| October 13, 2010 | ||
| 7:30 am | to | 9:00 am |
On Wednesday, October 13th from 7:30-9 a.m.
At the IAM 751 Hall, Seattle
Desayuno Anual por la Justicia Social de La Red Activa Comunitaria
El miércoles, 13 de octubre de 7:30-9 a.m.
En el Salón IAM 751 en South Park
| September 27, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Join us on Monday, September 27th at Southside Commons (3518 S Edmunds Street, Seattle) for a member-led training on how to talk about budgets and taxes that fit our values.
We'll be looking at what a sustainable and equitable tax structure looks like, what are the upcoming tax initiatives ( I-1098 and others) and how we can talk to others about them. Activities includes messaging through our values, role-playing conversations, plus the do's and don't's for LTE writing.
Come learn about opportunities for volunteers during elections!
Food and childcare provided. Please RSVP.
| September 16, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
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The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country’s most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community. But now, bulldozers are poised to level their 14-acre oasis.The Garden follows the plight of the farmers, from the tilled soil of this urban farm to the polished marble of City Hall. Mostly immigrants from Latin America, from countries where they feared for their lives if they were to speak out, we watch them organize, fight back, and demand answers: Why was the land sold to a wealthy developer for millions less than fair-market value? Why was the transaction done in a closed-door session of the LA City Council? Why has it never been made public?
The movie's trailer can be found here: http://www.thegardenmovie.com/
On the third Thursday of every month, the Northwest Federation of Community Organizations and Social Justice Fund partners with a different community organization to sponsor a monthly film series on themes related to social justice. The film series is hosted by the Southside Commons in Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood. There's always food and it's free! There is a $2.00 suggested donation at the door.
| August 23, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
This Human Rights Discussion workshop will engage leaders and organizers from Black and Brown communities to share and connect their lived experiences and develop a shared understanding of how human rights can connect their communities and their struggles. Participants will learn how to utilize the human rights framework for connecting community goals for fairness, justice, and dignity; gain knowledge on how to articulate how their human rights are upheld and/or violated through daily experiences; acquire skills needed to develop a declaration of human right statement based on their shared values.
Where: SouthSide Commons
When: August 23rd, 6-8pm (dinner at 5:30)
Trainers are from the United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations and the TARGET Area Development Corp from Chicago, Illinois.
IF CORPORATIONS WIN, CONSUMERS LOSE!
1,400 Lobbyists will be flooding Seattle during the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Conference in mid-August. Their goal is to water down the recommendations state insurance commissioners will be making to the Department of Health and Human Services regarding the implementation of the new health care law. If they succeed consumers will not have the affordable, accessible health care they fought so hard for. Corporations and their army of lobbyists put their profits before people and win over and over and over in their battle to take as much as they can from the consumers. Whether you have lost a job, health insurance, a pension, your home, or your way of life due to an environmental disaster like that in the gulf, everyone can point to the root cause – unchecked corporate power. Leading up to, and after the NAIC Conference, activists will confront corporate power and clean up lobbyists grime at a series of actions and media events. Will you join us? Hold corporations accountable! Protect consumers, NOT big corporations.
August 18th – Move Your Money Bank Action
Location: Meet at Seattle Central Library, 5th and Madison
Time: 11:15am
Description: Big out-of-state banks like Bank of America, Chase, and Wells Fargo are using the money in our accounts to kill legislation that would better our communities – including a renewal of a $67 million tax break for themselves. WCAN and allies will demand that these big Wall Street banks pay the $67 million in taxes they owe to WA State or lose hundreds of individual and organizational bank customers who will move their money. Take the pledge and move your money.
Success! August 6th – Home Foreclosure Action
Location: Pierce County Courthouse
Time: 10am
Description: All across the nation, families and individuals are losing their homes thanks to the reckless and profit-driven practices of companies like Goldman Sachs. This event will call attention to the $56 billion bailout that Goldman Sachs received from taxpayers and contrast that with the little help owners are getting to stay in their homes.
