Events
08 / 29
Start: 5:00 pm
Start: 08/29/2008 - 5:00pm
End: 08/31/2008 - 7:00pm
35 Years of tugboats and maritime heritage celebrated on the beautiful Olympia waterfront! Entertainment, food, art, history, and a last farewell to the summer! For the weekend schedule, go to-- http://www.harbordays.com... | ||
08 / 30
(all day)
Start: 08/29/2008 - 5:00pm
End: 08/31/2008 - 7:00pm
35 Years of tugboats and maritime heritage celebrated on the beautiful Olympia waterfront! Entertainment, food, art, history, and a last farewell to the summer! For the weekend schedule, go to-- http://www.harbordays.com... | ||
08 / 31
End: 7:00 pm
Start: 08/29/2008 - 5:00pm
End: 08/31/2008 - 7:00pm
35 Years of tugboats and maritime heritage celebrated on the beautiful Olympia waterfront! Entertainment, food, art, history, and a last farewell to the summer! For the weekend schedule, go to-- http://www.harbordays.com... Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
HELP US! We need volunteers to work in 1 or 2 hr shifts as we table at Harbor Days. On the tables, we have 3 things people may sign: 1. The brand new ISTHMUS PARK PETITION from the Olympia Capitol Park Foundation. It proposes a feasibility analysis shall be conducted to investigate the acquisition and development of a part of the Capitol Lake-Budd Inlet Isthmus. This initiative has been developed by ALUMNI CITY PLANNERS. 2. Our own petition that ALL may sign to stop high rise development on the Isthmus 3. A sign-up sheet for people who would like to help us get the word out. CONTACT SUSAN @ 866-1935, seaolympia@gmail.com Go to our website for more info on this very important issue... www.nuprometheus.com/frie... | ||
09 / 1
Start: 11:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
The Thurston-Lewis-Mason Counties Labor Council, AFL-CIO invites all union members and their families to attend its annual Labor Day Picnic. There will be free food, drinks and entertainment for the whole family. Legislative District 20 candidates Chuck Bojarski, Mike Rechner and Jim Cutler will all be there! This year the tri-county Labor Day Picnic will be at Stan Hedwall Park, 1501 Rice Road (13th Street exit at Chehalis) INFO: 360-520-9575 | ||
09 / 2
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09 / 3
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Our community needs to discuss a number of controversies and issues. Please join with others on Wed. Sept. 3 to start figuring out how to do this. We are starting to create community dialogues to help us address a wide variety of community issues. Let’s provide a format in which we speak to be heard, and learn to listen as others do the same. Refreshments provided Terry Zander has organized this to serve the community. For more information contact Terry at 943-6109 or tezzer1@msn.com Start: 8:30 pm
End: 10:00 pm
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? The Oly City Council General Government Committee (3 city council members) voted unanimously to repeal the Nuclear Free Zone Ordinance. There will be a meeting at Traditions Wednesday, Sept. 3 at 8:30 pm to consider our options. YOUR PARTICIPATION IS VITAL! Ideas being considered include a massive turnout at the City Council meeting on Aug. 9, a citizen’s initiative for a tough, enforceable ordinance, and various creative means of free expression. In the meantime, there are several things you can do: 1) Contact the city council at citycouncil@ci.olympia.wa.us and tell them how you feel 2) Send a letter to the editor of The Olympian expressing your support 3) Send information to your friends and sympathetic organizations locally, statewide, nationally and internationally and ask them to contact the city council Basic math indicates that we have an uphill fight. At least 5 of the 7 council members will probably vote to repeal the ordinance unless we can change their minds. But we must try. To let this slide through without opposition will be yet another blow to Olympia’s rapidly eroding reputation as a community that embraces civic participation, democracy, sustainability and peace.
