June 7
Seattle Sites of the Day:

African American / Jewish Coalition for Justice

Wednesday, June 7, 7:00 p.m. - Annual meeting at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1634 19th Avenue (at East Madison) in Seattle. Election of board, awards, dessert buffet, discussion of goals. RSVP (206) 781-6654.

The AA/JCJ "works to promote economic justice, combat hate crimes, and develop goodwill and mutual cooperation between the members of both communities in order to build a more equitable and just society. The Coalition is open to all who share these goals, regardless of race or religion."

SeniorNet of Puget Sound Computer Learning Center

"SeniorNet... is open to seniors, age 50 and over! We offer any senior, willing to learn, the opportunity to become competent with computers and share the excitement of the newest technologies. Classes are small with lots of hands-on training and are in short, two hour segments." ...

"As an all volunteer organization, we have many opportunities for people with a wide variety of skills. ... We constantly need new instructors. We have increased the number of classes offered in each session." ...

"One of our members was shocked the other day when another senior computer friend walked up to him with a smirk, and told him he knew exactly his age, ... this guy had it down to the actual day and month. Its those search engines, of course, and is based on the questions one fills out when signing on to various programs, mostly free, with pledges of ultra secrecy and security. Yeah, right."

Refugee Women's Alliance

Thursday, June 8, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. - ReWA celebrates 15 years of helping thousands of refugee and immigrant women and their families make successful transitions to life in America. Join hundreds of ReWA donors, participants and community partners at the Arctic Building Dome Room, 700 Third Ave at Cherry St. Phone Channapha Khamvongsa (206) 624-1221 x15, or (206) 721-0243.

"The Community Management and Development web site has over a hundred training documents for community mobilizers, and is used by facilitators, coordinators and trainers around the world.

"Training topics include NGO and CBO capacity development, gender strategy, environment, management training, poverty eradication, urban farming, income generation, learning an oral language, brainstorming, monitoring, report and proposal writing, role playing, and many others.

"We are looking for volunteer translators to put the material into French and Spanish.

"The latest news is the start-up of a small electronic discussion group ('loop') on these topics, with participants from around the globe (e.g. Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malta, Norway, Palestine, Philippines, Singapore, Uganda, South Africa, Tanzania, UK, USA, Vietnam, Zambia, and elsewhere).

"To monitor or join the discussion, write bm038@scn.org and introduce yourself."

- Phil Bartle