Success! August 7th – Home Foreclosure and Bank Accountability Action
Location: Bank of America (1602 Hewitt Ave, Everett, WA 98210)
Time: 10am
Description: Activists and community leaders will call on elected officials, particularly Everett
Senator Jean Berkey, to hold Wall Street banks and corporate special interests accountable for their actions and highlight the devastation caused by the big banks due to their negligence.
Success! August 10th – Good Jobs and Responsible Development Rally
Location: Tacoma Downtown Marriott (Tollefson Plaza, south of 17th St btw Pacific & Commerce) Time: 12pm
Description: Demonstrators will call on Marriott to fulfill their promise to Tacoma to provide living wage jobs in exchange for permission from the city to build a hotel on prime downtown ocean front property and for significant tax breaks from the city. Economic growth should benefit everyone and not create slave wage jobs!
Success! August 10th – Stand for Democracy Party & Picnic
Location: Cal Anderson Park, Seattle, WA
Time: 5pm
Description: Join Move-On as they kick-off their Stand For Democracy campaign to reclaim our democracy from corporations. Listen to live bands and political speeches and learn more by going to www.standfordemocracy.org
Success! August 14th – NAIC Conference Confrontation
Location: WA State Convention Center, Seattle, WA; We will meet at the Cheesecake Factory at 7th and Pike, St.
Time: 9:45am
Description: We will confront the 1,400 lobbyists and CEO's from the insurance industry as they descend on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners national convention in order to trick state insurance commissioners into watering down the new health care law. We won’t let that happen and will be there to disinfect commissioners, sanitize the convention from the dirty lobbyist tricks and urge insurance commissioners to support health insurance regulations that provide stringent oversight over the insurance industry that benefits consumers NOT corporate profits.
Success! August 16th – Social Security 75th Birthday
Location: Greenwood Sr. Center, 525 N. 85th St. Seattle, WA
Time: 1:30pm
Description: This event will celebrate the 75th anniversary of Social Security. Senator Patty Murray will attend and address the audience about the importance of Social Security and the importance of preserving it for future generations.
Protests are picking up steam across the country, including recent actions in
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For more information about the campaign visit MoveTheGame.org
Another victory for WCAN! Please read the recent article written in the Seattle PI about the 200 petitions we gave to Rebecca Hale, Director of Public Information, at the Seattle Mariners office on Thursday July 29, 2010! We will continue putting pressure on MLB Commissioner Selig and the Seattle Mariners to do the right thing and move the 2011 All-Star Game out of Arizona!
With a partial injunction on SB1070, it’s now more important than ever to continue applying pressure on the State of Arizona. Judge Bolton’s decision is simply a reminder that Commissioner Selig, Seattle Mariners organization, Mariners players and the MLB must rise to the historic rejection of this racist law by pulling the 2011 All Star Game out of Arizona until all-not just part of- the law is rescinded!
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/216212.asp?from=blog_last3
Great Summer Leadership Conference! Thank you for coming.
Check out letters to the editor by WCAN leader, Janet Boggs, published in the Seattle PI. Her recent one uses sarcasm to address prejudices towards immigrants expressed by opponents of immigration reform. The letter she published in June talks more seriously about our country's economic situation.
You too can write LTE's to your local paper, and we'd be more than happy to help you if you need it.
(Keep up the good work, Janet! :)
As part of federal health care reform, individuals who have been uninsured for at least six months and who havea pre-existing health condition will now be able to access coverage through the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan.
Click here to get more information from one of our organizers.
Plan de Cobertura para Condiciones Pre-existentes
Como parte de la ley de reforma de salud, personas que no han tenido cobertura de salud por seis meses y que tienen una condición pre-existente y son ciudadanos o residentes permanentes ahora podrán acceder cobertura a través de un nuevo plan, el Plan de Cobertura para Condiciones Pre-existentes.
Haga clic aquí para hablar con una de nuestras organizadoras acerca de este nuevo plan.
| August 19, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
To commemorate the 5th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina- and all the work that there is still left to do…
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Nominated for an Academy Award for best feature documentary, Trouble The Water takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. It's a redemptive tale of two self-described street hustlers who become heroes-two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning. Explore complex issues such as the role of government, race and class through home video footage of their story and struggle.
