Activities Archive

Thursday, May 3, 7:30pm • Dinner served at 6:30pm
Let's get organized & make some change!
Learn about Radical Women's recent involvements and get updated on activities to come. Discover exciting ways to get involved with the groundbreaking Freedom Socialist presidential write-in campaign. Radical Women has endorsed this effort and is proud that Radical Women leader Christina López is Vice-Presidential candidate. Also to be discussed, a recent column on "The Barbie-fication of Candidates' Wives."

Home-Cooked Meal served at 6:30pm for $8.50 donation.
New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
Four blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the #7 Hudson St. stop. Six blocks from Columbia City light rail station. Everyone welcome. Wheelchair accessible.

Sponsored by: Radical Women
For rides or childcare, please call in advance (206) 722-6057 or email rwseattle@mindspring.com

Thursday, April 5, 7:30pm • Dinner at 6:30pm
Radical Women general meeting
Feminists are busting out all over!
There are lots of exciting events coming up! Learn Radical Women's plans and add your ideas. Topics include the April 28 nationwide marches to Stop the War on Women, the 2012 Slut Walk to oppose rape and sexual violence, and an evaluation of recent International Women's Day activities. The meeting will also discuss the RW-endorsed presidential campaign by the Freedom Socialist Party, featuring Seattle RW's own Christina López for U.S. vice-president.

Home-cooked meal served at 6:30pm for $8.50 donation.
New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle Four blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the #7 Hudson St. stop. Six blocks from Columbia City light rail station. Everyone welcome. Wheelchair accessible.

Thursday, April 19, 7:30pm - Dinner at 6:30pm     SHARE
Feminist theories in real life:
Socialist feminism or radical feminism --
what is the difference?
A longstanding debate has existed within the feminist movement over the source of women's oppression and how to fight it. Radical Women is socialist feminist, believing that the capitalist economic system upholds patriarchy and spawns violence against women because inequality is the source of super-profits. Contemporary radical feminist leaders point to a male, heterosexual, porn-centered culture as the source of women's embattled status. Where do these different viewpoints lead on questions such as fighting rape, attitudes toward transgender people, and strategies for liberation? Join the discussion to explore and answer these questions and more.

Home-cooked meal served at 6:30pm for $8.50 donation.
New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle Four blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the #7 Hudson St. stop. Six blocks from Columbia City light rail station. Everyone welcome. Wheelchair accessible.


Thursday, March 22, 7:00pm
Sisters Organize for Survival meeting
Where will the state budget axe fall?
How long will the extended session of the Washington State Legislature remain at an impasse over the budget? There is hue and cry over Republican machinations and the defection of three Democrats to support the Senate Republican budget. But what does the Democratic budget proposal offer and what is that party negotiating away behind closed doors?

Come learn the latest on the status of the budget. Meanwhile, take action now to let legislators know your thoughts on what services are non-negotiable. Tell legislative leaders Representative Frank Chopp, Representative Ross Hunter, Representative Pat Sullivan and Senator Ed Murray that there should be no agreement to cuts to human services, jobs and education.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline.
Lights snacks served for donation. For more information, contact Sisters Organize for Survival at 206-722-5057 - RWSeattle@mindspring.com

Thursday, March 15, 7:30 - Dinner at 6:30pm
Movie Showing
Winds of Heaven:
Emily Carr, Carvers & the Spirits of the Forest
A film about iconic British Columbia artist Emily Carr. Working in the 1910s to 1930s, Carr was inspired by the carvings of First Nations people and the Canadian wilderness. She persisted with her painting at a time when there was little support for female artists. This engrossing 90-minute film paints a vivid portrait of Carr's life and critiques Canada's attempts during that time to assimilate Native peoples and eradicate their culture.

Door donation $2. Dinner served at 6:30pm for $8 donation.
New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle Four blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the #7 Hudson St. stop. Six blocks from Columbia City light rail station. Everyone welcome. Wheelchair accessible.

Sponsored by: Radical Women
For rides or childcare, please call in advance (206) 722-6057 or email rwseattle@mindspring.com

MONDAYs from 7-9, starting March 12.     SHARE
Overcoming Racism: A Radical Approach
Is racial conflict inevitable in a multi-racial society? Or is it the product of social and economic conditions--past and present--that can be understood and reversed?

This two-part class will use works by writers of color, feminists and radicals to explore these questions and the important leadership role of people of color in all the social justice movements. The challenges and rewards of organizing across color lines as well as various political approaches to accomplishing this will be discussed.

