Monday, November 7th, 5:30-6:00pm Potluck * 6:00-8:00 Discussion
Darby’s Café, 211 5th Avenue in Downtown Olympia

Join community members on Voting Day eve.
Bring your ballots, share what you know, hear what other know.
Every first Monday, POWER: Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights holds POWER Outage, an opportunity to get together to share a meal and ideas.

POWER is an organization of low-income parents and allies advocating for a strong social safety net while working toward a world where children and caregiving are truly valued and the devastation of poverty has been eradicated.
Contact us at (360)352-9716 or at poweroutletplugin@gmail.com.

Wheelchair accessible
Childcare Provided by the fabulous Olympia Childcare Collective!

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Accompaniment, Allyship & Solidarity:
A Discussion of Strategies for Movement Building

Monday, October 3rd, 5:30-6:00pm Potluck * 6:00-8:00 Discussion
Darby’s Café, 211 5th Avenue, in Downtown Olympia

What does it look like to truly support one another as we work toward social justice? How can we use our privilege to interrupt oppression rather than to perpetuate it? What has worked in the past, and what mistakes should we not repeat?

POWER is an organization of low-income parents and allies advocating for a strong social safety net while working toward a world where children and caregiving are truly valued and the devastation of poverty has been eradicated.
Contact us at (360)352-9716 or at poweroutletplugin@gmail.com.

Wheelchair accessible, Childcare Provided

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Monday, July 11th
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Potluck
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm workshop at Darby's in downtown Olympia
211 5th Ave SE, across from the Capitol Theater

What does reproductive justice mean? How do racism and poverty issues intersect? What can we do as a community do to increase justice?

Also a report back from POWER, the Birth Attendants, and Stonewall Youth members who attended the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Summer Leadership Institute.

Bring the kids! Free childcare provided by the fabulous Olympia Childcare Collective.

For accessibility questions or for more info: please call POWER at 360-352-9716 or email welfarerights@riseup.net. Search for us on Myspace & Facebook!

Darby's will be closed for business but open for us! - Wheelchair accessible,

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Saturday, May 14th, 11:00am-1:00pm
University of Washington, School of Social Work
4101 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105

Meet us on the Corner of 15th and 41st in the University District.

• Come discuss the future goals of POWER in Seattle
• Come see a photovoice slideshow of members in action
• Have lunch and share stories

Food: Bring food to share if you like, but there will be enough for everyone.

Please RSVP at 206-455-9983 or seattlepower@riseup.net

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In celebration of Mother's Day, join POWER

Monday, May 2nd, 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Darby's

On the first Monday of every month, POWER (Parents Organization for Welfare and Economic Rights) has a "POWER Outage". In a world where single mothers and their children are the population most likely to live in poverty, let us acknowledge the hard work that goes into mothering.

Bring the kids! Free childcare provided by the fabulous Olympia Childcare Collective.

For accessibility questions or for more info: please call POWER at 360-352-9716 or email welfarerights@riseup.net Search for us on Myspace & Facebook!

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Potluck, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Mother Care Fair, at Darby's in downtown Olympia. Wheelchair accessible 211 5th Ave SE, across from the Capitol theater (Darby's will be closed for business but open for us!

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POWER's last chance to plan before the Week of Action at the Capitol

Monday, April 4th, 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Darby's

On the first Monday of every month, POWER (Parents Organization for Welfare and Economic Rights) has a "POWER Outage". A gathering to do something special together with our community. Sometimes it's a training, discussion, or film screening. This month, join us for some plannin'

Bring the kids! Free childcare provided by the fabulous Olympia Childcare Collective.

For accessibility questions or for more info: please call POWER at 360-352-9716 or email welfarerights@riseup.net Search for us on Myspace & Facebook!

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Potluck, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Planning Session, at Darby's in downtown Olympia. Wheelchair accessible 211 5th Ave SE, across from the Capitol theater (Darby's will be closed for business but open for us!

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Learn your legal rights around public assistance and how to advocate for yourself.

Saturday, March 12th, 12:00-2:00pm
King County Library Boulevard Park
12015 Roseberg Ave. S. Seattle, WA, 98168

Contact us at 206-455-9983 or seattlepower@riseup.net for more information.
http://www.oly-wa.us/power/ - http://www.myspace.com/parentsorganizing

Childcare and food will be provided.
POWER is an organization of low-income parents and allies advocating for a strong social safety net while working toward a world where children and care giving are truly valued and the devastation of poverty has been eradicated.

POWER - Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights
The welfare system can be tough to deal with. At POWER we understand this.

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Monday, March 7th, 7:00pm - midnight
Location Royal Lounge LLC, 311 Capital Way N
Olympia, WA

The Royal Lounge will be hosting a benefit for POWER with performances by Momenti Rubati from 7 till 9 and The Greta Jane Quartet from 9:30 to midnight. There's no cover, but donations to POWER will be gratefully accepted! Hope to see you there!

