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Seattle Community Network |
Thursday
April 13, 2000 |
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April 13
Seattle Sites of the Day: "The Peninsula Heritage Land Trust is a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation founded and adminstered by volunteers residing on the Gig Harbor and Key Peninsulas in the Puget Sound. "... woodlands, wetlands, farmlands, wildlife habitat, scenic natural areas and sensitive ecosystems on the Gig Harbor and Key Peninsulas are rapidly disappearing as the area's human population increases. " ...governmental action through land use plans, development regulations and open space bond proposals... have been limited in their effectiveness, subject to the desires of special interests, and, often to the landowners dismay, of limited duration. "An additional approach - private voluntary action - is being used by more than 1100 nonprofit land trusts and conservancy organizations in the United States, to preserve special characteristics of selected land parcels. To date, these trusts and conservancies are protecting millions of acres."
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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" |
