Title: Peace is the Motiv-benefit for RCNV
Location/ Time: 6-9p.m., Motiv Lounge, 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Description: Fundraiser and Silent Auction; Where: Motiv Lounge 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz; Date: Wednesday June, 2, 2010; Time: 6pm-9pm; Event:
Mixer with appetizers, food and drink specials. Featuring Resource Center for Nonviolence staff members Sandino Gomez and Marciano Cruz. The community is welcome to attend. Silent auction upstairs with art from local artists and students. Proceeds from auction and mixer will be donated to the Resource Center for Nonviolence.  For RSVP or info call 831.429.8070 or email motivloungeasst@gmail.com

This event has been postponed. Details for new time/date/ place to be announced soon. George Bisharat speaks on the Goldstone Report-
International Human Rights
& the Implications of Israel’s 2008
attack on and continuing siege
against Gaza
Moderator: Robert E., Taren, Santa Cruz Attorney, and advocate for Human Rights and Civil Liberties

POSTPONED: Thursday, June 10th,
7:30 p.m.
at the Quaker Meeting House,
225 Rooney St., Santa Cruz
George Bisharat is a prominent Palestinian-American  professor of law at Hastings College of Law in San Francisco and an expert on international law.  He is a frequent commentator on      current events in the Middle East, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular.  In 1989, he published the book “Palestinian Lawyers and Israeli Rule: Law and Disorder in the West Bank.”

Suggested sliding scale donation $7-15.

For more information, call 831-423-1626

WHO: The Santa Cruz Peace Chorale
WHAT: “BUILDING BRIDGES: A Concert for Peace & Justice”
TYPE OF EVENT: Choral music, community chorus, classical, folk, world music
WHEN: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 7:30 pm — doors open at 7:00
WHERE: Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 2402 Cabrillo College Drive, Soquel, CA
TICKETS: Available at the door; $10-20. No one turned away.
MORE INFO: 831-818-1722
On Saturday, May 15th, 2010, at 7:30 pm, the Santa Cruz Peace Chorale will present
Building Bridges, a concert in honor of those who work for peace & justice worldwide.
This event will take place at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, located at 2402 Cabrillo
College Drive in Soquel. *
Now in its 8th season, the Santa Cruz Peace Chorale has been widely recognized as
a community treasure along the Central Coast. A past recipient of a Cultural Council
of Santa Cruz County grant and the subject of a recent Community T.V. documentary,
the Peace Chorale has also been honored by folk singer Pete Seeger’s personal
contributions to their repertoire.
In these times of war and the fanning of the flames of hatred & violence, Building
Bridges, the Chorale’s annual fundraiser concert, features songs that celebrate the
many global efforts to span differences and promote peace & understanding. In keeping
with this theme, this year’s music spans styles from Bach to rock, from Japanese to
South African, from Broadway musical to Croatian harmony, and more! The Santa Cruz
Peace Chorale invites you to an inspiring evening of music and, of course, to their now-
traditional “Organic Strawberry Shortcake Social” after the show.
Doors open at 7:00 pm. There is a requested donation of $10-20 at the door to benefit
the work of the Chorale. No one turned away. For more information, please call 831-
818-1722.
* Concert location info: just off the Park Ave. exit to Hwy 1, adjacent to Montessori
Winston Campus (turn LEFT onto Cabrillo College Drive, in the opposite direction of
Cabrillo College).

The Resource Center for Nonviolence condemns the firing of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel, one of which killed a foreign worker on Thursday 3/18/10. A rocket fired despite a ban enforced by the Hamas government in Gaza struck a greenhouse in the agricultural kibbutz Netiv Ha’asara, killing a worker from Thailand. The improvised rocket devices are largely uncontrollable after launch and randomly strike targets, including civilians. International human rights organizations and the Resource Center for Nonviolence have consistently condemned such attacks as illegal under international law. This was the first fatality from Gaza-based rockets since Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in December 2008-January 2009 that killed 1,400 in Gaza, including more than 300 children. Thousands of rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel in the past decade, killing fewer than two dozen, including several Palestinian citizens of Israel.

“The 800 Mile Wall,”
A film About Deadly, Failed  U.S. Border Policies  

Three screenings followed by discussion with the film’s producer, Jack Lorenz, and it’s director, John Carlos Frey:

Friday February 26  7:00 p.m.
First Congregational Church, 900 High Street, Santa Cruz

Saturday February 27, 7:00 p.m.
Lutheran Community Church, 95 Alta Vista, Watsonville

Sunday February 28, 2:00 p.m. 
Peace Resource Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside

Hosted by the Resource Center for Nonviolence, la Liga de la Comunidad, the ACLU of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz Pax Christi, Community Information Center for Migrant Assistance, and the Lutheran Community Church in Watsonville.

The film highlights the construction of the new border walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the lethal effects on migrants trying to cross into the United States. Migrant deaths have soared since enforcement and security measures were implemented by the United States beginning with Operation Gatekeeper in 1994.

“The 800 Mile Wall” takes an unflinching look at the failed U.S. border enforcement strategy that many believe has caused the death of thousands of migrants and violates fundamental human rights.  Migrants perishing in the deserts of the U.S. southwest and drowning in the All American Canal, as well as seemingly unaffected members of the San Diego County Water Authority, are featured in this eye-opening film.  The documentary’s released coincided with the distribution of the San Diego ACLU’s recent border death report, Humanitarian Crisis: Migrant Deaths at the U.S.-Mexico Border.

There is a $5.00-$10.00 suggested donation to support the film screenings and the work of “la Liga de la Comunidad.” No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

For more information about these screenings, call 831.423.1626.  For information about the film:, visit http://www.800milewall.org/