Portland. Community Land Trust NW seminar. Increase affordable housing! Info/ride sharing from Seattle: 206-324-6822 or homesteadclt@yahoo.com.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11

Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave (at Seneca), bus #2, 11. Celebrate the life of Hazel Wolf, human rights and environmental activist, who died recently at the age of 101.

Through Mon. Feb. 14. San Francisco. "Open World Conference of Workers in Defense of Trade Union Independence & Democratic Rights." Focuses: Child Labor, Sweatshops, IMF/World Bank, Labor-Management Cooperation. Hosted by the SF Labor Council. Info: 415-641-8616 or owc@igc.org or http://www.geocities.com/owc_2000.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12

10:30 AM, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, bus #16. "Showdown in Seattle: Five Days that Shook the WTO," film & discussion presented by the Gray Panthers of Seattle. Info: 206-675-8859.

Evergreen State College, Olympia. Beijing Plus 5 conference/five-year reunion of the UN's 4th World Conference on Women, in Beijing, 1995. Send a message to the UN Special Session Women 2000! Info/survey: 206-409-1836 or http://www.nwstonesoup.org/beijing/survey.html.

4-8 PM, A Contemporary Theater, 700 Union St. Seattle Neighborhood Arts Celebration! Performance, exhibits, election of the City's 2nd Poet Populist. Info: Nick.Licata@ci.seattle.wa.us.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14

6 PM, Delfino's, University Village, bus #25, 68, 243. Cohousing Salon. Info: http://www.thefoundry.org/cohousing/ or 206-763-2623.

6 PM, Pike Market Senior Center, 1931 1st Ave., enter on Virginia St. Tenant Organizing Meeting sponsored by the Tenants Union. Special needs/info: 206-722-6848 x 102.

6:30 PM, Labor Temple, Room 208, 2800 1st Ave. (at Broad St.), Room 208. Potluck meeting of Out Front Labor Coalition/Gay Pride at Work, AFL-CIO. Info: 206-903-9488 or oflcpride@aol.com.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17

Olympia. Housing Advocacy Day! Join the Tenants Union, Low-Income Housing Network & others. Meet with your legislators. Free transportation/lunch. Info: 206-722-6848 x114 or alinebc@hotmail.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.