And have fun at the same time.  This annual event supports a range of
programs for immigrants in Seattle.  It includes a great auction and this
year will feature the author of The Lost Boys of Sudan as speaker for the
dinner.  It's a great cause and a good time!

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NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT 21st ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Saturday, September 17, 2005

Washington State Convention & Trade Center
Golden Door Awards Gala & Silent Auction
Guest Speaker Mark Bixler, author, "The Lost Boys of Sudan"
VIP Tickets = $100
General Tickets = $60
Tickets to donate to clients = $40

Proceeds benefit the programs of Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, serving
low-income immigrants and refugees in Washington State.

To order tickets or if you have any questions please contact, Janet Lotawa
at (206) 957-8609 or janet@...

Please R.S.V.P. by September 9, 2005


www.nwirp.org
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GEORGE GALLOWAY, international anti-war leader will appear in SEATTLE!
Please spread this message far and wide!


Stand Up and Be Counted: No to War and Occupation
The George Galloway US Tour
September 13-24:  Boston, New York, Toronto, Madison, Chicago, Seattle, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C.

SEATTLE:  Tuesday, September 20, 7 PM, Kane Hall, UW-Seattle campus
For group tickets or general information contact:
Vicky at 206-851-4862 or seattleiso@....
Ticket prices: $12 general, $8 students.
General and student tickets available at Ticket Window:
www.ticketwindowonline.com or 206-325-6500

George Galloway is Respect party MP for Bethnal Green and Bow in East London.
He recently electrified the United States with his appearance at a Senate
Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations hearing on May 17, when he turned the proceedings into a
condemnation of the war in Iraq. CNN's Wolf Blitzer described Galloway's speech
in the Senate as "a blistering attack on US senators rarely heard" in
Washington.

Also appearing in Seattle:
Monica Benderman, wife of Sgt. Kevin Benderman, 10-year Army veteran who
refused to go back to Iraq to fight and is serving 15 month sentence at Ft.
Lewis.

Galloway's new book is Mr. Galloway Goes to Washington (The New Press) and will
be published and timed for national release in bookstores in conjunction with
the tour.

National Tour sponsored by: The New Press, International Socialist Review,
Center for Economic Research and Social Change, the National Council of Arab
Americans

Seattle Co-sponsors:  The University Bookstore at UW-Seattle.

To become a local sponsor or request table space at the event, email:
Vicky at 206-851-4862 or seattleiso@...

For National Tour information, call Todd Chretien at 510-590-6073 or email
ToddChretien@...

To arrange interviews with Mr. Galloway, contact Ina Howard at The New Press,
212-564-4406 or email:  ihoward@...

For a full list of cities and local sponsors, please see the website:
http://www.mrgallowaygoestowashington.com


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FYI--for those following the course of politics over science in the FDA
decisions, please read below........


Beth E. Rivin, M.D., M.P.H.
Research Associate Professor of Law,
Adjunct Research Associate Professor of Health Services
Global Health and Justice Project
Office:  William H. Gates Hall, room 340
University of Washington, School of Law
Phone:  206-616-3674; Fax:  206-543-5671
www.law.washington.edu/HealthLaw/GHJ


-----Original Message-----
>From: Wood, Susan F
>[<mailto:Susan.Wood@...>mailto:Susan.Wood@...]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 11:23 AM
>Subject: Notice of Resignation
>
>Dear Friends and Colleagues,
>
>I regret to tell you that I am leaving the FDA, and will no longer be
>serving as the Assistant Commissioner for Women's Health and Director
>of the FDA Office of Women's Health.  The recent decision announced by
>the Commissioner about emergency contraception, which continues to
>limit women's access to a product that would reduce unintended
>pregnancies and reduce abortions is contrary to my core commitment to
>improving and advancing women's health.  I have spent the last 15 years
>working to ensure that science informs good health policy decisions.  I
>can no longer serve as staff when scientific and clinical evidence,
>fully evaluated and recommended for approval by the professional staff
>here, has been overuled.  I therefore have submitted my resignation
effective today.
>
>I will greatly miss working with such an outstanding group of
>scientists, clinicians and support staff.  FDA's staff is of the
>highest caliber and it has been a priviledge to work with you all.  I
>hope to have future opportunities to work with you in a different capacity.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Susan
>
>Susan F. Wood, PhD
>Assistant Commissioner for Women's Health Director, Office of  Women's
>Health Food and Drug Administration
>
>301-827-0350

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A NIHAC member who is Iraqi by birth is returning home next month.  She is
soliciting funds for her medical work during that visit.  Read on.

Mary Anne


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:59:48 -0700
From: Enas M <enabd@...>
Subject: My next trip to Iraq

Dear All,

You know since my last visit to Iraq in Sept. 2004, and I’m thinking: How can I
help to heal the wounds
and deal positively with the horrible life of every Iraqi citizen back there in
Iraq. I shared with you
my experience through many presentations, and I know in my heart that each one
of you is looking for a
chance to ease that feeling of guilt whenever you see a picture of a dead body
or a bed-ridden child
because of the war. I am giving you the chance to help by participating in the
fund raising we are doing
to improve social and health condition in Iraq. A $10 bill can be enough to
purchase drug prescription
in Iraq, life is not expensive like here, but the need is huge!!!

I will visit Iraq in Sept.17 for a couple of weeks. My plan is to contact the
ministry of health and
some Iraqi doctors, few days before my trip, so that I can purchase what ever
they need and bring it
with me while I visit my family in Baghdad and some hospitals where I used to
work before. I will never
be able to get what they want with out your financial support. The dead line to
accept donations
is September 10th in order for the CCGS to have enough time finishing all the
process required.

Please made your Tax-deductible check paid to: INOC -CCGS with "Iraq Medicine"
on the memo line.  Mail
to: INOC c/o Keystone Congregational Church, 5019 Keystone Pl. N, Seattle,
98103. For further
information, please call (206) 632 -1523.

Thank you in advance for your support, it may save lives.


Enas Mohamed

Greetings,

The struggle for control of human rights violations by the Indonesian
government continues.  NIHAC has signed on to this letter urging a stop to
military aid to Indonesia until this problem is addressed.  Details below.

Mary Anne Mercer


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:09:47 -0400
From: Karen Orenstein <etanorganize@...>
To: undisclosed-recipients:  ;
Subject: NGO letter sign-on request

Dear Colleagues -

We are writing to request your signature on an important letter
concerning U.S. military assistance to Indonesia. Under the leadership
of Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), the House version of the Foreign Operations
appropriations bill contains absolutely no restrictions on military
assistance for Indonesia. The Senate version, however, maintains most
restrictions.  It is crucial that the Senate version of
Indonesia-related provisions prevails during the conference committee to
reconcile differences between House and Senate versions of the bill. The
letter is addressed to Kolbe and the other chair and ranking members of
the House and Senate Foreign Operations Appropriations Committees.

