WHAT'S HAPPENING INDEX

JUNE 2002
June -
** [more] Board elections and Bug Car Wash (TBA)
June 2 - Sunday, 1-4pm
** [more] 2nd annual Construyendo Puentes/Building Bridges. Keynote speaker - Rudolfo Hurtado of the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission.
June 4
** [more] Sherman Alexie's movie finally here.....
June 14-16 - Friday to Sunday, 9am-4pm
**[more] WHRTF Yardsale!!!! Front yard of task force office.
June 20 - Thursday, 7pm
** [more] WHRTF General Meeting and ice cream social
June 22 - Saturday, 9am-5pm
** [more] Day Long Human Rights Gathering in Everett.
June 27th - Thursday, 7pm
** [more] WHRTF Film Series, co-sponsored by Amnesty International. Film 'No Man's Land'...a drama set in the Bosnian conflict....

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CONSTRUYENDO PUENTES/BUILDING BRIDGES
Second annual Migrant Appreciation day and resource fair
June 2, Sunday - 1 to 4pm
Construyendo Puentes/Building Bridges is an annual event sponsored by Whatcom Crisis Services and the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force, with support from local businesses. Last year’s Construyendo Puentes event featured ex-governor Mike Lowry, and attracted several hundred Whatcom County Residents.

This year the keynote speaker is Rudolfo Hurtado of the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission.

The free family event will feature bilingual presentations on immigration issues and community resources,as well as a variety of childrens activities including Piñatas, folkloric dancers from the Lynden school district, a Jalapeño-pepper eating contest, craft-making, an open Talent Show and an opportunity to learn more about the contributions of migrant workers to Whatcom County.

Other presenters include Hollis Pfitsch & Daniel Perez of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project and PATADA:Peer Advocate Teens Against Drugs and Alcohol a youth mentorship break-dancing crew from Mt Vernon.

INFORMATION: Please call Christina Fabian at 671-5714 or Robin Elwood at 733-2233
LOCATION:
Sterling Meadows Apartments
512 Sterling Drive (Take the Northwest Avenue exit off the freeway)
Bellingham
Sterling Meadows is a new apartment complex for fisheries and agricultural workers. Follow the signs off of Northwest by Jerry Chambers Chevrolet.

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SHERMAN ALEXIE'S MOVIE Special Showing
June 4 - Tuesday, 7:30pm
"The Business of Fancydancing" written and directed by Sherman Alexie with Evan Adams, Michelle St. John, Gene Tagaban, and Swil Kanim. Please read the review in the Seattle Weekly about this long awaited film.
Special guest, Musican/Actor - Swil Kanim will lead discussion after the movie.
Partial proceeds go to the Native American Mentoring Program a non-profit, student run tutoring program at Western Washington University, Woodring College of Education.
Cost: $4.00 students $6.00 general public
Location: Western Washington University PAC Main Stage

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WHRTF 2nd annual YARD SALE
June 14 -16, 9am to 4pm (Opps - closed early on Sunday. - sold out!)
On Friday June 14 through Sunday, June 16th from 9AM to 4 PM, Whatcom Human Rights Task Force will hold a front-lawn yardsale at the WHRTF office, 1210 Indian street.
SEEKING YARDSALE ITEMS
Whatcom Human Rights Task Force is seeking donated items to include in our benefit yard sale. Now's the time of get rid of all that stuff you've been waiting to donate to some good cause. Yes folks, the day is here. Items for the yardsale can be dropped off at 1210 Indian street, or call 733-2233 to arrange a pickup.
The sale proceeds will support the WHRTF’s educational work for human rights in Whatcom County.
Information: call WHRTF at 733-2233
Location: 1210 Indian Street, Bellingham

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WHRTF GENERAL MEETING and ICE CREAM SOCIAL
June 20, 2002, Thursday - 7pm
The Whatcom Human Rights Task Force general membership meeting will be held this quarter at the Central Lutheran Church, downstairs in the Fellowship Hall - NOT in the YWCA as advertised.
NOTE: Central Lutheran is a NEW LOCATION since the postcard ad went out.
All members and interested community members are invited to attend.

EVENT AGENDA:
• Board elections for WHRTF’s Board of Directors
• "Uncivil Liberties", a short film about the experience of an Arab-American family following 9-11
• Round table discussion of WHRTF’s future. "How is the WHRTF doing? Where next?" Member input and brainstorm session.
• Free ice cream social with ice cream donated by Mallard’s Ice Cream - THANK YOU MALLARD'S! [see info on shop]

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HUMAN RIGHTS GATHERING
co-hosted by the Human Rights Coalition for Snohomish County
June 22, 2002, Saturday - 9am - 5pm
We are hoping to bring 40-50 grassroots human rights activists together for a day of networking, movements building and fun!

Workshops include:
Gender and Human Rights
Attacks on Immigration
Electoral Organizing
Grant Writing.

There will also be a "no host" dinner/bar afterwards.
Location: Everett Community College, Everett, WA
To register, please email: organizing@nwchd.org or call, 206-762-5627
Cost: $20.00, sliding scale to zero.

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"JOINING WORLDS" FILM SERIES in JUNE
June 27th, Thursday 7pm
Amensty International Group 270 and the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force present an award winning film ‘No Man's Land’ as part of our monthly film and discussion series, Joining Worlds.

Our June showing takes place at the Whatcom Educational Credit Union Education Center, 511 E. Holly St., Bellingham.

"No Man's Land"
dramatizing the war in Bosnia/Herzegovina.
Susan Kroll, a Bellingham resident who served as a democratization and civil society project consultant to the O.S.C.E and WorldVision in Bosnia and Albania from 1996 to 2000 will lead a slide presentation and discussion following the film.

'No Man's Land' won the 2001 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
"Ciki, a Bosnian soldier, and Nino, a Serb, find themselves trapped together in a mined trench between enemy lines. As the two men argue over politics and attempt to outwit each other, Ciki's companion, Cera, lies wounded on a landmine that will explode if he is moved."

This is an opportunity for our community share in a lively discussion concerning groundbreaking documentary and fiction films. Joining Worlds film series addresses racism and television, African-American history, the theft and appropriation of Native American culture, and other important topics relevant to this region. The theme, Joining Worlds, allows us to explore the interconnections among different forms of oppression, and recognize our places in history.
Time: 7pm - 9pm ~ Snacks will be provided
NEW Location:
Whatcom Educational Credit Union Education Center,
511 E. Holly St.,
Bellingham.
For more information: Please call June Film Coordinators:
Dana Briggs, at 820-0155 or WHRTF Office Manager Robin Elwood at 733-2233.

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