Section I: March 12-April 2 --The Roots of Racial Prejudice
March 12 -- Has racism always existed? The truth can set us free
March 19 -- Profit and prejudice under capitalism
March 26 -- Autonomy or separatism: Which road for people of color?
April 2 -- Blacks and the unfinished Freedom Struggle


Section II: April 9-30 -- Bridging the Race Divide
April 9 -- Feminists of color: Putting it all together
April 16 -- Immigrant workers: Rekindling the spirit of unionism
April 23 -- Challenges and rewards of organizing across color lines
April 30 -- Revolutionary Integration: The people's tool for dismantling the master's house

$20 for the entire series or $3.00 per session. Youth rate $1.00. Fee includes cost of readings and class materials. Snacks will be served at 6:30pm for a small donation.

Classes will be held at New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle.

Co-sponsors: Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party. Wheelchair accessible. For more information, to make childcare arrangements, or to get the readings in advance, call (206)722-6057 or email rwseattle@mindspring.com.

Sunday, March 11, 3pm
International Women's Day
Voices of the New Feminist Uprising!
A panel of activists will pay tribute to the mobilized ranks of grassroots women who are fighting for equality, radical alternatives to politics as usual, and economic justice from the Occupy and Slutwalk movements to the streets of the Middle East.

Featuring:
Amal Eqeiq
Native Palestinian; PhD candidate at the UW writing on contemporary literature of Palestinians in Israel and Mayans in Chiapas, Mexico.
Christina López
Chicana feminist and immigrant rights militant running as Freedom Socialist candidate for U.S. Vice President.
Jacinthe Assaad
Cairo-born writer and poet; studies and teaches Comparative Literature and French at the University of Washington
Jessi Murray
Co-leader of Seattle Slutwalk 2011 and 2012, which fights blaming of assault victims; active with Seattle Clinic Defense.
Teah O'Neill
Member of the Gender Equality Caucus of Occupy Seattle and an organizer of the Gender Explosion teach-in.

International Brunch served at 1:30pm for $9 donation. Door donation $2.00.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline.
Lights snacks served for donation.

Hosted by Radical Women. For more information, call 206-722-5057 or email RWSeattle@mindspring.com

Thursday, March 8, 7:00pm
Sisters Organize for Survival meeting:
The budget fight heats up!
The Washington state legislature is battling out the budget crisis. Senate Republicans, with the help of three Democrats, unexpectedly rammed a proposal through at the end of last week. The Washington Federation of State Employees characterizes it as a "screw you" budget that slashes crucial services.

Learn about developing protest efforts and how you can take part. What needs to happen to really protect education, safety net programs, jobs and more? Is the Democrats' proposed budget much better? Without real alternatives that tax the rich and end corporate give-aways, their budget is mostly a sleight of hand. Help explore what can be done to fight for a better solution. Be part of building a strong response!

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline.
Light snacks served for donation. For more info rides, or childcare, call 206-722-6057 or email RWSeattle@mindspring.com. Everyone welcome.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline.
Lights snacks served for donation. For more information, contact Sisters Organize for Survival at 206-722-5057 - RWSeattle@mindspring.com

Thursday, March 1, 7:30pm - Dinner served at 6:30pm
Radical Women general meeting
Get a close-up view of how socialist feminists decide priorities, fundraise, and organize in the community. Reports will include a discussion of how to build a campaign to raise men's awareness about fighting rape and domestic violence. Everyone welcome.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline.
Lights snacks served for donation. For more information, contact Sisters Organize for Survival at 206-722-5057 - RWSeattle@mindspring.com

Thursday, February 23, 7:00pm
Sisters Organize for Survival mobilizing meeting
Tax the rich, not the poor!
Learn about the progress of the SOS education campaign on why regressive taxes, such a higher sales tax, are not the solution for the poor and most vulnerable. Find out how you can help spread the word that legislators must not make any cuts in services or jobs and that taxing the wealth is the answer. Working and low-income people deserve better solutions than mounting taxes.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline.
Lights snacks served for donation. For more information, contact Sisters Organize for Survival at 206-722-5057 - RWSeattle@mindspring.com

Thursday, January 26, 7:00pm
Sisters Organize for Survival meeting:
Winning Alternatives to Sales Tax
As the Washington state legislature battles out the budget crisis, Governor Gregoire tells the public that elected officials' choices are either to make cuts in education and human services or increase sales tax. Not true! New York state legislators raised the tax bracket for the highest-income residents and reduced the rate for millions of working-class taxpayers. How did they do it?

