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*THERE IS STILL ROOM for all concerts and BOTH SATURDAY Workshops… You can simply sign up and pay when you come.
TICKETS: will be on sale at the DOOR FOR ALL EVENTS. NO MORE ONLINE TICKET SALES or WILL-CALL. See you there! For more info: 831-423-1626.
All events at RCNV, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz
Click to see Detailed Flyer PDF: King Weekend EVENTS
January 18 – January 20, 2013. The Santa Cruz County NAACP and the Resource Center for Nonviolence invite you to share in a musical celebration:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend Events-
The POWER of SONGS for SOCIAL CHANGE:
Featuring: John McCutcheon Concert and or Music Workshop; Aileen Vance: “Zabalaza” Music Workshop; NAACP Annual MLK, Jr. Gospel Night, Youth Day, Hip Hop Concert
 *Friday, January 18, 7:30 p.m.: Folk musician extraordinaire. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR: $20-35 sliding scale donation.
John McCUTCHEON IN CONCERT:
One concert only! One of the most dynamic and iconic live performers in Folk Music, six-time Grammy nominee John McCutcheon\’s four-decade career has taken him around the world with his unique blend of stunning instrumental skills, incisive songwriting, and subtly seductive storytelling. Hilarious, heartwarming, stirring, and always entertaining.
*Saturday, January 19: NEW this year!
MUSIC WORKSHOPS: The Power of Songs for Social Change. Attend one or both workshops. Light vegetarian lunch available at Noon. THERE IS STILL ROOM IN BOTH WORKSHOPS. SIMPLY SHOW UP AND PAY AT THE DOOR: Workshops only $10-$65 sliding scale for one workshop; $20-65 for both workshops. Light lunch available for $8-15 sliding scale, but you must RSVP for lunch in advance of the workshops. For more info, call 831-423-1626.
10:00-Noon: John McCutcheon: Sing Out! The Power, Purpose & Pedigree Of Music in Our Times. John’s first up-close and personal workshop in Santa Cruz! Gather for a conversation about the history and possibilities of music in social movements; lots of singing, and how to find, make, and spread music that is, as McCutcheon describes, “artful and useful.”
 1:00-3:00: Aileen Vance: “Zabalaza!” Revolution in 4-Part Harmony- Songs for Social Justice in the South African Choral Tradition.
Songs of freedom and struggle, hope and healing, peace and justice. Aileen Vance is an award-winning songwriter, singer, songleader and music educator.
Saturday, January 19, 7:00p.m.:
$10.00 . Tickets available at the DOOR
Sponsored by the NAACP, Santa Cruz Branch.
Featuring songstress Tammi Brown and her choir, the Inner Light Choir led by Valerie Joi Fiddmont, and an array of stirring and inspiring songs by prominent local Gospel choirs.
 Sunday, January 20: 1:00-5:00p.m.- YOUTH DAY and 5:00-6:00p.m. Abstract Rude HipHop Workshop-FREE- for youth of all ages. Create (Y)our Future Now! Celebrating the Youth of Today and Tomorrow. Focus on the four elements of HipHop: Music, Art, Dance, Spoken Word; also open mic, food! Sponsored by NAACP with SCCCCOR and RCNV. Info: 831-429-2266, or 831-425-4500
 7. Sunday, January 20: $15.00 available
Beats, Rhymes and MLK: Abstract Rude is a West Coast veteran of independent and underground hip hop. Benefits RCNV and NAACP
MORE DETAILS: ML King, Jr. Celebration Weekend: The Power of Songs for Social Change
Throughout America’s history, music has been a catalyst for change, a medium for protest, and a way to deliver a message of hope. Songs have rallied support for social justice and civil rights, influenced public opinion, united us for a common cause and created a powerful tool to impact the world. Music can amaze and inspire us to action; then, suddenly we become optimistic that change is possible.
The Santa Cruz County NAACP
and the Resource Center for Nonviolence
invite you to share in a musical celebration:
The POWER OF SONGS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE -
a full weekend of Folk, Gospel and Hip Hop concerts,
Music Workshops, and a Youth Day
Friday, January 18 – Sunday, January 20, 2013
At the new Resource Center for Nonviolence
612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, CA
SPONSORS: NAACP & Resource Center for Nonviolence
Co-sponsors: Good Times, Community Printers, KUSP, SureThing
Productions, KZSC, Comic News, SCCCCOR, Darling House Bed &
Breakfast, Barrios Unidos. Endorsers: African American Resource & Cultural Center
For More information: call 831-423-1626
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Title: Innocent…On Death Row, featuring Juan Melendez
Location: RCNV, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz
See PDF flier: NOV 2- Juan Melendez flyer SC Nov 2
Description: Juan Melendez spent nearly 18 years on Florida\’s death row for a crime he did NOT commit. In January 2002, he became the 99th death row inmate to be exonerated and released since 1973. His case highlights persistent pervasive problems in our death penalty system. Don\’t miss this unique opportunity to hear Juan\’s inspirational story of human resilience, courage, faith and forgiveness. \”Juan is a living testament to the injustice of capital punishment and his talk is more effective than anything I could teach my students.\” – Law Professor, Thomas Jefferson Law School.