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09 / 4
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09 / 5
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09 / 6
Start: 10:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
HELP US! We need volunteers to work in 1 or 2 hr shifts as we table at the Farmers' Market from 10-3. On the tables, we have 3 things people may sign: 1. The brand new ISTHMUS PARK PETITION from the Olympia Capitol Park Foundation. It proposes a feasibility analysis shall be conducted to investigate the acquisition and development of a part of the Capitol Lake-Budd Inlet Isthmus. This initiative has been developed by ALUMNI CITY PLANNERS. 2. Our own petition that ALL may sign to stop high rise development on the Isthmus 3. A sign-up sheet for people who would like to help us get the word out. CONTACT SUSAN @ 866-1935, seaolympia@gmail.com Go to our website for more info on this very important issue... www.nuprometheus.com/frie... | ||
09 / 7
Start: 8:00 am
Start: 09/07/2008 - 8:00am
End: 09/08/2008 - 7:00pm
Join our local Veterans for Peace Rachel Corrie Chapter in presenting to the community a reminder of the cost of war. We will present grave markers Arlington Cemetery style for each US military person killed in the Iraq war. There will be an opening ceremony, midday speakers, a continuous vigil and a closing ceremony. War should never be back page news and it is with this sentiment that the Arlington Northwest Memorial was created. If you wish to help set up this event please contact Jim James at 360-480-5957 or visit our website for updates. http://www.vfp109rcc.org/ | ||
09 / 8
End: 7:00 pm
Start: 09/07/2008 - 8:00am
End: 09/08/2008 - 7:00pm
Join our local Veterans for Peace Rachel Corrie Chapter in presenting to the community a reminder of the cost of war. We will present grave markers Arlington Cemetery style for each US military person killed in the Iraq war. There will be an opening ceremony, midday speakers, a continuous vigil and a closing ceremony. War should never be back page news and it is with this sentiment that the Arlington Northwest Memorial was created. If you wish to help set up this event please contact Jim James at 360-480-5957 or visit our website for updates. http://www.vfp109rcc.org/ | ||
09 / 9
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
There is a rally at Capitol Lake at 4:30 and then a march to City Hall. Please bring sunflowers or other flowers, bring signs, banners that demonstrate your support of the Nuclear Free Zone Ordinance. ATTEND THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND HAVE YOUR SAY! The vote to repeal from the government committee came after city staff told the committee that out of all of the correspondence the city has received on the issue since January 1, 2004 through today, 216 people favored the ordinance, 38 opposed it, and 28 had no opinion. In other words despite the fact that 76% of the people who weighed in on the issue favored the ordinance, the committee voted to repeal it. City staff also reported that they had done research to determine whether the contracting provisions of the ordinance were a burden for city staff, and whether any potential contractors had refused to sign contracts because of the nuclear free provision. They found that the contract language was NOT a burden on city staff, and that only one potential contractor (a local carpenter) had refused to sign and decided he did not want to work for the city. In other words, the ordinance has no significant administrative burden, yet the committee voted to repeal it. Responding to question from Ottavelli, City Attorney Tom Morrill said that he does NOT believe the ordinance poses any additional risk or liability to the City. Yet the committee voted to repeal it. In other words, there is no legitimate reason to repeal the ordinance. Yet the committee voted to repeal it anyway. While there were numerous ludicrous comments offered by the committee as they made the case for repeal (“all vets oppose the ordinance” “we don’t live in a democracy”) one of the most outlandish came from a member, who said that taking stands on important issues reduces the council’s moral authority. Huh? What good is moral authority if it’s not used to advance important issues? It’s very clear that the decision to overturn the ordinance is pure politics and is designed to appease a small minority. Meanwhile it’s a slap in the face to the hundreds of Olympians that educated the community, attended the public hearings, and voiced support for the ordinance. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
