Resource Center for Nonviolence

Folksinger and Songwriter John McCutcheon will return to Santa Cruz for two fabulous concerts on FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 7:30P.M. AND Children/Family Concert SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 10:00A.M. Both concerts will take place at FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 900 High St., Santa Cruz.

Tickets make great gifts! Proceeds beyond expenses benefit the Resource Center for Nonviolence. Please be generous in your support!

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW:
Tickets via our website: Click on “Donate” button to right. Fill out all info. ***VERY IMPORTANT: On the final payment page where it says “Special instructions for the Merchant”, write HOW MANY TICKETS YOU WANT, AND WHICH CONCERT (Friday or Saturday). Web prices include a service charge: FRIDAY CONCERT: sliding scale $17-25 (pay any amount you’d like in this range, or more- proceeds beyond expenses benefit RCNV!). SATURDAY CONCERT: sliding scale $9-15. All tickets are general seating. Ticket prices are the same for adults or children. We will mail your tickets up until January 9. After that date, tickets will be held at will-call at the door.
Tickets available NOW IN PERSON at: Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA. Hours: M-Th 12-5, Sat. 12-4. RCNV will be closed from Dec. 20-Jan. 1. You can also call 831-423-1626 to make ticket reservations, but we encourage you to buy your tickets in advance to keep the ticket lines manageable.

TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT STREETLIGHT RECORDS, 939 Pacific Av., Santa Cruz. Ticket prices at Streetlight: Friday concert: $16, $18, or $20. Saturday Concert: $8 or $10.

DOOR PRICES: If we still have tickets available: Friday concert: $17-25 sliding scale. Saturday concert: $10-15

FOR MORE INFORMATION: 831-423-1626. Background info on John below:

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A celebration of the life of Diane Thomas will be held on Saturday January 17 at 10:00 a.m. at the Pacific School of Religion, 1796 Scenic Avenue in Berkeley. Thomas, who died peacefully on December 1 of cancer, was a cofounder of the Resource Center for Nonviolence in 1976 and lived in Santa Cruz and served on the staff  during the Resource Center’s formative years. Thomas also helped found the UC Nuclear Weapons Lab Conversion Project, served on the staff of the Ecumenical Peace Institute for more than a decade, and helped found the Iraq Initiatives Project. A highlight of Diane’s work for peace and justice was speaking before a massive rally of more than a million people in June of 1982, after having fasted for disarmament for 30 days, to bring pressure on the Second United Nations Special Session on Disarmament in New York City. One of her proudest achievements was establishing the Dismantling Racism Committee at the Pacific School of Religion where she joined the staff in 2000 and directed the annual fund and alumni relations, organized the annual Earl Lectures church conference, and co-chaired the seminary’s Dismantling Racism Committee until the time of her death.

For photos of Diane and information on her work for peace and justice, www.peacehost.net/EPI-Calc/Diane/  Tax deductible memorial donations to support the Iraq Initiatives Project may be made in Diane’s memory to: EPIC/CALC, PO Box 9344, Berkeley, CA 94709 (write Diane/IIP on memo line).

Conversations in Nonviolence is a continuing series of informal conversations with people whose lives have been spent working for a more just world. On Thursday, November 20th, at 7:30 at RCNV, Marjorie Swann Edwin will talk about her 74 years (and counting) of active nonviolence. She was a founding member of the Committee for Nonviolent Action (CNVA), a radical pacifist organization formed in 1957 to resist the US Government’s program of nuclear weapons testing. CNVA pioneered the use of nonviolent civil disobedience and nonviolent direct action to protest the nuclear arms race. Her life is a litany of “firsts” including helping organize the first interracial white-collar labor organization with the A.F. of L. She was arrested numerous times for her activism and served six months in a federal prison for trespassing at the ICBM base in Nebraska. Marjorie is a Quaker who has been involved in the community land trust movement and many other alternative lifestyle initiatives. To honor and be inspired by Marjorie, please join us.

Living Tao Annual Thanksgiving morning Taiji by the Sea led by April Burns from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the Lighthouse on West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz. This is a benefit for the GI Rights Hotline Counseling Program. Donations will be appreciated. For more info, call 831-427-4023. It’s a celebration of life, gratitude and healing in the open air.

On December 3rd, 10th and 17th, Scott Kennedy will lead a reading/discussion group based on William Stringfellow’s book, “An Ethic for Christians and Other Aliens in a Strange Land,” held at Scott’s home, 404 King St., Santa Cruz. Stringfellow was an attorney and prominent Episcopalian layman and theologian and author of more than a dozen books. Considered to be among a handful of prophetic voices emerging from the U.S., he spoke eloquently of the “principalities and powers” as understood in the context of American empire and advocated a lifestyle of Biblical resistance to systemic racism, poverty and militarism. Stringfellow demonstrated a remarkable capacity for combining thoroughgoing, biblical perspective with unflinching social criticism. The book is available at the Resource Center for Nonviolence or online at www.wipfandstock.com. A sliding scale donation of $5-$20 is suggested for each session. Preregistration is requested: 831-423-1626 X107 or kenncruz@pacbell.net. People are welcome to attend one or all three sessions.