Activist Self-Care Party!

Bring the kids! Free childcare provided by the Olympia Childcare Collective
For accessibility questions or for more info: please call POWER at 360-352-9716 or email welfarerights@riseup.net. Search for us on Myspace & Facebook! Visit us at http://www.oly-wa.us/power

March 7, 2011

5:30-6:00PM Potluck, 6-8:00PM Self-Care, at Darby’s in downtown Olympia
Wheelchair accessible. 211 5th Ave SE, across from the Capitol Theater. (Darby’s will be closed for business but open for us!)

POWER - Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights - is an organization of low-income parents and allies advocating for a strong social safety net while working toward a world where children and caregiving are truly valued and the devastation of poverty has been eradicated.

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Learn your rights and what you can do to fight these budget cuts!

Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights (POWER) Potluck

Saturday, February 12th, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Meet the members of Human Dignity Support Project and POWER at our new Seattle office.
University Christian Church Peace and Justice Center 4731 15th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA, 98105

Let’s come together and support each other! Bring your children, we will have childcare and are looking for a few more trusted volunteers to help with the young people's room next door. Bring food to share if you like, but there will be enough for everyone. Free street parking after 9am on 52nd between 15th and 18th. Questions? Comments? Want to be on our mailing list? Contact us at 206-455-9983 or seattlepower@riseup.net.

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February 7, 2011

What’s coming down
the pike with healthcare?
What does it mean for you?—

Join POWER for a Free Federal Health Care Workshop
with NOHLA, Northwest Health Law Advocates

Bring the kids! Free childcare provided by the Olympia Childcare Collective
For accessibility questions or for more info: please call POWER at 360-352-9716 or email welfarerights@riseup.net. Search for us on Myspace & Facebook! Visit us at http://www.oly-wa.us/power

5:30-6:00PM Potluck, 6-8:00PM Self-Care, at Darby’s in downtown Olympia
Wheelchair accessible. 211 5th Ave SE, across from the Capitol Theater. (Darby’s will be closed for business but open for us!)

POWER - Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights - is an organization of low-income parents and allies advocating for a strong social safety net while working toward a world where children and caregiving are truly valued and the devastation of poverty has been eradicated.

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Register at http://mlkday2011.eventbrite.com/ for a free lunch and childcare
Colocarse en http://mlkday2011.eventbrite.com/ para un almuerzo gratis y un cuidado de niños gratis

Nuestras comunidades han perdido sus trabajos y casas,
Our communities have lost jobs and homes.

Servicios de salud, la educación, cuidado de niños, y otros servicios básicos están dejando.
Health care, education, child-care, and other essential services are being cut.

Los inmigrantes y las personas de bajos ingresos han sido más afectados.
People of color and low-income people are most affected.

Únase con nosotros. ¡Promueva la justicia racial y economica!
Join us. Take a stand for racial and economic equity!

Horario Tentativo / Tentative Schedule:

9:00am
Talleras en el centro / Workshops downtown:
Darby’s Cafe and the Capitol Theatre — 206 & 211 5th Ave SE, Olympia

11:30am
Marcha entre el teatro y el capitol / March from the theater to the capitol.

12:00pm
Reunión en los pasos del Capitol / Rally on the Capitol steps

más talleres, almuerzo, comunidades hablan con los legisladores
more workshops, lunch, community talks with legislators

call 360-352-9716 or 866-343-9716 for more info. register at http://mlkday2011.eventbrite.com/ for a free lunch and childcare.
Visita http://mlkday2011.eventbrite.com/ para más información, colocarse para un almuerzo gratis y un cuidado de niños gratis, o ver un horario de acontecimientos.

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Sunday, January 16, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Eagles Hall @ 805 4th Ave E (4th and Plum)

Maureen D. Taylor, Chair of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, has been in the forefront of the fight to end poverty for over 20 years. She is known for her work to end privatization and water shut offs for more than 45,000 Detroit homes. In Olympia this month Taylor will address economic change as permanent, not simply a cyclical crisis. She will discuss MLK Jr.’s historic Poor People’s Campaign, today’s struggles for Poor People’s Economic Human Rights, and her vision for a future in which we provide for the many and not just the few.

This event is brought to you by the Olympia Coalition for a Fair Budget and Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights

For more information on the Fair Budget Fair, please visit http://www.olycoforfairbudget.wordpress.com

You can also listen to Maureen D. Taylor speak at Evergreen Thursday 1/20/2011 - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154670724585297&num_event_invites=0 or at the MLK day People's Summit and March on the Capitol on 1/17/2011 - http://www.facebook.com/pages/MLK-Day-Peoples-Summit-Rally-2011/111992148866024

Created By Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights

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Join us Monday, December 6th

for a sign and prop painting party for our People’s Summit and March to the Capitol on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 17th, 2010.

