PACIFIC CALL May-June 2006

Web edition at: www.scn.org/wwfor (may include articles and links that couldn’t fit into the print version).

 Expressions from Ellen
 Join the Experiment
 One Person, One Bean, One Vote
 Local Government and the Common Good
 May 20: Walk for Peace and Healing
 Applications Due May 12, for High School Jr-Sr Peace Activist Trainee Program
 July 1-4 Seabeck: Creating the Beloved Community
 With ACLU, WWFOR Seeks FOIA Disclosure
 Events Calendar
 Connections: People and organizations

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Abbreviations: FOR=Fellowship of Reconciliation
IFOR=International FOR WWFOR=Western Washington FOR

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The national FOR nonviolence program "Creating a Culture of Peace" (CCP) was recently bought to Washington State. Olympia FOR organized two basic trainings plus a facilitator training. The latter, led by Janet Chisholm and T. Michael Rock, was attended by folks from Seattle, Olympia, Cosmopolis, Anacortes, Chehalis, Twisp, Everett, Tacoma, Elma, as well as Oregon, California, North Carolina, and Utah.

I have attended and led many nonviolence trainings. The CCP program exceeded my expectations. It uses experiential, spiritual, historical, and practical approaches to teach and promote nonviolent alternatives for personal and social change. It addresses five modules: the experience and dynamics of violence; the experience and dynamics of active and creative nonviolence; nonviolent social change and commitment to action; the building and sustaining community; and practical planning for nonviolent action in daily life. Our culture is more violent than ever before. Many long-time peace activists are feeling frustrated, angry and discouraged. At the same time, it is a moment of hope and opportunity, for more and more people are seeking ways to decrease violence.

CCP is all about organizing a successful nonviolent grassroots social change movement. It is a strategy about not simply opposing this war, or the next, but about transforming our culture and ourselves. It places an emphasis on what we can do as individuals, in groups, and in communities and de-emphasizes "experts" or "gurus".

The program reflects FOR's desire to join grassroots leaders in strengthening and fostering small communities of support, communities committed to nonviolent social change, and to nurturing themselves through a continual process of reflection and action. It provides opportunities for more and more people who share the same values and are potential activists to learn about the power and creative possibilities of active nonviolence. It is also valued by long-time activists who seek centering, reflection, or a deepening of their understanding of nonviolence to sustain them over the long haul.

I look forward to working with FOR chapters and others to help organize CCP more actively in this region. Other ways to promote a Culture of Peace? I'm sure you're engaged in some. Another suggestion: attend the national Veterans for Peace convention in Seattle in August (see calendar).

As I write this, seven people are occupying Senator Maria Cantwell's office. Joe Colgan, father of Lt. Benjamin Colgan who was killed in action in Iraq in November of 2003, sat down with no plan on leaving until he gets answers. "Over four months have passed since I met with Sen. Cantwell requesting answers and a public forum. Her refusal to set a date for withdrawing troops from Iraq is bewildering. Her refusal to set a date for an open discussion is unacceptable," said Mr. Colgan. Another participant said, "When Senator Cantwell stands up, we'll stand down."

Join the Experiment

We are trying an experiment with Pacific Call. We are trying to see what happens if we enclose an envelope with the newsletter, instead of sending a separate fundraising letter. This could save us time and money and, at the same time, reduce the number of mailings you get.

If you received an envelope [in the postally mailed version of Pacific Call], we invite you to read Pacific Call, discover all the work Western Washington FOR and local FOR chapters are doing for peace and justice and remember that it all takes money. Please give generously and send us back the envelope. Thank you.

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Passers-by at Westlake on March 15 had a unique opportunity to vote with one bean each for their favorite strategy for the U.S. to leave Iraq. A couple dozen Seattle FOR members and other peace advocates listened to concerns and encouraged choosing between 5 exit strategies: 1) Bush -- stay until victory 2) Cantwell -- ditto, except no permanent bases 3) Murtha -- withdraw to Kuwait and bomb from there 4) an Iraqi proposal -- withdraw from urban areas, release prisoners, negotiate among factions, and 5) INOC (Interfaith Network of Concern for the People of Iraq) -- U.S. leave Iraq, UN convene a conference with all stakeholders, U.S. pay for reconstruction.

The results were striking: Bush-3 beans, Cantwell-3, Murtha-4, Iraqi-9, and INOC-121.

