Events new or changed since the previous version are marked with (**), since the version before that with (*).
Return to Top of PageAPRIL is National CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION Month, info http://www.olivecrest.org
APRIL is National SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS Month, info http://www.nsvrc.org/saam or 206-568-7777; TTY message: 206-517-9670
**SAT & SUN APRIL 3 & 4, on Bainbridge Island; Become A More Powerful Peacemaker In Your Family, Community, And Workplace. Learn how to bring the powerful practices of COMPASSIONATE LISTENING into your daily life. Facilitated by Therese Charvet. info http://www.compassionatelistening.org/calendar or 360-626- 4411
*APRIL 4 - 17, Solh Tours offers a TRIP TO IRAN including Tehran, Yazd, Esfahan, Shiraz, Persepolis, Kashan, Abyaneh. Tour guide Abdi Sami collaborated on the successful PBS special "Rick Steves' Iran" and led a United Nations Association delegation to Iran in spring 2009, before being inspired to create Solh Tours. He says, "Despite the political turmoil following the election in June, many American and European tour companies are offering travel to Iran, and the Iranian government is currently issuing visas for American and European tourists. If you feel moved to visit Iran, I would be very pleased to be your guide." Sponsored by United Nations Association of Greater Seattle. Price $3,250 plus international airfare. info http://www.solhtours.com
APRIL 4, United Nations International Day for MINE AWARENESS and Assistance in Mine Action
APRIL 7 - 10, in Seattle; CHICANA/O ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE STRUGGLES for a Post-Neoliberal Age. Registration for the 2010 conference will be available Sept. 15, use the Early Bird and Pre-Registration options for substantial savings. info Devon Pena, dpena@naccs.org or http://www.naccs.org
APRIL 7 - 10, WHITE PRIVILEGE CONFERENCE, info http://www.uccs.edu/~wpc/
APRIL 15, TAX DAY. Are your tax dollars being spent in ways CONSISTENT WITH YOUR VALUES? Let your Congressional representatives know, Congressional Switchboard 202-224- 3121
APRIL 17 & 18, at Yale, New Haven, CT; Global Health & Innovation Summit, The World's Leading Idea Incubator For GLOBAL HEALTH INNOVATION. A Conference Presented Annually by Unite For Sight. Keynote Speakers "Using The Power of Stories and Tribes to Spread Your Messages and Change The World," Seth Godin, MBA, Agent of Change, New York Times Bestselling Author of Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us, Founder, Squidoo.com ; Jacqueline Novogratz, MBA, Founder and CEO, Acumen Fund; Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University, Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon; Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Village Project, and more. Early Bird Registration Now Open http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference
APRIL 21, Yom Hashoah, HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
APRIL 22, EARTH DAY
FRI APRIL 23, 9 am to 4 pm, at Seattle University, Casey Building, 5th Floor Commons; The Seattle University Executive Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Master of Public Administration programs presents a SERVICE IN ACTION SEMINAR. Working Within a SOCIAL JUSTICE FRAMEWORK with Presenter from Seattle University Office of Multicultural Affairs. This series provides nonprofit and public service professionals with continuing education opportunities and access to current trends. Leading voices and experts from a variety of disciplines will present the latest ideas and practices. General Public $125. Three or more $100. SU Student/ Alumni/ Employee $100. Price includes lunch. All proceeds benefit the MPA/MNPL scholarship fund. info http://www2.seattleu.edu/artsci/mnpl/events.aspx or Danielle Potter potterd@seattleu.edu or 206-296-6143
APRIL 25 - MAY 2, in Cuba; Cuba Education Tours invites you to a people-to-people tour to Cuba for cross border solidarity, friendship and understanding. MAY DAY CELEBRATION CUBA Tour. info on legal travel to the island for Americans http://LegalCubaTravel.com, info http://CubaFriendship.net or 1-877-687-3817 or marcel@cubaeducationtours.ca
THURS APRIL 29, 16th annual Washington State NONPROFIT CONFERENCE sponsored annually by Executive Alliance, Seattle University's Center for Nonprofit and Social Enterprise Management and the Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits & Philanthropy Evans School of Public Affairs University of Washington. Theme is Knowledge-Innovation with a focus on Emerging Practices for nonprofit leaders. Session Categories are Public Policy, Executive Leadership, Board & Volunteers, Fundraising & Development, Marketing & Communications, HR & Administration, Financial Management, Technology, and others. info Yalonda Gill Masundire 206- 328-3638
THROUGH APRIL 18, at Wing Luke Asian Museum, 719 South King Street, Seattle; the Wing Luke Asian Museum is honored to display Yellow Terror: The Collections and Paintings of Roger Shimomura. Throughout his career, Roger Shimomura (b. 1939) has been devoted to addressing - through his art - issues of his ethnic identity as a third- generation Japanese American. His paintings tackle SOCIO- POLITICAL ISSUES OF ASIAN AMERICA and invite audiences to question their own and society's perceptions about race and culture. This special exhibit features Shimomura's collection of Asian-stereotype memorabilia as well as artworks created by him that were inspired by the collection, along with recent discriminatory experiences faced by him and others.
ONGOING, NO AMNESTY FOR TORTURERS. On April 16, President Obama said he would not prosecute CIA agents who engaged in torture, because President Bush's lawyers told them it was "legal." President Obama also said Attorney General Eric Holder would use taxpayer dollars to defend torturers against lawsuits by torture victims, and to pay all judgments if they lost. These decisions are intolerable and unacceptable. Torture is utterly immoral and un-American. The U.S. ratified the United Nations Convention Against Torture, which prohibits torture and requires prosecution of torturers. In 1947, the U.S. prosecuted a Japanese officer for waterboarding. No lawyer can "legalize" what is illegal. Sign a petition at http://www.democrats.com/no-amnesty-for-torturers [added 4/18/09]
Updated on Sunday, November 1, 2009