For well over a decade, Congress has restricted military assistance to
the brutal Indonesian military to varying degrees. The Bush
administration has pushed extra hard this past year to see these
restrictions removed, with their allies in Congress working to do their
bidding.

We can stop them. While Indonesia now has a democratically-elected
president, the military continues to violate human rights and evade
accountability for serious crimes, including crimes against humanity, in
East Timor and elsewhere. The success of the recent peace agreement in
Aceh largely depends on the cooperation of Indonesia's corrupt and
abusive military. This is make-or-break time for Indonesia, and we are
flexing whatever political muscle we have to influence the process in
favor of human rights, dignity, and justice for the people of East Timor
and Indonesia.  Please join this fight by adding your organization's
support for the following NGO letter.
Human Rights Watch, Human Rights First, and Amnesty International have
already joined ETAN in signing the letter.

The deadline for signatures is Friday, September 9.  Please note that
while we appreciate individual activists' support, this letter is only
open to signatures from organizations that have a U.S.-based presence.
Please include the name and title of the person signing on behalf of
your group.

For further background, please read the text of the letter.  Also, feel
free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Please pass this letter on to like-minded organizations.

Thank you very much for your consideration.

In solidarity,

Karen Orenstein, ETAN
karen@...



PO Box 15774, Washington, DC 20003, 202-544-6911 (tel.)

Dear:

As a member of the Conference Committee reconciling the Senate and House
versions of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations bill, 2006, we urge you to actively support the
inclusion in final law of the following Senate provisions: Indonesia,
Section 6072; Report on Indonesian Cooperation, Section 6108; and West
Papua Report, Section 6109.

In spite of progress toward democracy in Indonesia, there has been
little improvement within Indonesia's armed forces (TNI), and soldiers
continue to commit abuses with impunity. Indonesia, Section 6072,
provides conditions on foreign military financing (FMF) and export
licenses for lethal defense articles for the Indonesian armed forces.
This provision should remain until the TNI has implemented reforms which
increase the transparency and accountability of their operations and
financial management, and until the Indonesian government is prosecuting
and punishing members of the armed forces alleged to have committed
gross violations of human rights in East Timor and elsewhere, including
cooperation with international efforts to do so. These Congressional
conditions are not new, and they have yet to be met.

Congress must maintain a consistent posture towards the Indonesian
military or forfeit its leverage for reform. An all carrot-no stick
approach would only undermine efforts to strengthen civilian control of
the TNI and pursue judicial accountability for victims of human rights
violations. The defense minister still does not have the ability to
appoint, discipline, or remove officers. TNI officers and soldiers who
commit human rights violations continue to remain largely beyond the
reach of the law. Officers involved in gross violations of human rights,
including some indicted for crimes against humanity, continue to receive
promotions and occupy key positions.

The Senate provision, Report on Indonesian Cooperation, Section 6108,
would require a detailed report prior to the release of IMET for
Indonesia from the Secretary of State on U.S. and Indonesian efforts to
bring to justice those responsible for the ambush and murder of two U.S.
citizens and an Indonesian in Papua in August 2002. This provision would
at least maintain some legislative pressure in this case.  The West
Papua Report, Section 6109, would provide vital, yet underreported,
information on the conflicts and humanitarian and human rights
conditions in Papua and Aceh crucial to informed policymaking on Indonesia.


Recent setbacks in military reform and accountability make maintaining
restrictions on FMF and export lethal equipment essential:

*        New military commands have been created, expanding the
territorial system that challenges civilian control down to the local
level. Military officers are allowed to occupy a number of key civilian
positions, and soldiers may now take temporary leave to run in
Indonesia's first direct election of local officials.

*        The recently released report of the UN Commission of Experts
called Indonesia's ad-hoc court on East Timor "manifestly inadequate"
with "scant respect for or conformity to relevant international
standards."  The report discusses international options for bringing to
justice major perpetrators of serious crimes committed during
Indonesia's occupation of East Timor, making this an especially crucial
time to maintain U.S. pressure to ensure accountability for crimes
against humanity. Accountability is essential not just for victims in
East Timor, but also for addressing impunity throughout Indonesia. An
appeals court in July overturned all convictions in the first test-case
of accountability for Suharto-era crimes, the 1984 Tanjung Priok
massacre that left at least 33 civilians dead.
*        A peace agreement in Aceh is now in its very earliest stages of
implementation. Crucial to the success of that agreement is the
readiness of the TNI to obey a presidential call for an end to offensive
military operations and fulfillment of a government commitment to
sharply reduce the military presence in Aceh. International pressure is
essential to ensure that the TNI fulfills its pledge, so as to avoid a
repeat of past failures to end this long-running conflict.

*        Attacks on human rights defenders continue. At least 15 have
been killed since 2000 with no one held accountable. The police
investigation into last year's poisoning and murder of leading human
rights defender Munir has stalled in the face of obstruction from the
national intelligence agency, which is largely run by retired generals.

*       The military continues to control a vast network of legal and
illegal businesses. Financial transparency is crucial to effective
tsunami relief and reconstruction in Aceh, where the military has
traditionally controlled large sectors of the economy, such as logging
and construction.

*        Indonesian security forces have assisted and cooperated with
armed militia groups in Indonesia, including Laskar Jihad. These militia
have exacerbated communal conflict that has led to thousands of deaths
since 1999.

*        Under Indonesian President Yudhoyono, human rights and
humanitarian violations continue in Papua, where military operations in
the Central Highlands have displaced thousands of residents.

In July 2005 Indonesia's Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono stated that
U.S treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo was more severe than that which
occurred in East Timor in 1999. His statement indicates that even the
reform wings of the military and government still do not accept
responsibility for the scorched earth campaign in East Timor. It is
unreasonable to expect the TNI not to misuse U.S. assistance if the next
human rights abuses are deemed to be in the so-called national interest.

Counter-terror cooperation is not a justification for resumption of FMF
and export of lethal equipment. The military should not be the key
interlocutor for such endeavors. That role should be for the police -
the agency that successfully investigated the perpetrators of the
October 2002 Bali bombing and other attacks.  The police have long been
marginalized by the military. The U.S. government continues to provide
millions of dollars in police counterterrorism training. Moreover, the
U.S. government already has numerous options available to engage with
the Indonesian government, including the military, on counterterrorism.
For example, the TNI has been the world's largest beneficiary of
millions of dollars worth of unrestricted counterterrorism training
under the Pentagon's Regional Defense Counterterrorism Fellowship Program.