April 22 was a great day: Earth Day, brilliant sunshine, and WWFOR’s Spring Assembly. The workshops provided information and practical strategies for moving city and state governments to make good choices in areas such as racial justice, resistance to war in Iraq, Wal-Mart and community values, nuclear weapons and your town, counter-recruitment, sustainable communities, and Iran today.

In his keynote address, State representative Hans Dunshee challenged us to become involved in positive ways that get results. He emphasized the enormous influence a small handful of committed activists can achieve, through consistent and early support of critical races, starting right now. Here’s a paraphrase of his remarks. A cop-out? Reality? You decide:

"How do you get involved in politics? The first step is to vote. About 50% of people don’t vote. Some politicians live and work on the premise that the majority of people are pretty ignorant and that they can be pushed around with fear and that the majority don’t vote, or barely vote. When you use those sorts of tactics of fear and ignorance, you’re going at that 5% that decide elections. You don’t decide elections. I don’t decide elections. Sorry about that, but our vote doesn’t decide elections.

"We’re in the 20% that reads newspapers. The people who decide elections, that 5%, who put people into office, aren’t like us at all. They don’t care about politics very much. In fact they spend more time thinking about their plumber, or their car, than they do about their politicians. And that’s sort of understandable. Politics is pretty complex stuff; people are yelling things back and forth. Try to figure what’s going on with the immigration issue, it’s complex, incredibly complex. Go take your kid to soccer game; it’s more satisfying, much more satisfying.

"Who is a politician trying to reach? It’s that 5% mass in the middle, that group that Henry George said are that gelatinous mass in the middle. They’re not here, not at this meeting. There are more people down at Lincoln Park right now, walking their dog, than are here. So if you want to influence a politician, you want to lay out that:

• you’re not their target audience, and that
• they’re always compromisers, and
• they’re always thinking about elections.

"So how would you use that information about the way a politician thinks, different than the way you think, to influence a politician? Well, elections, right? Getting good people elected is important. Any politician thinks that they are good people. No one thinks ‘I don’t deserve to be elected, and I shouldn’t be elected, so therefore I’m running for office.’ That just doesn’t make sense.

"Elections are what change things. They really are. How do you influence politicians with that? There are politicians who you should tie to their desks, because they won’t budge. There are other politicians who you can move with political action. It’s astounding. The number of people who run a legislative race, for say 120,000 voters, may be 10 volunteers. For a US Senate or House Race it will be little larger, but really not much. It’s just astounding how few people it takes to influence a politician positively in a campaign setting.

"If ten people showed up on a legislative race – I’ll give you an example: animal welfare folks. We’ve been in a fight over the last six years over an animal welfare issue on trapping, an initiative on trapping that passed overwhelmingly. The Legislature wants to roll it back. It’s been under constant attack. The animal welfare folks have come out and worked on campaigns, diligently. They’ve come out and door belled, on targeted races, so that the House Democrats have said, they’re helping us keep our majority, we’re not going to roll back that initiative. It’s been a very successful strategy – a very few folks, working on a few legislative races. They’ve been able to change the political working. Maybe 20 people, max. Five or six would show up once a week, on a weekend and go out and doorbell.

"Politicians see that, that there definitely are people working on that issue who care about it, and they are influenced by that. It’s very important to a politician who supports them and who doesn’t. Think of it not so much as working for the common good, but as war. When you figure out who is working on your side and who is on the other side, you care about people on your side. You can have much more influence working on a Senate race than you can by working against it. I want to challenge you on this. I have found in my world to be much more successful in moving people by positive action rather than negative action. And working on campaigns, distasteful as that sounds, to go door to door and say here’s a little bit of information on my candidate, take it and read it before you vote. Moving those people in the middle, will move the candidate toward you.

"My point is, elections are the way you change politicians. Either replace them, or move them towards you. It’s not fun, but it’s the practical reality of how you move our system. For me, I had to start shaving under my chin, wearing a shirt and long pants [laughter]. Sometimes, I even wear a tie. But it’s the reality of how I move the system. I get to pass legislation that requires every single building that’s built with state money be a green building that uses 30% less energy. I get to vote for stronger environmental laws, for cleaner cars. I get to pass laws that take mercury out of the environment. I get to do this because I moved into the political system and changed it.

