JUNE 2000
THURS JUNE 1,
and subsequent 1st Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., at Seattle First
Baptist Church, Harvard & Seneca; LEAGUE OF WOMEN
VOTERS FORUM, info 206-329-4848 or lwvseattle@aol.com lwvseattle@aol.com or http://www.scn.org/civic/lwvseattle
FRI - SUN JUNE 2 - 4, at Trillium Retreat Center,
Vashon Island; Daughters Sisters Project presents Holding
Space: A Collaborative Journey in the Art of FACILITATING
TEEN GROUPS, $445 includes two nights lodgings, meals for
Friday dinner through Sunday lunch, resources and
materials and a contribution toward youth participation;
RSVP for a registration packet, info 206-842-3000 or daughtersi@aol.com or http://www.daughters-sisters.org or mawolf317@aol.com; the
mission of the Daughters Sisters Project is to educate,
inspire and empower girls and young women and foster
partnerships between the genders and generations
SUN JUNE 4, and subsequent first Sundays, 11 a.m.
- 2 p.m., at The Lesbian Resource Center, 2214 S. Jackson
St; LESBIAN RESOURCE CENTER Hosts a Brunch open to all
women
TUES JUNE 6, and subsequent 1st Tuesdays, 6 p.m.,
locations vary, Seattle, GABRIELA Network-NW, a US
Solidarity Group with GABRIELA-Philippines (Alliance of
over 105 women’s organizations in the Philippines),
join in to get involved in solidarity work around
FILIPINA AND ASIAN WOMEN’S ISSUES globally and
domestically, info 206- 824-8229
JUNE 8 - 11, in Vancouver, British Columbia; 7th
International Federation of Information Processing
Working Group "WOMEN, WORK AND COMPUTERIZATION:
Charting a Course to the Future” Conference, info
Deborah Kirby, conference director, dkirby@sfu.ca or
604-291-3764 or wwc2000@sfu.ca or http://www.sfu.ca/~wwc2000.
*THURS JUNE 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m., in the Arctic
Building, Dome Room at 700 Third Ave. at Cherry; Join the
REFUGEE WOMEN’S ALLIANCE (ReWA) in celebrating 15
years of dedication to refugee and immigrant women and
their families; co-sponsored by the Seattle Office for
Civil Rights (SOCR), hosted reception with program at
6:30; info 206-721-0243
SAT JUNE 10, 1 - 5 p.m., at Good Shepherd Center,
4649 Sunnyside Ave N; Washington State NOW, National
Organization for women, presents a YOUNG FEMINISTS
CONFERENCE, $25 sliding scale, preregister by June 1,
info Seattle NOW 206-632-8547
THURS JUNE 15, and every other week afterwards, 7
- 8:30 p.m., at [suggest calling to confirm location]
American Friends Service Committee, 814 NE 40th,
downstairs from University Friends meeting, 4001 9th NE;
Womens Leadership Circle, an intergenerational
cross-cultural meeting working on WOMEN’S OPPRESSION
AND RACISM, snacks provided, info Jessica Levy
206-524-7489
FRI & SAT,
JUNE 16th & 17th, Women's Spirituality &
Social Transformation: Claiming Our Spirit, Changing Our
World National Conference, 3:00pm till 10:00pm on Friday
& 8:30am till 10:00pm on Saturday, St. Mark's
Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 Tenth Avenue E. This Conference
invites women from diverse religious and spiritual
traditions to come together on a common ground without
any boundary to share theirspiritual strength and
creativity to bring about necessary changes to create a
world with peace, prosperity, equality and justice for
all.
MON JUNE 26, 6 - 9 p.m., at 1400 18th Ave at Union
on Capitol Hill; Home Alive will hold a WOMEN ONLY
BOUNDARY SETTING Workshop; participants will explore
boundaries, defining whom we set boundaries with and the
tools we use to set and maintain healthy boundaries with
people in our lives. We will also discuss strategies for
de-escalation, and practice using these skills in
role-plays related to real life situations; sliding scale
is $5-$25 per session, and goes to $0; class enrollment
limited & pre- registration encouraged, registration
and info 206-903-9747
JUNE 30 - JULY 2, in Miami Beach; NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN (NOW) national conference, info
202-628-8669 or http://www.now.org
listings extracted from Jean Buskin’s Peace and
Justice Calendar, available at http://www.scn.org/activism/calendar
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