JOIN MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL MOVEON COUNCIL AS WE WORK TO GET BARACK OBAMA ELECTED THIS FALL! WE ARE GETTING TOGETHER THIS TUESDAY AT 6:00 PM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED IN HELPING WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. WE WILL NEED A BIG PUSH FROM VOLUNTEERS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO GET OUT THE VOTE, AND ON TUESDAY WE WILL GET INFORMATION FROM THE FOLKS AT MOVEON.ORG ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. BRING A SNACK TO SHARE, A REFRESHMENT FOR YOURSELF, AND YOUR CELLPHONE. WE WILL BE MAKING CALLS TO MOVEON MEMBERS TO GET THEM INVOLVED IN THE CAMPAIGN. COME JOIN US AND HELP US MAKE HISTORY! WE ARE GATHERING AT THE HOME OF OLYMPIA MOVEON COUNCIL COORDINATOR KEVAN HAGEN - 6808 OLD FOREST LANE SE, OLYMPIA, 98501. IF YOU NEED DIRECTIONS, CALL KEVAN AT 352-4178. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
South Sound Clean Clothes Campaign - Monthly Meeting | ||
09 / 10
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09 / 11
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09 / 12
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09 / 13
Start: 8:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
This is your chance to find out what is available, in Washington State, in the way of electric, bio-diesel, and hybrid cars. It’s one thing to go to a show and see someone else’s green car, but to see one that you could actually own is a whole other thing. YellowBearJourneys.com is offering a one-day version of it's Green Car Tour. Start: 10:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
HELP US! We need volunteers to work in 1 or 2 hr shifts as we table at the Farmers' Market from 10-3. On the tables, we have 3 things people may sign: 1. The brand new ISTHMUS PARK PETITION from the Olympia Capitol Park Foundation. It proposes a feasibility analysis shall be conducted to investigate the acquisition and development of a part of the Capitol Lake-Budd Inlet Isthmus. This initiative has been developed by ALUMNI CITY PLANNERS. 2. Our own petition that ALL may sign to stop high rise development on the Isthmus 3. A sign-up sheet for people who would like to help us get the word out. CONTACT SUSAN @ 866-1935, seaolympia@gmail.com Go to our website for more info on this very important issue... www.nuprometheus.com/frie... Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
COME SEE THE VIEW THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT!
We invite you, your family, and friends to join 20/20 Vision Olympia this coming Saturday, September 13, on the State Capitol Campus for See It
While You Can!
We're gathering near the Washington State Law Enforcement Memorial overlooking Heritage Park from 11 until 1 pm.
The weather experts are promising sunshine, and our 20/20 Vision professional photographer Julie Woods will be on hand to take your picture (with your camera and/or hers) against the gorgeous backdrop of Puget Sound and the Olympics to the north--views that 20/20 Vision and other local organizations are trying so hard to preserve.
We'll have petitions on hand for the Olympia Capitol Parks Foundation's iniative drive, requiring our city council to pause before they make the rezone decision (doesn't that sound good?) and study the feasibility of acquiring the isthmus and developing it into a wonderful city park area. If you're registered to vote in Olympia and you've not yet signed a petition, we hope you will on Saturday.
If you can't make it then, this is still a great week to visit the Capitol Campus, judged, literally, to be the most stunning in the entire country. Come enjoy our precious, historically conceived views from the Law Enforcement Memorial, and see for yourself just exactly what's at stake. Parking is available on the diagnonals leading into the Capitol.
Thanks, everyone--and do check out our website: www.2020visionolympia.org
P.S. Please take a little time to learn more about 20/20's planning vision for Olympia by going to www.youtube.com/2020visionolympia, and checking the installments of "Back From the Brink." We think you'll be inspired.
P.S.S. And do not forget the City Council meeting on Tuesday, September 16, at the Washington Center. Doors open at 5:00 pm, and the meeting begins at 6:00 pm. For complete information, go to www.ci.olympia.wa.us/newsfaqs/IsthmusRezone.htm.
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09 / 14
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09 / 15
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09 / 16
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
The Olympia City Council will hold a public hearing for the Urban Waterfront Rezone and Height Amendment on Tuesday, September 16. DOORS OPEN AT 5:00 p.m. Testimony begins at 6:00.
