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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Wednesday, March 17
7:00 PM

3312 E. Republican St, Seattle

The showing of the film The Cats of Mirikitani, followed by discussion, is the fourth in our series of films, books, and exhibits with immigration themes. Please join us for this cogent film about a Japanese immigrant who “loses” his citizenship and finds himself homeless on the streets of New York. Mirikitani expresses himself through his art, selling it on the sidewalk. Through his paintings, one learns his stories; through those stories, one experiences Mirikitani as a fellow human being.

Thursday, March 18, 2010
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm

Thursday, March 18
4:30 to 6:00 PM

Vios Pub at Third Place Books
6504 20th N.E, Seattle

Do you love short term projects? Then come to this meeting to help us plan the League Education Fund Program, ”Democracy in Action,” which will take place on April 1. For more information, contact Dana Twight at dctwight@u.washington.edu or through the League office at (206) 329-4848.

Saturday, March 27, 2010
Start: 9:00 am
End: 11:00 am

Saturday, March 27
9:00 AM

909 E. Newton St, D-9
Seattle

For more information, contact Nora Leech at (206) 329-4848.

Thursday, April 1, 2010
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Thursday, April 1
7:30 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM

Downstairs at Town Hall
8th & Seneca, Seattle

How can we create a better, more democratic society? What ideas will propel us forward? What issues prevent our moving ahead?

Nancy Amidei, Emeritus faculty at the University of Washington School of Social Work, directs the Civic Engagement Project, providing advocacy training to nonprofit organizations through the country. Nancy has influenced policy from inside and outside government since the 1980s.

Jerry Large is a columnist for the Seattle Times, where he writes about the connections between ordinary people and larger world issues. He has worked for newspapers in four states and has been with the Seattle Times in various roles for twenty-eight years.

Paul Loeb is the author of The Impossible Will Take A Little While and Soul of a Citizen, which will be published in a completely new, revised edition on March 30. For more than thirty-five years Paul has written about citizen empowerment: why some people choose to become engaged and others abstain.

Transportation and Parking: BUS: #12 and #2. Parking is available in the lot directly adjacent to Town Hall (for roughly $8), or in the main Convention Center lot two blocks north on 8th Ave. Vouchers are available (at the Town Hall information desk the night of the event) for Convention Center parking, reducing the price from $8 to $4. Directions and more information can be found on the Town Hall website.

The following suggested donations will benefit the League of Women Voters of Seattle (LWVS) Education Fund:

  • Sponsors - $90, in celebration of the League's 90th birthday. Sponsors whose checks are received by March 25 will be listed in the program.
  • General - $25
  • Students, low-income - $10 or pay what you can

To pay online - Click & Pledge

Mail checks (payable to LWVS Education Fund) to the League of Women Voters of Seattle, 1620 18th St, Suite 101, Seattle, WA 98122.

Monday, April 5, 2010
Start: 12:45 pm
End: 2:45 pm

Monday, April 5
12:45 to 2:45 PM

League Office
1620 18th Ave, Suite 101
Seattle

Anyone interested in participating is welcome! For discussion, everyone is invited to bring one article on an I-R topic which has recently caught your attention. Moreover, we will begin planning a session on Afghanistan. For more information, email Ellen Berg at ellenzberg@msn.com.

Friday, April 9, 2010
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Friday, April 9
6:00 to 9:00 PM

338 10th Ave.
Kirkland, WA

Special Guests

  • State Representative Roger Goodman
  • Former State Representative, President of Washington Coalition for Open Government Toby Nixon

At 7:00 PM, our speakers will discuss how Democracy works in the state legislature and how open government policies improve Democracy.

Let's bring together our great minds and perspectives to talk about the challenges facing our democracy and what we can do about them. How can we create a better, more democratic society? What issues prevent our moving ahead? What ideas will propel us forward?

Make a donation in any amount and you are welcome to join us for dinner type appetizers, sweets and wine as well as good, nonpartisan conversation about what we as private citizens can do to MAKE DEMOCRACY WORK! Reserve your place by emailing livgrohn@verizon.net

Saturday, April 10, 2010
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm

Saturday, April 10
1:00 to 3:00 PM

League Office
1620 18th Ave, Suite 101
Seattle

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