CARW is proud to support this upcoming event encouraging everyone to vote! Other supporters and sponsors include African American/Kenyan Women’s Interconnect, African Descent Youth Affairs (ADYA), African Youth United (AYU), Ameri-can Friends Service Committee (AFSC) – Pacific Northwest Region, Black on Black Crime Coalition, Black Prisoners’ Caucus (BPC), Coalition to Undo Racism Everywhere (CURE), Cultural Reconnection Missions, FAVOR, Intra-Afrikan Konnection, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) – Seattle Chapter King County Branch, Peoples’ Institute for Survival & Beyond (PINW) Northwest, United Black Christian Clergy of Washington State, Village of Hope, and more. Come and bring friends, family, and your ballot from the mail! Details below.
Ballot Party
Thursday, October 29 6:00 pm Franklin High School (3013 Mt Baker Blvd) Food and entertainment provided!It’s time to vote! We are coming together to celebrate our ability and our responsibility to make positive change for our community. BRING YOUR BALLOTS and BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES. EVERYONE IS WELCOME! We are committed to making sure that every possible vote is cast in this election. IF you can’t vote – you can encourage someone to vote – every person can do something to make this election count for our community. LOOK FOR YOUR BALLOT IN THE MAIL! – DON’T MISPLACE IT! Your vote is important! This is a FREE event.
For more information, please contact People’s Institute Northwest at (206)938-1023 or pinwseattle(at)yahoo.com.
This October 24th brings the 7th annual Seattle Race Conference, organized by the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle and held at South Seattle Community College. Find more information and register online at SeattleRaceConference.org.
CARW Anti-Racist White Organizing Institute
Wednesdays – September 30th through November 18th 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
& Sunday October 4th 10:30 AM – 6:30 PM
Cascade People’s Center (309 Pontius Ave N, Seattle)
Application Deadline 9/9/2009
CARW is excited to present the 2009 Anti-Racist White Organizing Institute! The institute is an interactive, dialogue based anti-racist workshop for white folks by white folks. It will be centered on strengthening analysis and skills in challenging institutional racism and white privilege while we strengthen relationships among white folks committed to racial justice. A key goal of the Organzing Institute is to organize white folks into CARW’s 2010 racial justice campaigns supporting people of color-led organizations.
The priority deadline for applications is September 9th, although late applications may be considered on a case-by-case basis until the first day of the institute. To request an application, or for questions related to the Organizing Institute, please contact Esther (206-913-3725, esther.handy@gmail.com) or Josh (206-330-6659, joshfogt@gmail.com).
We will be accepting 25-30 participants based on many factors including attempts to increase diversity for our learning community and to decrease isolation among folks who are not only white, but members of communities targeted by oppression (i.e., trans, poor/working class, women, Jewish, disabled and/or queer).
To learn more about the institute or CARW in general, please attend our event on August 26–details in the post below. We hope to see you there!
In solidarity,
CARW’s Organizing Institute Committee
CARW Potluck and Film Screening
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
6-9pm (Potluck and Socializing from 6pm to 6:30)
Cascade People’s Center (309 Pontius Ave N, Seattle) Cascade People’s Center is wheelchair accessible.
Join us to share food, conversation, and a film about a passionate, lifelong activist. This will be an opportunity to learn more about CARW and/or learn about our upcoming Anti-Racist White Organizing Institute. The main event will be a screening of OUT: The Making of a Revolutionary, a documentary of Laura Whitehorn, anti-racist white lesbian and former political prisoner. We will also be raising money for Communities Against Rape and Abuse (www.cara-seattle.org) and are asking for a sliding scale donation of $5 to $25, although we welcome all regardless of ability to pay.
If you have any questions please contact us:
E-mail: esther.handy@gmail.com (Esther) or joshfogt@gmail.com (Josh)
Phone: Esther (206) 913-3725 or Josh (206) 330-6659
We’ll reschedule on a sunnier day in August . . . in the meantime, if you were anticipating making a donation to CARA Communities Against Rape and Abuse) and don’t want to wait until August, send donations directly to:
CARA
801-23rd Ave S, Suite G-1
Seattle, WA 98144
and put “CARW” on the memo line.
Stay tuned for more details!
June 21
All afternoon and evening ’til moonrise!
Come celebrate the longest day of the year with CARW and friends! This event will be a benefit for our ally organization CARA as well as a chance to hang out, grill some tasty food, enjoy a solstice fire, throw around a frisbee, and generally have a good time! Save the date and invite friends, family, and neighbors too.
Hosted by Kelly at her home in NE Seattle. More details to follow at carw.org.
In place of our usual monthly CARW meeting on May 13, the CARW-CARA Campaign Committee will be hosting a showing and discussion of No! The Rape Documentary, a film addressing the impact of sexual violence against women of color. All proceeds from this fundraising event will go to our ally group CARA: Communities Against Rape and Abuse. This event will be a great opportunity to explore the intersections of racism, sexism, and violence and how these oppressions affect the lives of many women of color in our society, enhancing our understanding of CARA’s work in the community. Please come to this event and bring white friends, colleagues, etc who are concerned about white privilege, do anti sexual assault work, or are otherwise at the intersections addressed in this film. It will be a great discussion, plus we will have tasty treats and a fun raffle to contribute to our fundraising!
El Comite Pro-Reforma Migratoria y Justica Social and CARW invite YOU to join the May Day march and rally this May 1st to show your demand for social justice and immigration reform! We are trying bring in a bunch anti-racist white folks in the area to join the CARW contingent and show that as white people we care about social justice, in particular justice for our immigrant neighbors. Bring your friends, families, and neighbors to march with us!
May 1st March & Rally
Rally 3:30pm – March 4:00pm
St. Mary’s Church 611 20th Ave S
Sponsored by El Comite Pro-Reforma Migratoria y Justica Social and WA Immigrant Rights Action Committee.
In place of our regular 2nd Wednesday meeting in May, the CARW CARA Campaign Committee will be offering a movie showing and discussion as a fundraiser for CARA. We’re still finalizing our film selection for the evening, but you can be assured it will be a thought-provoking discussion-starter!
CARA Fundraiser Movie Night Wednesday, May 13 6:00 – 8:30 pm 6:30 – 9:00 pmCascade People’s Center Sliding Scale Admission
Popcorn and refreshments will be available by donation. ALL proceeds go to CARA: Communities Against Rape and Abuse.
Looking for something exciting to do next weekend (March 29)? Then you might want to check out “A Sexy Evening to Benefit CARA: Communities Against Rape and Abuse.” In the spirit of taking a sex-positive approach to ending violence and exploitation in our communities, a number of CARA Campaign Committe members have been working hard over the past several weeks to put on this amazing event. If you’ve ever been curious about the Wet Spot, now’s a great chance to check it out and help support CARA!
If you have any questions, please contact the event organizers at benefitsexycara@gmail.com.
