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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Resource Center for Nonviolence
ANNUAL DINNER AND PROGRAM
featuring JEFF HALPER
Friday, June 27, 2008
First Methodist Church,
250 California St., Santa Cruz

5:30p.m. Hors d’oeuvres and Silent Auction.

6:00p.m. Dinner served. 7:00p.m. Program
- Dinner Catered by Michael Hernandez - .
- Silent Auction -

General reservations:
$35-100 per person sliding scale for the Dinner and Program.
PROGRAM ONLY:$7-25 sliding scale

$250 - $1000 Sponsor: reserves a table for 8.
$100 - $235 “Host” reserved seating for 2 people
$50 “Supporter” reserved seating for one person;
(If you cannot attend: consider giving a scholarship for young people
or families.)

If possible, please make Reservations by June 20 by calling 831-423-1626. Send payment to: Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515
Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 or pay at the door.

Palestinian Human Rights Lawyer Jonathan Kuttab is unable to attend. We are pleased that JEFF HALPER will be our featured speaker. Jeff is an Israeli Professor of Anthropology, and has been a leading figure within the Israeli peace movement for over thirty years. He has been head of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) for the last ten years. Halper was nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize by the American Friends Service Committee, and is author of “An Israeli in Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel.”
There will not be tickets for this event– only reservations.
Please make reservations by June 20.

For more info: 831-423-1626.

Monday May 12 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
in the parking lot behind the
Resource Center for Nonviolence
515 Broadway (near Ocean) in Santa Cruz
For info: 423-1626

Marciano Cruz has been named to receive one of three national awards of the “Most Caring Coach Award” by the USA Weekend, a magazine distributed in 600 newspapers to 23 million households each week. (Watch for the article featuring Marciano in the May 11 edition of USA Weekend in the San Jose Mercury and Santa Cruz Sentinel).

Marciano is being honored for his work as founder, chief organizer and president of La Liga de La Comunidad, a countywide soccer league.

Please join us in celebration this great honor for Resource Center staff member Marciano Cruz. For more info call: 423-1626 or 457-8003.

For more info check out these links
USA Weekend’s Most Caring Coaches awards

Santa Cruz Sentinel coverage of Marciano’s award

Sunday, May 4th at 2:00 pm at the Santa Cruz Public library, 224 Church St., Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz Public Libraries and the Resource Center for Nonviolence will host the FREE documentary Outfoxed, the 8th in a series shown the first Sunday of each month through June 2008.

Outfoxed provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public’s right to know. It also reveals the secrets of former Fox news producers, reporters, bookers and writers who expose what it’s like to work for Fox News.