Be part of Sisters Organize for Survival's outreach and education campaign on why regressive tax measures are not the solution to fight for! Help spread the word that the community must demand that legislators not make any cuts in services and that taxing the wealth is the answer.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline.
For more info rides, or childcare, call 206-722-6057. Everyone welcome.
RWSeattle@mindspring.com

Thursday, January 12, 7:00pm
Sisters Organize for Survival meeting
What's wrong with another sales tax increase?
Governor Gregoire advocates a half-cent increase to the sales tax as a solution to the state's fiscal crisis. Supporters claim this is the only way to save jobs, services, and education. But would it? And is it fair to raise a tax that impacts the poorest the most? Hear the hard facts about how little Gregoire's measure will solve the budget gap. Help explore what can be done to pay for all the safety net programs and more.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline.
For more info rides, or childcare, call 206-722-6057. Everyone welcome.
RWSeattle@mindspring.com - www.sistersorganizeforsurvival.org

Monday, January 9, Olympia, WA -- Time to be decided
Tell the legislature--no cuts, tax the rich!
Join Sisters Organize for Survival at the Capitol on the opening day of the legislative session. Email RWseattle@mindspring.com for more details.

Saturday, December 31, 8:30pm
A New Years Celebration for the 99%
Bust the Banksters in 2012!
Ring in the new year with Northwest rabble-rousers at the annual gala hosted by Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party.

Featuring:
"Eat-Like-the-Rich Buffet"-- a sumptuous stroganoff dinner (beef or vegan)
Dancing, party favors and resolutions
Political satire: "Guerrilla News presents a Riotous Year in Review"
Incendiary no-host bar with cocktails and champagne


New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle
Door donation $5.00, buffet donation $15.00.
Tickets available at the door or in advance. Advance ticket holders have a chance to win fabulous door prizes.
Please call three days in advance to arrange childcare or work exchanges.
For more information, call 206-722-2453 or email RWseattle@mindspring.com. The hall is wheelchair accessible.

Thursday, December 15, 7:30pm
Radical Women meeting
Get the latest on current organizing and how you can participate. Discuss the political harmony of socialism and feminism in theory and action. Dinner is served at 6:30pm for an $8.00 donation.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline or a short walk east from the Columbia City light rail station.
For more info, rides, or childcare, call 206-722-6057 or email RWseattle@mindspring.com.

Thurs., December 8, 7pm
Sisters Organize for Survival meeting:
The special session: We came, we protested, we occupied!
The special session of the Washington state legislature was met with mass outrage about the proposed $2 billion in cuts to vital services. Come hear eyewitness accounts from folks who marched, demonstrated and participated in civil disobedience during the first week of protests. Be part of strategizing about how to build the fight to save services, jobs and education. Get involved in ongoing protests and plans to keep up the pressure on state legislators to tax rich corporations, not push more regressive sales taxes on working and poor people.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle
(4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the S. Edmunds St. stop of the #7 busline or six blocks southeast of the Columbia City light rail station.)

For more info, rides or childcare: 206-722-5057, RWSeattle@mindspring.com

Monday, Nov. 28 - Friday, Dec. 2, Olympia
Join the statewide protests at the Special Legislative Session
Come to Olympia with SOS and thousands of other unionists, activists and service providers to protest the Governor's budget-slashing Special Session. For more information, or to carpool, call 206-722-6057 or 206-722-2453, email RWSeattle@mindspring.com or check out the website at www.SistersOrganizeforSurvival.org.

Sat. Nov. 19, 3pm - Tues. Nov. 22, 6:30pm - Sat. Nov. 26, 1:00pm
Sisters Organize for Survival
Help with banners, picket signs and more for Occupying the Capitol!
Don't miss the fun at these volunteer work parties! Share your talents and develop new ones. Get the latest news on Occupy the Capitol organizing.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle.
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline or a short walk east from the Columbia City light rail station.

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7:00pm
Public mobilizing meeting
They say cut-back, we say OCCUPY!
Activists, organizations, union members and leaders--be part of honing plans for making our message heard by the legislative Special Session. Join with Sisters Organize for Survival in demanding that legislators: --Oppose all cuts to jobs, services and education! --Restore services, jobs and benefits by taxing corporations and the rich! --Pressure the federal government to end U.S. wars and redirect military spending to the states.

Everyone is encouraged to attend this strategy, outreach and work session. Be part of building a strong, militant fight.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle.
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline or a short walk east from the Columbia City light rail station.

Snacks available for a modest donation.
For more info, rides, or childcare, call 206-722-6057 • Facebook
RWSeattle@mindspring.com • www.SistersOrganizeforSurvival.org.