"I want you to move into that same system, because I want you to be able to move levers. We can all stand back and be righteous and say, those blankety-blank politicians; they don’t do what we want. Or, I can figure out how to move them. And that happened to me years ago in a struggle to preserve a 40 acre cornfield. I realized what I had to do to get the system moved. You can move politicians locally; we can move them nationally, by moving into the system, understanding what they are after, which to a large extent is their re-election because they think that’s good. Once you figure that out, how to move them, you can change things.

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On Saturday, May 20 from 1-4 pm, Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War (SNOW), supported by WWFOR and many other groups, is sponsoring a "Walk for Peace and Healing" around Green Lake in Seattle, to raise more than $50,000 to help defray costs of bringing an Iraqi child with war-related injuries to the Northwest for medical treatment.

Why walk for peace and healing? To raise money for specialized medical care for a war-injured Iraqi child. To put a human face on wars. To reflect our own share of responsibility for healing the devastating effects of wars on the most innocent. To say health is a fundamental right of children. To help a community take positive action.

Before May 20, you can help by spreading the word about the walk to family, friends, neighbors, churches, and schools, and by collecting pledges from others for your walk. (See www.walkforpeaceandhealing.com for donation sheets and other information.) Even if you can’t walk, consider making a tax-deductible contribution. Make your check out to IHC (International Humanitarian Center), and write SNOW on the memo line. Mail your donation to SNOW/FOR, 225 North 70^th Street, Seattle WA 98103.

On May 20 begin your walk anytime between 1 pm and 3:30 pm by registering at a canopy – near the Community Center, the Bathhouse, or Boat House (close to parking lots). Bring money you have already collected or wish to donate yourself. As you walk, the Raging Grannies, Seattle Children’s Chorus and others will perform all around the lake.

The WWFOR and the Abe Keller Peace Education Fund are looking for students to spend a month this summer doing social action projects that may focus on areas such as Racial Justice, Nuclear Disarmament, Ending the Occupation of Iraq, Military Recruitment and No Child Left Behind, Promoting a Peaceful Alternative to the War on Terrorism, and Effective Organizer Skills for a Better World.

You will receive training in media relations, lobbying, planning a campaign for change, designing a flyer, public speaking, listening and talking to a wide variety of people, and being a peacekeeper. You will work with experienced activists and learn how a social change organization operates. These are paid positions ($9/hr), about 20 hours a week, 10-3pm, July 5 to 28. For info and applications, contact Ellen Finkelstein at WWFOR (206) 789-5565 wwfor@connectexpress.com or Carl Shutoff at Abe Keller Peace Education Fund, (206) 523-2271.

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Pat Clark and Paul Dekar will keynote this year’s annual Seabeck Conference. Clark is FOR USA’s most recent Executive Director. Dekar is Niswonger Professor at Memphis Theological Seminary. His 2005 book, "Creating The Beloved Community", is a lively history of FOR in the United States. Paul will join Nina Murano and Sheila Reid to report on the recent World Social Forum held in Venezuela.

Workshop topics include Conscience and War (with a former GI who received vital assistance through the GI Hotline), Alternatives to Violence, Israel-Palestine and Middle East (with an Iran-born facilitator), FOR’s Colombia peace community, Immigrant Rights and farm workers, Buddhist Practice, National Budget as a moral statement, and Non-Violent Communication. Enjoy the July 1 potluck dinner and an evening concert featuring Linda Allen, Sea Raven, Tom Rawson. Look for more info, in your mail in the next 2 weeks!

On March 21 WWFOR announced with other local peace and justice groups a Freedom Of Information Act request for information about government surveillance:

"Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation (WWFOR) is part of an international network of people working for justice through nonviolent means. Formed at the outset of World Wars I, the FOR has opposed every war since that time.

"In the US, the FOR has supported Conscientious

Objectors to war, as well as participated actively in the Civil Rights Movement. In these, and in other causes, we have at times used nonviolent civil disobedience as a means of expressing our strong disagreement with the government. Many FOR members, including the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., have been imprisoned as the result of our acts of conscience.

"Although we may at times break laws, be arrested and convicted of crimes, and be sentenced, we consider our acts of dissent necessary as steps toward a more just and peaceful world. While we often take dissident roles, most of us recognize that national and international governing bodies can, and sometimes do, act as instruments of justice.

"In the struggle for justice in which governments and people may find themselves adversaries, we cherish the rights guaranteed to the people by the Amendments to the US Constitution. We have good reason to believe that the Fourth Amendment is being violated by the current Administration, and we stand with the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington State and other Washington organizations in requesting information about such violations of our right to be secure from unreasonable searches, conducted without probable cause, and without due process. Such violations prevent us from our First Amendment right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Our freedom to dissent is at grave risk, and we must now defend our Constitutional rights."