In recent years, Indonesia has taken a number of crucial steps toward
democratic reform. But the TNI remains a substantial obstacle to further
change.  Legislated restrictions on military assistance for Indonesia
are critical to bolster reform of the Indonesian military, as well as an
important expression of U.S. government support for democracy, human
rights, and respect for rule-of-law in Indonesia and East Timor.

In the final Appropriations Act, we urge you to ensure the inclusion of
the following Senate provisions: Indonesia, Section 6072, restricting
FMF and export licenses of lethal defense articles for the Indonesian
military; Report on Indonesian Cooperation, Section 6108, regarding the
murder of Americans in Papua; and West Papua Report, Section 6109,
relating to the humanitarian and human rights conditions in Aceh and Papua.

Thank you for your serious consideration of these most important matters.

Sincerely,




--
Karen Orenstein
Washington Coordinator
East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN)
202-544-6911 (t/f), www.etan.org

7th Annual Pre-APHA Workshop on Community-Based Primary Health Care
Saturday, 6 November 2005
New Orleans, Louisiana

Community-Based Primary Health Care: Practical Steps to Achieve Successful
Programs

The Working Group on Community-based Primary Health Care (part of the
International Health Section of the American Public Health Association) is
pleased to announce that it will hold a day-long workshop in New Orleans
on the Saturday 6 November 2005 from 8:30 AM until 5:00 PM. This is the
day before the opening of the annual meeting of the American Public Health
Association. This is the seventh consecutive workshop that our Working
Group has sponsored. We are still working to determine the location. There
will be no formal charge, but we will be pleased to accept voluntary
contributions. You do not have to be a member of APHA to attend, nor do
you have to be registered for the APHA annual meeting.

This year, we are pleased to announce that Dr. Stanley Foster of Emory
University and Drs. Warren and Gretchen Berggren, international public
health consultants, will be leading our workshop. Both the Dr. Berggrens
and Dr. Foster are recipients of the esteemed Lifetime Achievement Award
in International Health given by the International Health Section of the
American Public Health Association.

In the morning session, participants will strengthen their skills by using
community- generated data to identify health issues and to identify
implementation strategies. Data to be used are from a pastoral population
in southern Ethiopia collected by the Liben District Team/Save the
Children (US) WomanWise Child Survival Project. Unique features of this
project include Bridge to Health Teams working at the community level, the
training of birth attendants in life-saving skills, quality improvement of
preventive and curative services, and community-based case management.
Participants will have the choice of working with one of three sets of
data: maternal health, facility services, and community services including
community management of childhood illness. In a simulation of
district-level planning, the participants will analyze data and discuss
their findings within small groups. Facilitators will include Dr. Lynn
Sibley, a nurse-midwife and anthropologist from Emory's School of Nursing;
Dr. Tedbab Degefie, Project Manager of the Liben WomanWise Project in
Ethiopia, and Dr. Stanley Foster, Professor of Global Health, Emory's
School of Public Health.

In the afternoon session, the Berggrens will provide examples from their
recent personal experiences in Mozambique and Haiti. The issues that they
will address include:
" Difficulties that facility-based programs have in reaching out
into the community.
" The tendency to focus on process rather than impact indicators.
" The tension between facility-based integrated management of
childhood illness
" and the goal of expanding coverage of basic services within an
underserved
 	 population.
" The tension between the goal of reaching the poorest of the poor
within the population and the goal of generating local income to ensure
the long-term sustainability of primary health care programs.

Warren and Gretchen Berggren have had extensive field experience in Africa
and Haiti and they have worked with many international health
organizations in leadership roles, most notably at the Hospital Albert
Schweitzer in Haiti, Save the Children (US), and World Relief. They are
currently providing technical support to community-based primary health
care projects around the world, with a primary focus on Haiti.

Stan Foster is Professor of Global Health at the Rollins School of Public
Health of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He worked for many years
with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in leadership roles in
international health programs, most notably in smallpox eradication and in
the strengthening of immunization programs. More recently, he has been
involved in the teaching of international health and in providing
technical support to community-based primary health care programs
throughout the developing world.

We believe this will be an exciting participatory learning opportunity for
those of us who are interested in and committed to community-based primary
health care. As in the past, this workshop will be, in addition, an
opportunity for networking and for nurturing nascent interests in
community-based primary health care. Those new to community-based primary
health care, including students, are welcome.

As further details become available, we will share them with you.

We hope you will save the date and make plans to attend.

Feel free to share this with anyone you think might be interested.

Space is limited to 70, so register now by sending an email to our
Registrar, Mirlene Italien Perry at mitalien0409@... and letting her
know you plan to attend.

For further information, contact any of the three Workshop Coordinators:

 	 Paul Freeman (freeman.p.a@...)
 	 Mirlene Italien Perry (mitalien0409@...)
 	 Henry Perry (henry@...)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:24:59 -0400
From: John M. Miller <fbp@...>
To: east-timor@...
Subject: Vacancies at Alola Foundation - CEO and Maternal & Child  Health
      Coordinator


Please Forward this notice to your networks. Thanks!


8 August, 2005


Dear Friends of the Alola Foundation,

We are delighted to announce two vacancies at the Alola Foundation in Dili,
Timor-Leste. The positions available are :

1) Chief Executive Officer

2) Maternal and Child Health Coordinator

Suitably qualified applicants are encouraged to apply by 27 August, 2005.
Please feel free to make a request for the Terms of Reference for both
positions by writing to Ms Marina Braz, Alola Foundation Office Manager, at the
following email address: info@...

With kind regards,
Kirsty


Kirsty Sword Gusmao
Chairwoman, The Alola Foundation
PO Box 3
Dili
Timor-Leste (via Darwin, Australia)
Website: http://www.alolafoundation.org



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Hi folks,

Two great events this week.  The Haiti event is sponsored by the Church
Council and the outdoor Rolling Thunder is always a wonderful experience.
I'll being making a presentation on Jubilee Economics at 1pm (tent #12) at
the Rolling Thunder and will be the closing speaker at 7pm.  Great
educational/networking opportunities but the real joy is the music Dana
Lyons is udderly (no pun intened) superb!

Rich lang



Haiti under Siege: The Struggle for Full Human Rights and Democracy Today

Thursday, August 11, at 7 pm at Trinity United Methodist Church (6512 23rd
Ave NW in Ballard)

Eyewitness Report Back by Seth Donnelly, a California High School Teacher
who was a member of the US Labor/ Human Rights Delegation that was
recently in Haiti, investigating labor and human rights conditions.

