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New or updated on SCN
- August 29
- The Contorer Grants
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The Contorer Grants are given twice a year to improve the quality of
life in the greater Seattle area. They support preventing violence,
reducing dependence on cars, building stronger community in the
Eastside, helping low-income persons achieve self-sufficiency and
reducing population growth. Each spring and fall, Aaron and Rachael
Contorer fund these donations to improve the quality of life in our
region, to set a leadership example to encourage others to give as
well, and to direct public attention to worthy organizations and
programs. Nonprofit organizations may apply for this fall's $150,000
in grants.
- August 26
- Feet First
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Feet First works to make walking safer and more accessible. They
support the development of walkable communities where schools, work
and businesses are within walking distance or easily accessible by
public transportation.
Feet First holds on-street actions to call attention to unsafe
pedestrian sites and promote solutions. Two of these actions raised
awareness of the need for safe crossings at Green Lake and the need
for increased access to everyday needs for the disabled in Ballard.
Feet First helped extend the Burke Gilman trail to Golden Gardens, and
is pushing for a pedestrian trail from the Arboretum to Madison Park.
Feet First is active in neighborhood planning efforts in eight Seattle
neighborhoods. A collective voice in the ears of decisionmakers
and community leaders, and small actions in our own neighborhoods,
can lead to positive change. Call Bill Spence at (206) 298-9338 or
e-mail
feetfirst@alt-trans.org
- South King County Area Narcotics
Anonymous
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NA is a nonprofit fellowship of recovering addicts who meet regularly to
help each other stay clean and build a new way of life. NA offers a program
of recovery from the disease of drug addiction. It provides information to
people seeking help for a family member or friend, and to business people
who simply want information about NA such as speakers or meeting schedules
because they come in contact with addicts. If you have a problem with
drugs of any kind, you can call SKCANA's 24 Hour Helpline at (253)
872-3494. SKCANA's e-mail address is
skcana@scn.org.
- SCN Mailing Lists
- These new mailing lists are hosted on SCN.
- farmers@scn.org
- For discussions among the Wannabe Farmers, about small-scale organic
farming in the Puget Sound area.
- ourgroup@scn.org
- For communication among members of the ourgroup list.
- sls@scn.org
- For the nonprofit environmental organization
Save Lake Sammamish.
- August 9
- Family Services
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Family Services is a private nonprofit counseling and social
service agency that serves over 20,000 children, adults and
families in King County each year. Family Services' prevention
and support programs help build emotionally healthy,
self-sufficient families and help create a nonviolent community.
Some of the many programs focus on homeless children and
families, and others on domestic violence prevention and
treatment. Family Services' current
volunteer opportunities are in the Baby Boutique and at
Travelers Aid. Call (206) 461-3883 or e-mail
famserv@scn.org.
- Floating Bridge Press
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Floating Bridge Press is a nonprofit literary arts organization
that recognizes and promotes the work of Washington State poets
through an annual Poetry Chapbook Award, archival-quality
chapbooks, anthologies, broadsides and community poetry readings.
The editors are poets who volunteer their time. You can read some
sample poems from Pontoon,
Floating Bridge's annual anthology, and from
previous winners of the
Poetry Chapbook Award. For more information, write to
Peter Pereira.
- SCN Mailing Lists
- These new mailing lists are hosted on SCN.
- frsl@scn.org
- For discussion and organization around micropower radio broadcasting.
- nw-labor@scn.org
- For discussion of labor issues in the Northwest.
- nwq-l@scn.org
- This list, for discussion of low-power amateur radio
communications, has been active for several years. The latest two
months of the NWQ-L Mailing List
Archives are now updated daily on the Web.
- SeaZine
- The summer issue of SCN's online magazine is out.
Come to the CPSR/SCN potluck
picnic at 6:00 PM Wednesday, August 19 at Gas Works Park.