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Still waging peace all over! Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War Puget Sound & beyond http://www.snowCoalition.org, Olympia plus http://www.OlyFOR.org, Seattle plus http://www.scn.org/activism/calendar, Bellingham http://www.bellinghampeace.org Tacoma http://www.tacomapjh.org, Tri-Cities http://www.tcfn.org/wcp

Ongoing Wednesdays, noon - 1 p.m., NW corner of Sylvester Park, corner of Legion & Capitol Way, Olympia, Peace Vigil, come for all or part of the hour to sustain Olympia *FOR’s* persistent (every week for over 25 years) witness for peace and nonviolence; bring signs or use ours; info Glen 360-491-9093

Ongoing 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 5:15 - 6:15 pm, on Pacific Ave. & S. 19th St. at Union Station, Tacoma; Tacoma Women in Black's Vigil for Peace; No signs please. info Alison 253-678-7053 or arboreal@speakeasy.org

Ongoing Thursdays; 5 - 6 p.m., near the Westlake Park arch at 4th and Pine, downtown Seattle; Peace Vigil and leafleting by Women in Black, a group in the tradition of the women who vigil weekly in Israel / Palestine, info 206-208-9715

Ongoing Thursdays, 9 p.m. & Mondays 1:30 p.m., TCTV channel 22 in Thurston County, Olympia *FOR* TV monthly program, May "Fresh Strategies for the Great Global Challenge." info Glen 360-491-9093 or http://www.olyfor.org

Ongoing Fridays, 4 - 5 p.m., in front of the Bellingham Federal Building; join Bellingham *FOR* members and others in the Whatcom Peace Vigil followed by open discussion at Port of Subs, 5:15 - 6:15 p.m., info 360-738-9205

Ongoing Fridays, 4:30 - 6 p.m., south end of Percival Landing, W 4th & Water, Olympia; Please join Olympia *FOR* in this very friendly peace vigil for all or part of this time. Signs provided or bring your own. info 360-491-9093 or info@olyfor.org

Ongoing Saturdays, noon - 1 p.m., along Pearl St. at Locust, along Washington Park in front of library in Centralia; 3-year old Vigil with focus on Peace and Education by Fire Mountain *FOR*; info June Butler, 360-748-9658 or Larry Kerschner 360-291-3946 or http://www.firemountainfor.org

Ongoing Sundays, 12:30 -1:30 p.m., at the Brackett's Landing sign, Main Street and Railroad Avenue, in downtown Edmonds; Snohomish County Women In Black, Silent Vigil For Peace; Everyone is welcome. info Beth Burrows beb@igc.org

Ongoing Sundays, 2 p.m., at Greenlake, East Greenlake Way N near N 63rd, Seattle; Peace Vigil, all peaceful people invited, bring signs, leaflets, and your friends and dogs, info greenlakepeacevigil@hotmail.com

Ongoing Sundays, 10 p.m., on TCTV channel 22 in Thurston County; Olympia *FOR* sponsors documentaries on peace and social justice, May "Weapons of the Spirit" documents how a French village nonviolently protected Jews from the Nazis during World War II. info Carol 360-866-7645 or carolburns98@comcast.net

Fri & Sat May 5 & 6, at University Friends Meeting, 4001 9th Ave NE, Seattle; Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia NACC will be hosting the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee meeting and Ways We Resist Conference. Fri 7 pm program with Roy Bourgeois, School of the Americas Campaign. Sat 9 am - 5:30 panels & workshops. Sat 7 pm concert with Linda Allen, info NACC 206-547-0952 or nacc@drizzle.com

Sat May 6, 7:30 pm, at Town Hall, 8th and Seneca, Seattle; Seattle Peace Chorus performs "Requiem" by Mozart, to honor all those soldiers and civilians killed in Iraq. advance tickets available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3320, info 206-264-5532 or info@seattlepeacechorus.org

Mon May 8, and subsequent 2nd Mondays, please confirm by phone, 7 - 9 p.m., at Trinity United Methodist Church, 6512 23rd Ave NW, Seattle; meeting of the Church Council Peace and Justice Committee. Open to new members. info Rev. J. Liljenstolpe 206-782-6434