The presentation will include video footage of Cite Soleil, one of the
poorest neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince. This video footage provides
evidence of a massacre by UN troops on July 6th, 2005. This massacre has
been ignored and/or covered up by the US mainstream media.

Learn about the Destructive Role of US Foreign Policy on Haiti & What You
Can Do to Stand in Solidarity with the Haitian People.

*** Sponsored by Church Council of Greater Seattle and Endorsed by Western
Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation





ROLLING THUNDER Democracy Festival "Creating a local, sustainable, moral
economy" ——————————————————————————————————————————————
Saturday August 13, noon-8 p.m. Magnuson Park

—————————————————————————————————————————————— Presented by Seattle
Thunder http://www.seattlethunder.net/
——————————————————————————————————————————————

————Appearing on stage———— Ed Begley JR. • Congressman, Jim McDermott •
Jim Diers • Amy Hagopian • And anti-recruitment youths

——With Special musical guests—— Dana "Cows With Guns" Lyons • Global Heat
• David Rovics • Geoffrey Castle • Correo Areo • Forgotten Sol

——————————————————————————————————————————————

$10 tickets available in advance Elliott Bay Books BrownPaperTickets.com
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1830 At the gate, day of event

Kids under 12 get in free. —————————————————————————————————————————

Come together Build community Speak Listen Learn HAVE A BLAST!

——————————————————————————————————————————————



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Below is a link and job description to a Program Officer for
Reproductive Health that is open at Gates Foundation. Please pass it on to
anyone you think would be interested and eligible to apply.

Anyone interested in applying should visit the Web site at
www.gatesfoundation.org/aboutus/jobs , where the Reproductive Health
Program Officer position is listed. When a person clicks on the
position title in the search menu, they will be able to apply directly
for this job. It's the best way for us to get resumes"

Read the New Report from PHR

Take Action to Stop the Use of Torture in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay

Today's New York Times features a report about the brutal deaths suffered by inmates at a detention center in Bagram, Afghanistan, following torture by US forces. A year ago, the world was shocked by the release of scandalous photographs of US personnel torturing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.

In a new report, Break Them Down: Use of Psychological Torture by US Forces, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) provides extensive evidence that psychological torture was systematic and central to the interrogation process. Shockingly, there is strong evidence that psychological torture remains in use today. The report also examines the devastating health consequences of psychological coercion and how a regime of psychological torture was put into place in the US "war on terror".

Techniques of psychological torture used include sleep deprivation, isolation, sensory deprivation, forced nudity, use of military working dogs to instill fear, cultural and sexual humiliation, mock executions, and the threat of violence or death toward detainees or their loved ones.

"What the now infamous images from Abu Ghraib do not show is that psychological torture has been at the center of treatment and interrogation of detainees, " said Leonard Rubenstein, PHR's Executive Director. "The Bush Administration decided to 'take the gloves off' in interrogations and 'break' prisoners."

WHAT CAN YOU  DO?

Read the report:

http://www.phrusa.org/research/torture/pdf/psych_torture.pdf  (pdf format)

Take Action: Call on Congress to convene an independent investigation of torture policy:

http://www.phrusa.org/research/torture/action.html

Forward this message to your friends.

For more information on how PHR is working to stop the use of torture by US forces, visit:

http://www.phrusa.org/research/torture/abu_ghraib.html

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Physicians for Human Rights
2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

(Tel) 617.301.4200 (Fax) 617.301.4250

phrusa@...

Please read this interesting and disturbing article about David Hager, the
Bush Administration appointee to the Advisory Committee for Reproductive
Health Drugs in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20050530&s=mcgarvey


http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20050530&s=mcgarvey


Beth

An adventurous group of Seattle high schoolers recently traveled to Timor
Leste (formerly East Timor) to learn for themselves what life was like in
the world's newest nation.  They have a sister-school project with a
district high school and brought back beautiful Timorese crafts for their
fund-raising efforts.  Come Saturday afternoon and enjoy their enthusiasm!

* * * * * * * * * *

NOVA and Kay Rala Sister School Project
Report Back from Manatuto, Timor Leste

Celebrate the Third Anniversary of
East Timor's Independence


Saturday May 21 	 2-5 PM
Rendezvous Restaurant
2nd Avenue in Belltown
Between Bell and Battery  All Ages Welcome!!!

" Video of Student Trip to Kay Rala School
" Silent Auction of Timorese Crafts
" Photos and Stories of Cultural Exchange
" BUY FAIR TRADE COFFEE FROM SETRA
" Donate to Purchase School Supplies and Equipment
" Stories from Previous Local Travelers to Timor Leste

Celebrate Democracy!!

Help Make Reparations for US Complicity in the Devastation of Timor Leste

Sponsored by ETAN Seattle, Seattle East Timor Relief Association (SETRA),
and NOVA Sister School Project

For more info call 206-523-3656 or 206-523-3278

A fascinating series of events next week featuring a range of prominent
Arab women writers.

See:
  http://poetryfestival.org/spf05_tix.php


> Tuesday May 17th 7:00 P.M.
> All six writers
> World Affairs Council - Event
<http://www.world-affairs.org/calendar.cfm?eventID=483&action=eventDetails>
> Please RSVP in advance with the Council at (206) 441-5910
> Members $25:00
> Non-members $30:00
> Location: University Women
> <http://www.wucofseattle.com/index.cfm?Redirect=JSEnabled> Club Dinner
> 1105 - 6th Ave
> Seattle, WA 98101
>
> May 20th   7:00 P.M.
> Readings and Book Signing
> Elliot Bay Book  <http://www.elliottbaybook.com/> Store
> 101 South Main Street * Seattle, Washington 98104 * 206-624-6600 *
> 800-962-5311
> Free - No tickets required
>
> May 21st   7:00 P.M.
> Moderated Discussion
> University of Washington
> Kane Hall
> Reception to Follow 8:30 P.M.
> Free - No tickets required
>
> May 23rd 7:00 P.M.
> Seattle Public Library
> Reading and discussion
> Event
>
<http://www2.spl.org/calendar/default.asp?DoAction=Calendar&MoveTo=5/23/2005
> &View=Event&IDEvent=5144> Details
> Central Location - Downtown  Seattle
> Microsoft Auditorium
> Free - No tickets required
>
> May 24th 7:00 P.M.
> Ibtihal Salem  and Suheir Hammad
> St. Marks Cathedral
> Reading and discussion
> Free - No tickets required

Books by the visiting authors:

Raja Alem - Hyattombs Hyattombs: A Novel
Raja Alem - Fatma: A Novel of Arabia

Suheir Hammad - Born Palestinian, Born Black
Suheir Hammad - Drops of This Story

Choman Hardi - Runak-i sybarakan: Shir
Choman Hardi - Life for Us

Alia Mamdouh - Mothballs: A Story of Baghdad (Translator - Peter Theroux)
Alia Mamdouh - The Loved Ones (Translator - Peter Clark)
Alia Mamdouh - Naphtalene: A Novel of Baghdad