Thursday, Nov. 10, 7:00pm
Sisters Organize for Survival Meeting
Get in gear to protest the state's
slash-&-burn Special Session
Later this month, the Washington State Legislature will begin a "Special Session" to cut another $2 billion from already decimated social services. Instead of taxing corporate profits or the wealthy, the governor has told state agencies to expect a 10% reduction. Programs proposed for sacrifice include adult day health services for 1,000 people, home health for the sick and elderly, and access to nursing homes, adult family homes, assisted living and boarding homes for 17,000 seniors. It's time for Madison, Wisconsin-style actions to stop further blood-letting. It's time to go to the Capitol and occupy it until our needs are met!

Be part of the growing movement for massive labor and community protests at the Special Session. Bring your ideas on how to beat back attacks on poor and working people.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle.
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline or a short walk east from the Columbia City light rail station.

Snacks available for a modest donation.
For more info, rides, or childcare, call 206-722-6057 • Facebook RWSeattle@mindspring.com • www.SistersOrganizeforSurvival.org.

Thursday, November 3, 7:30pm
Radical Women Mobilizing Meeting
Get the latest on current organizing and how you can participate. Come share your passions and concerns. Dinner is served at 6:30pm for an $8.00 donation.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline or a short walk east from the Columbia City light rail station.

For more info, rides, or childcare, call 206-722-6057,

Saturday, October 29, 7:30pm
Rebellion is in the air...
Bite Back at a Halloween Bash for
Harlots, Heretics and Hellions!
Summoning all subversive spirits! Highlights will include a Devilishly Delicious Feast, dancing, a costume contest, magical spirits and brews, and a spooktacular floorshow: "Feminist Banshees vs. Zombie Capitalist." Door donation $5.00 - Buffet donation $10.00. Sliding scale and work exchanges available.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline or a short walk east from the Columbia City light rail station. The building is wheelchair accessible.

For more info or rides, call 206-722-6057, RWSeattle@mindspring.com. Everyone welcome.

Thursday, October 20, 7:30pm
Becoming the Leaders
We've Been Searching For
An exploration of the socialist feminist concept of feminist, grassroots leadership. The meeting will discuss the pressures that discourage women from becoming confident leaders, as well as the conditions that propel the most oppressed to step forward. Add your thoughts and experiences and participate in skills-building.

Dinner is served at 6:30pm for a $8.00 donation.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline or a short walk east from the Columbia City light rail station. The building is wheelchair accessible.

For more info, rides, or childcare, call 206-722-6057, RWSeattle@mindspring.com. Everyone welcome.

Thursday, Oct. 13, 7:00pm
Sisters Organize for Survival builds the fight-back
Bring your ideas on how to step up the resistance to budget cuts and layoffs. Get involved with Sisters Organize for Survival, a campaign of Radical Women that has been defending Basic Health, jobs and services for the last two years. Snacks and beverages are available for a modest donation.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline or a short walk east from the Columbia City light rail station. The building is wheelchair accessible.

For more info, rides, or childcare, call 206-722-6057, RWSeattle@mindspring.com. Everyone welcome.

Thursday, October 6, 7:30pm
Community Organizing Meeting
Learn about the politics and activities of grassroots socialist feminists. Topics include the politics of clinic defense, the upcoming Halloween bash, and plans for future interventions. Come share your passions and concerns. Dinner is served at 6:30pm for an $8.00 donation.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle.
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline or a short walk east from the Columbia City light rail station.

For more info, rides, or childcare, call 206-722-6057, RWSeattle@mindspring.com, www.RadicalWomen.org

Mondays, beginning October 3, 7:30pm
Feminist discussion circle:
"Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State"
Why does sexism still thrive in this day and age? Have males always dominated? How will women's oppression be ended? Join a roundtable conversation that will explore these questions by going back to when it all started as described in Frederick Engels' classic analysis of the causes of gender inequality. Mondays, starting October 3, 7:30 – 9pm at the home of Hilary and Mark, 3314 Wallingford Ave N #2, Seattle. Books will be available for sale. $2.00 suggested donation per session. Sponsored by Radical Women.

Thursday, September 15, 7:30pm
A Feminist's Place is in the Union Struggle
Looking for a job, decent wages, benefits and respect? Share ideas on the power of collectively standing up to management greed and discrimination! Working women are a courageous force for building a militant, democratic labor movement that fights for the lowest-paid workers and the needs of society's most vulnerable. Hear panelists Doreen McGrath, tech worker and PTE Local 17 delegate to the Martin Luther King County Labor Council; Roger Yockey, veteran organizer and author of People Are #1, a history of Seattle's 81-day grocery workers strike in 1989; and Megan Cornish, pioneering electrical tradeswoman at Seattle City Light and co-author of Women Workers: Sparkplugs of Labor. Add your experiences and thoughts on how to defend women's rights in the workplace and increase feminist leadership within organized labor.

