WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20

7 PM. Jody Aliesan poetry reading, benefiting the Lesbian Resource Center. LRC, 2214 S. Jackson. Info: lizburbank@earthlink.net.

7-8:45 PM. "Urban Warrior," video on the militarization of the police. Columbia Library, 4721 Rainier Ave. S. at S. Alaska St. Info: learn-truth-action@attbi.com.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21

Noon-1:30 PM. "Meet the Press: Working with the Media Workshop" for nonprofit organizations. With Nhien Nguyen, Editor, International Examiner; Esther "Little Dove" John, host of "Conversations" on KWJZ-FM, 98.9, and others. Free. Highland Community Center 14224 Bel-Red Road, Bellevue. Info: 425-452-2835, or khenry@ci.bellevue.wa.us.

3:30-5 PM. "Feminism in the African Diaspora" with Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall, author of Words of Fire: Antholody of Black Feminist Thought and Traps: African American Men on Gender and Sexuality. UW, Communications Hall, Rm. 226. Info: hinman@u.washington.edu, 206-616-6651.

5-6 PM every Thursday. Peace Vigil to protest US Policy in Afghanistan, Palestine/Israel, and Iraq with with Women in Black. Westlake Park, 4th & Pine. Info: 206-208- 9715 or www.scn.org/~wibnw.

6-10 PM. Citizens' Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools Awards Party. Food, fun, music; children especially welcome. Info/location: btlrwall@drizzle.com or www.scn.org/cccs.

7 PM. "Senorita Extraviada: Missing Young Women," documentary on the unsolved murders of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez; violence against women in a maquilladora city. UW Husky Union Bldg., Rm 201. Info: 206.543.1817 or http://depts.washington.edu/~asuwomn.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23

Noon-2 PM, each 2nd & 4th Sat. Sidewalk Education For Palestinian Human Rights, all nonracists welcome. Westlake Park, 4th & Pine. Info: 206 633-1086 or palestinejustice@aol.com.

3-4 PM every Sat. Peace Vigil--all welcome. North Bend Post Office. Info: hayden@rcia.com.

3-4 ON every Sat. Peace Vigil--Westlake Park, 4th & Pine. Info: cobra2953@aol.com or 206.634.0566

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24

1:30-3 PM. Peace Vigil, all peaceful people invited. Greenlake, near 63rd & E. Greenlake Way N. Info: greenlakepeacevigil@hotmail.com.

6:30 PM. "Rachel's Daughters," film about links between cancer and environmental pollution. Benefits the Seattle Lesbian Cancer Project and the Community Coalition for Environmental Justice. $5-15 sliding scale. 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave. N. Info/directions: 206-325-4061.

MONDAY NOVEMBER 25

7 PM. Planning meeting for SNOW, Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War. Location TBA. Info: bb369@scn.org or 206-860-9649.

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 26

6:30 PM. Amnesty International meeting, with Sam Pailca from the Office of Professional Accountability, overseeing police accountability and investigating charges of Seattle police misconduct. Fremont Public Library, 731 N. 35th St. Info www.scn.org/amnesty or 206-622-6741.

7 PM. MLK Celebration Committee meeting, help plan the Jan 20 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. rally and march. CAMP, 722 18th Ave. Info: 206-296- 0321.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28

4-5 PM. Thanksgiving Day Peace Vigil--protest US Policy in Afghanistan, Palestine/Israel, and Iraq with Women in Black. Westlake Park, 4th & Pine. Info: 206-208-9715 or www.scn.org/~wibnw.

Evening. "Harvest: A First Nations Reclaimation Of Thansgiving." ReBirth/Capitol Hill Arts Collective space. Info: knitbone@hotmail.com.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29

Buy Nothing Day! Ignore the year's biggest shopping day!

Women in Black presence at the holiday lighting festival at Westlake Pk., 4th and Pine. Info: 206-208- 9715 or www.scn.org/~wibnw/.

"Voices of the Village," multi-racial discussion group on racism and community building. Sponsored by the Y.E.S. (Youth Empowering Self) project of POCAAN. Info:206-322-7061x225 or vanessa@pocaan.org.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30

1 PM. 6th & S. Jackson St. (tentative): N30 Radical Street Festival! N30 third anniversary, Reclaim the Streets, continue our resistance against corporate globalizaion. Music, speakers, a march or two. Bring all noisemakers.

6-9 PM. WTO Anniversary Candlelight Vigil for freedom and liberty. Info: 206-324-5177 or philiplipson@hotmail.com or /www.seattlechatclub.org.

SUNDAY DECEMBER 1, WORLD AIDS DAY

And Sun. Dec. 8, 10:30 AM-5:30 PM. Peacekeeper Training: Learn nonviolent crowd control, help rallies and marches be effective without disruption. Sponsored by the Nonviolent Peaceforce. Info/RSVP: 425-482-3026 or dberrian@earthlink.net.

7-9 PM. "Don't Kill Your Television!" Seattle Independent Media Center hosts political and passionate TV. IMC, 1415 3rd Ave. between Pike & Union. Info: 206-709-0558.

MONDAY DECEMBER 2

7-9 PM "Blind Journalism, American Style," with Ahmed Bouzid, President of Palestine Media Watch. UW Hub Auditorium. Info: www.hayaat.org; events@hayaat.org .

7-8:30 PM. Meeting of Citizens' Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools. Info: www.scn.org/cccs/newslet.html or 206-523-4922.

TUESDAY DECEMBER 3

7 PM. Planning meeting for SNOW, Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War. Info/location: 206-860-9649 or bb369@scn.org.

THURSDAY DECEMBER 5

Night of 1000 Dinners/Fundraiser for landmine clearance in Afghanistan. Host a dinner--help clear landmines in Afghanistan from your home! A video on the global landmine situation is provided. Info: info@unaseattle.org or www.landmines.org.

8 AM registration, 9-5:30 conference. "Race, Class, and the War on Drugs." Plymouth Congregational Church, 1217 Sixth Ave., downtown. Sponsored by King County Bar Association, Loren Miller Bar Association, Washington Defender Association, and the ACLU of Washington.

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.

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