Tacoma SDS

This is a meeting to see if there is interest in forming a new chapter of Students for a Democratic Society at the Evergreen State College-Tacoma campus.

ebruary 10 * 7 pm. Talk on Gaza with Craig and Cindy Corrie.

Come and learn how to Clear or Seal Felony and Misdemeanor Criminal
Records. The Tacoma Evergreen State College Law Club is
sponsoring a workshop on Saturday, February 7, 2009 from 10am to 1pm for
students and the general public.

Attorneys Paul Landry, Cynthia Macklin, Sean Wickens, and Carl
Livingston will present and be available for questions.

Topics to be presented include:

> Changing laws regarding criminal convictions
> Clear Felony and Misdemeanor criminal records
> Knowing your rights and reducing your chance of criminal conviction

There is going to be a Founding Convention for a Northwest Coalition to Coordinate Direct Action in our region against Imperialism. The convention's purpose will be to determine points of unity and set up the general structure of the coalition.

The convention will consist of workshops and meetings as well as networking time.

Food and Housing will be provided.

It will begin on Friday, December 5, 2008 at 7:00pm at The Evergreen State College and go until Sunday, December 7, 2008 at 6:00pm.

October 4, 2008
Evergreen Tacoma
1210 6th Avenue
2-6pm

SoJust 2008 is the 2nd annual, all volunteer organized festival of art, music, and dance.

The SoJust mission is to declare a day of justice through art, music, and dance. The vision is:

! ! To harvest the creative splendor of socially conscious artists who have sown the seeds of peace, justice, and equality in our own backyards;

! ! To nurture conversations about our environment and equality in areas as the legal system, wages, housing, healthcare, and education;

Wednesday June 4th
Evergreen Olympia Sem 1 (Floor 4)

People’s University reconvenes for classes.
Education of, by and for the community.

Workshops include:

* Student activism in India – Local activist, pacifist and former UN
peacekeeper Dr. Muhammad Ayub will give a talk about his experience as a
student activist and organizer in India.
* GI Resistance - The history of the role soldiers played in ending the
Vietnam war and what it means for us today.
* Sanctuary City – the project to make Olympia a sanctuary city for both
GI war resisters and undocumented workers.

Tuesday June 3rd
Evergreen Olympia Sem 1 (Floor 4)

7PM
Kimya Dawson live in concert!
She was kicked out of Evergreen by the administration before, but she’s
back by popular demand.

Monday June 2nd
Evergreen Olympia Campus Sem 1 (Floor 4)

7PM
Screening of Pan’s Labyrinth.

9:30PM
Screening of Dark Side of Oz (The Wizard of Oz, minus the sound, plus the
album Dark Side of the Moon equals insanity.)

Sunday June 1st

A Night of Musical Acoustic Insurgency
7PM
Sem 1 - 4th Floor (sight of the sit-in)

Featuring:

* David Rovics
* Danny Kelly & Mark Eckert (from Heliotroupe)

Free admission. Fun times. The magic continues.

Today, May 29th, marks the 9th day of the sit-in of Evergreen State College administrator Art Costantino’s hallway. The students are sitting to demand the immediate reinstatement of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) with no disciplinary actions being taken against the group and a full apology from the administration, negotiations regarding the rehiring of Kelly Beckham, a student who was fired from her on campus job after her participation in the sit-in, and a reworking of the way that student group status is revoked, to be decided upon by students.