You have arrived at the website of the Resource Center for Nonviolence, a local peace and justice center for the greater Monterey Bay area. Feel free to browse our site to learn more about us and our programs, sign up for our email newsletter, listen to some of our audio from past events, check the link to our Facebook page, or make a secure donation through our Paypal link on the sidebar of this page or on the Donation page.

We have added a PAGE remembering Scott Kennedy. Click here:  Remembering Scott Kennedy or go to the link at the top of this home page.  We invite you to continue to send us your memories, stories, photos and videos about Scott.

Upcoming programs are listed below with a brief summary – click the links to see more info or scroll down to see individual posts. If you keep browsing below you can see posts about our past events and speakers.  Thanks for visiting us and hope to see you soon at one of our many events. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE DETAILS IN SEPARATE POSTS FOR THESE EVENTS or click on CALENDAR date on right column. If you don’t see details on this page for an event, click on “previous entries” at the bottom of this page.


COMING EVENTS:



*Saturday, February 4, at 3 p.m. at the Quaker Meeting House, 225 Rooney St. Santa Cruz: Memorial for Judy Bloomgardener, on the staff of RCNV in 1980’s… In Memorium
Judith Bloomgardener died on November 11, 2011,  at the age of 73.  From 1985 to 1989, she directed Project Abraco at the RCNV, a program in solidarity with the landless movement of  Brazil. A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, February 4, at 3 p.m. at the Quaker Meeting House, 225 Rooney St. Santa Cruz.  Friends are encouraged to post remembrances on her memorial blog at

*Our RCNV Listening Process continues: We invite you to join the Resource Center for Nonviolence for food, drink, and conversation about collaboration for nonviolent social change. We hope you will join us at one of these Open Houses: Breakfast, Saturday, February 11, 10 AM to 12 noon, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz OR Simple Supper, Sunday, February 19, 5:30-8:30 PM, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz. Please R.S.V.P. by February 8: Call 831-423-1626.

*ONGOING:

*GI Rights Hotline: 877-447-4487 or 831-359-0202 for direct line to counseling.

*BOOKSTORE - Palestinian Fair Trade Olive oil in bottles and tins, pottery, keffiyehs and Za’Atar (thyme, & roasted sesame seeds). Store and Office Hours: M-TH 12-4:30;  Call 831-423-1626 for more information.

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