Monday, December 6th, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Darby’s Café, 407 N 5th Ave SW in downtown Olympia

Potluck meal and onsite childcare provided.

POWER is an organization of low-income parents and allies advocating for a strong social safety net while working toward a world where children and caregiving are truly valued and the devasta­tion of poverty has been eradicated.

For more info: please contact POWER at:
360-352-9716, toll free at 1-866-343-9716, welfarerights@riseup.net
Visit us at www.oly-wa.us/power. Find us on Myspace & Facebook.

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Saturday, December 4 at 12:00pm - December 5 at 8:00pm

12-8pm, December 4th & 5th 2010
downtown at POWER’s new office next to Rainy Day Records
309 5th Avenue, Olympia

Live music by Vince Brown, Jenny Jenkins, Pacific Winds, Richard Lopez, Yodelady, and more!

Check out our amazing performance line up this weekend:
Saturday:

• 2:30 – 3:30 Pacific Winds - recorder quintet
• 3:30 - 5 Home Remedy – old time string band
• 5 - 6 Jenny Jenkins – singer, songwriter, uke player extraordinaire!
• 6 – 8 – Vince Brown – heavenly jazz swing guitar

• 2 - 4 Super POWER Band w/Richard Lopez – JAZZZZZZ!
• 4:30 – 5:30 Mixed Messages – Multi-racial, multi-generational, female-bodied spoken word performance!
• 6 – 8 – Yodelady – old-time string band

Artists keep up to 50% of proceeds. The rest goes directly to support POWER in its work toward a world where children and caregiving are truly valued, and the devastation of poverty has been eradicated.

We’re still seeking contributions of art or craftwork. Interested? Call us at 360.352.9716, email welfarerights@riseup.net, or visit www.oly-wa.us/power for more information.

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Monday, November 1st, 5:30 pm Potluck followed by 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Workshop
Room 108 at First United Methodist Church, 1224 Legion Way SE
(this is not a church-related event.)

For accessibility questions or for more info: please call POWER at 360-352-9716 or email welfarerights@riseup.net.

Bring the kids! We have childcare. Wheelchair accessible from West entrance.

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Monday, October 4th, 5:30 pm Potluck followed by 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Workshop
Room 108 at First United Methodist Church, 1224 Legion Way SE
(this is not a church-related event.)

On the first Monday of every month, POWER has a "POWER Outage." A gathering to do something special together with our community. Sometimes it's a training, discussion, or film screening. This month, join us for a writing workshop.

Truth & power belong to those who tell a better story.
-- Stephen Duncombe

Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, the power to retell it, rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as times change, truly are powerless, because they cannot think new thoughts.
-- Salman Rushdie

For accessibility questions or for more info: please call POWER at 360-352-9716 or email welfarerights@riseup.net.

Bring the kids! We have childcare. Wheelchair accessible from West entrance.

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Help Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights
raise money to print our new coloring book for kids waiting with their parent(s) in the welfare office.

Saturday, September 25th, 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm, rain or shine! Fertile Ground Community Center, 311 9th Ave SE (behind library)

Come One, Come All!
Reader's Theatre! Cob oven pizza! Salads! Live poetry! Activities galore! $5- $25 Sliding scale.

In "Shelebration" of the anniversary of Shel Silverstein's birthday!

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Monday, August 2nd, 4:00pm - 8:00pm
Kennydell Park at Black Lake

On the first Monday of every month, POWER has a "POWER Outage": A gathering to do something special together in our community. Sometimes it's a training, discussion, or film screening. This month, join us for a Barbecue at Black Lake!

Bring a swimsuit and towel, plus food for the grill or a potluck dish.

For accessibility questions, to join a carpool out to the park, or more info: please call POWER at 360-352-9716 or email welfarerights@riseup.net. Wheelchair Accessible. No lifeguard on duty, so please be prepared to watch your kids if they want to swim. :)

Black Lake / Kennydell Park is at 6745 SW Fairview Rd, in Olympia.
To get there, take Highway 101 off I-5. Exit onto Black Lake Boulevard southbound. Proceed approximately 2 miles, then turn left onto the Black Lake-Belmore Road. Follow the Black Lake-Belmore Road approximately 2 miles. Turn right onto 66th. At the sharp curve to the left, 66th will become known as Fairview Road. Kenneydell County Park entrance is 600 feet after the curve on the right.

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Friday, July 23rd, noon
Heritage Park lawn

Tovah Rudawski has been an incredible organizer for POWER for the last 3 years. Now her stint as POWER's Americorps member is over. Join us to to wish her bon voyage for her next set of adventures.