Find out about hands-on computer literacy for the whole family at the
Community Computer Fair September
11-12 at Seattle Vocational Institute, presented by the Central Area
Motivation Program and others.
Discover what McClure Middle School students saw on
a walking tour of Queen
Anne Hill's old cemeteries, Mount Pleasant and Hills of Eternity.
Read about how nonprofit community
networks may be threatened by IRS policies that could work against
continued public access to the Internet for the poor and disadvantaged.
Nominate candidates for the October
SCN Association board elections
and help determine the future of SCN.
Read about our upcoming modem upgrade.
Don't miss Sue Neese's poetic tale of a bald headed man bobbing in
Soap Lake.
- August 2
- Seattle Metropolitan Elections
Committee
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Seamec is a non-partisan organization that rates candidates running
for political office in Seattle, King County and the State of
Washington. Seamec evaluates candidates on their knowledge of, record
of proven activism for, and commitment to the concerns of the gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgendered communities. Seamec has produced
candidate evaluations every year since 1977. You can see the primary
and general election candidate ratings from the 1998 elections, as
well as ratings from past years, on the Web site.
- Beacon Hill
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Beacon Hill residents are under the flight path for jets taking
off from SeaTac. The airport's new
Part 150 Noise Study
offers an important chance to improve the noise problems for some of
the areas worst affected.
The other main issue on Beacon Hill is the campaign to shut down the VA's
Medical Waste Incinerator, which has been operating in the neighborhood
since 1986, and currently burns the 10-15 tons of medical
waste that the hospital produces a day. Please see
Kristine Wong's
article on the waste incinerator for more about this, and how to get
involved. The Community Coalition for
Environmental Justice
is working to reduce the effects of hazardous sites, disproportionately
located in poor and racial minority neighborhoods, that cause pollution and
may pose health risks. The
Washington Toxics Coalition
is also concerned about this, and offers practical information about many
other issues involving toxic chemicals.
To join the Beacon Hill neighborhood's e-mail lists or to find out
more about the neighborhood, get in touch with
Albert Kaufman at (206) 722-2256.
- Seattle Council on Airport Affairs
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The SCAA is an association of individuals and community
organizations concerned about the negative impact that airport
noise and pollution have on the quality of life. Residents' best
chance to reduce SeaTac noise in their neighborhoods is the
Part 150 Noise Study
now under way. For more information about airport noise, pollution
and health issues, contact
Albert Kaufman at (206) 722-2256.
- July 26
- Marine Corps League
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The Northwest Young Marines of
Snohomish County are looking for a few good men and women Marines
to help get this Young Marines unit going. Call Sgt. Ed Murray at (206)
622-2870. The mission of the Young Marines is to instill honesty,
fairness, courage, respect, loyalty, dependability, attention to duty,
love of God and fidelity to our country, to stimulate an interest in
academic achievement, to promote physical fitness and to advocate a
drug-free lifestyle. The Young Marines do not conduct weapons or combat
training.
The Mount Rainier Young Marines
meet twice a month on Saturdays, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, at the 4th
Landing Support Battalion, USMC Reserve Home Training Center on Fort
Lewis. The Mount Rainier Young Marines is open to all youth from 8 to
18. As of May, there were 23 youth in the program. This summer, they
will be holding another boot camp of 30 more motivated recruits. If you
are interested in taking on the challenge, please contact Sgt. Janelle
Marsh at (253) 839-4245 or e-mail
DvlDog@sprynet.com.
- League of Women Voters of Seattle
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Political Parties in Washington
State lists current phone numbers for the Democratic, Republican,
American Heritage, Communist, Freedom Socialist, Green, Labor,
Libertarian, Natural Law, Populist, Socialist Workers and Workers World
parties. To send information to the LWV about any party not listed, call
(206) 329-4848.
- Usenet Newsgroups on SCN News Server
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SCN's Web-based newsreader now lets you more easily find and read any
of the 2,285 newsgroups available on the SCN news server. You can
search for newsgroup names that contain words or word fragments, or
browse related groups.