Somaya Ramadan - Leaves of Narcissus (Translator - Marilyn Booth)

Ibtihal Salem - Children of the Waters (Translator - Marilyn Booth)

Details on the writers:

WOMEN WRITERS OF THE ARAB WORLD: PARTICIPATING WRITERS

Raja Alem (Saudi Arabia)
Raja Alem is one of the preeminent contemporary authors in Saudi Arabia, and
one of the most popular modern Arabic writers. She is the author of seven
novels, as well as many plays and collections of poetry. In Fatma, her first
book to be published in English, modern life exists side-by-side with
ancient myth and magic. Alem explores contemporary themes of patriarchy and
gender roles in this tale of dashing princes who rise from the sand and
snakes that speak with humans. The results of these juxtapositions transcend
the barriers of culture and language to find common ground beyond the
so-called "clash of civilizations."

Suheir Hammad (Palestine/US)
Born in a Palestinian refugee camp, Suheir Hammad moved to Brooklyn when she
was a child. She has explored the tensions of her 21st century amalgam of
identities in biography, poetry, and theatre, and is perhaps best known for
her renderings of her own hip-hop poetry in the Tony award-winning Def
Poetry Jam. Her work has been published in numerous periodicals, including
The Amsterdam News, Essence, STRESS Hip-Hop Magazine, and the Middle East
Report, and in anthologies including New to North America, Listen Up!, The
Space Between Our Footsteps, and 33 Things Every Girl Should Know About
Women's History. Her books Born Palestinian, Born Black and Drops of This
Story have received critical acclaim.

Choman Hardi (Kurdistan/Iraq/UK)
Choman Hardi was born in Kurdistan/Iraq, and has lived in Iraq, Iran, and
Turkey, before coming to England in 1988. She has published three
collections of poetry in Kurdish, Return with No Memory, Light of the
Shadows, and Selected Poems. The recently published Life for Us is her first
English collection. She has served as the chair of Exiled Writers'
Ink!, an organization of refugee writers, and currently facilitates a poetry
course for Kurdish people in English at the School of Oriental and African
Studies. Hardi recently completed a Ph.D. at the University of Kent on the
ways in which migration influences the lives of Kurdish women.

Alia Mamdouh (Iraq/France)
Iraqi born writer, journalist, and editor Alia Mamdouh has just received the
2004 AUC Naguib Mahfouz Literary Award for her novel al-Mahbubat (The Loved
Ones). A close observer of Arab literary life and East-West relations,
Mamdouh is also a journalist who has lived and worked in several Arab and
Western capitals. After working as the editor-in-chief for Al-Rashid
magazine, and editor of Al-Fikr Al-Muasir magazine, she left her homeland in
1982 living first in Beirut, then Palestine, London and, finally, Paris. Her
previous publications include two collections of short stories and four
novels. Her only novel available in English is Mothballs.

Somaya Ramadan (Egypt)
Egyptian writer, translator and literary critic Somaya Ramadan is the
recipient of the 2001 AUC Nagib Mahfouz Literary Award for her first novel
The Narcissus Leaves. One of the judges observed of her writing that "marked
by a hallucinating and captivating narration, this is liminal writing par
excellence." This novel was preceeded by two successful collections of short
stories, Khashab wa Nohass (Brass and
Wood) in 1995 and Manazel el-Kamar (Phases of the Moon) in 1999. Ramadan
received her B.A. from the English Department, Faculty of Arts, Cairo
University, and her Ph.D. from Trinity College, Dublin. She is currently a
lecturer in English and translation at the National Academy of Arts.

Ibtihal Salem (Egypt)
Ibtihal Salem's novels provides an excellent forum for studying both
everyday life in Egypt and current literary experimentation in the Middle
East. Salem's writing of the last thirty years is lauded for its social
messages, with its poignant, poetic look at the economic inequalities that
result from neo-colonialism. Finding the expression of sexuality necessary
to explicate problems of Egyptian identity, Salem often links poverty to
gender marginality. Her heroines, however, celebrate the heritages that have
shaped them, even as they resist certain aspects of those heritages. Her
collection, Children of the Waters, is available in English translation.

For your information -

The NIHAC steering committee recently signed on to the following letter
related to an egregious human rights violation in Indonesia.  Munir was a
courageous human rights advocate who was murdered by arsenic poisoning
last year while aboard an international airline.

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))


Open letter from Human Rights Watch, TAPOL and others to:

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President of Indonesia
Istana Merdeka
Jakarta 10110
Indonesia


11 May 2005

Dear President,

Munir murder investigations:

We have followed closely the investigations now underway into the murder
of our highly-esteemed colleague, Munir, a foremost human rights
defender who enjoyed an outstanding reputation, both nationally and
internationally.

We are deeply concerned with the lack of progress in the investigations
and fear that political interference in the process may lead to the
impending release of the suspect Pollycarpus and result in charges
against him being improperly reduced from murder to the falsification of
documents.

We are also very concerned that for political reasons no steps appear to
have been taken to appropriately prosecute Indra Setiawan, the former
chief executive of Garuda. Setiawan issued a letter that made it
possible for Pollycarpus to intervene with Garuda personnel to move
Munir to a business class seat on board flight 974. This appears to have
facilitated the poisoning of Munir on board the aircraft.

We believe that firm action against all those against whom there is
sufficient evidence is essential in order to get to the bottom of the
conspiracy which led to Munir's death. Evidence already unearthed by the
team Pencari Fakta (fact-finding team) clearly points to the role of
intelligence officials in the murder. The possible role of government
officials or agents should be of utmost concern to your government and
should be investigated independently, thoroughly and professionally
without any political interference.

We are further disturbed by reports that Munir's widow has received more
threats warning her that she will be "kidnapped and blinded" if she
continues to "pry into Munir's death".

We urge you to personally instruct all government officials to allow an
independent investigation and prosecution to take place, no matter where
the evidence leads. We regard this as a test case of your government's
ability to make Indonesia a state based on the rule of law and we ask
you to ensure that those responsible for this murder do not enjoy
impunity, as has so often been the case in the past.

