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Seattle Community Network |
Saturday
October 7, 2000 |
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October 7
Saturday, October 7, 1:00 p.m. at Westlake Plaza, near 4th & Pine, downtown. "Stop hateful rhetoric and acts of violence targeting racial and sexual minorities and instead celebrate diversity. Observe the visit by hatemongering Fred Phelps, minister of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka Kansas, with a rally - Hate stops now! "Followed by a march down 4th Avenue to the Fourth & Vine Building in Belltown one block south of Denny Way, the location of GAYBC Radio Network (www.gaybc.com), where Dr. Grethe Cammermeyer hosts a daily talk show. Mr. Phelps and his clan will be protesting at a UW football game, targeting Grethe as well as the gay-oriented programming of the GAYBC station." Info: (206) 770-6677 or local equal rights organizer Richard Jackman (206) 320-1372 or jackman@drizzle.com.
Sunday, October 8, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Bloedel Hall, St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave E. "Jubilee 2000 Northwest Coalition, St. Mark's, and the Church Council's Global Economy Working Group will hold a potluck dinner and slide presentation by Ann and Vincent Murray, recently returned from Nicaragua on 'In the Face of Debt: Nicaragua Today.'" Info: Alice Woldt (206) 525-1213 or Betsy Bell betsyjbell@home.com.
"... according to Church Council President-Director the Rev. Tom Quigley ... the passage in 1998 of Initiative 200, which dismantled Affirmative Action, along with the serious issues raised about police/community relations with Seattle's African American community after the shooting of David John Walker last spring have brought renewed attention to the issue of racism in our community. ... "'In recent times, people of faith have often been unwilling to step forward and visibly work toward ending racism and white privilege in the greater Seattle area,' said Paula Harris-White, chair of the Commission on Racial Justice. ... "... the Rev. Dr. Jack Sullivan... spoke to the board members at their September 5 meeting. 'Are we really the racially diverse groups that our letterheads, board listings, and proclamations may indicate we are...? How have our structures and practices been altered by the issues and perspectives of people of color communities? - Not just their needs, but their gifts, skills and cultures or ethos?' "Sullivan suggested that rather than ask how to involve people of color, board members should ask why people of color would want to be involved in historically white mainline ecumenical agencies. ... "Under the guidance of Bill Grace, chair of the Church Council Board's Planning Committee and director of the Center for Ethical Leadership, board members each made a verbal commitment to another person to one specific action they will take to promote change within the Church Council and/or their home institution. "'Part of the process is truth telling about ourselves, our home institutions and the Church Council,' Grace said ... 'If healing and progress are to be made we will need to take courageous public steps to undo racism.'"
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Peace and Justice Events, Seattle Area
6th Annual International Indigenous People's Day 
Northwest Leonard Peltier Support Network
LELO Honors Northwest Leonard Peltier Support Network
Free Leonard Peltier
"Saturday, October 7. Begins in Olympia at 10:00 a.m. at the parking lot at Value Village, proceeds with stops in Tacoma and Seattle around noon at the parking lot at 22nd and Madison, staying overnight as guests of the Lummi Nation. "Caravan for Justice to... Indigenous People's Day. Justice for Leonard Peltier and the First Nations, march and rally. Support imprisoned Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in a highly flawed trial. Please place 'Clemency For Leonard Peltier' signs on your vehicle & if possible www.freepeltier.org.
"Donations greatly needed, at Info: Northwest Leonard Peltier Support Network (206) 325-0085 or SLPSG@aol.com or bayou@blarg.net."
Rally at Peace Arch Park
6th Annual International Indigenous People's Day: Justice For Leonard Peltier and the First Nations "This event stands in solidarity with all indigenous struggles, the U'wa, Big Mountain, Burnt Church, the Makah, Pine Ridge to name a few." Info: (253) 593-9631 or NatAimer@aol.com or bayou@blarg.net
Seattle Displacement Coalition
"Continuing work constructing benches to be set out on sidewalks, both to improve the community in neighborhoods and to protest the 'civility' no-sitting law which targets homeless people for persecution." Info: jvf4119@zipcon.net or (206) 632-0668.
Seattle Columbia Committee
"The Seattle Colombia Committee will host its fourth 'Tinto por La Paz' (cup of coffee for peace), free public forums featuring presentations on the social and economic impact of the civil war in Colombia. "This event features Juliana Gonzalez, whose presentation 'Peace for Columbia, not Military Aid,' on illicit crops and deforestation in Colombia, will describe the adverse effects of the US military aid package on the natural resources of Colombia. ... "30 minute presentation, followed by a question and answer period, and an open discussion of the issues surrounding the conflict in Colombia. "... the repression against unarmed peasants, religious figures, journalists, teachers, trade unionists, human rights workers and Colombian civil society in general." Info: Cristina Reyes (206) 567-5610. |