Sun May 7, 1 -4 pm, at Traditions Café, 5th & Water, Olympia; Olympia *FOR* Annual Celebration & Election: Enjoy LaVon Hardison's jazz singing, celebrate what we've accomplished, elect Steering Committee, and enjoy refreshments and a good time together. info Glen 360-491-9093 http://www.olyfor.org

Mon May 8, 7 pm, Doors open 6 pm, at Town Hall, 8th & Seneca, Seattle; Ellliott Bay Books, CODEPINK Seattle and Open Media will sponsor ‘Mothers Day for Peace’ with Cindy Sheehan and author Anthony Arnov. Tickets 15/$12 seniors & students available from Elliott Bay Books 206-624-6600

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Weds May 10, 1 - 3 pm, in Lecture Hall 1, Evergreen State College, Olympia campus; human rights lawyer, activist and author Jennifer Harbury in a free public presentation on Torture and U.S. Foreign Policy: What Can We Do? A question and answer session will follow. info 360-867-5606 or martischmidt@comcast.net

Thurs - Sun May 11 - 14, at Lynnwood Conv Center; Sacred Activism Conference: Finding a New Political Compass for America with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Carolyn Myss, Cindy Sheehan, Jean Houston, Marianne Williamson, Michael Lerner, Andrew Harvey, music by Linda Allen, Betsey Beckman, & Total Experience Gospel Choir. info 415-561-2348 or http://wisdomuniversity.org/sacred-activism-conference.html

Thurs May 11, 7 pm, doors open 5:30 pm, at St. Marks Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave E, Seattle; Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu will preach at festival evensong, info http://www.saintmarks.org, 206-323-0300

Fri May 12, and subsequent 2nd Fridays, Doors open 6:30 pm; film at 7 pm, at Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4418 Perry Avenue NE, Bremerton; Second Friday Social Justice Film Series; light refreshments are served; free admission! To arrange childcare or for info SoundPeaceAndJustice@comcast.net

Fri May 12, 7:30 p.m., at Town Hall Seattle, 8th & Seneca, Seattle; Seattle Public Library presents Shirin Ebadi Winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize reading from Iran Awakening. Free, a bilingual (Farsi/English) evening. info 206-386-4636

Sat May 13, 10 am - 3 pm, at Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, 225 N 70th St., Seattle; *WWFOR* Area Committee meeting, our governing body, info 206-789-5565

Sat May 13, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm, at Seattle University, Piggott Auditorium, 901 12th Ave, Seattle; Community Coalition for Environmental Justice CCEJ's 5th Annual Community Based Solutions for Environmental Health and Justice Conference. info 206-720-0285 or http://www.ccej.org

Sun & Mon May 14 & 15, start noon, at GZ, 16159 Clear Creek Rd. NW in Poulsbo; Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action Mother's Day Action to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. "Creating a Peaceful World for All Children" a peaceful protest at Bangor Submarine Base. Nonviolent direct action begins at GZ at 4:30 a.m. Monday. info http://www.gzcenter.org or Anne Hall 206-545-3562

Sun May 14, 2 p.m., at Centralia Library; Fire Mountain (Centralia-Chehalis area) *FOR* meeting, info Jessica 360-767-0161, Larry 360-291-3946 or http://www.firemountainfor.org

Sun May 14, 3 p.m. potluck, 4 pm program, 5 business meeting, at the Friends Center, 2508 S. 39th St, Tacoma; Tacoma *FOR* program with George Rickels on "High-Tech Sweatshop Labor in Puget Sound; info Vivi 253-572-4912

Tues May 16, 4 - 6 p.m., at Planned Parenthood, 2001 E. Madison, Seattle; Safe Schools Coalition meeting, *WWFOR* is a member, working to help schools become safe places regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation, attend in person or by phone; info Beth Reis, elizabeth.reis@metrokc.gov, 206-296-4970 or http://www.SafeSchoolsCoalition.org

Fri May 19, 4:45 p.m., at the west end of the Allen Str. Bridge in west Kelso; Cowlitz County Longview/Kelso area *FOR* monthly peace vigil, info dansmith98@adelphia.net8

Fri May 19, 7 p.m., at the Longview United Methodist Church, 2851-30th Ave. at Pacific, Longview; Cowlitz County Longview/Kelso area *FOR* meeting, info or transportation needs Janey 360-423-7338

