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68th Annual Lummi Stommish Water Festival
68th Annual Lummi Stommish Water Festival • June 12-22, 2014 • Lummi Nation • www.stommish.com This year, the people of the Salish Sea will join in celebrating 68 years of the world famous Lummi Stommish Water Festival — June 12th – 22, 2014, on the Lummi Indian reservation near Bellingham, WA. Stommish began back in …
Benefits of Single Payer Healthcare for Business Owners
Health Care for All Washington will challenge the dominant assumption in our culture that healthcare is a commodity being sold for a profit on the market. Patrick Noonan of Health Care for All Washington will speak about how a single payer health care system would improve outcomes, lower costs, cover everyone and relieve businesses …
LUMMI SEMIAHMOO REPATRIATION PROJECT PRESENTATION
Sharon Kinley of the Coast Salish Institute of Northwest Indian College (NWIC) will be presenting on the Semiahmoo Project. The project was conducted to restore the remains of Lummi ancestors, disturbed and taken form the site of the 1999 expansion of the Semiahmoo waste water treatment plant, back to the care and protection of Lummi …
RALLY FOR FOSSIL FREE FUTURE
WWU DIVESTMENT CAMPAIGN Rally for a Fossil Free Future Stick around after Bill’s address to put the message into action. Join our community in solidarity and support of WWU divesting from fossil fuel. Currently, the WWU Foundation invests about 5% of its donations in fossil fuel companies, and this Friday will be receiving the …
GREEN PARTY DISCUSS INDUSTRIAL HEMP
DATE CHANGED!: May 15th, 2014; Thursday at 5:30-7:30pm (To match the schedules of critical resources!) Agenda: Guest speaker on a hot topic: Sandy Soderberg, a founder of the Evergreen Hemp Co., presenting on the subject of Industrial Hemp! INDUSTRIAL HEMP: A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO MULTIPLE PROBLEMS Industrial Hemp had a long history in America before …
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND WATER QUALITY
May 13, Tuesday 6:30 pm – Whatcom Peace & Justice Center Fish Consumption Rate:Social Justice and Water Quality Dr. Frank James, a public health officer with extensive experience working in first nations governments, will be offering a presentation on the Human Rights aspects of Fish Consumption Rates in the Pacific Northwest. Dr. James will explore …
LEARN ABOUT I-1329
End Corporate Rule & Get Money Out of Politics LEARN ABOUT I-1329 Free and Open to the Public (Donations accepted) Local MTA affiliate – Whatcom Move to Amend, with other local grassroots organizations is providing a presentation on the national movement and our local effort to join 16 other states in calling for an amendment …