Watch these YouTube Videos: www.youtube.com/2020visionolympia THE ISSUES: Triway Enterprises wants to raise building height limits on 5 acres from 35 ft to 60-90 ft to allow building 141 high end condos, parking, office and retail space. Olympia staff has made the recommendation to raise building heights on the TriWay-owned 2.3 acres. Olympia 2012, a local group, favors the staff project, plus asking the City to acquire the remaining property on the isthmus to make it an outdoor plaza. Friends of the Waterfront and other builders and architects wish to maintain building heights at 35 feet. 20/20 Vision Olympia seeks a comprehensive planning and visioning process called a "charrette" before any decisions are made. For more info go to www.friendsofthewaterfront.org, www.oly2012.org, www.triwayenterprises.com www.2020visionolympia.org | ||
09 / 17
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09 / 18
Start: 12:00 am
Start: 09/18/2008 - 12:00am
End: 10/01/2008 - 12:00am
SUSTAINABLE PRISONS - PROJECT MANAGER Salary: $3,537 to $3,785 per mo. F/T + excellent benefits. Review of applications begins: October 1, 2008 All requested application materials must be submitted in order to be considered. For details on the application requirements and process visit http://www.evergreen.edu/... or call (360) 867-5361 or (360) 867-6834 (TTY). Start: 2:00 pm
Richard Hayes Phillips began investigating the Ohio election when he received evidence of clear election fraud. He spent the next 3 years compiling the irrefutable evidence. It is ready for your review in the newly published "Witness to a Crime: A Citizens' Audit of an American Election". Meet Richard for coffee, discussion, and books. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
If you suspected something was fishy in Ohio’s 2004 presidential election, you are right! A researcher spent three years investigating what happened, and he came up with powerful and irrefutable evidence of vote-rigging. The Republicans stole the 2004 presidential race in Ohio. Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D., will speak in Olympia THIS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18 at 7:00 p.m. at Media Island, 816 Adams SE, just east across the street from the downtown Olympia Library. He is on a speaking tour promoting his book, Witness to a Crime: A Citizens’ Audit of an American Election. On short notice he became available to speak in Olympia. Don’t miss this timely event! Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., says: “Every American – Republican and Democrat – should read this book and join the fight for democracy’s most fundamental right.” Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the 7:00 p.m. speaking engagement at Media Island, 816 Adams SE, across from the downtown Olympia library. A $5 donation will be requested, but everyone is welcome whether or not you contribute $5. He will also be available for informal conversations at 2:00 p.m. at Traditions Cafe, 5th & Water SW, downtown. Sponsor: Alliance for Democracy Start: 9:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Beginning on September 11, 2001, the government and mainstream news media were quick to give us a story line about what had happened. They said, for example, that they had found the passport of one of the hijackers immediately below the point where the airplane had struck the World Trade Center many hundreds of feet above. Somehow his passport had come out of his pocket and out of the airplane and had fallen exactly straight below and had not been singed by the fires and had not been blown away by the tremendous wind created by the falling skyscraper. The mainstream news reported this as evidence supporting the government’s contention that it knew who the individuals were who had done it. On the very next day Dick Cheney said that we needed to respond by attacking Iraq. Bush told us to just go shopping and let him fight a war. Ordinary people put flags outside their houses and attached “United We Stand” stickers to their vehicles. Bush told us that if we are not “with” his policies, then we’re “against” the U.S. The government, mainstream media, and American culture all emphasized the need for patriotism and “rallying around the flag.” The very next month Bush launched a war against Afghanistan, and Congress passed the PATRIOT Act without reading it. Everything was happening at once, and people felt overwhelmed by the rush of events. Author Naomi Klein explains how extremists within the government cause massive “shock” to make the public feel vulnerable to radical change from the top down, and to manipulate and exploit the public to achieve the extremists’ selfish goals. They started wars, militarized several aspects of the U.S., pushed laws through, took away our rights, illegally spied on us, and