April 9
Seattle Sites of the Day:

Centro de Ayuda Solidario a los Amigos

"Need help around the house? Hire workers from the new CASA Latina Day
Workers' Center. Call (206) 229-2272. Yard Work, Plumbing, House Cleaning,
Roofing, Janitorial Services, Masonry, Painting, Automotive Repair, Light
Carpentry, Moving Services.
"Located at the corner of Western Ave. and Battery St. Open Mon - Sat, 6am to
noon. CASA Latina Day Workers' Center is a nonprofit program supported by
the city of Seattle, the Police department, United Way, other organizations,
and members of our community."
Sapa Dawn Center

"... we empower Indigenous families, especially youth, by promoting
education, health and social justice. We strive to acquire, develop and
conserve resources to achieve social self-sufficiency for families.
Additionally, our goal is to raise awareness of traditional values and
culture with regard to families, youth and the environment."
Asahel Curtis Photo Company Collection

"The... collection contains 1,704 photographs depicting activities in
Washington state, the Pacific Northwest, and Alaska and the Klondike, from
the 1850s until 1940."
Llyra Brythos de la Mere

"i wrote this essay in high school, for a psychology class. Mr. Zysk. His
big thing was that in 5 years, he would mail you your essay, and you could
see how you'd changed. well, i got the essay in the mail earlier this year
(march 1998)... and i was totally surprised."
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April 9 - 15
Seattle Site of the Week:

Peace and Justice Events, Seattle Area

"THROUGH APRIL 15, Celebrate National VOLUNTER WEEK; for example American Red
Cross Language Bank for bilingual speakers of all languages especially needs
speakers of Vietnamese, Cambodian and Somali, 206-726-3554"
"**SUN APRIL 9, 3 - 6 p.m., at Martin Luther King Way S & Charlestown, just a
bit after the intersection of Rainier Avenue & MLK, and before Rainier
Vista; WHEEL/SHARE TENT CITY Open House, raised at the April 1 closing of
Seattle's Winter Response shelters despite thousands of HOMELESS PEOPLE with
no warm or safe place to sleep, info 206-448- 7889 or anitra@speakeasy.org."
"SUN APRIL 9, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., at Garfield Community Center, 23rd & Cherry,
on buslines 3 and 48; Mothers for POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY will hold the Third
Annual PAUL ROBESON JUSTICE AWARDS, presenting Ted Hutchinson who will do a
first person characterization of Paul Robeson in word and song, awards to
state Representative Velma Veloria for her work against racial profiling; W.
Ed Reed for his book 'The Politics of Community Policing: A Case of
Seattle'; Simi Bear for her contribution to juvenile justice work; and Marc
Auerbach for his educational and technical work with MfPA; info 206-329-2033"
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