On the third Thursday of every month, the Northwest Federation of Community Organizations and Social Justice Fund partners with a different community organization to sponsor a monthly film series on themes related to social justice. The film series is hosted by the Southside Commons in Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood. There's always food and it's free! There is a $2.00 suggested donation at the door.
Tomorrow, Washington CAN! members are headed out to the ball game–the sold out Red Sox vs. Mariners game. We’ll be rooting for our home team and asking the Mariners and fellow fans to join us in calling on MLB Commissioner Bud Selig to move the game out of Arizona.
Stand with us:
1. Sign our petition to move the All-Star game out of Arizona!
2. Make your voice heard. The Seattle PI just posted a poll on their website asking for your opinion. Click here to vote in the online poll.
Mañana, miembros de La Red Activa van a ir al juego de beisbol de los Boston Red Sox y los Seattle Mariners. Vamos a apoyar nuesetro equipo y pedirle a los jugadores de los Mariners y fanaticos del juego que nos acompañen en presionar al Comisionado del MLB, Bud Selig, que mueva el juego fuera de Arizona.
Unase con nosotros:
1. Firme nuestra petición para mover el juego de las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol fuera de Arizona!
2. Visite la página del periódico Seattle PI y vote sobre si el juego se debe hacer en AZ.
| July 24, 2010 | ||
| 6:15 pm | to | 8:15 pm |
Washington Community Action Network is joining the national boycott of the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Arizona!!! Join us at the Seattle Mariners vs. Boston Red Sox game on July 24, 2010 for an action to urge the Seattle Mariners to join the boycott on the 2011 MLB All-Star Game in Arizona! We will be meeting at 6:15pm outside of Safeco Field by the Left Field Gate.
Arizona’s extreme immigration law is an invitation to racial profiling and harassment of Arizona residents and anybody who visits the state, including MLB and Seattle Mariners players, their families and fans. Baseball is America’s National Pastime and It’s estimated the All-Star Game could bring as much as $60 million to the host region. Arizona doesn’t deserve to profit from discrimination and to host one of the great annual sporting events with your consent. We urge the Mariners players, fans, and families to join the boycott against the 2011 MLB All-Star Game in Arizona and stand up for human rights! As community leaders the Seattle Mariners, Major League Baseball, and MLB Commissioner Bud Selig must lead the way against racial profiling and harassment!! We urge them to do what’s best for baseball and move the 2011 All-Star Game out of Phoenix, Arizona unless Arizona changes its harmful and hateful immigration law!!!
For more information contact María Guillén Valdovinos at maria@washingtoncan.org and/or 206-356-3500
Check out the campaign – http://movethegame.org/
¡La Red Activa de Washington se une al boicot nacional del Juego de las Estrellas de las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol, el cual se realizara en Arizona en el 2011!
Los invitamos al juego de los Seattle Mariners contra Los Boston Red Sox el 24 de Julio para realizar una acción en donde urgiremos a los Seattle Mariners que se unan al boicot nacional contra el juego de Las Estrellas de las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol en Arizona en el 2011. Nos reuniremos a las 6:15pm afuera del Safeco Field en el Center Field Gate.
La ley extrema anti-inmigrante de Arizona invita a la discriminación racial a los residentes de Arizona y cualquier persona que visite al estado, incluyendo los jugadores de las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol; los Mariners, sus familias y sus fanáticos.
El béisbol es la diversión más popular de Estado Unidos y está estimado que el Juego de Las Estrellas de Las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol ingresara hasta $60 millones de dólares en la región donde se realicé el juego. El estado de Arizona no merece beneficiase económicamente cuando está promoviendo leyes de discriminación y racismo contra los inmigrantes que residen en Arizona.
W-CAN y la comunidad de Seattle extiende una invitación a los Jugadores de los Mariners, sus fanáticos y familias que se unan al boicot nacional contra el Juego de las Estrellas de las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol en el 2011 y así poder defender los derechos humanos de todos los inmigrantes de Arizona.