SCN welcomes suggestions for additional newsgroups.
Please send them to news@scn.org.
The hardware/software volunteers are setting up a new computer to replace
the old news machine.
- July 21
- Northeast Everett Community Organization
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NECO meets each month on the third Tuesday at the Baker Heights Community
Center at 1401 Poplar in Everett. The next meeting is July 21, with coffee
at 6:30 PM and discussion starting at 7:00 PM. On the agenda are beat
officers and Citizen Police Representatives, Asarco updates, the V.O.A. Food
Bank, the Council of Neighborhoods, fire prevention, housing, code
enforcement and other issues. For more information, contact G. Kauffman at
(425) 252-3146.
- Washington State Philatelic Society
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The Washington State Philatelic Society, founded in 1912, is a friendly club
for Seattle area stamp collectors. WSPS meets on the second and fourth
Thursdays at 7:00 PM at Gethsemane Lutheran Church at 9th and Stewart in
downtown Seattle. Show And Tell is on the second Thursday, and varied programs
on the fourth Thursday. Beginners and experienced collectors alike have a
relaxed opportunity to share the charm of one of the more enduring hobbies.
You can send e-mail to wsps@scn.org.
- Fine Madness
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Fine Madness is an international journal of poetry. It publishes both well
known and lesser known writers, with no bias as to form or subject. FM
seeks writers with distinctive voices and writing that shows a mind working.
You can read some poetry by FM's
Pushcart Prize nominees,
and browse the editors' selection of
poetry sites on the Web.
Fine Madness is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1982. The
magazine is published on paper about every eight to twelve months,
and is entirely funded by subscriptions and donations and by its unpaid
staff.
- July 12
- Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition
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Are you a low income single parent or receiving public assistance?
Would you like to get help about the treatment you receive at
DSHS, and how the programs can work for you? Are you interested
in becoming an active participant in the legislative process as
it affects your life?
At WROC, low income single parents come together for support,
self-help and activism, to share information about resources in
their areas and try to make the system work better for everyone.
WROC's Welfare Rights Mutual
Support Groups meet each month in north Seattle, east King County,
south King County, Bremerton, Everett and Olympia.
WROC's Policy Committee
meets the second Tuesday of each month.
WROC needs volunteers to be Public Entitlement Advocates. An
advocate helps parents resolve problems with financial workers
about TANF, GAU, food stamps and medical assistance. As an
advocate, you will receive training about welfare regulations,
help parents understand them and teach parents to advocate for
themselves. WROC also needs volunteer office assistants. If you
are a student, you can intern at WROC for work experience and
community service. To volunteer, call (206) 324-3063 or e-mail
wroc@scn.org.
- Seattle Housing and Resource Effort (SHARE)
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SHARE operates eight shelters around Seattle, and holds screenings
several times a week at the Josephinum for most of the shelters.
For shelter screening times call the office at (206) 448-7889.
SHARE also operates transitional housing. Six to eight people live
in each house, pay reduced housing costs and work one night a week
in a SHARE shelter as staff while living at the house.
SHARE Storage lets homeless men and women leave their belongings
in a safe place for the day or month. It allows them to do such
things as job hunt without having to carry around a load all day.
For storage information, call (206) 623-0390 or e-mail
Greg Thompson at bg998@scn.org.
The Women's Housing Equality and Enhancement League is a group
within SHARE that focuses on the issues of homeless women.
WHEEL's task forces on
health and treatment, safety, housing, legal issues, support and
de-stigmatizing homelessness work to make positive changes for
homeless women in Seattle. WHEEL holds regular meetings at 9:30
AM Saturdays at various locations. Its office is in the Josephinum
at 1902 2nd Avenue. You can call WHEEL at (206) 448-7889 or send
e-mail to wheel@scn.org.
