Ellen Murphy will be the speaker Participants will grapple with the duality, or false opposites, of social protest and higher consciousness. Protest, in the form of demonstrations, pickets, sit-ins, marches (walks) and such, means to testify (test) for (pro), and thus is fundamentally a positive expression for social justice and peace. The information and discussion …
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In Defense of Protest: Conscious Nonviolence
Update on Washington State Health Care Programs
Kristine Lytton, Representative for the Washington State 40th Legislative District will speak about how the last legislative session impacted health care programs–especially those for mental health. She will also discuss how Washington State is implementing the Affordable Care Act.
JUNE 4 WALLMART STRIKES
It’s time to strike! ARE YOU WITH US? OUR Walmart workers are tired of management retaliation. They will be participating in an Unfair Labor Practice Strike in solidarity with Walmart workers around the country. We will be building an 8 x 8 foot wall to visually express the ways in which Walmart has created economic …
LEARN ABOUT REPRESENT.US
Opportunity to Volunteer with Local Chapter of “Represent.Us” — A campaign to address political corruption from “Big Money” See www.represent.us & https://www.facebook.com/RepresentUsWA2DistrictCommittee Contact Person: Wendy Czopp (201-1279; wmczopp@gmail.com) We’ll be meeting next Tuesday, May 27th, 5:15-6:45pm. Location: Main Branch of the Bellingham Public Library (210 Central Ave.) — downstairs in the Conference Room. We’ll get a campaign update and …
CARBON CAP AND TRADE DEBATE
Come to listen and have your voice heard. Well, maybe! This event is sponsored by the Freedom Foundation and Senator Doug Ericksen , Chair of the Senate Energy Environment & Telecommunications Committee with Daniel Simmons, Institute for Energy Research, Director of Regulatory and State Affairs: Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, Chair of the House Environment Committee: Dr. …
OIL TRANSPORT – CRUDE AWAKENING TOUR
Join Forest Ethic’s Matt Krogh & Dana Lyons to learn about the proposed oil export trains, filled with explosive North Dakota oil (the kind that blew up in Quebec, North Dakota & Alabama in the last year killing 47 people) which the oil industry wants to ship through our towns so they can export it …
TOTEM POLE JOURNEY – GREEN TIE GALA
$10 Students, $12 General Tickets are available at the door, but if you’d like to buy them ahead of time, please e-mail to westernsre@gmail.com. It’s an honor to invite you to one of the first events promoting this year’s totem pole journey, led by Jewell James, master carver and respected elder of the Lummi Nation. …
SOLIDARITY WITH FARMWORKERS – GENERAL MEETING
Support Familias Unidas Por La Justicia in their efforts to gain a legally binding labor contract with Sakuma Brothers Farm. Join us! Come hear from the leaders of the Familias Unidas Por La Justicia as they speak about their struggle and call on us for support.