Utilizando el poder que tienen los Seattle Mariners, Las Grandes Ligas de Beisbol, y Bud Selig, el comisionado de las Grandes Ligas, deberían dar el ejemplo contra leyes racistas y de discriminación dejando así en claro que sus valores humanitarios están a favor de las comunidades de inmigrantes que están siendo afectadas en Arizona y en todo el país
W-CAN y la comunidad de Seattle exige que muevan el Juego de Las Estrellas de Las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol en el 2011fuera de Phoenix, Arizona hasta que el estado de Arizona cambie la ley racista y anti-inmigrante SB 1070.
Para más información contacte a María Guillén Valdovinos o 206-356-3500
| July 22, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
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Join Casa Latina and Washington CAN at a FREE community forum on Thursday, July 22 from 6-8:30pm at Casa Latina (317 17th Ave S. Seattle).
Sylvia Herrera, organizer with the Puente movement in Phoenix, Arizona, will speak to us about her experiences organizing resistance in Arizona, the national implications of the passage of SB 1070, and the necessity of alliance building in this time of struggle. Puente has been organizing against racist and anti-immigrant laws and actions in Arizona mobilizing communities to take on the likes of Sherriff Joe Arpaio, 287(g) agreements, and SB 1070.
Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to learn more about how communities are organizing in AZ and how we can promote human rights and social justice in our state and across the nation.
Event Schedule:
6-7pm: Community Resource Fair and music
7-8pm: Community Forum on Resistance to SB 1070 and its national implications
8-8:30pm: Discussion
8:30: Meet and greet with music and food
Les invitamos a un foro comunitario GRATIS organizado por Casa Latina y La Red Activa (Washington CAN) el jueves, 22 de julio de 6-8:30pm en las oficinas de Casa Latina (317 17th Ave S. Seattle).
Sylvia Herrera, una organizadora con el grupo Puente en Phoenix, Arizona, nos hablará sobre sus experiencias organizando contra la ley racista SB 1070 de Arizona, las implicaciones nacionales de la aprobación de la ley, y sobre la necesidad de crear alianzas. Puente ha estado organizando en contra de las leyes y las acciones racistas e anti-inmigrantes en Arizona movilizando las comunidades contra las póliticas del Sheriff Joe Arpaio, los acuerdos 287 (g), y la ley SB 1070.
No se pierda esta oportunidad increíble para escuchar cómo las comunidades en AZ se están organizando y cómo nosotros podemos apoyar sus esfuerzos para promover los derechos humanos y la justicia social en nuestro estado.
Agenda del Evento:
6-7:00: Feria de recursos comunitarios y música
7-8pm: Foro comunitario sobre la ley SB 1070 y sus implicaciones nacionales
8-8:30pm: Discusión
8:30: Música, comida y tiempo para conocer a otras personas
Queremos justicia social. Queremos vivir en un mundo donde hay justicia y equidad para todos. ¿Pero cuales son las herramientas que necesitamos para crear este mundo en nuestras vidas?
Todos están invitados a participar en nuestra Conferencia de Liderazgo de Verano, Construyendo Poder para la Equidad , el 24 de julio de 9am a 6pm. Tenemos talleres divertidos y educacionales sobre la economía, inmigración, salud y como organizar en la comunidad. Si usted ya es un miembro, puede participar en las elecciones para los miembros de la mesa directiva. Venga y conozca personas en su comunidad, y desarrolle las habilidades necesarias para promover la justicia para todos! El último día para inscribirse es el 9 de julio.
| July 24, 2010 | ||
| 9:00 am | to | 6:00 pm |
We want social justice. We want to live in a more fair society. But what does that look like and what tools do we need to get there?
Join us at our 2010 Summer Leadership Conference, Building Power for Equity, on July 24th, 2010. Come and learn about our issues, develop new skills, meet people from around the state, and take action for social justice! Guest speakers will discuss how to fight corporate power and why race matters in our work. There will also be workshops for youths. If you are a member, you’ll get to cast your vote for board member candidates. This event is free. Meals, interpretation, and childcare will be provided. Deadline to register is July 9th.
We want to give a special thanks to WCAN member Kami Bodily and the Seattle Museum of Mysteries for donating a booth to Washington CAN! at the Capitol Hill Gay Pride Festival. We were able to meet lots of folks and gather tons of 1098 signatures. Congratulations on putting on a successful festival!
