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1. The Naked Truth on Stereotypes - The TransformEducational "Fashion Show"
Wednesday-Friday, February 27-29th @ 7pm and Sunday, March 2nd @ 3pm.
Filmfest Website: [here]FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
Locations as follows:
--Wednesday, February 27th, 7pm
PAC Concert Hall
WWU--Thursday, February 28th, 7pm
Viking Union Multi-Purpose Room
WWU--Friday, February 29th, 7 pm
The Fairhaven Public Library
1117 12th St.
Bellingham, WA 98225--Sunday, March 2nd, 3 pm (Matinee show)
The Fairhaven College Auditorium
WWUThe NAKED TRUTH is a powerfully personal performance, a truth force & a growing movement. Created by Social Artist and educator Stephany Hazelrigg, and formerly known as Undressing the "Other", this social justice theater production has been inciting powerful change and presenting outstanding original performances at WWU and in Bellingham since 2004. Join us for a new show in three acts, set in the metaphor of a fashion show, to explore and expand our conceptions of stereotypes and the ways they intersect and impact our lives. The 2008 truly diverse, multi-gender cast is comprised of 18 talented WWU students.
Merchandise will be sold & a silent auction will be held to benefit local non-profits: Project 2050 and Lydia Place.
For more information contact the WWU AS Social Issues Resource Center at 360-650-6804 / as.rop.social.issues@wwu.edu
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2. World Issues Forum "UNNATURAL CAUSES…..Is Inequality Making Us Sick?” with Linn Gould, Managing Director of Population Health Project, Seattle, WA
WWU Fairhaven College Auditorium
Wednesday, February 27th
Noon - 1:30pm
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
Going beyond the popular conceptions linking health to medical care, lifestyles and genes, the documentary, UNNATURAL CAUSES, explores evidence of other more powerful determinants: the societal conditions in which we are born, live, and work. The seven-episode documentary examines health inequities in specific population groups who are affected by discrimination, unemployment, education, immigration, socioeconomic status, globalization, etc. Following a viewing of one episode, Liz Mogford, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Western Washington University and colleague in the Population Health Project, will facilitate with Gould a conversation about ways that individuals and groups can get involved and take action to advocate for health equity. To learn more about the documentary, see http://www.unnaturalcauses.org/documentary.html.For more information: http://www.wwu.edu/depts/fairhaven
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New Location: Bellingham Senior Center (Halleck near Cornwall)
Room #1
March 1st
10:15am--12:30am
Recommended Donation $5This Support Group is co-sponsored by Sustainable Bellingham and the Whatcom Peace and Justice Center. Contact Cyndy Sheldon for more info:
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4. Immigration and the LGBT Community
Presented by the Fairhaven College Center for Law, Diversity and Justice
Tuesday, March 4th at 7pm
WWU Fairhaven College Auditorium
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
In our society, movements for equality and justice are often isolated from one another, despite intersecting experiences of injustice. Similarly, our individual identities can be limited by outside forces that encourage singular identification and discourage the multiple facets of our identities. George Cheung, board member of the Center for Environmental Citizenship and steering committee member of ROAR (Raising Our Asian Pacific Islander Representation), will be speaking about these intersections when he discusses the dynamics of immigration within the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) community.
Speaker Bio: George Cheung is a graduate of the JFK School of Government with a Masters degree in Public Policy and Brown University with a Bachelors degree in Political Science. His experience includes several years as a civil rights investigator for state governments and internships with the Organization of Chinese Americans, as well as the Democratic National Committee. In addition to his work with the Center for Environmental Citizenship and ROAR, he has worked on city council, state legislative and congressional campaigns around the country. He is a native of the Seattle area, graduating from Renton High School.
For more information contact: Midori Takagi at the Center for Law, Diversity and Justice at (360) 650-7381.
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5. World Issues Forum "The Historical Roots of Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq and Turkey" with Benjamin Smith, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Asian Studies at the University of Florida, GainesvilleWWU Fairhaven College Auditorium
Wednesday, March 5th
Noon - 1:30pm
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
Why have Iraqi and Turkish Kurds continued to mount such strong challenges to their central governments? In late 2007, the Turkish army began to stage raids across the border into northern (Kurdish) Iraq to attack what it calls terrorist bases of the Kurdish Worker's Party, whose leader Turkey arrested in 1999. And, Kurdish Iraq has become the center of the Kurdish national movement, hosting Iranian, Syrian, and Turkish Kurds alike. This research seeks to explain why Kurdish nationalists have been historically able to sustain rebellion in Iraq and Turkey but have failed in Iran or Syria. I argue that variations in the success of Kurdish movements across these four countries are largely a result of relations between states and rural Kurdish elites. Rulers in Iraq and Turkey, who were much more successful in weakening traditional elites, unwittingly created the foundation for later waves of Kurdish nationalist rebellion in doing so by creating large urban Kurdish populations that could be mobilized by Kurdish urban elites.