did many other things in the wake of the 9-11 “shock.” Soon after September 11, a few people started challenging some of the bizarre “evidence” that the government and mainstream media were feeding us. People started asking questions but were not getting credible answers. A growing number of people were discovering evidence that undermined the official story about what had happened on September 11. The Bush/Cheney administration vigorously resisted creating an official commission to study it. When public pressure became too much, they allowed an official commission to be formed, but they staffed the commission with loyalists. The commission did not pursue the most challenging questions, nor consider the most provocative evidence. The official orthodoxy has been trying to make it “not OK” to ask questions. But a “9-11 Truth” movement has been growing. Increasing numbers of people have been questioning the orthodoxy, and a substantial number of people think that elements within the government either had a hand in the September 11 tragedies or at least knew they were coming and allowed them to occur. Most skeptics are not “conspiracy nuts,” as the official culture would have us believe. Most skeptics are thoughtful, well informed and respected citizens who have studied the facts, found that the official story has holes in it, found evidence that rebuts the official story, and discovered what seem to be deliberate attempts to prevent the truth from coming out. Is it OK to ask questions about 9-11 now? The Olympia FOR’s September TV program will help us open up the possibility of asking questions and considering evidence. Our guests will be Drew Gibbs and Terry Macinata, two local persons who have calmly and thoughtfully been asking questions and studying the facts. | ||
09 / 19
(all day)
Start: 09/18/2008 - 12:00am
End: 10/01/2008 - 12:00am
SUSTAINABLE PRISONS - PROJECT MANAGER Salary: $3,537 to $3,785 per mo. F/T + excellent benefits. Review of applications begins: October 1, 2008 All requested application materials must be submitted in order to be considered. For details on the application requirements and process visit http://www.evergreen.edu/... or call (360) 867-5361 or (360) 867-6834 (TTY). | ||
09 / 20
(all day)
Start: 09/18/2008 - 12:00am
End: 10/01/2008 - 12:00am
SUSTAINABLE PRISONS - PROJECT MANAGER Salary: $3,537 to $3,785 per mo. F/T + excellent benefits. Review of applications begins: October 1, 2008 All requested application materials must be submitted in order to be considered. For details on the application requirements and process visit http://www.evergreen.edu/... or call (360) 867-5361 or (360) 867-6834 (TTY). | ||
09 / 21
(all day)
Start: 09/18/2008 - 12:00am
End: 10/01/2008 - 12:00am
SUSTAINABLE PRISONS - PROJECT MANAGER Salary: $3,537 to $3,785 per mo. F/T + excellent benefits. Review of applications begins: October 1, 2008 All requested application materials must be submitted in order to be considered. For details on the application requirements and process visit http://www.evergreen.edu/... or call (360) 867-5361 or (360) 867-6834 (TTY). Start: 2:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Come on over and make phone calls for Obama! I will provide treats and drinks. You bring your cell phones, your enthusiasm, and we'll provide the rest! We have room for 15 callers. PLEASE RSVP: 352-8225, shardon@comcast.net My home is handicapped accessible into the family room. I have cats, but they'll be outside. | ||
09 / 22
(all day)
Start: 09/18/2008 - 12:00am
End: 10/01/2008 - 12:00am
SUSTAINABLE PRISONS - PROJECT MANAGER Salary: $3,537 to $3,785 per mo. F/T + excellent benefits. Review of applications begins: October 1, 2008 All requested application materials must be submitted in order to be considered. For details on the application requirements and process visit http://www.evergreen.edu/... or call (360) 867-5361 or (360) 867-6834 (TTY). Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Enterprise for Equity offers Business Training Programs for low income entrepreneurs. Our excellent instructors, quality materials, technical assistance and peer support will help you gain the vital tools necessary for running a successful business. Orientations are offered in Downtown Olympia. To register or learn more please visit www.enterpriseforequity.o... or call 704-3375 today! Start: 1:30 pm
End: 2:30 pm