Sat May 20, 1 - 4 pm, at Greenlake, Seattle, see website for details; Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War, SNOW, will hold a "Walk for Peace and Healing", to raise consciousness regarding the costs of war & to raise money to be donated to No More Victims, to pay for medical expenses for a child from Iraq injured in the war. info http://www.walkforpeaceandhealing.com or 206-789-2684

Sun May 21, potluck 5 p.m., announcements 6, program 6:30, at Woodland Park Presby. Church, 225 N 70th, Seattle; Seattle *FOR* program with the Abe Keller Peace Education Fund's Peace Activist Trainees, high school students who worked with *WWFOR* last summer and their mentors, info 206-789-5565

Sun May 28, 1 -7 pm, in Lacey; Peacekeeper Training: Gain the basic skills to help rallies, marches, etc., be safe and effective. Sponsored by Olympia *FOR*. info Glen 360-491-9093 glen@olywa.net http://www.olyfor.org

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Fri June 2, please check website, 6:30 pm, at Cascade People's Center, 309 Pontius Ave N, Seattle; *FOR* affiliate Justice Works! meeting; an organization whose mission is undoing racism in the criminal justice system as experienced by African Americans; info 206-303-7559, http://www.justiceworks.info

Fri June 2, 7 p.m., Wesley Terrace, lower level, 816 S. 216th, Des Moines; South King County *FOR* meeting, topic TBA, info Marion 206-870-4139

Sat June 3, 3 p.m., & subsequent 1st Saturdays, Keystone Cong. Ch., 5019 Keystone Pl. N, Seattle; meeting of Interfaith Network of Concern for the People of Iraq working for peace in Iraq; info Rich Gamble 206-632-6021

Sun June 4, 6 pm, at Capitol Theater, 206 5th Ave SE, downtown Olympia; Sister Jackie Hudson and two other nuns had long federal prison terms for acts of nonviolent civil disobedience against nuclear weapons. Watch the NW regional premiere of "Conviction," about them; meet Jackie and the filmmaker, Brenda Turelson Fox. info Holly 360-866-0257 hollygg@msn.com

Mon June 5, and subsequent 1st Mondays, please confirm by phone, 7 p.m. at St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave E, Conference Room, Seattle; Jubilee 2000 NW Coalition meeting, working for debt relief for world's poorest nations, info Mary Margaret Pruitt 206-382-3785 or http://www.jubileenw.org

Weds June 7, and subsequent 1st Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m., at Labor Temple, Hall 8, 2800 1st Ave, Seattle; Jobs With Justice Seattle Organizing Committee meeting, *WWFOR* is a member of JwJ, info 206-441-4969

Fri June 9, and subsequent 2nd Fridays, Doors open 6:30 pm; film at 7 pm, at Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4418 Perry Avenue NE, Bremerton; Second Friday Social Justice Film Series; light refreshments are served; free admission! To arrange childcare or for info SoundPeaceAndJustice@comcast.net

Sun June 10, potluck 5 p.m., announcements 6, program 6:30, at Woodland Park Presby. Church, 225 N 70th, Seattle; Seattle *FOR* program on Genocide and Humanitarian Crisis in Darfur with Dr. Jason Wong, Doctors without Borders, info 206-789-5565

Sun June 11, 2 p.m., at Centralia United Methodist Church; Fire Mountain (Centralia-Chehalis area) *FOR* meeting, info Jessica 360-767-0161 or Larry 360-291-3946 or http://firemountainfor.org

Sun June 11, 3 p.m. potluck, 4 pm program, 5 business meeting, at the Friends Center, 2508 S. 39th St, Tacoma; Tacoma *FOR* program with Marion Ward, on "Iran Today" a report on her visit there in Dec; info Vivi 253-572-4912

Wed June 14, 5 pm meeting, 6:30 picnic., at Rose Garden Kitchen, Priest Point Park, NE Olympia; Olympia *FOR* Steering Committee Meeting & Potluck Picnic: info Ramona 360-491-5483 monieram@earthlink.net

Fri June 16, 4:45 p.m., at the west end of the Allen Str. Bridge in west Kelso; Cowlitz County Longview/Kelso area *FOR* monthly peace vigil, info dansmith98@adelphia.net

Fri June 16, 7 p.m., at the Longview United Methodist Church, 2851-30th Ave. at Pacific, Longview; Cowlitz County Longview/Kelso area *FOR* meeting, info or transportation needs Janey 360-423-7338

