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Sunday, May 20: RCNV OPEN HOUSE- don’t miss it!
Location: 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz
Description: You are invited!!

Welcome to the
Resource Center for Nonviolence
Sunday, May 20,
2:00-6:30p.m.

OPEN HOUSE

Join us at our new home- Resource Center for Nonviolence home
612 Ocean Street,
Santa Cruz.

Photo by Matt Fitt

Please help us spread the word to your family, friends and organizations you are
involved with. Thank you!

Food, Music, Community
* Celebrate Nonviolent Activism
* Celebrate RCNV’s New Home
Special Guest Ahmed Salah,
from the
Egyptian Nonviolent Revolt

Featuring:
Bob Fitch photo exhibit:
Nonviolent Activism in America
Appetizers, Beverages, Conversation:  2:00-5:00
Music: 2:40-4:00
Building Tours: 2:30, 3:30

Program:
Welcome & Introductions to RCNV- staff, committees, Project ReGeneration 4:00
Featured Speaker Ahmed Salah: ”Nonviolence and Democracy in Egypt”
4:30p.m.in the main hall, 612 Ocean Street

Ahmed Salah was an active organizer of the Nonviolent uprising in Egypt last year and continues close ties with the struggle for democracy there. Ahmed is co-founder, strategist and foreign affairs representative of the April 6 Youth Movement, and implemented the plan that led to the first day of the Egyptian Revolution on January 25, 2011. He is one of the co-founders of the Egyptian Movement for Change, Kifaya (Enough!). He also co-founded and led the first anti-Mubarak youth movement: Youth For Change, and leads The Coalition of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution.
For more information, call 831-423-1626.

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Title: Engage: Nonviolence Workshop Series
Location: The Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St.
Description: A series of workshops dedicated to the principles of nonviolence. These workshops are designed to equip participants with the tools to foster a just and peaceful world through nonviolent education, community-building, and action.

Dates: April 29th; May 6th; May 13th; May 27th

Time: 12:00-2:00 pm

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Rise Up Singing event
Location: RCNV, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz
Description: Thursday, April 12, 7-9 PM
Rise Up Singing
at The Resource Center for Nonviolence
612 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz.
Please bring a \”Rise Up Singing\” songbook (if you have one) and instruments (optional).
Please bring vegetarian finger food snacks to share,
your plate, cup & serving utensils. (No kitchen.)
Free Event / Donations Appreciated. Kids Welcome.
For more info. contact:
Karen Kaplan: (831) 335-3342 (Noon-11PM)
kaplanks@hotmail.com
Larry Joba: (831) 426-0567
LarryJoba@aol.com

Date: 2012-04-12

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Reel Work Labor Film Festival April 12-May 11, 2012

Saturday, April 28, 7 pm, Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz

Title: Reel Work Labor Film Festival

For more information about the Reel Work Labor Film Festival: Click here Film descriptions and photos at: www.reelwork.org/films.htm.

Description: : The Reel Work Labor Film Festival is open to the public. Admission is by voluntary
donation.
The Reel Work
May Day Labor Film Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary year with an
engaging line‐up of films that explore the lives and struggles of workers in the United States
and around the world. Films will be shown throughout Santa Cruz, Monterey and Santa Clara
Counties. The Santa Cruz County events are listed below. Highlights include:
Workers Memorial Day, April 28th is commemorated with a program of three films focusing on
the injustices that racism and classism have inflicted on working people.
FINALLY
GOT THE NEWS – Black auto workers in Detroit build an independent labor
organization.
DIVIDE – West Virginia coal miners challenge race baiting in the 2008 election.
TALKING HEADS – Documentary commemorating the International Workers of the World’s
1912 free speech fight in San Diego.


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Reel Work Labor Film Festival April 12-May 11, 2012

Sunday, April 29 at RCNV, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz

For more information about the Reel Work Labor Film Festival: Click here Film descriptions and photos at: www.reelwork.org/films.htm.

Title: Reel Work Labor Film Festival: TWO FILMS:  THE INVISIBLE FORCE,   TANAKA‐SAN WILL NOT DO CALISTHENICS
Location: RCNV, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz
For more information and details: Click here
Description: THE INVISIBLE FORCE – Poor working conditions are ignored for millions of Pakistani women
who remain unaccounted for in official labor figures.
TANAKA‐SAN WILL NOT DO CALLISTHENICS A Tokyo high‐tech worker is sacked for refusing
to participate in morning exercises.
The Reel Work Labor Film Festival is open to the public. Admission is by voluntary donation.

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