Beginning on September 11, 2001, the government and mainstream news media were quick to give us a story line about what had happened. They said, for example, that they had found the passport of one of the hijackers immediately below the point where the airplane had struck the World Trade Center many hundreds of feet above. Somehow his passport had come out of his pocket and out of the airplane and had fallen exactly straight below and had not been singed by the fires and had not been blown away by the tremendous wind created by the falling skyscraper. The mainstream news reported this as evidence supporting the government’s contention that it knew who the individuals were who had done it. On the very next day Dick Cheney said that we needed to respond by attacking Iraq. Bush told us to just go shopping and let him fight a war. Ordinary people put flags outside their houses and attached “United We Stand” stickers to their vehicles. Bush told us that if we are not “with” his policies, then we’re “against” the U.S. The government, mainstream media, and American culture all emphasized the need for patriotism and “rallying around the flag.” The very next month Bush launched a war against Afghanistan, and Congress passed the PATRIOT Act without reading it. Everything was happening at once, and people felt overwhelmed by the rush of events. Author Naomi Klein explains how extremists within the government cause massive “shock” to make the public feel vulnerable to radical change from the top down, and to manipulate and exploit the public to achieve the extremists’ selfish goals. They started wars, militarized several aspects of the U.S., pushed laws through, took away our rights, illegally spied on us, and did many other things in the wake of the 9-11 “shock.” Soon after September 11, a few people started challenging some of the bizarre “evidence” that the government and mainstream media were feeding us. People started asking questions but were not getting credible answers. A growing number of people were discovering evidence that undermined the official story about what had happened on September 11. The Bush/Cheney administration vigorously resisted creating an official commission to study it. When public pressure became too much, they allowed an official commission to be formed, but they staffed the commission with loyalists. The commission did not pursue the most challenging questions, nor consider the most provocative evidence. The official orthodoxy has been trying to make it “not OK” to ask questions. But a “9-11 Truth” movement has been growing. Increasing numbers of people have been questioning the orthodoxy, and a substantial number of people think that elements within the government either had a hand in the September 11 tragedies or at least knew they were coming and allowed them to occur. Most skeptics are not “conspiracy nuts,” as the official culture would have us believe. Most skeptics are thoughtful, well informed and respected citizens who have studied the facts, found that the official story has holes in it, found evidence that rebuts the official story, and discovered what seem to be deliberate attempts to prevent the truth from coming out. Is it OK to ask questions about 9-11 now? The Olympia FOR’s September TV program will help us open up the possibility of asking questions and considering evidence. Our guests will be Drew Gibbs and Terry Macinata, two local persons who have calmly and thoughtfully been asking questions and studying the facts. | ||
09 / 23
(all day)
Start: 09/18/2008 - 12:00am
End: 10/01/2008 - 12:00am
SUSTAINABLE PRISONS - PROJECT MANAGER Salary: $3,537 to $3,785 per mo. F/T + excellent benefits. Review of applications begins: October 1, 2008 All requested application materials must be submitted in order to be considered. For details on the application requirements and process visit http://www.evergreen.edu/... or call (360) 867-5361 or (360) 867-6834 (TTY). | ||
09 / 24
(all day)
Start: 09/18/2008 - 12:00am
End: 10/01/2008 - 12:00am
SUSTAINABLE PRISONS - PROJECT MANAGER Salary: $3,537 to $3,785 per mo. F/T + excellent benefits. Review of applications begins: October 1, 2008 All requested application materials must be submitted in order to be considered. For details on the application requirements and process visit http://www.evergreen.edu/... or call (360) 867-5361 or (360) 867-6834 (TTY). Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Contact: Ellen Shortt Sanchez, Evergreen Center for Community Based Learning and Action 867-6859 150 Evergreen Students Pitch in for Community Causes (Olympia, Wash.) Thirteen community organizations in the South Sound will get a helping hand on September 24 as more than 150 incoming students at The Evergreen State College start their educational experience with a day of volunteer work for community causes. According to Ellen Shortt-Sanchez, director of Evergreen’s Center for Community-Based Learning and Action (CCBLA), projects in the college’s Community to Community Action Day are aligned with Hunger Free Thurston County Coalition’s goal to make our county Hunger Free. Project range from harvesting vegetables from community farms for the local the food bank, to restoring salmon habitat and building low income housing. Students