Yours sincerely,

Paul Barber

For:

Human Rights Watch
TAPOL, the Indonesia Human Rights Campaign, UK
International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID)
East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN), US
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Right, US
Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID), Philippines
Asia-Pacific Solidarity Coalition (APSOC)
Down to Earth, UK
Radio Rakambia, East Timor
Vision Machine Film Project, UK
Southwest Organizing School, US
11.11.11 , the Coaliton of the North South movement, Belgium
SUARAM (Suara Rakyat Malaysia)
The Borneo Project, US
North Carolina Peace Action, US
Alliance for Global Justice, US
Indonesian, Chinese and American Network, US
Institute on Religion and Public Policy, US
Pan-African Coalition for the Liberation of West Papua
Australian Coalition of West Papua Support Groups, comprising, AWPA
(ACT), AWPA (Brisbane), AWPA (Melbourne), AWPA (South Australia),AWPA
(Sydney), Australians for a Free West Papua, NT, AWPA Newcastle
Free West Papua Campaign, UK
Indonesia Human Rights Committee, New Zealand
International Labor Rights Fund, US
Human Rights First, US
International Forum for Aceh, US
Worker Rights Consortium, US
Pax Christi USA: National Catholic Peace Movement, US
Global Ministries (United Church of Christ and also the Christian
Church, Disciples of Christ), US
Conference of Major Superiors of Men, US
Jews Against Genocide, US
Global Exchange, US

Additional signatures:
Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA), US
NIHAC (Northwest International Health Action Coalition), US
Peace Movement Aotearoa
Watch Indonesia, Germany
West Papua Action Network, US
Boston Catholic Task Force for East Timor


Cc: Chief of the Indonesian police (Polri), General Da'i Bachtiar

Contact: Paul Barber on +44 1420 80153 or +44 774 730 1739

Interesting things in this report, including information on work done in New Zealand and an Inuit Index.

-- Deanne

-----Original Message-----
From: Kalda, Robyn [mailto:RobynK@...]
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 9:28 AM
To: CLICK4HP@...
Subject: [CLICK4HP] FW: Canadian Index of Wellbeing

-----Original Message-----
 May 6, 2005

Introducing the Canadian Index of Wellbeing

 Dear Colleague:

The last time I sent out a cover letter with an edition of Reality Check was to introduce this publication to you. Now, four years and nine issues later, it's time for another note to call special attention to issue number ten. It's time to let people know that tomorrow has arrived, that The Canadian Index of Wellbeing is on the doorstep.

As a reader of Reality Check, you know that experts across the country have been developing measures of the things that count. Now they are working together, under the leadership of the Hon. Roy J. Romanow, Dr. Ron Colman, and others to create a measuring tool that will reflect the full spectrum of Canadian values and report to us regularly how we are really doing as a nation.

 Supported by partnerships with Stats Can experts and so many other key individuals and organizations, the Canadian Index of Wellbeing will be built around powerful indicators that link the economic reality and longer-term economic prosperity of our country with the social, health and environmental conditions that shape our communities.

Attached you will find links to the latest issue of Reality Check and to a speech by Mr. Romanow entitled The Canadian Index of Wellbeing: Taking Measure of the Things that Count. This speech was delivered on the occasion of the National Conference of the United Ways of Canada on May 6, 2005. You can find more information about the Canadian Index of Wellbeing by visiting  <http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw> www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw. As well, please advise if you want a hard copy(ies).

We invite you to pass on this message to others who would be interested in this truly transformational work. While our work on the index is well underway, we would benefit greatly from your feedback on what we've done so far. Contact us by visiting our website or by writing to  <http://us.f302.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=ciw@...> ciw@....

Sincerely,

Charles E. Pascal

Executive Director

Attached links:

For a c opy  <http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw/RCheck_May_2005_revised_31.pdf> of Reality Check #10: Introducing...The Canadian Index of Wellbeing

   <http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw/RCheck_May_2005_revised_31.pdf> http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw/RCheck_May_2005_revised_31.pdf

To read Mr.  <http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw/RJRUNITED_WAY.pdf> Romanow's Speech, The Canadian index of Wellbeing: Taking Measure of the Things that Count

http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw/RJRUNITED_WAY.pdf

For the world you live in. . .                Please Join us on May 20

What happens on a global level when we decide to actively participate in
the shaping of our future? What are the relationships between important
global issues like family planning, poverty, health, environmental
protection, and human rights?

As we celebrate our 70th year in this community, we are proud to sponsor
a luncheon in honor of the International Planned Parenthood Federation
(IPPF). While we provide reproductive health services and education to
people in our community, we are well aware of the importance of their
availability worldwide.

We welcome our guest speaker Steven W. Sinding to Seattle. Please join
us in caring for our future - and that of the world around us.

Sincerely,
Art Wang
Planned Parenthood of Western Washington Board Chair

The Board of Advocates
Planned Parenthood of Western Washington (PPWW)
Cordially invites you to lunch

Guest Speaker
Steven W. Sinding, Director General
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

Comments by
Kathy Lambert
King County Councilmember

Friday, May 20, 2005
11:30 - 1:30
$20.00 per person

Harbor Club - Bellevue
777 108th Ave N.E. - 25th floor  Bellevue

Reservations are required.

Please call or email to Sharon at 206.328.7726

sharon.howe@...            RSVP by May 13

Dr. Steven W. Sinding is Director General of the International Planned
Parenthood Federation (IPPF). Under his leadership the Federation
developed a ten-year vision and framework focused on five priorities
(Youth, HIV/AIDS, Abortion, Access and Advocacy). Prior to joining IPPF
in 2002, Dr. Sinding was Professor of Clinical Public Health at the
Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University. He was a Senior
Population Adviser to the World Bank. He worked for the Rockefeller
Foundation from 1991 to 1999, and had a 20 year career at the U.S.
Agency for International Development. He has written extensively on
international population issues.

For seventy years, since 1935, Planned Parenthood of Western Washington
has been a steady presence in our community. Planned Parenthood has led
the way to expanded access to safe and affordable methods of birth
control and more comprehensive reproductive health care. Today, Planned
Parenthood of Western Washington is the second largest Planned
Parenthood affiliate in the United States, serving teens, women and men
throughout western Washington with a wide range of reproductive health
services.

In case you have not been worried lately about the threat of nuclear war -
here is an impresive little message from Ben of Ben and Jerry's  -  gets
you to thinking:

http://www.kintera.org/site/pp.asp?c=irKQL0NSE&b=667499

(PS - download the whole thing before you play the 90-second movie)

FYI--

Beth E. Rivin, M.D., M.P.H.
Research Associate Professor of Law,
Adjunct Research Associate Professor of Health Services
Global Health and Justice Project
Office:  William H. Gates Hall, room 421
University of Washington, School of Law
Phone:  206-616-3674; Fax:  206-543-5671
www.law.washington.edu/HealthLaw/GHJ


-----Original Message-----
From: HRNETNEWS-owner@...
[mailto:HRNETNEWS-owner@...] On Behalf Of Human Rights
Education HRERN Research Network
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 9:57 AM
To: Human Rights Network News
Subject: War & the Environment - 5/17, 7pm

May 17, 2005, 7:00pm
University of Washington, Seattle, Kane Hall 220

War and the Environment

Pekka Haavisto, Chair
United Nations Environment Programme's
Post-Conflict Assessment Unit, Geneva, Switzerland (UNEP)

Pekka Haavisto, former Minister of Environment and Development Cooperation
of
Finland, is currently Chair of UNEP's environmental assessments in the
Balkans,
Afghanistan, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Iraq and Liberia.

