Sensei Gregory C. Lewis is a long-time organizer and Black Belt self-defense instructor. His political roots go back to 1992 as a co-founder of the Mark Cook Freedom Committee, Seattle Mumia Defense Committee, Seattle Leonard Peltier Support Committee, and Copwatch 206; but he is possibly best known as one of the co-founders of the Federation of Black Community Partisans, which evolved into Black Autonomy International, one of the first explicitly Black anarchist/anti-authoritarian organizations. An advocate of self-defense, Greg has facilitated violence prevention workshops for activists around the country, including organizations such as Anarchist People of Color (APOC) and Anti-Racist Action. At this workshop, you will learn basic self-defense strategies and tactics. Activists are especially encouraged to attend. This event is open to the public. This event Brought to you By SDS. To get text updates on our events, text follow olysds to 40404. When: Friday June 3rd, 2011 6-8PM (be there on time!) Where: Lecture Hall Rotunda, Evergreen State College, 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW, Olympia, WA 98505 Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108425862578691 Flyer at: http://olyblog.net/sites/default/files/flyer_2.jpg To get announcements in your email (low traffic) go to https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/olympiasdsannounce SDS on Twitter: twitter.com/olysds SDS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Olympia-SDS/196900547019514 Questions? Contact olympiasds{at}riseup.net If other accommodation is required for this event, please contact Student Activities with reasonable advance notice by emailing studentactivities{at}evergreen.edu or by calling 360-867-6220 or 360-867-6834 (TTY).

The Community Sustaining Fund of Thurston County is pleased to announce our Spring 2010 grant cycle. Grant applications are now available to groups and individuals interested in progressive community oriented activities. The deadline for submitting grant applications is Friday, May 7th, 2010. Grant criteria and application forms are available on request from Traditions Fair Trade (5th and Water St., Olympia); or www.traditionsfairtrade.com.

"Chocolate, Cheese, Cabernet, and Cats" - A Benefit Event Hosted by Feline Friends What do these 4 C's have in Common? Sweet and Comforting! You're cordially invited to a benefit for Feline Friends, an all-volunteer cat rescue group,on Tuesday, April 6 from 4-6 p.m. at 6515 Sexton Dr. NW in Olympia (at Steamboat Island Road and Highway 101). Feline Friends recently took in and has been working to place 36 cats from a hoarding situation in south Thurston County (see Komo4 news article link below). Chocolate, cheese, cabernet, and cats will be the focus of this wonderful evening! For more information about Feline Friends, please visit their website at: http://www.feline-friends.net. The event is co-hosted by Steamboat Animal Hospital. News article link: "More than 30 cats rescued from Rochester home": http://olympia.komonews.com/content/more-30-cats-rescued-rochester-home

Free dubstep show hosted by DJ Flavanoid and DJ AntiChrist of KOWA 106.5's "The Dub Sack". Check it out!!

Free! Families, come to the Olympia Downtown YMCA's second annual Night Out with Santa on Friday, December 18th from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Santa photos, game booths, face painting, prizes, family swim time (bring your suits!), an obstacle course and much more! For more information, please call (360) 918-0258. Donations of canned food will be accepted at the door for the Thurston County Food Bank. The YMCA is located at 510 Franklin St. SE. The Olympia Downtown YMCA builds strong kids, strong families, and strong communities.

When zombies attack, I get out my camera! This was filmed 08-08-09 on the first annual Zombie Walk in down town Oly.

We supply all of the instruments and guide your group into musical harmony.

Up to 500 Participants.

Drumatic Innovation Drumcircles are safe, fun and family friendly.

No Experience Necessary!

 

We will have a new display of work from Seattle artist Kate Endle beginning on November 7, 2008. Join us for your first peek during First Friday from 5-9pm.

Her collages and illustrations have made their way into a variety of publications, books and media including The Utne Reader, Sesame Street Workshop, Macy's & Yamaha to name a few. Her work could be seen most recently hanging at Anthropologie in Seattle.

Original work as well as prints will be available for purchase at Home Body, Eco-Luxe Living through December 2008.

Community Youth Services in late September will host a series of youth poetry workshops presented by renowned mythologist and storyteller Michael Meade and his Seattle-based group, the Mosaic Multi-Cultural Foundation. The four-day program, entitled Voices of Youth, Voices of Community, will engage street dependent youth in the creation of an artistic forum for their own expression while developing mentoring relationships within their community. Mosaic seeks to create cross-cultural alliances, mentoring relationships and social connections built upon personal trust and commitment to bridging unhealthy divisions in contemporary communities. Hearing the acute perspectives of youth can significantly change the community’s perception of both local and national issues and inspire continuing conversations across the generation gap. Voices of Youth inspires and empowers local youth, fosters ongoing cross-generational dialogues and leads to the development of unique local forms of mentoring.

"A healthy, many-cultured community is like a MOSAIC in which the overall design reveals the singular beauty of each part,” writes Michael Meade on the foundation’s website. “In that sense, America is not a melting pot that dulls and blurs, but a mosaic, made of numerous distinct pieces, with beautiful, unexpected colors, rough edges and hidden symmetries."

The workshops will culminate in a public performance for the community that will take place on Friday, September 26, 7 pm, at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts Black Box Theater. It is free and open to the public. To learn more about the event, contact Brian Hatcher at Community Youth Services, (360) 943-0780, ext. 137. For more information on Mosaic, visit www.mosaicvoices.org.

Here's a video of last year's event: