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Seattle Community Network |
Saturday
June 3, 2000 |
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June 3
"June 4-10 in Yakima - 2000 Habitat for Humanity - Yakama Indian Reservation. For information contact Loren Arnett 206-363-0448." "Sunday, June 4, 10 a.m. - Holocaust Remembrance - This Sunday we will have the great opportunity to hear from George Shangrow on the theme 'Without Remembrance There Can Be No Future.' George will tell of his recent trip to Mauthausen concentation camp at Linz, Austria for the commemoration of the liberation of that camp 55 years ago." "Sunday, June 4, 3 p.m. - The History of the University District and its Churches - Paul Dorpat Will speak on his work with congregational volunteers and University District Ministerial Alliance... Paul is a professional photographer and expert in Seattle history." "Annual Meeting - June 25, 2000." "Every Sunday night UCC welcomes Teen Shelter and Teen Feed..."
"I found out that there are many rules imposed on the individual and the family. The kind of work you can do is regulated, the way you dress and wear your hair, what you eat, how you are to spend your 'free time', who your friends can and cannot be etc. If you become a member, you can and will be reported to the authority figures if you break these rules. You are then firmly counseled to get back in line with the organization, because it is taught that only this group has the Truth. Once you join the group, it is very difficult to leave it peacefully." "... I had dared to question the teachings and thus, as we were taught, I was guilty of questioning the authority of the organization. Now I was to be seen as one who cannot be trusted. I knew immediately that this breach was grounds for being cut off from my own sister permanently. "My eyes began to be open at this point. Whoa! Something's wrong here. ... Rather than bringing a family together it was breaking it apart. "Every part of her life is now directed in some degree by the group. She has lost many personal freedoms and I have lost her. It took me some time to regain independence of thought and to lose the fears the organization had embedded within me. I see my sister once in a while, but can not talk with her freely. It is my hope that by sharing this experience you can be more aware of the mode of operation of groups such as the one I became involved with." ...
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May 28 - June 3
Seattle Sites of the Week:  
Citizens' Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools
"The Citizens' Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools (CCCS) was formed in 1997 in response to a Seattle School Board policy to actively solicit corporate advertising for placement in the public schools. "Concerned parents and community members, realizing that there had already been substantial commercial intrusion into the schools, decided that it was time to put a stop to these attempts to turn students into a captive consumer market. "In response to public outcry, the School Board rescinded its policy on advertising and initiated a process to formulate a new policy based upon community concerns. However, the School Board has still not adopted a new policy on commercialism in schools. "In the absence of such a policy, commercial intrusion continues as before, and the Seattle School District even signed an exclusive contract with Coca-Cola, putting the schools in the position of having a financial interest in promoting the sale of junk food to their students. "CCCS is working to convince the Seattle School Board of the necessity of instituting a policy that protects the educational environment of our schools, and protects students from commercial sales pitches that have no relation to education. "CCCS is also focusing on the elimination of 'Channel One' (a daily televised advertisement / infotainment program) from Seattle schools. "Other goals include the elimination of biased, commercially-produced curriculum materials, preventing the introduction of computer advertising schemes (such as 'Zap Me!'), and generally enhancing public awareness of commercialism in schools." - Joel Bradbury
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