What I do want is to get more people in more places more involved in their communities and more involved in decisions that affect their own and their neighbors’ lives.

– Jim Diers, Neighbor Power

Jim Diers

Seattle author and former director of

the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

December 7-8, 2005, Bellingham

Jim Diers, author of Neighbor Power, a book about his experiences as a community organizer and director of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, will be speaking at a number of events in Bellingham on Wednesday, December 7 and Thursday, December 8, 2005.

Dec. 7^th, 2:00-4:00 PM Jim will talk with Western Washington Research 501 and Human Services students at their end-of-quarter project presentation in Room 240 Science Math and Technology Education Center.

Dec. 7^th, 6:00-8:00PM Jim will give the keynote address at the Whatcom Family & Community Network’s Community Building Awards Dinner at St. Luke's Health Education Center, an event recognizing 14 community builders in Whatcom County.

Dec. 8^th, 11:30-1:30 Jim will meet for lunch with neighborhood representatives and city staff and discuss resident leadership in developing neighborhood plans at Boundary Bay Brewery & Bistro.

Dec 8^th, 7:00PM Jim will read from his book, Neighbor Power, at Village Books in Fairhaven.

All events are open to the public (although an RSVP is necessary for the Wednesday Dinner and Thursday lunch). For more information or reservations, call 738-1196.

sponsored by the Whatcom Family & Community Network

“because we care about all of our children”