Kickball and Picnic Goodbye Party for Tovah

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Third Fridays beginning July 16th, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 1601 North Street SE in Olympia

The location is on the corner of North and Henderson, across from Olympia High School, through the main doors into the foyer. Crary Hall is on the right. We will provide onsite childcare and a light supper.

Bus Route 68

For more information, contact:
POWER - Parents Organizing For Welfare and Economic Rights
360-352-9716 toll free 866-343-9716
welfarerights@riseup.net

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Monday, July 5th, 5:30 - 7:30pm
First United Methodist Church, 1224 Legion Way SE
not a church-related event

We're going to learn some basics of car maintenance, such as oil changes, tune-ups, and a general overview of how cars work.

POWER Outage is a monthly get together in Olympia for POWER and community members, the first Monday of each month. Join us at 5:30pm for a potluck meal, meeting from 6:00 – 8:00pm.

Children are always welcome. We have on-site childcare or activities for the whole family.

POWER is an organization of low-income parents and allies advocating for a strong social safety net while working toward a world where children and caregiving are truly valued and the devastation of poverty has been eradicated.
Find us on Myspace & Facebook!

Want more information? Contact_POWER

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Friday, June 18th @ 6:00 pm
Monica, Vince, Bryn House - go east toward Lacey, turn left on Phoenix, turn right on State Avenue (between Martin Way and South Bay) park in the big parking lot on your right and walk across the street to the last house on the left, yellow with red trim.

spanakopita! greek ensalata! vegan ratatouille! pita and dips! garlicky greens! avgolemono! baklava! medusa's infamous punch!

music by... brass orchid - the return of cat bower - and surprise guests!

POWER is an organization of low-income parents and allies advocating for a strong social safety net while working toward a world where children and care giving are truly valued, and the devastation of poverty has been eradicated.

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Monday, June 7th, 6:00pm
Westside Lanes

Come out for a night of fun! We'll pay for your shoes if sign up for a volunteer shift for our next fundraiser, our annual Secret Cafe! Bring the kids!

Meet at the Westside Lanes, call us @ 360-352-9716 or email us at mailto:welfarerights@riseup.net if you need a ride or want to carpool, or have any other questions!

POWER is an organization of low-income parents and allies advocating for a strong social safety net while working toward a world where children and caregiving are truly valued and the devastation of poverty has been eradicated.
Find us on Myspace & Facebook!

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Monday, May 3rd, 5:30 - 7:30pm
First United Methodist Church, 1224 Legion Way SE
not a church-related event

POWER plans to sell sock monkeys at Olympia's Artisans Expo* in June. Help us get ready! Learn the skills... then make your own and/or make one to donate to POWER. Bring old socks, buttons, needle, and thread, & imaginative add-ons. (Plus a potluck dish to share.) Everyone welcome.

For more info, please call POWER at 360-352-9716 or email mailto:welfarerights@riseup.net

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Monday, April 5th, 5:30 - 7:30pm
First United Methodist Church, 1224 Legion Way SE
not a church-related event

This April, join us for a conversation about possibilities for collaboration with DSHS (Department of Social & Health Services) caseworkers to change the broken system. Everyone welcome.

For more info, please call POWER at 360-352-9716 or email mailto:welfarerights@riseup.net

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Friday, April 2nd 7:00pm
Traditions Cafe, 300 5th Ave SW, Olympia

Dinner and Readers Theater with South Sound Seniors Readers Theater Unlimited

a pay what you can benefit for POWER

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This March, join us for a conversation about Reproductive Justice.

Monday, March 1, 5:30 PM potluck, 6-8 Meeting
1224 Legion Way SE, First United Methodist Church
(this is not a church-related event.)

We will be facilitating an interactive timeline developed by the Western States Center in Portland, Oregon. This timeline identifies various policies and practices - from slavery to anti-miscegenation legislation to birth control testing to immigration laws - that have had a compounding impact of reproductive oppression on marginalized communities.

Childcare provided!
For more info: please call POWER at 360-352-9716 or email welfarerights@riseup.net.

POWER is an organization of low-income parents and allies advocating for a strong social safety net while working toward a world where children and caregiving are truly valued and the devastation of poverty has been eradicated.
Find us on Myspace & Facebook!

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"March on Washington State for Jobs and Justice"

Monday, January 18, 9am Summit
Capitol Theatre, 206 5th Ave SE, Olympia

11:30am march to Capital

Visit legislators and attend afternoon workshops

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Monday, January 4th, 5:30 - 7:30pm
First United Methodist Church, 1224 Legion Way SE
not a church-related event

The legislative session starts January 11th. Join us in making artful props and signs for demanding welfare and economic rights for parents and children. Bring a potluck dish to share, paints, boards, posters, props, and most of all -- ideas.

For more info, please call POWER at 360-352-9716 or email mailto:welfarerights@riseup.net

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