Dinner is served at 6:30pm for a $7.50 donation.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline or a short walk east from the Columbia City light rail station.

For more info, rides, or childcare, call 206-722-6057, RWSeattle@mindspring.com

Thursday, September 8, 7:00pm
Sisters Organize for Survival buzz session
Angry About Budget Cuts?
Let's Talk About the Fight-back!
Come have your say about how budget cuts and layoffs have impacted you, your friends, family and co-workers. Governor Gregoire has let it be known that more cuts are on the way. We won't take it sitting down! Bring your ideas on how to step up the resistance and get involved with Sisters Organize for Survival, a campaign of Radical Women that has been defending Basic Health, jobs and services for the last two years.

The meeting is free; snacks and beverages are available for a modest donation.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline or a short walk east from the Columbia City light rail station.

For more info, rides, or childcare, call 206-722-6057, RWSeattle@mindspring.com.

Thursday, September 1, 7:00pm
Join the Campaign Against FBI Repression
Adrienne Weller, Radical Women's representative to Seattle United Against FBI Repression, will give an update on the mounting grassroots efforts to stop government witch hunts against activists in the anti-war, Palestinian and other international solidarity movements. This national campaign is defending Midwest and California radicals and union members whose homes were raided by the FBI and who were ordered to appear in front of a grand jury. The meeting will also discuss Radical Women's future plans and current organizing. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

Dinner is served at 6:30pm for a $7.50 donation.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline.

For more info, rides, or childcare call: 206-722-6057 RWseattle@mindspring.com

Thursday, August 18, 7:30 pm
Special Film Screening:
"The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman"
A grassroots production which offers an opposing view of last year's documentary, Waiting for Superman. That film, made by Academy Award winner David Guggenheim, argued for charter schools, standardized testing, and weaker unions as a way to improve education. Public school teachers, parents, and community activists, in turn, produced this film to fight those claims and at the same time offer solutions to save public education.

$2.00 door donation. Dinner served at 6:30pm for $7.50 donation.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
Six blocks from the Columbia City light rail station. On the #7 bus line.

Sponsored by Radical Women.
For more info, rides, or to arrange childcare: 206-722-6057 • RWSeattle@mindspring.com • www.RadicalWomen.org

Saturday, August 27, 7:30pm
Women's Rights Day forum:
EYEWITNESS REPORTS from the national
Save Our Schools conference and march
The Fight to Save Public Education
On July 30, thousands of teachers, students, parents, and community activists mobilized in Washington, D.C. to launch a battle to win quality education for all. Participants called for a mass movement for equitable public school funding and an end to high-stakes testing and corporate control of curriculum. Hear about this history-making mobilization and how you can get involved in ongoing defense of public schools.

Speakers:
Laura Mannen Bilingual teacher from Portland who led fight against school cutbacks and closures

Susan DuFresne Leader in local Save Our Schools organizing and Renton school teacher

Steve Hoffman WFSE #304 Labor Council delegate, shop steward at N. Seattle Community College

Savory Summer Buffet, with vegetarian option, served at 6:00pm for a $10.00 donation. Door donation $2.00.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle, Four blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the #7 Hudson St. stop. Six blocks from Columbia City light rail station. Air Conditioned!

Sponsored by: Radical Women & Freedom Socialist Party.
For rides or childcare, please call in advance (206) 722-6057 or
email rwseattle@mindspring.com

Thursday. August 11, 7pm
Sisters Organize for Survival meeting:
Building a labor-community alliance
Hear about Sisters Organize for Survival's participation at the August 4-5 Washington State Labor Council Convention. SOS obtained a literature table at the convention in order to meet unionists from around the state and promote a labor-community coalition to fight back against cuts to jobs and services. Come hear the details and discussions from this exciting statewide event and add your ideas about what steps come next!

The meeting will also feature updates on other SOS plans and information on the "paid sick days" campaign for Seattle workers. Everyone is invited to participate.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle On the #7 bus line or six blocks southeast of the Columbia City light rail station.

For more info, rides or to reserve childcare: 206-722-6057 • RWSeattle@mindspring.com • www.SistersOrganizeforSurvival.org

Thursday, July 21, 7:30pm
Radical Women meeting:
Women's stake in fighting the far-right
The noxiously homophobic Westboro Baptist Church, which targeted Queer Pride activities and the Seattle Slutwalk in June, is just one of many reactionary groups dedicated to upholding male privilege, racism, and immigrant-bashing. Their ideal for women is barefoot, pregnant and dependent on male patriarachs. Hear Helen Gilbert, whose article "Dangerous Con: How the Rightwing Attracts Women" appears in On the Issues Magazine, discuss how far-right ideology is becoming increasingly mainstream and how women must be a vital part of resisting these poisonous messages.

