October 14
Seattle Sites of the Day:

Seattle Black College Fair

Sunday, October 22, noon - 4:30 p.m. at Seattle Central Community College, Broadway north of Pine.

"Southern University A&M College is the featured school. Many other recruiters will be there from historically black colleges and universities.

"... Students, parents, guardians and educators seeking information on the merits of minority institutions will have an opportunity to interview college recruiters and enhance college admission applications."

No admission fee. Registration and info: collegefair@hotmail.com.

Washington Students Against Sweatshops

Worker Rights Consortium

Monday, October 16, 5:00 p.m. in UW Ethnic Cultural Center Asian Room, 3931 Brooklyn Ave NE.

"... currently campaigning on campus to persuade the UW to withdraw from the Fair Labor Association (FLA), a monitor of companies that obtain contracts to use our University's logo which represents the interests of the very companies it claims to monitor for sweatshop abuses.

"Working toward endorsing an alternative, the Worker Rights Consortium, capable of enforcing a code of conduct that includes provisions to ensure a living wage, specific protections of women's rights, freedom of association, and the right to collective bargaining. Make sure our Huskies hats and garments are sweat-free. Everybody is invited!"

Info: Kristina kristinaelyse@earthlink.net.

Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala

Jesus Tecu Osorio:

Impunity and the International Lending/ Financing Institutions

Friday October 20, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. at UW Thomson Hall, Room 317.

Saturday October 21, 7:00 p.m. at Poulsbo Fire Station, 911 NE Liberty Road.

Monday, October 23, 7:30 p.m. at University Unitarian Church, 6556 35th Ave NE.

From Peace and Justice Events Calendar:

"Human rights worker Jesus Tecu from Guatemala, a survivor of the 1982 Rio Negro massacre, in which 177 Mayan Achi men, women, and children were murdered by a government-sanctioned death squad that was making way for a World Bank dam project, will talk about 'Genocide, Impunity and the International Lending/ Financing Institutions.'"

From Kitsap UU Fellowship newsletter:

"Jesus Tecu Osorio is an internationally recognized human rights activist who survived the Rio Negro massacres of the 1980's, and despite continued death threats and intimidation has worked to bring those responsible to justice.

"This is remarkable given the climate of Guatemala: where union workers who ask for living wages are kidnapped, killed or forced into exile; and where peasants who lose their land as a consequence of privatization or international projects, are threatened or tortured when they object.

"Jesus Tecu will tell about the effects of impunity and international loan agencies, and his human rights work. The UU Central America Network, and local Amnesty International groups sponsor his visit. You are encouraged to attend - to educate yourselves and to honor and support this courageous individual."

Info: Kaaren Johnson Kaarenj@aol.com or (206) 784-6219, or Anna Rudd (206) 325-7182 or anna_rudd@compuserve.com

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"... during this breakfast, I will be participating in a signing ceremony with President McCormick to put in place the most significant diversity plan for the UW in 30 years.

"As you know, I-200 has reduced the percentage of under-represented minority students entering the UW by an unacceptable amount. This legislation has literally wiped out over 20 years of progress in this area.

"This breakfast is important because it helps us raise scholarship funds for deserving students. It is a special time for students to network with alumni and meet people who make positive impacts and give back to their communities. It is, without peer, the most motivational event I attend each year and I want to make sure we get lots of students there. ...

"If you are interested in sponsoring a student, or making a donation to our scholarship fund, please e-mail me at tjross@u.washington.edu or call me at (206) 720-1279, immediately. ...

"All the money raised from this message will go directly towards sponsorship for high school and college students, in your name. Thanks!"

- Terryl Ross

$20 students, UWAA members $22, Non-members $25. Reservations (206) 543-3839.

Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador

Monday, October 16, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at 915 E. Pine, Century Ballroom building, Room 301.

"... Meeting of Seattle CISPES ... to discuss the most recent events in El Salvador and how our local organizing can benefit workers and activists in El Salvador who are asking for our collaboration.

"U.S. militarization is impacting all of Latin America and due to the recent approval of a U.S. military base at the Salvadoran airport to supposedly monitor drug trafficking out of Colombia, Seattle CISPES and other local groups are planning a protest on November 16th against current militarization in the region.

"This is the 11th anniversary of the murders of 6 Jesuit preists and their 2 companions by the Salvadoran military."

Info: (206) 325-5494 or seacispes@igc.org

Puget Sound Network for Compassionate Communication

Monday, October 16, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. at Seattle Unity Church, 200 8th Ave N near Denny Park.

"Free introduction to nonviolent communication for social change with international peacemaker Marshall Rosenberg."

Info: (206) 382-8576 or Douglas Dolstad (206) 995-8414 or dpdolstad@juno.com

Just Health Care Coalition of Washington

Saturday, October 21, 9:00 a.m. - noon at Inlandboatmen's Union, 1711 W Nickerson, Suite D.

Workshop Class: Learn to Change the Health Care System

"Includes history, economics, principles of universal coverage, organizing. $8, scholarships available."

Info: (206) 784-9695.