Resource Center for Nonviolence

Resource Center for Nonviolence
ANNUAL DINNER AND PROGRAM
featuring JEFF HALPER
Friday, June 27, 2008
First Methodist Church,
250 California St., Santa Cruz

5:30p.m. Hors d’oeuvres and Silent Auction.

6:00p.m. Dinner served. 7:00p.m. Program
- Dinner Catered by Michael Hernandez - .
- Silent Auction -

General reservations:
$35-100 per person sliding scale for the Dinner and Program.
PROGRAM ONLY:$7-25 sliding scale

$250 - $1000 Sponsor: reserves a table for 8.
$100 - $235 “Host” reserved seating for 2 people
$50 “Supporter” reserved seating for one person;
(If you cannot attend: consider giving a scholarship for young people
or families.)

If possible, please make Reservations by June 20 by calling 831-423-1626. Send payment to: Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515
Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 or pay at the door.

Palestinian Human Rights Lawyer Jonathan Kuttab is unable to attend. We are pleased that JEFF HALPER will be our featured speaker. Jeff is an Israeli Professor of Anthropology, and has been a leading figure within the Israeli peace movement for over thirty years. He has been head of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) for the last ten years. Halper was nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize by the American Friends Service Committee, and is author of “An Israeli in Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel.”
There will not be tickets for this event– only reservations.
Please make reservations by June 20.

For more info: 831-423-1626.

The Resource Center for Nonviolence is hosting a series of informal conversations with local activists who have chosen nonviolence as a strategy for social change. You can relax in an informal setting with the opportunity to hear a good story and ask questions while munching on snacks. This Thursday, June 19th at 7:30, Louise and Joel Wallock will talk about the Conflict Resolution Series they created and taught in India. The talk will take place here, at the RCNV, 515 Broadway in Santa Cruz.

The Resource Center is joining with Barrios Unidos to build a new mixed-use community center at 1817 Soquel Avenue. 1817 Soquel Avenue will provide new meeting spaces and office and program space for both organizations, as well as housing for staff and interns, retired activists and others. This is a major undertaking for both organizations. A new web site will be posted in the next few days with background information and updated news about 1817 Soquel Avenue. Check it out:   www.1817Soquel.org

You are invited to join the:
2008 Resource Center for Nonviolence and Interfaith Peace-Builders
Study Tour to Israel and the Palestinian Territories
August 4-11, 2008

This is a truly exceptional opportunity to visit the region at a critical moment in history and to learn about the ongoing conflict from a variety of perspectives, while meeting with and learning from locals working for a sustainable, just solution. You will visit various points of interest in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Israel, stay with Israeli and Palestinian families and have the opportunity to participate in ongoing nonviolent campaigns as well as witness the daily reality of people in the region.
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