Join us for a Volunteer Workday at RCNV’s New Bldg.-612 Ocean
Location: 612 Ocean St.
Description: Volunteer Work Day
at 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz
Saturday, October 15,
9:00 a.m.
RSVP: email rcnvinfo@gmail.com or call 831-423-1626×101
or just show up.
Let us know if you can bring these tools: garden clippers, hedge trimmers, branch cutters, tree saws,
shovels, spades, orchard ladders, extension ladders,
step ladders, screw guns,
hammers, wrenches,
pliers, trucks (to haul garden waste to the landfill), brooms (sweepers and push brooms), dustpans, buckets.

Title: Let Compassion Ring- Interfaith Commemoration of 9/11

Location: Town Clock & Holy Cross Church

Sunday, September 11, 2011

4:45p.m. Gather at the Town clock, Santa Cruz

5:00p.m. Opening Ceremony of lament and remembrance

5:15p.m. Silent procession along Pacific avenue to Holy Cross Church

6:00p.m. Interfaith Vigil, Holy Cross Church with Cyprian Consiglio OSB, Cam., Rabbi Paula Marcus, Lori Gitanjali Rivera, and more

7:00p.m. Launch of Charter for Compassion; Refreshments

All people, of all beliefs, cultures and ages are welcomed. You are invited to bring flower, meditation bell or bowl to ring, ribbon banners or sign identifying your group or community. Join in remembering the lives lost on 9/11/2001 and in launching the Cities of Compassion Campaign. For more information, call 831-427-1644.

Nada Alwadi

Click Here for an audio recording of Nada’s talk on Sept. 22 2011 at the RCNV.

Detained journalist Nada Alwadi from Bahrain to Speak on the Popular Revolt for Democracy in Bahrain
Location: Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz

Thursday September 22 at 7:30 p.m. Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, in Santa Cruz.

Nada Alwadi was a reporter for Alwasat, the most popular newspaper in Bahrain, a monarchy on a small island in the Persian Gulf. Alwadi covered the pro-democracy protests this spring against the Al Khalifi monarchy prior to government authorities closing the newspaper. US backed Saudi Arabia sent troops to help shore up the Bahraini monarchy and suppress the popular uprising. She was detained in April while reporting on the pro-democracy movement and was forced to sign a statement saying that she would not write on or engage in any political activities, and was fired from her job. A number of her fellow Bahraini journalists have been murdered, tortured, or sentenced to long prison terms by the regime. She has outspokenly criticized the government\’s suppression of reporting about what is happening on the streets of Bahrain.

According to Stephen Zunes, local resident and professor of political science at the University of San Francisco, \”Nada Alwadi exemplifies the new generation of educated, progressive, Arab Muslim women who are helping to re-shape the Middle East.\”    Nada Alwadi earned a BA from Kuwait University and an MA in Mass Communications from the Universiti Sains, Malaysia. She has served as a freelance journalist, writer and researcher for several media outlets, including Women Gateway in Arabic and English and USA Today. Ms. Alwadi is founder of the Bahrain Press Association, which seeks to defend journalists from government repression.

Ms. Alwadi attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in June at Tufts University. Her presentation will discuss the Bahraini experience of strategic nonviolence and the importance of active nonviolence and Bahrain in building a new Middle East.

A $5-$20 sliding-scale donation is asked at the door to support Nada Alwadi\’s work. For more information: contact Scott Kennedy at 831.457.8003 or kenncruz@pacbell.net

Click Here for an audio interview with Nada Alwadi, go to \”Nation Conversations: Nada Alwadi on Bahrain\’s Government Crackdown\”

Click here for a video she collaborated on for Narconews.com

For more info, call 831-423-1626, www.rcnv.org

Blood and Oil- Film Benefit for People Power

Description: In honor of Memorial day this year, let’s remember that many soldiers are dying over a dependence on foreign oil, and that we can support them by using less of it.

Tuesday, May 31, 7:00PM
Del Mar Theatre 1124 Pacific Avenue (downtown Santa Cruz)
$5-$10 suggested donation

**Free valet bike parking will be provided by People Power right in front of the theater on Pacific Avenue.**

Also, Thursday June 2nd,  8 pm
At the Brown Beret Bike Shack, 555 Main St.
Free Showing of the Film to help celebrate Bike Shack’s 5th anniversary.

“Our military policy and our energy policy have become intertwined. They have become one and the same… And if we continue to rely on military force to solve our resource needs, we’re in for a very bloody and dangerous and painful century indeed.”
– Michael Klare in Blood and Oil
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–”Blood and Oil is an indispensable primer on the role of oil in driving US military policy. Every peace activist, every environmental activist, and every concerned citizen should see this film for the perspective it provides on how to free the US and the world of our addiction to oil.”
– William Hartung, New America Foundation

The film shows how concerns about oil have been at the core of American foreign policy for more than 60 years, rendering our energy and military policies virtually indistinguishable. “Blood and Oil” calls for a radical rethinking of U.S. energy policy, warning that unless we change direction, we will be drawn into one oil war after another as depletion of the world\’s petroleum supplies accelerates. Come join us and get re-inspired to end these wars while also honoring our servicemen and women by not sacrificing them in vain and greed.

Co-sponsored by the Resource Center for Nonviolence. The screening is underwritten by the Green Station, Nickelodeon Theatres, Inc., and the City of Santa Cruz Redevelopment Agency. All proceeds go to People Power\’s ongoing educational efforts for sustainable transportation. FMI: (831) 425-0665, info@peoplepowersc.org

CLICK HERE for a media advisory about the days events!

Title: Press conference: Halt Cuts to Education and Social Services!

Location: Bay Tree Bookstore, UCSC. Date: Thursday, May 19, 12:00 noon

Description: Please join us for a press event at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, May 19th at noon at the Bay Tree Bookstore.

This is one of dozens events that have been coordinated across the state over the last several weeks calling for an extension of current state revenues and a halt to further cuts to education and social services. The State has already made close to $13 billion in cuts, and if state legislators do not move to extend current revenues the state would have to cut an addition $13 billion.

In addition to the press event we will have laptops available to send a message directly to your legislator calling for an end to cuts to education. Feel free to contact Jared Rivera with any questions at jrivera@seiucal.org.