In This Issue
Upcoming Organizing Meetings
- Steering Committee Meeting: July 7th, 6:30-8:30pm at the CAGJ Office
- Organizing meeting and work party for July 18 SLEE Dinner & Fair: July 8th, 6:00 – 9:00pm, Heather's house (contact hrd99@igc.org for more info)
- Food Justice Project Meeting/SLEE Work Party July 14th, 6:00 – 9:00pm, Heather's house (contact hrd99@igc.org for more info)
- Community Meeting: General meeting for CAGJ seasoned activists and new members. Learn about issues and current events, meet and mingle. July 28th, 6:30-8:30pm, CAGJ Office
Contact us for more info!
Save the Date: Thursday October 3, 2009 BALLE Seattle and Madison Market presents …Get your SLICE! Strengthening Local Independent Co-ops Everywhere: Want to start a co-op? Already creating one? Attend our one-day conference on October 3, 2009. A
gathering of people who are starting, have recently started, or want to
start new cooperative ventures of all kinds, who want to maintain and
expand the long-term viability of strong, values-based cooperative
business models as transformational alternatives to the dehumanizing
and unsustainable models that prevail in our economy. A catered lunch
will be provided. Coffee and beverages will be available throughout the
day. Work-study scholarships available on a first-come, first-served
basis. Tickets on sale now! For more info, see www.madisonmarket.com
A Call to Participate in Building the Road to Detroit Another World Is Possible! Another US is Necessary!
WHAT IS THE US SOCIAL FORUM? The
US Social Forum is a movement building process. It is not a conference
but it is a space to come up with the peoples’ solutions to the
economic and ecological crisis. The USSF is the next most important
step in our struggle to build a powerful multi-racial, multi-sectoral,
inter-generational, diverse, inclusive, internationalist movement that
transforms this country, and changes history. We must declare what we
want our world to look like and we must start planning the path to get
there. The USSF provides spaces to learn from each other’s experiences
and struggles, share our analysis of the problems our communities face,
build relationships, and align with our international brothers and
sisters to strategize how to reclaim our world. The purpose of the USSF
is to effectively and affirmatively articulate the values and
strategies of a growing and vibrant movement for justice in the United
States. Those who build towards and participate in the USSF are no
longer interested in simply stating what social justice movements
“stand-against,” rather we see ourselves as part of new movements that
reach beyond national borders, that practice democracy at all levels,
and understand that neo-liberalism abroad and here in the US is not the
solution. The USSF provides a first major step towards such
articulation of what we stand for.
CALL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BUILDING THE ROAD TO DETROIT: We
call those who fight for justice to converge and act, and to reflect on
the potential of our position and the power of our connections.
Although we have built organizations that push forward an integrated,
multi-issue, multiracial strategy, we have yet to build our movement on
a scale relative to our sisters and brothers in the Global South. The
USSF II offers the opportunity to continue to gather and unify these
growing forces. We must seize this moment and advance our collective
work to build grassroots leadership, develop collective vision, and
formulate strategies that keep a strong movement growing. There are
many ways to get involved. Your organization can join the NPC, you can
join the working groups or start building regional and local committees
to ensure a massive and diverse participation in Detroit, June 22-26,
2010. Get more info: http://www.ussf2010.org, Planning Wiki wiki.USSF2010.org
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Location: Seattle’s Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI), McCurdy Park, 2700 24th Avenue East, Seattle
www.seattlehistory.org
The
ACLU of Washington Civil Liberties 101 series presents introductory
overviews of vital civil rights and civil liberties issues. Each class
covers historical perspectives on landmark cases and updates on current
law and policy. This installment commemorates the 10th anniversary of
the World Trade Organization (WTO) protests. ACLU cooperating attorneys
discuss the right to parade, picket, leaflet, circulate petitions and
otherwise express political beliefs in public. Learn about the kinds of
regulations on speech activities that the government may enforce and
the kinds of restrictions which are not permitted by the United States
and Washington constitutions. Cases include October 22nd Coalition v.
City of Seattle, in which the ACLU-WA represented an activist group in
successfully challenging the City of Seattle’s parade ordinance. Learn
more about our Civil Liberties 101 series: http://new.aclu-wa.org/detail.cfm?id=985
Ave.
Registration for the Walk starts at 9:30AM, the Walk will start
at 10:00AM It is approximately 2 miles through the Central Area of
Seattle and end at Spruce Park with a free picnic for the walkers.
Clean Greens Farm has all kinds of Organic greens and other produce
that is sold at their Market located at 116 -21st Ave. at a reasonable
price that everyone can afford so that we all can eat healthy. The
Market will be open Friday and Saturday from 10:00 AM - 4PM each week.
On that same Day August 15 we will have a grand Opening of the Market.
The street will be closed from Yesler to Fir on 21th Ave. We will have
Vendors of all kinds. Please call to reserve your space. We need your
help to raise funds for Clean Greens. Information about Clean Greens
can be found at www.cleangreensfarm.com. For pledge sheets please call 206-323-0534. For vendor information call 206-271-0311. Hope to see you there.
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Seattle, WA 98104