Highlighted Action Alert

• The Jubilee Act – Contact your Senators and urge them to co-sponsor the Jubilee Act.  (Contact Senator Maria Cantwell at 206-220-6400; Contact Senator Patty Murray at 206- 553-0891)  The Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation (HR 2634/ S 2166) has been scheduled for a committee markup and vote during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee business meeting on Tuesday, June 24, 2008.  If the bill passes committee, it will be considered by the full Senate. This legislation would expand debt cancellation to impoverished countries that need it to fight poverty, promote responsible lending, and require an audit of odious, illegal and onerous loans. The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 285-132 on April 16. Take Action today! Contact your Senators and urge them to co-sponsor the Jubilee Act.
• Help enhance public awareness regarding the UN Millennium Goals Project – Joanne Dufour is a point-person for organizing speaking opportunities for the Puget Sound Millennium Goals Project.   Please contact Joanne if you have an idea or opportunity for a speaking opportunity – Joanne will do the rest!  206-937-5724 or jdufourhc@msn.com  We need to get the word out!  The Millennium Goals Project has great speakers that would love to come address your gathering.

Get involved with inSPIRe

• Join inSPIRe
• Volunteer to host a social
• Join inSPIRe's Book Club
• Suggest a speaker

Attend lectures:

• Town Hall is Seattle's community culture center located in the historic First Hill neighborhood, on the edge of downtown at 8th & Seneca. Speakers on current and historic issues are frequently featured.
• Kane Hall at the University of Washington, Seattle, frequently features lectures on current and historic issues.
• Author events are available at many locations throughout Seattle, throughout the year.

Live green:

• Water Conservation Tips and Resources
• The Green Power Program is offered through Seattle City Light and offers customers several options to increase the supply of renewable energy, or "green power", including wind and solar, to help preserve a high quality environment and spur our regional economy.
• At the U.S. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy website compare cars and clean energy technologies, learn the impact of your current car, and learn ways to save money and lower your impact.
• The Green Car Company provides transportation choices that focus on CO₂ reduction and minimize resource depletion through the use of biodiesel and ethanol.

• Environment Washington is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization. Professional staff combine independent research, practical ideas and tough-minded advocacy to overcome the opposition of powerful special interests and win real results for Washington's environment.
• Jubilee U.S.A. focuses on debt relief. Today, international debt has become a new form of slavery. Jubilee calls for a definitive cancellation of international debts and the restoration of right relationships between nations.
• Planned Parenthood of Western Washington is the largest reproductive health care provider in the Northwest, providing high-quality, affordable birth control since 1935.
• Puget Sound Millenium Goals Project builds on the work of the many organizations and individuals in the region to realize the Millennium Development Goals and to help move global poverty reduction to a much more visible level in the nation's list of priorities.
• Urban Sparks is a nonprofit whose purpose is to facilitate the creation and improvement of public spaces, and to inspire and educate the public in the initiation and accomplishment of similar community projects.
• Washington Environmental Council protects our land and water, fish and wildlife, and our special way of life by engaging the public and decision-makers to improve and enforce protections for the health and well-being of our communities.
• Washington for Impeachment works to initiate impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
• Washington Public Campaigns works to replace campaigns funded primarily through special interest money with publicly-funded, voter-owned elections.

To suggest an event to highlight, e-mail it to: will@inspire.org