- West Seattle Helpline
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Visit the West Seattle Helpline booth at the West Seattle Street
Fair today. You can learn more about the services the Helpline
provides, and volunteer to help neighbors in need.
- State Referee Committee, Washington Soccer
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The State Referee Committee operates the USSF Referee Development Program
for registration, instruction, mentoring and assessment. The SRC publishes
a quarterly newsletter which is mailed to every USSF-registered referee in
the state. The
Calendar of Referee Events
lists tournaments, clinics and events. The
Referee Directory
offers contacts for referee groups, assignors and members of the SRC.
You can find many other sources of information in
Links for Soccer Referees.
- Seattle Canoe and Kayak Club
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The Seattle Canoe and Kayak Club offers flatwater canoeing and
kayaking. Membership is open to the general public. SCKC owns canoes
and kayaks for use by its members, and offers classes at the Green
Lake Small Craft Center. The Duck Island Challenge is Tuesdays
from 6:00 to 7:00 PM at Green Lake, through October. SCKC's pages
list flatwater and whitewater races and events throughout the state.
For more information call (206) 684-4074 or e-mail
sckc@scn.org.
- View Ridge Community Club
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View Ridge is a neighborhood in northeast Seattle, west of Sand Point.
The View Ridge Community Club plans to publish news and announcements of
interest to the neighborhood on its new Web site, along with discussions
of local issues. To help out, call (206) 525-2772 or e-mail
viewridg@scn.org.
- July 4
- SCN Mailing Lists
- SCN hosts these new or recently added mailing lists.
- artrev@scn.org
- Art & Revolution, Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia
- cerj@scn.org
- Campaign for Equity and Restorative Justice
- colainfo@scn.org
- Citizens for Off-Leash Areas
- coolanu@scn.org
- A closed list for Coolanu members
- em-trng@scn.org
- SCN e-mail training volunteers
- excomm@scn.org
- SCN Association Executive Committee
- fair-trade@scn.org
- Discussion about the Multilateral Agreement on Investments (MAI)
- sadpad@scn.org
- Discussion of Seasonal Affective Disorder
- seattlewriters@scn.org
- Seattle Writers
- shobiz@scn.org
- Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce
- tpa@scn.org
- Telephone Pioneers of America, Washington Chapter
- wrll@scn.org
- War Resisters League / Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia
- July 2
- Harvey Muggy Lesbian/Gay Democrats of Washington State
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The Harvey Muggy Lesbian/Gay Democratic Organization is the only
statewide political organization that works within the Washington State
Democratic Party to influence policy on issues of importance to the
GLBT community. Members work as Precinct Committee Officers (PCOs) and
in many legislative district and county governing bodies. Having GLBT
voices heard ensures that we get candidates who are committed to civil
and human rights for all.
The Harvey Muggy Dems hope to have a presence at the South Sound
Pride Rally in Tacoma on Saturday, July 11. They plan to distribute
information, recruit new members and possibly start a South Sound
chapter of the Harvey Muggy Dems. Call (206) 233-8065 or e-mail
glbtdems@scn.org.
- BaseCamp Seattle
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BaseCamp was set up during a Seattle conference just prior to the UN Fourth
World Conference on Women, held in Beijing. During that local conference,
the BaseCamp Web site helped link those who stayed behind with those who
were able to participate in the UN Conference. It was exciting to get
messages directly from Beijing. And with the dismal media coverage, it was
an important source of news. The BaseCamp Website was used again for the UN
Conference on Habitat held in Istanbul.
What if a group of women developed a base camp to support each other? Could
technology help to create this support? How might it be helpful? What would
it look like? When an individual woman looks at the critical areas of
concern identified at the conference in Beijing, the list is overwhelming.
Women and poverty, violence against women... But when women come together as
they did in Beijing, the result can be exhilarating, even with simple e-mail
messages. If you are interested, send a
message to BaseCamp.
