Events

Tuesday, April 20
10:00 AM

League Office
1620 18th Ave, Suite 101
Seattle

Speaker: Barbara Grey, Seattle Department of Transportation leader in pedestrian and bicycle issues.

The speaker for the meeting will discuss issues that impact individuals who cannot or choose not to use automobiles for their transportation. We will discuss the various services that attempt to address the problems and needs for mobility for “non-carred persons” and any of the rest of us who want to walk, bike, and decrease our own use of our cars.

Please join us or email any questions you would like to have addressed by our speaker to committee chair Janet Winans at janetwinans@earthlink.net.

Wednesday, April 21
9:00 to 11:00 AM

League Office
1620 18th Ave, Suite 101, Seattle

We have several proposals for study and action to bring the Immigration Committee out of hibernation. There is a strong push from pro-immigrant advocacy groups to get Congress to tackle Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) this year. The League has strong positions at both the national and local levels that support the most progressive of reform proposals. We are in a good position to join other groups in advocacy.

Our committee has played an important role over the last three years in educating League members and the public on immigration issues. There is still much educating to be done. We need energetic and committed members to make a difference. Please join us!

Discussion of the book "Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, An American Town" by Warren St. John

Wednesday, April 21
7:00 PM

Contact the League office for location: (206) 329-4848 or info@seattlelwv.org

The Immigration Committee has been presenting a series of book discussions, films and field trips related to the immigration experience. This month’s event is a discussion of Outcasts United, an account of a small southern town, mostly white, that over the course of a few years becomes home to a very large refugee population from numerous troubled countries in the world. A young, no-nonsense Lebanese woman helps create community for the teenaged refugee population by starting three soccer teams. The native population is alarmed and hostile to the changes in their once quiet, orderly town. The refugee population, scarred by war, famine, or poverty, is merely trying to make adaptations to meet its basic needs.

Warren St. John, in focusing on the failures and triumphs of the soccer teams, weaves in the life stories of the refugees and the political workings of the town to give insight into quite understandable friction among the many ethnicities in Clarkston, Georgia.

Please join us!

Saturday, April 24
9:00 AM

909 E. Newton St.,D-9
Seattle

Saturday, April 24
2:00 PM

Theo Chocolate
3400 Phinney Ave. North
Seattle

Theo roasts their own Fair Trade cocoa beans and makes delicious organic chocolates! They also provide generous chocolate samples before, during, and after the tour. Cost is $12 per person.

This will sell out fast, so leave a message for Kerry at (206) 329-4848 to reserve your spot! Visit Theo's website at www.theochocolate.com for more information.

Tuesday, April 27
12:00 PM

League Office
1620 18th Ave, Suite 101
Seattle

Speaker: Professor Dan Goldhaber

Professor Goldhaber is a Research Professor at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington Bothell. His work focuses on issues of educational productivity and reform at the K-12 level. One of his projects is the Teachers, Teacher Quality, and Human Capital Project, which focuses on policies and interventions designed to upgrade the skills and quality of the teaching workforce. This meeting is a continuation of our initial study of teachers and teacher quality and should be another interesting and educational discussion. All members and friends are invited to the meeting.

Monday, May 3
12:45-2:45 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. For more information, email Ellen Berg:ellenzberg@msn.com.

Thursday, May 6
7:30 PM

Seattle First Baptist Church
1111 Harvard Avenue
Seattle, WA

Tuesday, May 11
12:30 PM

The Kenney
7125 Fauntleroy Way SW
Seattle

The West Seattle afternoon and evening units will host a potluck lunch and a talk by fiber artist and member Barbara O’Steen. She will display her work and explain her technique. Barbara has recently shown her work at the Seattle Convention Center. There will be a $20 fee for League benefit. All are invited. For more information, please contact Ethel Williams at (206) 329-4848.