Free but due to limited space advanced registration is required. Email
poe@... for registration and information.

Sponsored by: UW Program on the Environment
Cosponsored by: Berman Environmental Law Center, Biology, Center for
International Studies, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Economics,
Environmental Health, Geography, Law, Societies and Justice, Marc Lindenberg

Center, Scandinavian Studies, Social Work and World Affairs Council

Event Flyer:
http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/happening/flyers/war&envir.pdf

***********************************************************
Human Rights Education & Research Network
University of Washington, Bothell
Box 358530
18115 Campus Way N.E.
Bothell, WA  98011-8246
(425) 352-5421 *  FAX: (425) 352-3322

Website: http://depts.washington.edu/hrights/

FYI - for those interested in AIDS treatment in Africa


UW Science Forum
Exploring our World - Human Imprints


AIDS Treatment in Africa:

Obstacles and Opportunities


Steve Gloyd, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor, Department of Health Services

Director, International Health Program, School of Public Health and Community
Medicine


Thursday, May 5th, 2005 7:00-8:15 p.m.

Kane Hall 130


The 2005 UW Science Forum highlights the research of five distinguished
University faculty members. The series focuses on the impact of human
advances on our environment and within populations throughout the world.


All lectures are free and open to the public, but space is limited and you
must register to attend. Register online or call the UW Alumni Association
at 206-543-0540.

Another very important issue--

Beth


==================================================================
The last time I checked, it was 2005. But incredibly, in
as many as 20 states, pharmacies can refuse to fill
women's prescriptions for something as fundamental as
birth control. Is this progress? Take action:
http://www.care2.com/go/z/23499

Shockingly, there's a disturbing trend emerging across
the country of pharmacies refusing to fill women's
prescriptions for birth control on religious or ethical
grounds. In response, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has
proposed a bill to require all pharmacies to fill any legal
prescription or refer customers to someone who will.
No delays, no hassles, no lectures.

Common sense, right? Unfortunately, the religious right's
ideological opposition to both abortion and birth control
is driving this discriminatory trend.

Sign this petition today to stand up for a woman's right
to full access to prescription birth control:
http://www.care2.com/go/z/23499

Let's make sure that pharmacies provide women -
indeed all of us - with our doctor-prescribed medication
without delay or inconvenience!
_________________________________________________

Thank you for taking action today!

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This may be of interest to folks...

***

"Talking Public Health: Articulating Values for America's Second Language"
May 5, 2005 - 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - T-639 Health Sciences

A special lecture by Lawrence Wallack, Dean, College of Urban and Public
Affairs at Portland State University. The lecture focuses on the
interaction between values, framing, and public discourse on public health
issues. Open to the public; no charge.


Sponsored by the Dean's Office, School of Public Health, for more
information contact Holly Weese at 206-685-6643.

Topic:  The Program on the Environment (PoE) has organized a public
lecture  entitled War and the Environment for Spring Quarter 2005. An
evening event  open to the public will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2005
at 7:00 p.m. in 220 Kane Hall on the University of Washington campus.

This important discussion will focus on damage to the natural and human
environment as a  direct or indirect consequence of conflict: the role
of environment in  Post-Conflict settings, and how environmental
questions can contribute to  confidence-building efforts.

In 2001, the United Nations Environment  Programme launched a
Post-Conflict Assessment Unit (PCAU). PCAU's approach  is to demonstrate
the linkages between environmental degradation, public  health and
sustainable development in order to identify risks, make
recommendations and promote sustainable resource use. Pekka Haavisto
will  share PCAU's experiences from several countries, with special
emphasis on  two of the more recent areas of conflict, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Speaker: Pekka Haavisto, Chairman of the United Nations Environment
Programme's Post-Conflict Assessment Unit (PCAU)
  (http://postconflict.unep.ch/) in Geneva, Switzerland, and head of
UNEP's  Iraq Task Force.  The PCAU, established in 2001, works in areas
of the  world where the natural and human environment has been damaged
as a direct  or indirect consequence of conflict, investigates
environmental impacts of  conflicts and recommends strategic priorities
for cleanup and remediation.  Two of its more recent reports are,
Afghanistan Post-Conflict  Environmental Assessment Report (2003) and
Desk Study on the Environment  in Iraq (2003).

Haavisto is a former Finnish Minister for Environment and Development
Co-operation (1995-99) and a member of the Finnish Parliament
(1987-95).  He has been a Visiting Researcher at the Finnish Institute
for  International Affairs, a Visiting Professor to the University of
Bristol  and a Visiting Lecturer to the University of Helsinki and to
the NATO  School in Oberammergau. He has been an adviser to the United
Nations  Secretariat of the Convention to Combat Desertification, and a
member of  the Heinrich Boll Foundation "Jo'burg Memo" team prior to the
Johannesburg  2002 WSSD Summit. He is a member of the UN Millennium Task
Force.  He  currently works for the PCAU and has been chairing UNEP's
environmental  assessments to Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro, Afghanistan
and the Occupied  Palestinian Territories. He has also chaired the
depleted uranium  assessments to Kosovo, Serbia-Montenegro and to
Bosnia-Herzegovina. In  March 2003 he was invited as the Chairman for
UNEP Iraq Task Force and in  December 2003 as the Chairman of UNEP
Liberia Task Force.  In February  2005, Haavisto chaired a
UNEP-sponsored bilateral meeting between Israeli  and Palestinian
delegations to discuss how to save the Jordan River.

For further information, contact:

Terry Rustan
  Administrator              	 Email:  trustan@...
  Program on the Environment      Tel:    206.616.3310
  274D Mary Gates Hall, MS 352802        Fax:    206.616.2465
  University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-2802

For those interested in either of two fascinating topics: an issue related
to the effects of 'progress' on biodiversity, and determinants of academic
freedom in the US today.


IGNACIO CHAPELA

Assistant Professor,
Ecosystem Sciences Division, University of California, Berkeley

Chapela, a microbial ecologist, was an outspoken critic of a $25 million
agreement between Cal's  College of Natural Resources and Swiss biotech
giant Novartis. He was also the first to report the contamination of
traditional varieties of maize in campesino plots in Oaxaca, Mexico with
DNA from genetically modified corn -- a controversial paper that was
published by the journal Nature and later partially repudiated.