Thank you again and we'll see you next year!
http://capitolhill.komonews.com/content/capitol-hill-pride-festival-back-saturday
| August 2, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Join us on August 2 (Monday), 6-8pm at Southside Commons, for a big MAP!
With guest speakers, Nancie Koerber & Mark Thomas from Good Grief America., to explain the causes of the Financial Meltdown and Foreclosure Crisis – and what we're going to do about it. Sponsored by Washington CAN! full description & details:
* Nancie Koerber & Mark Thomas from Oregon are two homeowners who fought to keep their house from being foreclosed. They began traveling statewide with workshops to help families do the same, through their project Good Grief America.
Food and child care provided.
For more info: jill@washingtoncan.org or 206-805-6678.
| June 28, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
If you’ve been asking: What does the new health care law do, exactly? How does this affect me and when?
Come learn about the law from a panel of nurses, doctors and small business owners. Sponsored by Washington CAN!
No debate, no politics. Just discussion and what the bill does. There will be time for Q&A. Food provided.
Southside Commons, 3518 S Edmunds Street Seattle 98118
For questions or to RSVP, contact Lynne Nyugen lynne@washingtoncan.org 206-389-0050.
To help you sort through the maze of numbers, check out this quick guide to the 2010 initiatives.
SIGN IT!:
I-1098: This initiative would update our state’s regressive tax system through a state income tax on individuals earning more than $200,000 and couples earning more than $400,000 per year. I-1098 would provide dedicated funding for education and health care while lowering state property taxes and eliminating B&O taxes for many small businesses.
DON’T TAKE THE BAIT!:
I-1053: Cue the scary music, because Tim Eyman is back. Initiative 1053 is Eyman’s latest attempt to gut funding for the public systems and structures that are the foundation of our economy and quality of life. I-1053 would reinstate his rule that 1/3 of the legislature can block efforts to close tax loopholes or increase revenues.
I-1082: This initiative, funded by the ultraconservative builders’ lobby BIAW, would put private insurance companies in charge of our state’s workers’ compensation system. It would slash help for injured workers, eliminate oversight, and turn our workers’ compensation system over to multinational insurance companies like AIG. It would also allow the BIAW to siphon off millions of dollars each year to fund their right-wing political activities.
I-1100/1105: Big grocery chains and liquor distributors have filed and bankrolled two different initiatives to privatize liquor sales in Washington. Both initiatives 1100 and 1105 would reduce funding for critical state services and undermine our efforts to prevent alcohol sales to minors.
I-1107: This measure would strip critical state funding from health care, education, programs for seniors and kids, and other core services. I-1107 is heavily funded by the national beverage-industry, which is seeking to overturn new revenue generated by the legislature this spring through candy and pop taxes. On Wednesday, beverage distributors dumped an astounding $1.3 million into the coffers of this misguided initiative.
YOU DECIDE:
I-1068: This one is a little tricky. I-1068 initiative would remove state civil and criminal penalties for adult use and distribution of marijuana. While we agree with the underlying principle, our friends at the ACLU have raised legitimate questions about how the initiative is written and the lack of a regulatory scheme.
What can YOU do to stop these harmful initiatives?
1. If it ain’t 1098, don’t take the bait!
2. Spread the word. Make sure your family, friends and colleagues know that these initiatives would hurt your community. Ask them to decline to sign.
3. If you see a signature gatherer, stand next to him or her for 5-10 minutes and encourage others not to sign the initiative. Simply say: “Please don’t sign this initiative. It would hurt our state’s economic recovery and would take away badly needed money from health care and our schools.” Most people who sign ballot initiatives don’t know what they’re about and are unlikely to sign if someone tells them how devastating losing this funding would be.
4. Report back ASAP when you encounter signature gatherers for 1107 and 1053. Please call 1-888-207-7307 or email wa.declinetosign@gmail.com and let Decline to Sign organizers know where signature gatherers are in your area. This is very important. Timely information about where they are collecting signatures is critical to the success of a Decline to Sign effort to stop the initiatives from making the ballot.