June 17 & 18, at Fremont Fair, Seattle; *WWFOR*'s Plants for Peace booth to raise money for scholarships to Seabeck Conference July 1 - 4, info 206-789-5565

Tues June 20, 4 - 6 p.m., at Planned Parenthood, 2001 E. Madison, Seattle; Safe Schools Coalition meeting, *WWFOR* is a member, working to help schools become safe places regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation, attend in person or by phone; info http://www.SafeSchoolsCoalition.org

June 23 - 28, in Vancouver BC; World Peace Forum, "Working Together to End War and Build a Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World," info #420 - 550 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1A1 or 604-687-3223 or http://www.worldpeaceforum.ca

Sat July 1, 3 p.m., & subsequent 1st Saturdays, Keystone Cong. Ch., 5019 Keystone Pl. N, Seattle; meeting of Interfaith Network of Concern for the People of Iraq working for peace in Iraq; info Rich Gamble 206-632-6021

Sat - Tues July 1 - 4, at Seabeck, Wa; Fellowship of Reconciliation's Northwest Regional Conference with participants form Wa, Or, BC, and beyond. Theme Creating the Beloved Community, with keynoters Pat Clark and Paul Dekar. info Oregon Fellowship of Reconciliation, jrw1@open.org or 503-585-5436

Tues July 18, 2 - 4 p.m., at Planned Parenthood, 2001 E. Madison, Seattle; Safe Schools Coalition meeting, *WWFOR* is a member, help schools be safe places regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation, info Beth Reis, elizabeth.reis@metrokc.gov, 206-296-4970 or http://www.SafeSchoolsCoalition.org

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Sat Aug 5, 3 p.m., & subsequent 1st Saturdays, Keystone Cong. Ch., 5019 Keystone Pl. N, Seattle; meeting of Interfaith Network of Concern for the People of Iraq working for peace in Iraq; info Rich Gamble 206-632-6021

Sun Aug 6, at Green Lake just south of Bathhouse Theatre, Seattle; annual Hiroshima Day commemoration and Lantern Floating Ceremony, info Wing Luke Museum 206-623-5124

Weds Aug 9, 5 pm meeting, 6:30 picnic., at Rose Garden Kitchen, Priest Point Park, NE Olympia; Olympia *FOR* Steering Committee Meeting & Potluck Picnic: info Ramona 360-491-5483

Aug 10 - 13, in Seattle; Annual Convention of Veterans For Peace. Conference Theme: Sow Justice, Reap Peace - Strategies for Moving Beyond War, with Cindy Sheehan, Diane Benson, Bruce Gagnon, Evan Kanter, and more. Workshops and panels. info http://www.vfpnationalconvention.org/

Sun Aug 13, 3:30 p.m. place TBA; Tacoma *FOR* potluck picnic; info Vivi 253-572-4912

Tues Aug 15, 2 - 4 p.m., at Planned Parenthood, 2001 E. Madison, Seattle; Safe Schools Coalition meeting, *WWFOR* is a member, working to help schools become safe places regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation, attend in person or by phone; info http://www.SafeSchoolsCoalition.org

Sun Aug 20, 4 p.m., Potluck at 5, at Woodland Park, Shelter #7, Seattle; Seattle *FOR* annual potluck picnic; FOR will provide plates, cups, and eating utensils; all welcome; info 206-789-5565

FOR National PO Box 271, Nyack, NY 10960 845-358-4601 www.forusa.org publisher of Fellowship (a superb magazine!).

Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action at Poulsbo WA, near the Bangor submarine base www.gzcenter.org

IFOR (International Fellowship of Reconciliation) Spoorstraat 38, 1815 BK Alkmaar, Netherlands www.ifor.org

Justice Works! PO Box 1489, Lake Stevens, WA 98258 206-309-2087 www.justiceworks.info email: justice_works@yahoo.com

Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia (NACC)
206-547-0952 www.seanacc.org

Olympia FOR chapter 360-491-9098 website www.olyfor.org

Pacific Call Sep-Oct issue deadline is August 18. Contact Tom Savage savaget@msn.com 206-522-6201(voice and fax)

SNOW www.snowcoalition.org

WWFOR -- office Ellen Finkelstein, organizer 206-789-5565 email wwfor@connectexpress.com
web site www.scn.org/wwfor

Western Washington FOR needs your financial support. If you like what we are doing, please donate to: WWFOR, 225 N 70^th, Seattle WA 98103. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. FOR is a 501(c)(3) organization.

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