November 30

Newport Hills Community Club

The NHCC follows the progress of public works projects, tracks controversial local issues, and promotes community activities and businesses. The newsletter discusses land use, public safety, education, community improvements and preserving the quality of life in Newport Hills.

November 17

Washington Bluegrass Association

The WBA encourages people to listen to and play bluegrass music. You can browse the Washington bluegrass concerts and events calendar and the WBA's list of bluegrass jam sessions throughout the Northwest.

Seattle Writers Collective

SWC regulars, and some recent participants in SWC's writing workshops, will read from their works at 7:00 pm Thursday, November 21 at the Seattle Public Library. They'll present readings on November 25 and December 2 at the Penny University cafe.

October 23

Fast Forward Media Lab

Fast Forward is a non-profit media lab whose video producers and media educators offer video production workshops and resources to schools, youth groups and community and arts organizations throughout Washington state.

October 22

Fine Madness

Fine Madness is a poetry magazine that's published about every eight months. You can read some poetry by Fine Madness' 1995 Pushcart Prize nominees, and browse the editors' selection of poetry sites on the Web.

October 17

Civic Capital Project

Civic Capital is a moderated town forum. Every few weeks, the Civic Capital site will display a group of news stories and opinions from community political groups dealing with a different local issue. (The current issue is the race for Governor.) One goal of the Project is to evaluate different ways to organize online discussions. Because many people don't feel comfortable expressing themselves in the face of Usenet's sometimes abusive anarchy, Civic Capital hopes to investigate better ways to conduct such discussions, and so encourage a wider range of people to participate.

October 3

Seattle Neighborhood Coalition

Each month the Neighborhood Coalition, an informal group of people active in Seattle neighborhood organizations, meets at the Greenhouse Cafe to discuss neighborhood issues and City government.

October 1

Service Corps of Retired Executives

SCORE offers help at no cost to present and prospective small business owners, for example with formulating business plans. A number of Seattle SCORE members list their e-mail addresses here. Their backgrounds include engineering, manufacturing, quality control, software management, software testing, international trade, patents/copyrights/trademarks, accounting, non-profit organizations, residential construction, retail electronics and home-based businesses.

September 26

Seattle Astronomical Society

Here's some information about tonight's eclipse of the moon. SAS will have telescopes set up for public viewing at Green Lake and at Kerry Park on the brow of Queen Anne Hill.

September 14

Peace and Justice Events Calendar

Jean Buskin's eclectic calendar includes a wide range of political and activist events whose sponsors invite public participation. Here are a couple of of tomorrow's (Sunday's) events, quoted from the list.

"SUN SEPT 15, noon, Lower Woodland Park, busline 6 or 44, PEACE CONCERT featuring Stark Raven, Kuli Loach, others, free, please bring non-perishable food bank donations for Northwest Harvest, info 789-5651

SUN SEPT 15, 4 - 6 p.m., Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 901 Stewart, Seattle CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES FORUM, light meal at 4, hear how candidates stand on homeless and housing issues, info 523-2569"

SCN Mentor / Information Provider Class

Volunteers Brian High and Joel Ware will teach another of their well-attended how-to classes in early October. Community groups who'd like to have a Web page on SCN are encouraged to sign up early. (But you don't need to attend the class to request a Web page. See the SCN Mentor FAQ and How to Become an Information Provider.)

September 12

PGP Class - Pretty Good Privacy

SCN's James Russell will teach a class about using the popular Pretty Good Privacy program to ensure the privacy of your e-mail and data files.

September 11

Seattle Crisis Resource Directory

Peace Heathens is now putting together the fifth edition of the Crisis Directory. The Directory lists many emergency services who can provide food, shelter, clothing, drug treatment, medical care and help with employment and other necessities.

September 6

League of Women Voters of Seattle

On September 12 and 25 the League, the King County Washington Women Lawyers and the Seattle Public Library will host two more public question and answer forums for candidates for King County Superior Court. These forums will be held in the SPL auditorium, 1000 Fourth Avenue, from 12 noon to 2:00 PM. The League's 1996 They Represent You directory of local public officials' phone, fax and e-mail addresses is online, as is the League of Women Voters of Washington's directory of 22 LWV chapters around the state.

King County Democrats and

King County Republican Central Committee

Both these party organizations have updated their election information about local candidates and ballot issues.

September 5

Federal Way Youth and Family Services

FWYFS offers help with teen pregnancy prevention, chemical dependency treatment and prevention (including programs in some Federal Way schools), first-time teen criminal offender treatment, domestic violence treatment and anger management, and other kinds of counseling.

Riverton Park United Methodist Church

The church, located in South Seattle, hosts Alcoholics Anonymous meetings three times a week, provides space for a neighborhood daycare center, and emphasizes "embracing and celebrating diversity."

King-SocServ Participants Web Site

Some new members have joined the King-SocServ e-mail discussion list hosted here at SCN. Anyone who provides social services in King County is welcome to participate in these discussions.

September 1

Puget Sound Community School

PSCS describes itself as a community-involved school. It's also a school without walls, whose students participate in activities in homes, businesses, libraries, parks and all around the Eastside. Parents, volunteers (some of them retired RSVP volunteers) and state-certified teachers all help the students with their work.

Ralph Nader for President

Local residents campaigning for Ralph Nader present their political views, and call for more volunteers to help spread their message. This page leads to campaign documents like What Does Ralph Nader Stand For?.

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