For more information: http://www.wwu.edu/depts/fairhaven
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6. World Issues Forum “Oil Wealth and Dictatorship in the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries "
with Benjamin Smith, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Asian Studies at the University of Florida, Gainesville
WWU Arntzen Hall #4
Wednesday, March 5th
2:30pm - 3:50pm
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
That natural resources can be a curse as well as a blessing is almost a truism in political analysis. In many exporting countries, these theories predict, resource wealth will not result in stable, prosperous states but rather in their opposite. Drawing on my recent book, I explore the politics of contemporary oil-exporting countries through a comparison of regimes in Iran and Indonesia, which between 1960 and 1980 saw profoundly different changes in their fortunes. Focusing on state actors and organized opposition, I suggest that the effects of oil wealth on politics vary according to the circumstances under which oil exports became a major part of a country's economy. I use the experiences of Iran and Indonesia to explore current political trends among the world's major oil exporters.For more information: http://www.wwu.edu/depts/fairhaven
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7. World Issues Forum “Broken Promises, Broken Dreams” Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience”
with Alice Rothchild, physician, author and human rights activist
WWU Communications 226
Wednesday, March 5th
4:00 - 5:00pm
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
In her recent book, Broken Promises, Broken Dreams, Rothchild addresses ‘an intimate journey grappling with the complicated historical legacy of Israel and Palestine and my relationship to these issues as a Jewish American physician, grounded by the traumas of the Holocaust and my family’s passionate love of Israel.’ Working with a health and human rights project, collaborating with Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, Alice brings to life the voices of people mutually entwined in trauma and conflict, and explores individual examples of resilience and resistance.For more information: http://www.wwu.edu/depts/fairhaven
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8. Appalachian Treasures "Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining!" **
Helping Our Neighbors in Appalachia End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Friday, March 7th - 7pm-9pm
Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1708 I Street
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
One of America’s most heartbreaking environmental and human rights tragedies, mountaintop removal coal mining is destroying the region’s rich culture & heritage, as well as the ancient, beautiful mountains and diverse forests of the Appalachian range. Although Appalachia may seem far from Washington, we are all deeply tied to the region. Not only does much of the electricity powering our homes and businesses comes from Appalachian coal, but the region’s history, music, and famed self-reliance remain a great influence in American culture.
Join Appalachian Voices, and co-sponsors Whatcom Human Rights Task Force, RE Sources, BUF Green Program Committee, and BUF Social Justice Committee, for this powerful & compelling presentation on mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. Learn how you can help your neighbors in Appalachia end mountaintop removal.
For more information, contact the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force at 360-733-2233
Presentation by Appalachian Voices: 877-277-8642, outreach@appvoices.org. For more information about mountaintop removal, go to: www.iLoveMountains.org
**This presentation is a part of the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force “Connecting the Dots” series, in which we endeavor to help the community understand the effects of globalization on human rights both in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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9. The Media’s Construction of an “Immigrant”
Presented by the Fairhaven College Center for Law, Diversity and Justice
Monday, March - 10th at 7pm
WWU Biology Building 212
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
As the immigration debate has been heating up over the past few years, the mainstream media has played a significant role in shaping how immigration and immigrants themselves are discussed. At this event, Harjap Grewal, an organizer with the No One Is Illegal campaign in Vancouver, B.C., will be speaking about the construction of migrants and immigrant communities by the mainstream media drawing examples from the case of Laibar Singh. Laibar Singh is a refugee claimant currently in sanctuary at a Gurdwara (Sikh Temple) who has had his deportation repeatedly thwarted by public support including during a mobilization of 1500 people that shut down Vancouver International Airport for 5 hours on Dec. 10th 2007 (International Human Rights Day). With the close proximity of the Canadian border and the prominence of immigration issues in Bellingham and Whatcom County, this event will provide community members and students with often-overlooked information regarding the immigration debate.
Speaker Bio: In addition to being an organizer with the No One Is Illegal campaign, Harjap Grewal is involved in social justice organizing within the South Asian community and has studied communications at Simon Fraser University.
For more information: contact Ian Morgan at (360) 708-6297
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10. 5th Annual Human Rights Festival!
March 11th - March 15th
Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. 1st Street, Mt. Vernon
Some details may change
All events at 7:00 PM unless otherwise noted
$10.00 suggested donations
More info at http://www.pflagskagit.org/HR-festival.htm
OR [HERE]
Tuesday, March 11
Life & Debt: Surviving Economic Globalization
Speaker/slide show: David Bacon: internationally known photojournalist. Focus on immigration and buying locally. Panel with discussion to follow.