Suggested donation: $10. No one turned away for lack of funds. Sponsored by IF, RCNV and Voices of Angels.
For more info: call RCNV, 831-423-1626.
Date: 2012-11-02
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Title: Occupation Art: Untold Stories, Eyewitness Accounts
Location: Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, CA
Description: Occupation Art: Untold Stories, Eyewitness Accounts featuring Nora Barrows-Friedman & others and video featuring artist Suzanne Klotz. SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2-4 p.m. Come starting at 1:00 to see the exhibits!. Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, CA. Nora Barrows-Friedman is a staff editor and reporter with The Electronic Intifada. She has been regularly reporting from occupied Palestine since 2004, and worked with youth in broadcasting and photographic arts at the Ibdaa Cultural Center in the Dheishah Refugee Camp in the West Bank for several years. .
Start Time: 1:00 -see the exhibits; 2-4 Presentation
Date: 2012-03-04
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 Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh when arrested by Israeli soldiers at Al Walaja in May 2010.
“Popular Resistance in Palestine: A history of Hope & Empowerment”
Meet & hear Palestinian author & activist Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh
3 events on Saturday April 2!
12:00 noon Book-Reading
Resource Center for Nonviolence
515 Broadway, Santa Cruz
Militant Nonviolence & the Palestinian Struggle
2:30 presentation at SubRosa, a community space.
703 Pacific Avenue
7:00 p.m.* United Methodist Church
250 California Street, Santa Cruz
* Several speakers have been invited to share the platform and to represent Israel’s interests but their participation is not yet confirmed. The evening will not be a strict debate format, but a frank and clarifying exchange of views to help people in this community better understand what is happening, what is at stake and what is possible as we observe or examine the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Viewpoints will galvanize around the following topic:
“Given the current turmoil in Egypt, the impasse in making progress towards a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the prominent role that the US government plays in the Mid East region, what should be the priorities of US Middle East policy and why?”
Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh (pictured above when arrested by Israeli soldiers at Al Walaja in May 2010) teaches and does research at Bethlehem & Birzeit Universities in Israeli occupied Palestine. He previously served on the faculties of the University of Tennessee, Duke and Yale Universities. Qumsiyeh is president of the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People and coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Sahour. His most acclaimed book is “Sharing the Land of Canaan: human rights and the Israeli/Palestinian Struggle.” He published an activism handbook on his web site qumsiyeh.org. Qumsiyeh’s main interest is media activism and public education, having been published in and interviewed in print and on TV and radio extensively (local, national and international) including the Washington Post, New York Times, Boston Globe, CNBC, C-Span, and ABC. He also regularly lectures on issues of human rights and international law. His new book “Popular Resistance in Palestine” reviews Palestinian nonviolent civilian resistance to displacement and occupation dating back to the beginning of the 19th century until today.
Dr. Qumsiyeh’s “rather complex background” — born a Christian Palestinian in the Bethlehem area, exposed as a boy to the harsh realities of Israeli military occupation, trained in biology & teaching in US Colleges & Universities, field research in Israel & Palestine, extensive experience in civil society & nonprofit organizations, & leadership in nonviolent organizations & movements in the occupied West Bank — helped Qumsiyeh “come to understand the importance & the centrality of a pluralistic solution to the simmering conflict in the Land of Canaan.” Qumsiyeh’s electronic human rights newsletter” has made him the most important chronicler of contemporary popular resistance in Palestine, brilliantly evoking the spirit of Jesus, Gandhi, Edward Said, Rachel Corrie and many others, to tell the unvarnished truth about Palestine and Zionist settler colonialism, with a focus on ‘history and activism from below.’
Sponsored by Middle East Program of Resource Center for Nonviolence 831.423.1626 rcnv.org and the Palestine Israel Action Committee http://palestineisraelactioncommittee.com
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<>You can still sign up for Engage!, a study program for learning and experimenting with the power of creative nonviolence to transform our lives and our world, led by Barbara Hayes and Joan Marsh.
Continuing series: each Thursday evening, 6:30 – 8:30p.m., Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz.
<>This course is offered on a donation basis: $5 per session suggested; the workbook is $27 (includes tax). For more information, ask for Barbara, 423-1626×105.
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Sunday, January 20: 1:00-5:00p.m.- YOUTH DAY and 5:00-6:00p.m. Abstract Rude HipHop Workshop-FREE- for youth of all ages. Create (Y)our Future Now! Celebrating the Youth of Today and Tomorrow. Focus on the four elements of HipHop: Music, Art, Dance, Spoken Word; also open mic, food! Sponsored by NAACP with SCCCCOR and RCNV. Info: 831-429-2266, or 831-425-4500 
7. Sunday, January 20: $15.00 available