will ride InterCity transit buses, bikes and college vans to local sites to pitch in and help for the afternoon before they get settled at college. “Evergreen has a rich tradition of contributions to the local community,” explained Shortt-Sanchez. “Community to Community Action Day has been connecting Evergreen students to local groups working for community needs for 18 years. The event provides a community service – it’s expected to provide more than 1000 hours of service this year alone – and a learning experience for students new to the college. They get to know their community, understand its needs a little better and reflect on the positive contributions they can make.” Students from Evergreen’s Community Connections college transition program will be participating in Community to Community Action Day as a required part of their coursework. Academic programs are supported to integrate service learning by a grant from Learn and Serve. “The organizers of Community Connections have been working closely with the CCBLA on this event,” explained Evergreen faculty member Elizabeth Williamson. “We feel that helping students make a connection to the world beyond the campus is absolutely essential to helping them begin to put theory into practice, and we hope it will set an important precedent for them as they continue their work at Evergreen.” Campus housing residents from Evergreen’s Green Living and Sustainability House – who choose to live with other students dedicated to helping their community and living sustainably – will participate as well. Shortt-Sanchez said that, in addition to a wide range of student volunteer activities, during the last academic year Evergreen students contributed over 19,000 hours of community work through the Students in Service Americorps program. Students in Service is a program of the Washington Campus Compact. Community minded student workers receive tuition awards as recognition for community action. This provides the chance for students to integrate their studies with community service and to be compensated. Community members are welcome to work alongside Evergreen students on Community to Community Action Day. For more information on volunteering, contact Ellen Shortt-Sanchez at 360-867-6859 by Monday Sept 22, 2008. Start: 12:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
The Evergreen State College Orients New Students to Contribute to the Community Contact: Ellen Shortt Sanchez, Evergreen Center for Community Based Learning and Action 867-6859 When: Wednesday, September 24, 12:00- 5:00 Who: Evergreen students new to college who participating in orientation week activities and college transition program “Community Connections” will join Center for Community Based Learning faculty and staff for an afternoon of service learning. What: Community to Community: A Service Learning Day This year’s theme supports the Hunger Free Thurston County Coalition (Thurston County Food Bank, GRUB, and Left Foot Organics). Students are asked to lend their muscle and mind to: “MAKE THURSTON COUNTY HUNGER FREE” Sites include: | ||
09 / 25
(all day)
Start: 09/18/2008 - 12:00am
End: 10/01/2008 - 12:00am
SUSTAINABLE PRISONS - PROJECT MANAGER Salary: $3,537 to $3,785 per mo. F/T + excellent benefits. Review of applications begins: October 1, 2008 All requested application materials must be submitted in order to be considered. For details on the application requirements and process visit http://www.evergreen.edu/... or call (360) 867-5361 or (360) 867-6834 (TTY). Start: 9:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Beginning on September 11, 2001, the government and mainstream news media were quick to give us a story line about what had happened. They said, for example, that they had found the passport of one of the hijackers immediately below the point where the airplane had struck the World Trade Center many hundreds of feet above. Somehow his passport had come out of his pocket and out of the airplane and had fallen exactly straight below and had not been singed by the fires and had not been blown away by the tremendous wind created by the falling skyscraper. The mainstream news reported this as evidence supporting the government’s contention that it knew who the individuals were who had done it. On the very next day Dick Cheney said that we needed to respond by attacking Iraq. Bush told us to just go shopping and let him fight a war. Ordinary people put flags outside their houses and attached “United We Stand” stickers to their vehicles. Bush told us that if we are not “with” his policies, then we’re “against” the U.S. The government, mainstream media, and American culture all emphasized the need for patriotism and “rallying around the flag.” The very next month Bush launched a war against Afghanistan, and Congress passed the PATRIOT