Co-Promoting Partner Events

Call for Candidate Investigators: Municipal League of King County

Looking for 80+ volunteers from NOW through JUNE

The Municipal League of King County is now accepting applications for Candidate Investigators. Joining the Candidate Evaluation Committee (CEC) means you'll be providing voters with the region's only independent, non-partisan, non-agenda driven evaluation of candidates for public office. To help preserve and promote this service, join the CEC program for either a few Saturdays or several weeknights in the month of June to research, interview and rate candidates. During this program, you will enjoy: access and insight into the local election process; camaraderie of your committee cohort; and new skills and experience in politics. 

*For more information about the program, visit www.munileagueratings.org.* 

American Winter Film Screening: SIFF Cinema

Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 6:30 P.M.

Where: SIFF Cinema, 511 Queen Anne Ave N, Lower Queen Anne

Produced and directed by Emmy award-winning filmmakers, Joe and Harry Gantz, American Winter is a documentary feature film that follows the personal stories of families struggling in the aftermath of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Filmed over the course of one winter in Portland, Oregon, American Winter presents an intimate and emotionally evocative snapshot of the state of our economy as it is playing out in many American families. For more information about the film, click here.

^{*To register for the FREE screening, click here.*}

Historian Karen Blair on "Women's Organizations - Past, Present, Future" (Women's Century Club)

Friday, June 21, 2013, noon

Where: Harvard Exit Theatre, 807 E. Roy
Cost: Free; $5 donation suggested for light refreshments

^{*For more information about this converation, click here.*}

Hurricane Sandy Symposium: Puget Sound Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program

Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. 

Where: Washington State Convention Center, 800 Convention Place, Room 3A & 3B, Seattle
Cost: FREE (Lunch on your own)

The Puget Sound Regional Catastrophic Planning Team invites you to attend the Hurricane Sandy Symposium.  Emergency managers from New York, New Jersey and the public/private All Hazards Consortium will share their first hand experiences of Sandy. Gain valuable insights from lessons they learned as responders and survivors of a hurricane that resulted in loss of life, billions of dollars in damage, and serious infrastructure disruption. Representatives from Bellevue Hospital, heavily impacted by flooding from Sandy in Lower Manhattan, have also been invited to speak.  Bellevue Hospital is the oldest public hospital in the United States, with more than 750 beds, six Intensive Care Units, a world-renowned Emergency Service and Trauma Center.

*For more information and to register, click here.*

Health Care Conference/ Small Business Conference: Washington Policy Center

Thursday, June 27, 2013,  7:30 A.M. - 4:15 P.M. 

Where: SeaTac Hilton Hotel,17620 Pacific Highway South, SeaTac
Cost: $35 - $80 (Details)

WPC's Health Care and Small Business conference events are coming Thursday, June 27th in SeaTac. In our first-ever dual conference event, our exciting lineup will address the current state of health care reform and Washington's small business climate.  

In the morning, panels of health care experts and policymakers will discuss the upcoming implementation of Obamacare. A keynote lunch address by Forbes health care writer and MSNBC and Fox News analyst Avik Roy will address free-market solutions to our health care crisis. In the afternoon during the statewide small business conference portion, business experts will speak to Washington's business climate and how health care will impact small businesses.

*For more information and to register, click here.*