Two lectures/discussions:

Boundaries of Rationality: Politics and the Public Domain in
Biotechnology
Wednesday, 4 May, 3:30 pm, Smith Hall, Room 105

The field of biotechnology represents one of the most dynamic venues of
public debate in our times.  However, the forces shaping such dynamics
are difficult to understand on purely technical grounds.  This talk aims
at clarifying some of those forces through the analysis of a
well-covered public case, in which the speaker is a central protagonist.
In this case, a scientific discovery of an event (transgenic
contamination of traditional Mexican maize varieties by genetic
constructs) triggered an international storm of discussion, resulting in
one of the best documented and closely followed scientific debates in
recent times.


Academic Freedom:  Who is Minding the Farm?
Thursday, 5 May, 7:30 pm, Physics and Astrophysics Hall 102 (Auditorium)

Academic freedom to teach and research has recently come under
substantial attack. Chapela has been denied tenure, despite numerous
favorable academic reviews, apparently because of his opposition to
industry influence over academic life and for publishing research that
undercut the economic plans of the biotech industry. After eight years
of the case unfolding within the confines of academia, Chapela has
announced legal action against the administrators of the University of
California.

He will address how we might recover the fundamental principle of
academic freedom in our society.  The institutions and social agreements
involved in the current situation will be reviewed, and Chapela will
explore new covenants and new actors that could provide hope for
reinvigorating academic freedom.


Sponsors:  Departments of Technical Communication and Anthropology,
American Association of University Professors (WA State and UW units),
The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Food, Alan and Andrea
Rabinowitz, The Peña Family Trust, PCC Natural Markets, and the
Washington Biotechnology Action Council.

Join the Earth Day Virtual March!

This effort cannot succeed without your important help. It will only
take a few minutes of your time. Your participation in the Earth Day
Virtual March will demonstrate to your elected representatives that they
should be working to protect wildlife, its habitat and the environment
we share, not casting votes to help special interests.

You won't have to come to Washington. Or stand in the rain. Just join
the virtual march and on Earth Day, we'll send your message to your
Senators about their recent Senate vote and urge them to keep the
Arctic National Wildife Refuge off limits to destructive oil drilling
for good.  Together we can send a powerful message to the politicians
that they cannot ignore.

March for Earth Day:
http://earthday.care2.com/index.html?uid=47c6afc456678ef425ff00808b2da5fa


Randy Paynter
CEO, Care2.com

Rodger Schlickeisen
President, Defenders of Wildife Action Fund

A local event of interest:


Dear Friend:

This Sunday, April 24th, ONE supporters across the state will gather in
downtown Seattle for a Rally with ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty
History that will turn up the volume on the issues of global AIDS and
poverty.

Join The ONE Campaign, the Very Reverend Taylor of St. Marks Cathedral,
Mr. Jonah Govoka from Jubilee, Zimbabwe, and Mr. Dan O'Neill, Founder of
Mercy Corps, as we make our voices heard from Washington State to
Washington, D.C. There will be music, festivities and more information
about The ONE Campaign.

When: Sunday, April 24
Where: St. Paul's Episcopal Church
  15 Roy Street
  Seattle, WA 98109
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

We hope to see you on Sunday! ONE by ONE, we will make poverty history.

Sincerely,

The ONE Campaign Team

Anyone for a quick trip to Tibet?

* * * * * * * * * *

Clinical opportunities available for medical programs in Tibet (Tibet
Autonomous Region, PRC). Short term volunteers and long term paid
positions. Nurse practitioners, midwives, RNs and MDs, and for longer-term
positions MPH training may be adequate.  Programs focus on acute and
preventive community care for underserved Tibetans in remote rural high
altitude region.

Immediate short-term volunteer position available for field team leaving
May 6, 2005.

Contact Dr. John Rosenberg, jrrosenbergmd@....
url:www.terma.org


Perry Pickert
The Terma Foundation
785 Main Street, Suite E
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
USA
Telephone: (650) 712-8413
Fax: (650) 712-8792
Email: perry@...
URL: www.terma.org


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Here is a movie now playing that was made by Seattle filmmakers.  It has
an important message for all of us.....:

  <http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Films/films_frameset.asp?id=46721>
    		 Voices in Wartime
 	        Guild 45th Theater
 	     Times:  (5:10) 7:20 9:45

Now Playing at the Guild 45th Theatre

<http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Assets/Images/Graphics/ExcluEngageWide.gif>
  <http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Films/films_frameset.asp?id=46721>

Director Rick King's documentary explores the emotional experience of war
through images and interviews with poets, soldiers, refugees, peace
activists, family members and friends-exposing the fact that no one escapes
unchanged by the effects of war. Participants range from the Superintendent
of West Point to long-time peace advocate Jonathan Schell; from an American
lieutenant dedicated to protecting his troops in a hostile country to an
angry Iraqi poet furious at the American invasion; from a Vietnam veteran to
Chris Hedges, a long-time war correspondent for The New York Times; and
well-known poets of the past and present.

Official Web site:  <http://www.voicesinwartime.org/>

Also see:
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/220147_voices15q.html>
forWilliam Arnold's Seattle Post-Intelligencer review...

Don't forget - to learn more first-hand about efforts to cancel the debt
of poor nations try to attend one of the events below:

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GLOBAL CONNECTIONS TOUR: Impoverished Nations Debt Crisis

Each year, the people of the poorest countries pay over $350 billion to the
wealthiest countries of the world in interest on debts that can never be
paid off.  The lives of 19,000 children could be saved every day if the debt
of these countries was cancelled and the savings put to good use.

Anti-debt activists from each continent of the "Global South" will talk
about this crippling debt and the adverse effects of the IMF and World
Bank-imposed economic policies on the world’s poor.

    Magda Lanuza from Nicaragua, environmental activist and organizer for
rural women.

    Ana Maria Nemenzo, President of the Freedom from Debt Coalition in the
Philippines.

    Jonah Gokova, Chair of the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development.

Friday, April 22, 2005
(also with Ivonne Jiron Gaitán, Nicaraguan union organizer)
7:30pm - 9:30pm
The 2100 Building
2100 24th Ave S, Seattle

Monday, April 25, 2005
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Seattle Pacific University, Otto Miller Hall
3469 3rd W, Seattle

Monday, April 25, 2005
7:30pm - 9pm
Seattle University, Lemieux Library, Shafer Auditorium
901 12th Ave, Seattle

Donations Requested.

For more information, visit www.jubileenw.org