Wednesday, March 12
End of Life: Dying with Dignity Film: "Exit: The Right to Die."
Focus on planning, choices and strategies for seeking comfort and pain control. Panel with discussion to follow.
Thursday, March 13
Poverty: Braving the Difficult Journey
Speaker: Dr. Donna Beegle: respected presenter on economic equality issues and the impact of poverty. Workshop: with focus on improving communication. Evening presentation followed by a panel of local resource leaders and activists.
Friday, March 14
Community Conversations: Talking about Tough Topics
Award winning documentary, "The Fire Next Time" looks at one community in conflict when the stakes were high. Focus on strategies for productive, problem-solving conversations. Panelists to discuss local resources such as mediation, arbitration or facilitation.
Saturday, March 15
Gender: Explorations and Celebrations
Workshop: Transgender Children & Youth 3:00-5:00 p.m. This workshop will be conducted by Shannon Garcia from Indianapolis, Indiana, who is president of the TransYouth Family Advocates. She is the mother of a transgender eight-year old and through film clips, PowerPoint presentation, hand outs and discussion will help create a better understanding of this issue. She will be joined by Seth Kirby from the Washington Human Rights Commission who can discuss best practices for schools, business and social services to address sexual orientation and transgender concerns. $20.00 fee. Scholarships available. Possibility of continuing education credits being explored. Located at the Lincoln Theatre in Mount Vernon.
Workshop: How to Be a Diva 3:00-5:00 p.m. A limited number of participants will learn the secrets of transforming oneself into a smashingly gorgeous creature. Bring your camera. $20.00 fee for materials. Limited enrollment. Call 360 856 4676 to sign up. Location: The Lincoln Theatre downstairs dressing area.
Workshop participants are invited to meet at Pacioni's Pizzeria at 5:15 for dinner.
Cost is $12.00 per person. Reservations requested. 360 856 4676.CelebrationTime: A Festive Evening and Grand Finale to the
2008 Human Rights Festival at 7PM
Join the Fabulous "Auntie" Bijou, the alter ego of Spokane resident Kevan Gardner, whose day job is working as the Regional Outreach Manager for the Seattle-based Pride Foundation. Other treats will be in store. Come in your glittery glory or your favorite jeans. Diversity and laughter will rock the house. Donations welcome. Don't miss this!
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11. Community Food Co-op’s Annual Meeting and Party
Saturday, March 15th - 5:30pm
Bellingham Ferry Terminal
FREE EVENT
Rosalinda Guillen, Executive Director of Bellingham’s Community to Community Development, will address the evening’s theme of “Fair Trade – Bringing it all Back Home.” Rosalinda is recognized on a local and national level for her advocacy on behalf of farm workers. Raised in a farm worker family in Skagit County she is a passionate speaker on fair trade issues and will address how we can work together to ensure a just and sustainable local food system.
In addition to Guillen’s talk, which begins at 6:25 p.m., Co-op supporters are welcome to partake in appetizers provided by Robert Fong Catering beginning at 5:30 p.m. when the doors open. The Co-op will hold its annual meeting at 6:50 p.m. Dancing to local band Yambique begins at 8 p.m.
For further information, contact Jean Rogers or Kit Hughes at 360-734-8158.
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12. Immigration History Workshop 101
Presented by ASP Civil Controversy
Saturday, March 15th
WWU Miller Hall 158
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
Facilitator, David Cahn is a volunteer for the local grassroots organization, Community to Community. He will be leading an interactive workshop that addresses immigration history in the United States. Participants will consider their personal family history and selves within the context of historical imigration policies.
More information at http://as.wwu.edu/programs/as-productions/controversy.php
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13. United for National Healthcare Meeting, "Sicko" Road Show
Thursday, March 27th - 7pm
UNITED STEELWORKERS HALL, 5705 – 3rd Avenue, Ferndale, 714-8999
First Stop of "Sicko" Road Show featuring film, discussion, and call for actions you can take to promote national, non-profit, single payer health care.
For more information: contact Aileen Satushek, 398-2295 or at aileensatushek@prodigy.net .
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14. WHRTF eNews Submission Guidelines
Any nonprofit organization or community member in the Bellingham/Seattle area may submit info on upcoming events related to Human Rights advocacy, education, legislation, activism, and outreach. Only those events pertaining to human rights issues will be listed in the WHRTF eNewsletter.
Submissions may be e-mailed to Willow Rudiger at whrtf@whrtf.org and should include relevant time, date, location, brief description, and contact information. They should be limited to 100 words, and may be edited for length.
updated - 2.25.08