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

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. Presented by the Thurston County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington. Pat Gallagher, guest speaker.

7 pm, Wednesday May 10.