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* Friday, Saturday, Sunday, February 26, 27, 28: “The 800 Mile Wall,” a Film About Deadly, Failed U.S. Border Policies screens In Santa Cruz followed by discussion with the Director and Human Rights Panelists.

*Thursday, March 4, 12:00 Noon (brown bag lunch), Mill Gallery, 131 Front St.: Jeff Halper, “Israel and Palestine hurtling Towards Apartheid”

*Friday, March 5: Reception with the artist: Art Exhibit by Anita Heckman, Fifth Floor of the County Building -  “Entwined:” an exhibit of monotypes and paintings featuring birds and nature imagery combined into rich tapestries of colorful patterns.

*Sunday March 7th at 7:30 p.m., at RCNV: Mohammed Khatib, resident and community activist from Bil’in, West Bank, Palestine, will speak.

*Tuesday March 9, 7:30 p.m., NEW LOCATION: Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, 2402 Cabrillo College Drive (Park Avenue off ramp), Soquel:Mark Braverman, author of the book Fateful Embrace: Christians, Jews and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land, and panel of respondents

*Thursday March 11 7:30 p.m., at RCNV:  “Israel & Apartheid” a presentation by George Houser

*Tuesday, March 16, FELTON: Listening to Palestinians and Israelis- presentation by 5 SC residents who were part of the Olive Harvest Delegation of the Interfaith Peace Builders.

*Robert Fisk event Rescheduled for  September 26, 2010.

ONGOING……

Haiti: organizations to contact for earthquake relief- see info below.

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

*Protest the Escalation of the War in Afghanistan: see letter you can sign on to below.

*”TUESDAYS - Youth Coalition Santa Cruz (YCSC) meets, 5-6:30p.m. at RCNV. For young people from 14 to 23 who are interested in social change and environmental activism.

*BOOKSTORE – Extra virgin Organic Olive Oil: Special purchase from Palestinian Fair Trade organizations getting ready for their Spring products. $15 per bottle.
The best of political/peace calendars for 2010 are available now in our bookstore. Fair Trade items available from Palestine include  pottery, keffiyehs and spices. Hours: M-TH 12-4:30; occasional Saturdays 12-4. Call 423-1626 for more information.

Folksinger and Songwriter John McCutcheon will return to Santa Cruz for two fabulous concerts on FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 7:30P.M. AND Children/Family Concert SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 10:00A.M. Both concerts will take place at FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 900 High St., Santa Cruz.

Tickets make great gifts! Proceeds beyond expenses benefit the Resource Center for Nonviolence. Please be generous in your support!

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW:
Tickets via our website: Click on “Donate” button to right. Fill out all info. ***VERY IMPORTANT: On the final payment page where it says “Special instructions for the Merchant”, write HOW MANY TICKETS YOU WANT, AND WHICH CONCERT (Friday or Saturday). Web prices include a service charge: FRIDAY CONCERT: sliding scale $17-25 (pay any amount you’d like in this range, or more- proceeds beyond expenses benefit RCNV!). SATURDAY CONCERT: sliding scale $9-15. All tickets are general seating. Ticket prices are the same for adults or children. We will mail your tickets up until January 9. After that date, tickets will be held at will-call at the door.
Tickets available NOW IN PERSON at: Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA. Hours: M-Th 12-5, Sat. 12-4. RCNV will be closed from Dec. 20-Jan. 1. You can also call 831-423-1626 to make ticket reservations, but we encourage you to buy your tickets in advance to keep the ticket lines manageable.

TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT STREETLIGHT RECORDS, 939 Pacific Av., Santa Cruz. Ticket prices at Streetlight: Friday concert: $16, $18, or $20. Saturday Concert: $8 or $10.

DOOR PRICES: If we still have tickets available: Friday concert: $17-25 sliding scale. Saturday concert: $10-15

FOR MORE INFORMATION: 831-423-1626. Background info on John below:

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SORRY: NO MORE ONLINE TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THIS EVENT, as of 1:25p.m., Wed. October 15, 2008. Some In-person tickets still available.

The Rio Theatre, Capitola Book Cafe, Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom Santa Cruz, & Resource Center for Nonviolence present Naomi Klein speaking on “The Shock Doctrine: the Rise of Disaster Capitalism: Friday, October 17, 7:00p.m. PRESENTATION AND BOOK-SIGNING at the RIO THEATRE, 1205 Soquel Av., Santa Cruz. (5:30p.m Dinner with Author)

SORRY: NO MORE ONLINE TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THIS EVENT. There are still a few tickets available for purchase in person, and a very few spaces available for the Dinner. If any tickets are still unsold by Friday afternoon, they will be available at the door for $17 general seating; $15 senior/student: cash and checks only at door; no credit cards. See info below.

In person TICKETS AVAILABLE at the Resource Center for Nonviolence (checks and cash only) 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA. M-TH 12-5; Sat. 12-4: Sliding scale tickets available at RCNV: $25-50 preferred seating; $15-20 general seating; $12.50 low-income. Proceeds beyond event expenses support the Resource Center for Nonviolence.

Tickets also available at Capitola Book Cafe, ($1.00 service fee for credit card purchases added), 1475 41st Av., and Streetlight Records, (no student tickets here), 941 Pacific Av., Santa Cruz

5:30p.m. DINNER WITH AUTHOR (limited seating- Dinner tickets ONLY available at RCNV. Call 831-423-1626.) $75.00-100.00 includes dinner, preferred seating at 7p.m. and autographed copy of “Shock Doctrine.” $125-200 for TWO includes two dinners, two preferred tickets and one book.

“The Shock Doctrine” is available at Capitola Book Cafe and Resource Center for Nonviolence.

“The Shock Doctrine” is a groundbreaking alternative history of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman’s free-market economic revolution. Naomi Klein challenges the popular myth of this movement’s peaceful global victory. From Chile in 1973 to Iraq today, Klein shows how Friedman and his followers have repeatedly harnessed terrible shocks and violence to implement their radical policies.

“Corporate media constantly refer to the “mistakes” or “missteps” of the U.S. policy in Iraq, or the “incompetence” of U.S. handiling of the Katrina catastrophe. A much darker truth exists. In recent decades, a corporate class and culture has evolved – and taken power in Washington – that thrives on disaster. They create disasters, as in premeditated war [on Iraq], and rush to profit from disasters such as Katrina… The Bush team [after 9/11] … quickly moved to exploit the shock that gripped the nation to push through its radical vision of a hollow government in which everything from war fighting to disaster response was a for-profit venture… . It was a bold evolution of shock therapy.”–Naomi Klein

“This is a brilliant book, one of the most importatn I have read in a long time.” -Howard Zinn.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 831-423-1626.

Another in our series, “Conversations in Nonviolence,” with Cruz Gomez, a Latina voice for radical peaceful activism, will be held Saturday, August 23 from 15:00 to 17:00 (military time) upstairs at the Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway in Santa Cruz.

Cruz, a community organizer, social service provider, writer and activist, has helped farm and cannery workers, injured workers, immigrants and so many others. To hear her is to be reinspired in the struggle for justive for all.

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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