TCProNet - Carnegie Group

Speakers Training on Publicly Financed Campaigns in WA!!

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:37:19 -0500

Start: 12/16/2006 - 3:00pm

End: 12/16/2006 - 5:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+8

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Do you want to learn about publicly financed campaigns? Do you want to help with the effort? Join us on a rainy Saturday afternoon to discuss how to make it happen in Washington! :)

Washington Public Campaigns will explain how public financing of political campaigns will reduce big money special interests' influence over the electoral process. The event is free and open to the public by prior registration.

WPC volunteer Bill Nerins will direct the session just like you would if you were speaking to a group for WPC. He will start with begin by showing the short video "Clean Elections: Changing the Face of America" narrated by journalist Bill Moyers.

US Senate Candidate Debate

Tue, 3 Oct 2006 22:33:47 -0400

Start: 10/07/2006 - 2:00pm

End: 10/07/2006 - 3:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+8

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US Senate Candidates Debate
Come hear all the candidates (except Maria Cantwell)
talk about the issues facing the nation.
2pm, First Christian Church, 701 Franklin

TC Pro-Net - We The People - Sam Hunt (keynote)

Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:01:41 -0400

Start: 10/17/2006 - 6:20pm

End: 10/17/2006 - 6:26pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+8

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Sam speaks generically about We The People having the opportunity oto make change, but we must participate. He goes into the specific issues of opposition to I-933, the highly problematic land use initiative coming up on the November ballot, and the recently passed civil rights bill
(6 minutes)

Middle East Potluck

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:07:15 -0400

Start: 09/19/2006 - 6:30pm

End: 09/19/2006 - 9:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+8

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Olympians for Peace in the Middle East potlucks welcome community members who want to work in solidarity with the people of the Middle East. This social event offers an opportunity for people to plug in to the emerging solidarity movement in Olympia during this time of dangerous misconceptions, war and occupation.

In the past month we helped plan the event Muslims of Thurston County Speak Out, attended by over 200 community members. We gathered signatures for a letter to The Olympian about anti-Muslim hate speech. A relpy has arrived! Please keep an eye on your Sunday paper to find out more about The Olympia on-line comment section and their current policy in publishing inflamatory language as we continue this crucial dialogue.

ACLU Presents, Election and Voting Procedures, John Gideon of VotersUnite!

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:37:38 -0400

Start: 03/14/2007 - 7:00pm

End: 03/14/2007 - 9:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+8

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Join us in a discussion with John Gideon, Executive Director and Information Manager for VotersUnite! (http://www.votersunite.org/), regarding current voting processes and issues (both locally and nationally) which affect voting and counting votes.

Sponsored by the Thurston County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

ACLU-Thurston meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month, October through May (except in February) at 7 pm, Olympia Center Rm 206.

Carnegie Group Monday meetings

Tue, 5 Sep 2006 01:08:13 -0400

Start: 09/11/2006 - 5:00pm

End: 09/11/2006 - 6:01pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+8

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This is a weekly meeting on Monday evenings.
We meet at the upstairs meeting room above
Anne Buck's store on 209 Fifth Ave.SE, downtown Olympia,
across from the Olympia Film Society.

Malik Rahim/Common Ground Collective

Wed, 17 May 2006 23:12:43 -0400

Start: 05/27/2006 - 7:00pm

End: 05/27/2006 - 9:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+8

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Malike Rahim is the founder of Common Ground Collective in New Orleans which provides ongoing daily services to Katrina victims and acts as a human rights resource center for affected peoples. Come hear him speak about what's really been happening in New Orleans since Katrina struck.

Green Party meeting

Wed, 17 May 2006 23:06:06 -0400

Start: 05/25/2006 - 7:00pm

End: 05/25/2006 - 9:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+8

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Non-members welcome. Join us for a presentation on the Community Assessment Sustainability Inventory work of Dave Ewoldt in Whatcom County. This process can be used in EVERY community by Greens and Progressives.

Prescription for a Sick Health Care System: Debate

Fri, 5 May 2006 17:54:02 -0400

Start: 06/13/2006 - 7:00pm

End: 06/13/2006 - 9:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+8

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OMJP has scheduled a debate on the subject "RX for a sick
health care system: Single Payer or Health Savings Accounts?"

Tuesday June 13th, 2006
7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M

For further information, contact Gar at 943-1529

No President is Above the Law: A Discussion on NSA Spying and Wiretapping

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:13:10 -0400

Start: 05/10/2006 - 7:00pm

End: 05/10/2006 - 9:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+8

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No President is Above the Law: A Discussion on NSA Spying and Wiretapping. Presented by the Thurston County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington. Pat Gallagher, guest speaker.

7 pm, Wednesday May 10.

Bringing it home - Can we afford war?

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:11:20 -0400

Start: 05/13/2006 - 9:00am

End: 05/13/2006 - 12:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+8

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A discussion on the cost of war in relation to the funding of social services in Thurston county. A group of concerned citizens have been conducting interviews with providers of food, clothing, medical, housing and educational necessities to the homeless & low-income in our communities. We plan to share our research and elicit a discussion on funding the war in Iraq at a cost of providing for our social needs.
Contact: Terry Zander, 786-1693 or tezzer1@msn.com

Celebrate Spring and the Promise to End Hunger with The Gleaners Coalition

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:29:50 -0500

Start: 03/25/2006 - 12:00pm

End: 03/25/2006 - 3:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+8

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Olympia: Celebrate the promise of spring and the commitment to end hunger in our community- the Gleaners Coalition is gearing up for a second season helping to feed our hungry.

What: Spring Celebration and Community Meeting.
When: Saturday March 25, 2006 Noon – 3pm
Where: United Churches (110 11th Avenue S.E. Olympia)

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The Gleaners Coalition is gearing up for its second season gathering surplus food from Thurston County’s farms and gardens to feed our communities hungry with a spring celebration and community meeting. As recently reported in The Olympian, The Gleaners Coalition is joining with the Thurston County Food Bank and Garden Raised Bounty (GruB), as well as local farmers and gardeners in a community wide effort to provide more locally grown food for the growing number of hungry in our community.

Solutions To Global Warming

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:38:08 -0500

Start: 03/09/2006 - 6:30pm

End: 03/09/2006 - 8:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+8

Student Privacy and Records

Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:04:04 -0500

Start: 03/27/2006 - 7:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+8

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PARENTS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP, WHICH WILL ADDRESS:
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND LAW & OPT-OUT FORMS--WHERE TO FIND THEM, WHEN TO SUBMIT THEM
THE PENTAGON DATABASE CONTROVERSY
School Boards across the country are writing rules to protect
Students from aggressive military marketing techniques.
Representatives from local school districts
Are invited to update us on Opt Out policies, and to answer questions.
WA HOUSE & SENATE BILLS THIS SESSION
Q & A session

Student Privacy and Records

Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:02:22 -0500

Start: 03/16/2006 - 7:00pm

End: 03/16/2006 - 9:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+8

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