Dinner is served at 6:30pm for a $7.50 donation.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle Six blocks from the Columbia City light rail station, and on the #7 bus line

For more info, rides, or to arrange childcare: 206-722-6057 • RWSeattle@mindspring.com • www.RadicalWomen.org

Thursday, July 7, 7pm
Radical Women meeting:
This is what a feminist looks like!
Hear from a multi-racial, queer and straight panel of women of different ages and backgrounds about what excites them about socialist feminism and how activism builds strong, optimistic leaders. Learn what keeps a grassroots organization alive and see how it plans and makes decisions. Bring your ideas and energy!

Dinner is served at 6:30pm for a $7.50 donation.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle Six blocks from the Columbia City light rail station, and on the #7 bus line

For more info, rides, or to arrange childcare: 206-722-6057 • RWSeattle@mindspring.com • www.RadicalWomen.org

Thursday. June 23, 7pm
Sisters Organize for Survival meeting:
Organize to defend working and poor people!
The new state budget comes at an enormous human cost. Tax breaks were bestowed on corporations while cuts were made to education, healthcare, and social services. Wages for teachers and state workers were also slashed. Mothers, kids and working people deserve better! SOS will continue to fight back by working to expose legislators who voted for the budget and urging labor unions not to donate to their elections. In addition, the campaign wants to connect with other activists to build a labor and community coalition to end corporate bailouts, tax the rich, and stop the sell-out of the poor.

Everyone is encouraged to attend the meeting and be part of building a strong, militant fight!

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle On the #7 bus line or six blocks southeast of the Columbia City light rail station.

For more info, rides or to reserve childcare: 206-722-6057 • RWSeattle@mindspring.com • www.SistersOrganizeforSurvival.org

Thursday, June 16, 7:30pm
Radical Women's Annual LGBTQI Pride Meeting!
Special Film Showing:
Screaming Queens:
The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
This Emmy Award-winning documentary tells the story of the first-known collective uprising against queer oppression -- a multi-racial rebellion in San Francisco's Tenderloin district that took place three years before the Stonewall Riot in New York. The revolt connected to issues of police harassment, housing rights, war resistance, and sexual liberation. View and discuss this enlightening film.

Summer dinner served at 6:30 for $7.50 donation Door donation $3.00 - 5.00

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle Six blocks from the Columbia City light rail station, and on the #7 bus line.

For more info, rides, or to arrange childcare: call 206-722-6057 • RWseattle@mindspring.com • www.radicalwomen.org

Thursday, June 9, 7pm - 9pm
Sisters Organize for Survival Potluck
to celebrate the building of a labor-community
fightback this legislative session!
The budget stinks, but we've all got a lot to celebrate! SOS started out strong in January, gathering 2000+ signatures for a mass united rally against cuts in jobs and services. Then we helped organize the impressive April Week of Action. Come let your hair down, help count our collective achievements and chew over plans to mobilize with others who've been sold out by the state.

1903 NE 82nd St., Seattle

Bring a dish to share
Beverages will be available for a donation

Please call 206-722-6057 if you have questions or need a ride.
Children welcome!

Thursday, May 26, 7pm
Build a movement to fight back against budget cuts!
Sisters Organize for Survival meeting
As legislators battle out solving the budget gap, Sisters Organize for Survival (SOS) is planning the next steps for a militant community response. Working people can't take any more of shredding the safety net, losing jobs or paying more out-of-pocket taxes. The economic crisis is not going away. The politicians' solutions are wholly inadequate and attempt to pit services against education and workers against the poor. Enough already!

Be part of this discussion that plans the next steps for the SOS campaign as well as building an ongoing movement. Everyone is invited to bring ideas on how to defend workers rights, social services, health care and quality education.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
On the #7 bus line or six blocks southeast of the Columbia City light rail station.

For information, rides or to reserve childcare:
206-722-6057, RWseattle@mindspring.com

Thursday, May 19, 7pm
Fight Back for Women's Rights
Come learn about H.R. 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. This federal legislation seeks to restrict abortion by making it too expensive for many young and low-income women. The meeting also features a discussion of the provocatively titled Slut Walks, which protest how victims of sexual violence are often blamed for having brought on attacks. In addition, Radical Women's involvement in local labor struggles will be evaluated. Bring your ideas about what is needed to stand up for working women.