- June 27
- Restless Youth
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Restless Youth is a local nonprofit event group for single people in their
20s and 30s. There are no membership requirements, there's no charge and
everyone's welcome. It's informally organized, with a hotline, newsletter,
meetings and events. The membership is about 50/50 men and women. Restless
exists because the people making it up suggest or host events, help out, and
enjoy getting together.
Restless has get-togethers at the Nice Day Coffee Co. on N 45th St. in
Seattle on the first and third Sundays at 10:00 AM and the second and
fourth Mondays at 8:00 PM. The newsletter comes out at least once a month,
the Restless events calendar is
updated periodically on the Web, and you can call the hotline at (206)
725-0980 for the latest events. You can contact Restless at
restless@scn.org.
- Northwest Defenders Association
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The Northwest Defenders Association is a public defender
organization in King County with attorneys working in Superior,
Municipal and Juvenile Courts. NDA's page has links to
information about the King County Office of Public Defense,
legal resources on the Internet, and a U.S. Supreme Court
opinion search. For more information, call (206) 674-4700.
- June 22
- Seattle Peace and Justice Events
Calendar
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Jean Buskin's events calendar is now available on the Web, with
HTML links to all the e-mail addresses and Web sites mentioned.
The calendar is usually updated each week. Also available is the
Peace and Justice Events Calendar
as a plain text file.
-
Washington Bluegrass Association
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The Washington Bluegrass Association cultivates the preservation
and enjoyment of bluegrass and other closely related American
music. The WBA's pages list bluegrass jam sessions, shows and
festivals throughout Washington State and in the Portland and
Vancouver, B.C areas, as well as information about bluegrass
bands and teachers.
- Center for Wooden Boats
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The Center for Wooden Boats is a hands-on maritime museum
located at the south end of Lake Union, near downtown Seattle.
The 1998 Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival is July 3, 4 and 5.
- June 13
- Food Not Bombs Seattle
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Food Not Bombs is a volunteer group who serve free vegetarian meals to
people in need. FNB is committed to building a vital and caring movement
for progressive social change and to challenging the invisible barrier
that separates the poor and homeless from a so-called "normal" society.
Read about FNB's latest
activities.
FNB's volunteers cook every Sunday afternoon from 2:00 to 5:00 PM at the
Green Tortoise Hostel at 1525 2nd Avenue, and share dinner every Sunday
evening at 5:30 PM at Occidental Park in Pioneer Square. FNB always needs
volunteers, bulk food, cooking equipment, vehicles for transport and
donations. FNB's next meeting will be Friday, July 3rd at 7:00 PM at the
University Baptist Church. Contact Chris Flanagan at (206) 346-0335 or
at bd259@scn.org.
- Researcher Wants to Talk with SCN Participants
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Michael Longan is a geographer from The University of Colorado
at Boulder who is looking for people associated with the Seattle
Community Network to interview for his dissertation research on
community networks. He will be visiting Seattle from June 24 to
July 1. If you are interested in participating, please contact
Michael at
longan@colorado.edu
and suggest a time and place that would be convenient for you to
meet with him. Interviews should take approximately one hour.
- June 12
- University District Farmers Market
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Every Saturday through October 31st, over 40 growers from all over Washington
bring their just-picked harvest to Seattle's largest farmers-only market, at
the corner of University Way NE and NE 50th St. The market is open from 9:00
AM to 2:00 PM, with vegetables, eastern Washington fruit, organic produce,
cheese, eggs, nursery stock, flowers, mushrooms, honey, cider, breads and
baked goods. Call Chris Curtis at (206) 633-1024.
- University District Food Bank
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More than 100 volunteers help the University District Food Bank each month.
There's something for everyone to do. The Food Bank especially needs help on
distribution days - Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. It also
needs drivers to pick up food at local bakeries and stores weekly. Or you
can sign up for vacation relief for the regular drivers.
