The Crisis Directory has information on topics ranging from inexpensive legal help to where to take a shower if you're homeless. Through public education and activism, the group works to increase opposition to the death penalty in the general public and among the state's leaders. Professor Lu-Sheng Chong's free series of cultural lessons helps people learn Chinese as a second language. The course includes Chinese pronunciation, sentence patterns and conversation. Reading selections are drawn from modern and classical texts, and discussions place them in historical and cultural context.
Students can study at their own pace with self-teaching materials.
February 14 SCN Mailing Lists SCN hosts over 50 mailing lists on a variety of topics. SCN's Information Providers operate some of these as forums for their concerns, and others are for SCN administration. February 9 University Christian Church UCC is in the heart of Seattle's U District. The University District Food Bank operates from UCC's basement, and the Church offers a teen shelter. UCC maintains outreach programs on the Yakima Indian Reservation and in the Yubik Eskimo village in Alaska.