Dinner is served at 6:30pm for a $7.50 donation.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St., at the S. Edmunds St. stop of the #7 busline or six blocks southeast of the Columbia City light rail station.
For information, rides or to reserve childcare: 206-722-6057, RWseattle@mindspring.com, www.RadicalWomen.org

Thursday, May 12, 7pm
Sisters Organize for Survival planning meeting
The extended session of the legislature continues with an unsolved budget crisis. Participants at the SOS meeting will discuss issues currently being threatened, such as workers compensation for the injured. There will also be discussion of community organizing developing around changing the state tax structure. SOS will decide on a response to this and much more!

Come share your thoughts and learn how you can get involved in the next stage of the fight to make the state stop taking care of business and start taking care of people!

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the S. Edmunds St. stop of the #7 bus line or six blocks southeast of the Columbia City light rail station.
For more info, rides or childcare: 206-722-5057, RWSeattle@mindspring.com, www.sistersorganizeforsurvival.org

Thursday, April 28, 7pm
Sisters Organize for Survival meeting
The fight against cuts to jobs and services will continue to rage as the legislature begins an extended session. Participants at the SOS meeting will help decide the community response. The message must be loud and clear: protect state workers and the most vulnerable!

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the S. Edmunds St. stop of the #7 busline, or six blocks southeast of the Columbia City light rail station.

For more info, rides or childcare: 206-722-5057, RWSeattle@mindspring.com

Thursday, April 21, 7:30pm
Special Video Showing at New Freeway Hall
The Black Press: Soldiers without Swords
Come view and discuss The Black Press: Soldiers without Swords, an engrossing film about the essential role of the African American press in the fight for social justice and civil rights. Starting in 1827, small Black-owned newspapers exposed vital issues and demands that the mainstream press refused to cover. This dramatic history, including the courageous leadership of Ida B. Wells Barnett in sparking a national movement to stop lynchings, is part of the little-known story of the importance of independent media to free speech and social change in this country.

A benefit for the Freedom Socialist Newspaper's $80,000 Fund Drive, hosted by Radical Women

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle Four blocks south of S. Alaska St. on the S. Edmunds stop of the #7 bus line. By light rail, get off at the Columbia City station and walk six blocks south and east to Rainier and Hudson.

For more info, rides or childcare call 206-722-6057; email RWSeattle@mindspring.com; www.RadicalWomen.org

Thurs., April 14, 7pm
Sisters Organize for Survival meeting:
What next after the April actions?
Bring your ideas on how to build the fight to save jobs and services that has been launched through the April Week of Action.
New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle, 4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the S. Edmunds St. stop of the #7 busline or six blocks southeast of the Columbia City light rail station.

For more info, rides or childcare: 206-722-5057, RWSeattle@mindspring.com

Tues., April 5- Fri., April 8
Week of Actions against Budget Cuts and Corporate Control

Thursday, March 10, 7pm
Sisters Organize for Survival Mobilizing Meeting
All around the county, working and poor people are rising up to fight back against budget cuts and union busting. During this ongoing economic crisis, the militant spirit of defending unions is strong! In Wisconsin and other states, workers are fighting anti-union bills. Similar measures were introduced in Washington (SB 5405 and HB 1511) that will cut collective bargaining rights for ferry workers. This SOS meeting will feature members of the Inland Boatmen's Union talking about their fight to stop these two bills. In addition, discussion will include progress toward building a mass labor/community offensive to stop budget cuts in Washington. SOS has been pushing for it since January and it is thrilling to see it happening now in Midwest.

Come share your thoughts on these exciting developments and learn how you can get involved in the next stage of the fight to make the state stop taking care of business and start taking care of people!

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle 4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the S. Edmunds St. stop of the #7 busline or six blocks southeast of the Columbia City light rail station.

For more info, rides or childcare: 206-722-5057, RWSeattle@mindspring.com, www.SistersOrganizeforSurvival.org.

Sunday, March 13, 3pm
Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of
International Women's Day
A lively tribute to female-led uprisings, strikes and protests from 1911 to 2011, with a tour of key events and personalities, video clips, poetry and song.

Speaker
Tamara Turner writer, performer in Hidden History: True Stories from Seattle's Gay and Lesbian Elders, and lifelong feminist hell-raiser.

Around-the-World Brunch, 1:30pm
Door donation $2.00 – Brunch donation $9.00
Sliding scale and work exchanges available.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S. Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St., at S. Edmund St. stop on #7 busline, or six blocks east of the Columbia City light rail station.

