I hope that all of you are well and enjoying the spring. I am writing to invite all of you to a very exciting Annual Membership meeting on May 6-7, 2006 at Pritchard Beach Bathhouse. I hope that you are able to attend. This year we plan a one-day Dismantling Racism training and an evening dialogue on fighting the right.

Our member focus this month is on Natalie Lamberjack, an Account Executive at The Collins Group in Seattle. It is the largest fundraising consulting firm based in the Northwest, and also the largest female-owned firm of its kind in the nation. Since 2000, The Collins Group has helped non-profits raise over $600 million!

Natalie has been active in the Social Justice Fund (SJF) for several years and has participated in almost every manner possible.

"No human being is illegal – Ningun ser Humano es Ilegal!" Romeo Sosa, Director/Organizer of VOZ Workers’ Rights Education Project, in Portland, Oregon, a Social Justice Fund grantee, emphasizes this point several times when he describes the activities that this worker-led organization has promoted on “the Corners” in Portland. “The Corners” are where