THIS IS IT FOLKS! OUR FIRST RALLYING OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL! Please wear RED to indicate your support for fair representation! (The meeting will be a public record, so anti-coal t-shirts are okay.) What’s going on? On July 7, the County Council will be considering several proposals for an amendment to the …
An Evening with Anne Feeney and Dana Lyons Iconic environmental singer Dana Lyons teams up with notorious labor hellraiser Anne Feeney to launch Teamsters and Turtles – Together at Last! Starting in Bellingham, WA (hometown of Dana Lyons) and sweeping south to Ashland, OR, the duo will dispel the myth that unions are at odds with …
Right now, communities in Montana and Wyoming are standing up against a massive proposed expansion of coal mining in the Powder River Basin, a project necessary to making a coal port happen in Bellingham. Through August 24, we have a critical opportunity to take action and say NO to more new coal mines: http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5168/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=20532 Join …
What is the nature of the jail industry and how does it work as an economic business model? The Restorative CommUnity Coalition brings new voices to the conversation around the jail issues. This conference will illustrate how the Restorative Economic model can effectively be implemented. The roots of community and national problems regarding this issue …
Repeal the AUMF (Authorization for the Use of Military Force) Workshop! June 28th, 2:00-5:00pm (Doors open at 1:30) The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is bringing this free Workshop to Repeal the AUMF (Authorization for the Use of Military Force) to Bellingham June 28th, 2015. The intention of the Workshop is to help educate people …
We will explore the world in crisis and chaos as an opportunity for social and spiritual transformation as we form stronger connections to the earth’s natural patterns and to each other. This presentation will summarize my recent paper written for the upcoming Integral Theory Conference. The paper considers current concerns about resource depletion (“energy descent”) …
We will view the anti-universal health care film “Wait Until It’s Free”. After the film we will critically review its arguments and its propaganda techniques. The objective is to understand how our opponents think so that we can be more effective in community outreach.
The Whatcom Peace & Justice Center and Community to Community will be hosting a free screening of the documentary film One Generation’s Time: The Legacy of Silme Domingo & Gene Viernes. We will be joined by special guest Cindy Domingo. Cindy’s quest for justice in the murder of her brother Silme Domingo spanned a decade …
Join the Stop Oil Trains Week of Action: July 6 – 12 On July 9, from 7:00 to 8:30 at the Bellingham Public Library, join others from Skagit and Whatcom Counties for a forum on Oil Train Impacts. The oil industry is moving millions of gallons of highly toxic, potentially explosive crude oil through Washington …
