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Seattle Community Network |
Saturday
May 6, 2000 |
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May 6
"Enjoy a delicious buffet dinner, exciting Silent and Live Auctions, and a fun Swing Dancing lesson. Please call Alex at WROC at 206-324-3063 or email wroc@earthlink.net for more information or to purchase tickets." "WROC's goal is to change the welfare system so that it is more responsive to the needs of low income people and treats public assistance recipients fairly and with dignity. By seeing the changes they can make in the welfare system, WROC encourages its members to use those same skills to make positive decisions in their own lives."
"May 18th, Thursday - Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA, (206)789-3599. This will be a one year anniversary party for the Bread Alone Project! Bands will include The Steve Ball Roadshow, Matt Bruno, Juxtapose, Stop That, and Anubis. Music will begin at 8PM. Tickets will be $5 at the door and NW Harvest will be there accepting donations of non-perishable food! Great fun...don't miss it!"
"Simply put, the athletic fields component of the plan aims too low. Seattle is experiencing a crisis in the availability of athletic fields. There are not enough fields to meet current demand, and most organized sports are growing at the rate of 5-10% per year." "The participants and families involved in the organizations that drafted this program plan directly represent over 50,000 men, women, and children - or about 10% of Seattle's residents."
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April 30 - May 6
Seattle Site of the Week: 
Seattle Chapter, Japanese American Citizens League
"On Tuesday, May 9, 2000, the University of Washington's College of Arts & Sciences invites you to join them in honoring the extraordinary accomplishments of civil rights activist, Dr. Gordon Hirabayashi. ... Proceeds from the evening will be used to establish the Dr. Gordon Hirabayashi Professorship for the Advancement of Citizenship." In a letter to the editor in the April Seattle JACL newsletter, Robert Shimabukuro writes, in part: "I had heard the moans and groans from other parents checking out schools for their kids, but I didn't know what they were going through until I was faced with the same situation... It should be obvious to the most casual observer that some schools and communities in Seattle are getting shortchanged... "... few rocket scientists and brain surgeons will be coming out of southend schools unless drastic changes in policy are made and carried out. ... It has to do with recognizing the inequities and doing something about it. ... Nobody is mentioning the words racism or classism anymore, but they obviously should be. "... where is the outrage over the state of the school itself, regardless of the name? ... Could the lack of outrage possibly be because the student body is 88% non-white? Could it possibly be because 71% of the school's students are on free or reduced lunch? ... Somebody, convince me that this isn't about race and money. ... "Show that you care, that you really are concerned about the students. Show some support, along with dig deep-down heartfelt dollars, to help turn the school around, to help the community around the school in improving Aki Kurose Middle School. And when the school starts producing not only rocket scientists and brain surgeons, but well-informed, thinking students, prepared for high school, we can all rejoice together."
May 20 - 23
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