For information, rides or to reserve childcare: 206-722-6057 – RWseattle@mindspring.com

Thursday, March 3, 7pm
Radical Women Organizing Meeting
Learn about the ideas and activities of grassroots socialist feminists. The gathering will feature a discussion of the recent Freedom Socialist article Why Should Feminists defend Julian Assange? Other topics include community organizing updates and plans for celebrating International Women's Day. Come share your ideas and concerns.

Dinner is served at 6:30pm for a $7.50 donation.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S. Seattle.
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St., at the S. Edmonds St. stop of the #7 busline or six blocks southeast of the Columbia City light rail station.

For information, rides or to reserve childcare: 206-722-6057 – RWseattle@mindspring.com

Thursday, February 17, 7:30pm
Special Black History Month Video Showing:
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
See the legendary theater piece that inspired Tyler Perry's recent movie adaptation. Ntozake Shange's award-winning "choreopoem," celebrates the difficulties, strengths and triumphs of Black women through a powerful combination of music, poetry and dance. First produced in the 1970s, it was a groundbreaking and controversial expression of Black feminism. We will watch a 2006 production of the play by the Black Theater Ensemble of Columbia University. Everyone welcome!

$2.00 door donation
Dinner served at 6:30pm for a $7.50 donation.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the S. Edmonds St. stop of the #7 busline or six blocks southeast of the Columbia City light rail station.

Sponsored by Radical Women

For more info, rides, or childcare, call 206-722-6057 – RWSeattle@mindspring.com – www.RadicalWomen.org

Thursday, February 3, 7pm
Radical Women organizing meeting
Come to this meeting to find out about upcoming plans to celebrate 100 years of International Women's Day in March and hear about a NYC speak out for abortion rights. All are invited to share their ideas and get involved with Radical Women, a grassroots socialist feminist group.

Dinner is served at 6:30pm for a $7.50 donation.

Meeting will be held at
New Freeway Hall
5018 Rainier Ave S. Seattle.
4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the S. Edmonds St. stop of the #7 busline or six blocks southeast of the Columbia City light rail station.

For more information, rides or childcare (advance notice please) call 206-722-6057 or email rwseattle@mindspring.com

Thursday, January 20, 7:30 pm
Special Roe v. Wade Film Screening:
The Coat Hanger Project
This 2008 documentary explores the pro-choice movement in the United States before and since the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion throughout the country. Through the symbol of the coat hanger, this remarkable film shows abortion as a fundamental human right for women and why it must be legal and accessible on demand. From the underground abortion service run by feminists in 1960s Chicago to the fight in South Dakota to stop the banning of abortion, it reveals how winning these rights is one battle; defending them is yet another.

The Coat Hanger Project profiles dynamic reproductive justice warriors – veteran and new, of all genders and sexualities, of color and white – who connect abortion rights to all facets of choice and self-determination. One puts it this way, "If you don't have the right to control your own body, you have no right at all."

$2.00 door donation - Dinner is served at 6:30pm for a $7.50 donation.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle. 4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the S. Edmonds St. stop of the #7 busline or 6 blocks southeast of the Columbia City light rail station.

For more info, rides, or childcare, call 206-722-6057, RWSeattle@mindspring.com

Thursday, January 13, 7:00pm
Sisters Organize for Survival Mobilizing Meeting
As the economic depression rages on, the legislature begins its new session. The solution the politicians are proposing is to cut essential health services, food programs, salaries and benefits of workers. No way! The time for business as usual is over. A militant, united community response is needed to save jobs and services.

Sisters Organize for Survival (SOS) wants to join with unions, organizations and individuals who want to work together to fight back the budget cuts. Let's send a strong message to politicians in Olympia that we will not accept another round of cuts. The meeting is a great place to start! All are welcome to bring their ideas for a plan of action.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle. 4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the S. Edmonds St. stop of the #7 busline or six blocks southeast of the Columbia City light rail station.

For more info, rides, or childcare, call 206-722-6057, RWSeattle@mindspring.com, www.RadicalWomen.org.

Thursday, January 6, 7:00 pm
Revolt Against the Budget Cuts!
Get involved in building a united protest movement against Washington State's drastic budget cuts. Add your ideas for strategies and plans to mobilize a labor-community offensive against the wholesale slashing of survival services, educational programs, and jobs. Bring your creative talents to help make picket signs and banners. Your help is needed!

Dinner is served at 6:30pm for a $7.50 donation.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S., Seattle. 4 blocks south of S. Alaska St. at the Hudson stop of the #7 busline or six blocks southeast of the Columbia City light rail station.

For more info, rides, or childcare, call 206-722-6057, RWSeattle@mindspring.com, www.RadicalWomen.org.