If your school, church, business, or club would like to collect food, please
call the Food Bank at (206) 523-7060 and talk with Lorrie or Lynda to
arrange all the collection barrels, boxes and posters you'll need for a
successful food drive. Over 95% of the food distributed by the U. District
Food Bank is donated by companies, churches and organizations, schools,
neighborhoods and families. The Food Bank is located in the basement of the
University Christian Church at 1413 NE 50th Street.
- Lutheran Social Services
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LSS serves about 20,000 people in King and Snohomish Counties each year, at 23
service sites in the community. It offers adoption and post-adoption services,
a foster care program and refugee foster care. LSS' International Counseling
Service provides bilingual, bi-cultural assistance for immigrants and refugees
speaking Amharic, Arabic, Farsi, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somalian and
Tigrigna.
LSS operates the Family Support Center of South Snohomish County, the Lake
Stevens Family Center, the South Everett Neighborhood Center and the General
Thrift Store of Juanita. It serves all people in the community, regardless of
faith. In Seattle, call (206) 694-5700. On the Eastside, call (425) 644-4735.
In Snohomish County, call (425) 672-6009, or send e-mail to
lss@scn.org.
- June 6
- North Pacific Young Adult Friends
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The Young Adult Friends (Quakers) will participate in Care to Dance, a
fund-raiser for the Chicken Soup Brigade
on Saturday, June 20 from 6:00 PM to midnight at the WA State Convention
Center. Dance teams must be at least five people, and each individual must
raise at least $100. For more information, contact
Kevin Orth at (206) 722-0722
or the Care to Dance Hot Line at (206) 322-CARE.
- Save Lake Sammamish
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Did Lake Sammamish make you sick last September or October? If you
experienced severe thirst, weakness or dizziness, nausea or vomiting,
rapid or weak pulse, abdominal pain, jaundice or shock after being in the
lake, please call SLS at (425) 641-3008 for a health survey form.
Storm sewer runoff carries silt, toxins from pesticides and chemical
phosphates - the main culprit in causing the increased algae growth that
irritates swimmers and robs oxygen from fish. Metro-King County
limnologist Dr. Jonathan Frodge says, "If nutrients entering the lake
continue to increase, blooms will occur more frequently, and based only
on probability, toxic blooms would occur more frequently as well."
SLS recently sued King County for violating the Clean Water Act. SLS'
Joanna Buehler will provide data, stories and photos chronicling the
damage and its sources, at a presentation Wednesday, June 10 at 6:45 PM at
Overlake Park Presbyterian Church at 1836 156th Ave. NE in Bellevue (on
the corner of 156th and Northup Way). She will suggest how to prevent
further damage to the lake and promote its recovery. Contact Gail Twelves
at (425) 747-1206 or
gtwelves@aol.com
- June 4
- Russian Folk Group
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Several Russian families in Seattle have gathered together since 1995 to sing
the folk and traditional songs of Russia. To keep Russian traditions and folk
songs alive, they formed a choir under the directorship of Olga Sukhover. Olga
worked for several years with the Children's Choir in Moscow before she came
to the United States. Now the Russian Folk Group performs and shares the
traditions, folk songs and dances of the different regions of Russia. The
choir members also show people how to celebrate the traditional Russian
"Maslenitsa" commemoration of the beginning of spring.
- West Seattle Helpline
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On Saturday, June 6, runners (and walkers) of all ages and skill levels will
take to the beach along Alki to help neighbors in need. The West Seattle
Helpline Fun Run includes a 5K fun run, a beach walk and a kids' 1K run. The
starting line is at Salty's on Alki, at 1936 Harbor Avenue SW. Kids start at
8:30 AM, adults at 9:15 AM.
