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Get involved in a campaign to demand that care and early learning of children be publicly funded and to advocate for a living wage for childcare workers. Saturday, March 2, 3:30pm. Delridge Library, West Seattle, 5423 Delridge Way S.W. Sponsored by Sisters Organize for Survival (SOS), a campaign of Radical Women. Info: 206-722-6057, 722-2453, RWseattle@mindspring.com.…See More

Salute women's leadership in international freedom struggles and cheer local feminist organizing efforts. One World Buffet served for $10 donation. Kids welcome. A benefit for Radical Women.See More

Learn about previous campaigns for childcare andexplore mobilizing for additional state-funded programs in Washington. Seeking the ideas, thoughts and concerns of parents, childcare workers and providers, and anyone interested in early childhood education and care. For more info: 206-722-6057,722-2453, RWseattle@mindspring.com.www.sistersorganizeforsurvival.org.  See More

Thursday, May 3, 7:30pm • Dinner served at 6:30pmLet’s get organized & make some change!Learn about Radical Women’s recent involvements and get updated on activities to come. Discover exciting ways to support 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.”Dinner…See More

Thursday, June 23, 7pmSisters Organize for Survival Meeting:Mobilize 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…See More

The budget stinks, but we've got a lot to be proud of!Celebrate our months of building the labor-community fightbackat a Sisters Organize for Survival potluck.Thursday, June 9, 7pm - 9pm1903 NE 82nd St., Seattle(home of Helen Gilbert and Henry Noble)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 as we count our collective achievements…See More

Thursday, May 12, 7pmSisters Organize for Survival planning meetingThe 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 response to this and much more!Come share your thoughts and learn how you can get involved in the…See More

ACTION ALERT: Support Washington teachers!The state Senate passed a bill forcing schools to adopt a statewide teacher layoff policy that ignores local needs, eliminates local decision-making and links layoffs to evaluations.The Senate voted to amend HB 1443, adding language teachers and other educators adamantly oppose. Just like the earlier versions of the teacher termination/layoff bills, the amended HB 1443 does nothing to prevent teachers from being laid off, and it forces school districts…See More

Celebrate 100 years of International Women’s DayA 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.SpeakerTamara Turner writer, performer in Hidden History: True Stories from Seattle’s Gay and Lesbian Elders, and lifelong feminist hell-raiser. Sunday, March 13, 3pmAround-the-World Brunch, 1:30pm Door donation $2.00 • Brunch donation $9.00Sliding scale and work exchanges available. New…See More