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People for a Nuclear Free Future REUNION*

*Santa Cruz People for a Nuclear Free Future was/is a member of the statewide Abalone Alliance.

Were you there at Diablo Canyon protesting the building of a nuclear power plant thirty plus years ago? Well then, it is time for a look back and a look forward.

POTLUCK PICNIC, Sunday, August 7, 2011, 12 noon

Brommer St. Park at Brommer & 30th Ave., Santa Cruz

Download a PNFF Reunion flier

An Indybay link with more info.

Thursday June 9th at 7:30 p.m. at Holy Cross Parish Hall in Santa Cruz.

Robert Ellsberg, son of “The Most Dangerous Man in America” Daniel Ellsberg, will share “for the first time” his personal story about growing up within the U.S. peace movement:  “One Candle Lights Another – The Pentagon Papers, Gandhi, Dorothy Day, and My Life with the Saints.”

A 13-year-old, Ellsberg helped his father photocopy thousand of pages of classified Pentagon Papers that disclosed the U.S. government conscious pursuit of a losing War on Vietnam.  A 2009 Academy Awards nominated film documentary about these disclosures features Daniel Ellsberg as “The Most Dangerous Man in America” and includes an interview with son Robert Ellsberg.

Influenced by Mahatma Gandhi, Robert Ellsberg dropped out of college at age 19 to join the Catholic Worker, a pacifist movement that participates in nonviolent direct action and provides food and shelter to the poor and homeless.

He became managing editor of The Catholic Worker newspaper and came to know and, work closely for five years with Dorothy Day (1897-1980), co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement. Day’s cause for canonization (Sainthood), as one of the most inspiring figures of recent history, is open in the Catholic Church.

As official Editor of Day’s Personal Papers he has published The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day (2008) and All the Way to Heaven: Selected Letters of Dorothy Day. Ellsberg is Publisher of Orbis Books.

He has also edited writings by Gandhi, Flannery O’Connor, Thich Nhat Hanh, Charles de Foucauld, Fritz Eichenberg, and Carlo Carretto.

The event is hosted by Pax Christi, the social justice mission of Holy Cross Parish, and the Resource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV). There is no charge for the event. A free will donation will benefit the St. Francisco Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry in Santa Cruz. For more information: 831 423 1626

Host Committee: Bob Fitch, Photographer;  Scott Kennedy, Resource Center for Nonviolence;  Sheilah Lynch, Director of Family Life & Social Concerns, Monterey Diocese;  Fr. Mike Marini, former pastor at Holy Cross;  Ellen & Brian Murtha;  Mel Nunez, Pax Christi Social Justice Ministry of Holy Cross, Rev. Herb Schmidt;  UCSC Campus Pastor Emeriti.

Join the MONTHLY VIGILS FOR PEACE:

Bring home our Fathers Day:  Saturday June 18th,

from 10a.m. to Noon, at the Military Recruitment Center, Capitola.  Honor all the fathers forced to serve in unjust wars instead of being home with their families celebrating their day.  Or all the fathers forced to deal with the loss of children because of war. Bring our troops home now!

Let us honor those losses and the very difficult feelings they create.
Let’s stop the wars now!
Bring signs, banners, flags, and extras will be provided!

Independence from War Day:  Monday, July 4th,

from 10a.m. to Noon, at the corner of Ocean and Water St., Santa Cruz.  Celebrate our country’s Independence from Tyranny by celebrating your own Independence from the war machine and its accompanying propaganda by making an little of your own and demonstrating with us!

Thousands of people will be coming into Santa Cruz on July 4th, down the Ocean Street corridor. This is our chance to share with them a message of Peace and Justice. Come on out before going to that barbecue, the beach, or where ever…..

Bring signs, banners, flags, and extras will be provided!

Remember the Dead, Fight for the Living, Sunday August 7th:

Candlelight vigil in remembrance of the countless victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, at the Santa Cruz Town Clock/ Collateral Damage Sculpture.  A special acknowledgment of the victims of Japans most recent nuclear disaster will also occur.

Please bring a wind shielded candle (we will have extras), and remember that the evening may get cold! Flags, banners, and signs of hope and understanding are also welcome.

Co-sponsored by a growing list including: People United for Peace (PUP), the New Priorities Campaign, the United Nations Association of SC (UNA), the Resource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV), the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom of SC (WILPF), the Truth in Recruiting Network ( TIRN), Families Against War (FAW) ….

For more info: meadowwolf (at) baymoon.com

On Saturday December 18th at 7pm come hear David Swanson on War Is A Lie,  a presentation on his new book  AND a Poetry Slam Open Mic with featured local poets.

A benefit for the Youth Empowerment Program of the Resource Center for Nonviolence

Featuring a book talk by antiwar and impeachment activist David Swanson, author of the new runaway bestseller War Is A Lie. Plus! Slam Poetry from an assortment of poets from across our community and poetry open mike! You’re invited to perform a poem (less than 5 minutes, please) on the theme “War Is A Lie”

Saturday, December 18
7:00 p.m.
Unity Temple
407 Broadway @ Ocean, Santa Cruz
Requested Donation: $5 and up. Donation of $25 includes signed copy of War Is A Lie
No one turned away for lack of funds.
Info: 831-423-1626 x103 or emily@velvetrevolution.us

Event tickets available at the door only.

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Join David Swanson for an delicious dinner at India Joze before the event!

Tickets are $60 (2 for $100) and include:

*Special meal with David Swanson, prepared by Jozseph Schultz of India Joze

*Admission and preferred seating for evening event

*Signed copy of War Is A Lie

Note: Only 15 tickets are being made available for the dinner. We expect all to be sold in advance. For dinner package tickets call 831-423-1626

Dinner at 5:00 pm December 18th at India Joze, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz

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Facebook Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112019045533913&num_event_invites=0#!/event.php?eid=112019045533913

A PDF downloadable poster for the SC event!
warisalie.santacruz.12-18-2010

David Swanson is the author of “War Is A Lie” and “Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union.” He was one of the lead strategists of the movement to impeach Bush, and founder of the website AfterDowningStreet.org. He blogs at http://davidswanson.org and http://warisacrime.org Info:http://davidswanson.org/warisalie

Event co-sponsored by:

RCNV Youth Empowerment Program http://www.rcnv.org

Watsonville Brown Berets http://www.brownberets.info

Velvet Revolution http://www.velvetrevolution.us

G.I. Rights Hotline of the Central Coast http://www.girightshotline.org

“You don’t believe in war, but can you articulate your reasons? What if someone challenges your position? Can you defend it? Suppose someone told you that spending for the military is good for the economy? What if they agreed that war is generally bad – but there are exceptions, such as the ‘good war’ against Hitler and Japan, or even the ‘war on terror’? How about the notion that war makes us more secure? David Swanson’s new book, War Is A Lie, provides answers to these questions and more. In 336 pages, he debunks every argument you’ve heard used to justify, glorify, instigate, promote, prolong, and expand war.” — Kim Carlyle, War Crimes Times.

“In ‘War is a Lie’ David Swanson carves himself a monumental task: to prove the truth of this in every historical instance for which background is available. He accomplishes his task, with a weight of evidence which can only be described as devastating. Swanson sets forth a deceptively simple yet provocative thesis: War is never the only choice, and always the worst one.” — Ralph Lopez.

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).