- Samba Seattle
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Seattle Samba will perform at the Seward Park Ampitheater in Jazz in the
Park's Brazilian Carnival featuring Jovino Santos Neto on Sunday, June
7 from 1:40 to 3:15 PM. See Seattle Samba in the Fremont Solstice Day Parade
on Saturday, June 20 at around 12:30 PM. Drum practice is at Woodland Park on
Thursday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 (June 4, 11 and 18), and on Sunday
afternoons at the Westlake Dance Center (June 7 and 14).
- Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
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The American Friends Service
Committee and
Seattle
Independent Media Coalition
will present an Activist/Media Forum on Sunday, June 7. The forum will
focus on two local issues, housing and Hanford. Come watch the shorts
festival, a political sampler from independent radio, TV, video and other
media about social justice and peace issues. The forum will go on to
discuss the background of the housing and Hanford nuclear issues, strategize
for organizing and media work, and have a homemade dinner. It's from 4:00 to
9:00 PM at the University Friends Center at 4001 9th Ave NE in Seattle. For
more information, call Arlis at (206) 632-0500, ext 112.
Peter Royce's talk about Vancouver
CommunityNet at a recent CPSR/Seattle meeting explains what VCN does for
people in BC. "Constructing a public space on the Internet is at the heart of
our mandate, but I think it's hard to do solely online. By a public space I
mean one that is for people not for state or corporate interests. I think the
best way to do this is to collaborate with groups in ways that involve at
least some face to face interaction."
Royce mentions a landmark 1996 Canadian Federal Court of Appeal decision about
VCN, which provides Net access and e-mail service for people without enough
money to buy modern computers and commercial PPP service. The judge remarked
that "The free exchange of information amongst members of society has long
been recognized as a public good. It is indeed essential to the maintenance of
democracy, and modern experience demonstrates more and more frequently that
it, more than any force of arms, has the power to destroy authoritarianism.
The recognition of freedom of speech as a core value in society is but one
aspect of the importance of freedom of information."
Royce continues, "It's worth noting that Justice Hugessen talks about the
exchange of information rather than information provision. He's talking about
communication rather than access to information - people having a place to
communicate freely. Democratic control and public participation was a part of
the vision in heady early days of most new media. Even television and radio
had huge democratic potential. We'll have to struggle to retain some part of
it just like other media. We're here to reflect the lives of ordinary people.
We need a focus on communication, connecting people to people not people to
information."
The next CPSR meeting is Wednesday, June 17 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the
College Inn Pub at 4006 University Way NE in Seattle.
- Fremont Arts Council
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The 1998 Fremont Summer Solstice Parade
starts Saturday, June 20 at noon. The parade organizers still need more
volunteers to help create and organize the parade. The Powerhouse at 3940
Fremont Ave N. is open for public use for related work in the weeks leading
up to the parade. Starting June 9, it will be open Monday through Friday from
7:00 to 10:00 PM and Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 to 6:00 PM.
- University Community Urban Center
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The neighborhood plans for Ravenna and the University District are almost
ready to submit to the City. Everyone interested in the future of these
areas should attend the plan validation meetings. Homes, businesses and
properties may be affected. You can find a copy of the proposal at 12
locations including the University branch of the Seattle Public Library and
the Neighborhood Service Center. Call 684-0784 for more information.
- Ravenna Urban Village validation meeting
- Monday, June 8
7:00 to 9:00 PM
University Village QFC
- University Community Urban Center validation meetings
- Thursday, June 18
8:30 to 10:00 AM
University Branch, Seattle Public Library
5009 Roosevelt Way NE
- or
- 6:00 to 9:00 PM
Meany Hotel Grand Ballroom
4507 Brooklyn Ave. NE
- Fremont Urban Neighborhood Coalition
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Fremont residents will plan their next steps to make Fremont the
Center of the Universe, at
Sense of Community Public
Workshop III: Applying the Vision to Stone Way and East
Fremont. The workshop is Tuesday, June 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at
the Fremont Neighborhood Service Center at 908 N. 34 St. For
more information, call Susan Black at (206) 283-7090.
Questions:
webeditors@scn.org
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