Act without reading it. Everything was happening at once, and people felt overwhelmed by the rush of events. Author Naomi Klein explains how extremists within the government cause massive “shock” to make the public feel vulnerable to radical change from the top down, and to manipulate and exploit the public to achieve the extremists’ selfish goals. They started wars, militarized several aspects of the U.S., pushed laws through, took away our rights, illegally spied on us, and did many other things in the wake of the 9-11 “shock.” Soon after September 11, a few people started challenging some of the bizarre “evidence” that the government and mainstream media were feeding us. People started asking questions but were not getting credible answers. A growing number of people were discovering evidence that undermined the official story about what had happened on September 11. The Bush/Cheney administration vigorously resisted creating an official commission to study it. When public pressure became too much, they allowed an official commission to be formed, but they staffed the commission with loyalists. The commission did not pursue the most challenging questions, nor consider the most provocative evidence. The official orthodoxy has been trying to make it “not OK” to ask questions. But a “9-11 Truth” movement has been growing. Increasing numbers of people have been questioning the orthodoxy, and a substantial number of people think that elements within the government either had a hand in the September 11 tragedies or at least knew they were coming and allowed them to occur. Most skeptics are not “conspiracy nuts,” as the official culture would have us believe. Most skeptics are thoughtful, well informed and respected citizens who have studied the facts, found that the official story has holes in it, found evidence that rebuts the official story, and discovered what seem to be deliberate attempts to prevent the truth from coming out. Is it OK to ask questions about 9-11 now? The Olympia FOR’s September TV program will help us open up the possibility of asking questions and considering evidence. Our guests will be Drew Gibbs and Terry Macinata, two local persons who have calmly and thoughtfully been asking questions and studying the facts. | ||
09 / 26
(all day)
Start: 09/18/2008 - 12:00am
End: 10/01/2008 - 12:00am
SUSTAINABLE PRISONS - PROJECT MANAGER Salary: $3,537 to $3,785 per mo. F/T + excellent benefits. Review of applications begins: October 1, 2008 All requested application materials must be submitted in order to be considered. For details on the application requirements and process visit http://www.evergreen.edu/... or call (360) 867-5361 or (360) 867-6834 (TTY). Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
The first presidential debate will take place at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. Jim Lehrer of PBS will be the moderator. Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
ESD 113 Co-Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Thurston County CONCERNED ADULTS ARE WELCOME | ||
09 / 27
(all day)
Start: 09/18/2008 - 12:00am
End: 10/01/2008 - 12:00am
SUSTAINABLE PRISONS - PROJECT MANAGER Salary: $3,537 to $3,785 per mo. F/T + excellent benefits. Review of applications begins: October 1, 2008 All requested application materials must be submitted in order to be considered. For details on the application requirements and process visit http://www.evergreen.edu/... or call (360) 867-5361 or (360) 867-6834 (TTY). Start: 9:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
This Sound Alliance Leadership Institute is a 12-hour training spread over two days designed to give members of faith, labor and other other organizations the tools to move their institutions to take action for the common good --- of their members and the community at large. The topics include: For more information or to register please contact Rachel da Silva at 206-200-8192 or rachel@soundorganizing.org Start: 10:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
What: 14th Annual Solar / Green Building Tour When: Saturday, September 27th, 10:00am until 4:00pm Where: Locations ... Lacey, Tumwater, and Olympia Why: Renewable energy and energy conservation are central to our battle against high energy costs and climate change. How: You can download the map and brochure by visiting http://www.solarwashingto... | ||
09 / 28
(all day)
Start: 09/18/2008 - 12:00am
End: 10/01/2008 - 12:00am
SUSTAINABLE PRISONS - PROJECT MANAGER Salary: $3,537 to $3,785 per mo. F/T + excellent benefits. Review of applications begins: October 1, 2008 All requested application materials must be submitted in order to be considered. For details on the application requirements and process visit http://www.evergreen.edu/... or call (360) 867-5361 or (360) 867-6834 (TTY). | ||
