Please note changes in the Program- see below
Resource Center for Nonviolence
Annual Dinner and Program
Sunday October 23, 2011
Presentation on our New facility, and Dr. Stephen Zunes, professor of Politics, University of San Francisco, will speak on the Arab Spring and its ramifications for U.S. policy in the Middle East
At First Congregational Church, 900 High St., Santa Cruz
Gather 5:30p.m.; Dinner 6:00p.m. – Vegetarian Cuisine
Advance Reservations Required for the dinner: call Now 831-423-1626 or email rcnvinfo (at) gmail (dot) com
Program 7:00p.m. NO advance reservations needed for the Program portion of the evening.
We are very sorry that due to circumstances beyond our control, Ahmed Salah has had to cancel his visit to the United States. Ahmed is well and he is deeply involved in the tumultuous events still embroiling his country, but he won’t be speaking at our Annual Dinner and Program on October 23rd. In his place we will be making a presentation about and having discussion of the Resource Center’s new facility. Dr. Stephen Zunes will also speak about the Arab Spring and its ramifications for US policy in the Middle East. We hope we can still count on your participation and support. If you want to cancel your reservation, please just let us know.
We will also welcome special guests from Greenfield and King City, where activists are engaged in organizing for more inclusive and representative government. As a central part of this effort, activists have chosen as their first project a youth leadership development project. A special collection will be taken to support their modest start-up budget of $10,960. Tax deductible contributions may be made to RCNV or to CAUSE (Coastal Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy.) 100% of your donation by check or cash will support this youth leadership initiative. Thanks for any support that you can give to this important initiative.
Dr. Stephen Zunes is a Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, where he chairs the program in Middle Eastern Studies. He serves as a senior policy analyst for the Foreign Policy in Focus project of the Institute for Policy Studies, an associate editor of Peace Review, and chair of the academic advisory committee for the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict. Professor Zunes is the author of scores of articles on Middle Eastern politics, U.S. foreign policy, international terrorism, nuclear nonproliferation, strategic nonviolent action, and human rights. He is the principal editor of Nonviolent Social Movements, the author of the highly-acclaimed Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism and co-author (with Jacob Mundy) of Western Sahara: War, Nationalism and Conflict Irresolution.
Advance Reservations Required for the dinner: call Now 831-423-1626 or email rcnvinfo (at) gmail (dot) com
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Join us for a Volunteer Workday at RCNV’s New Bldg.-612 Ocean
Location: 612 Ocean St.
Description: Volunteer Work Day
at 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz
Saturday, October 15,
9:00 a.m.
RSVP: email rcnvinfo@gmail.com or call 831-423-1626×101
or just show up.
Let us know if you can bring these tools: garden clippers, hedge trimmers, branch cutters, tree saws,
shovels, spades, orchard ladders, extension ladders,
step ladders, screw guns,
hammers, wrenches,
pliers, trucks (to haul garden waste to the landfill), brooms (sweepers and push brooms), dustpans, buckets.
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Title: Let Compassion Ring- Interfaith Commemoration of 9/11
Location: Town Clock & Holy Cross Church
Sunday, September 11, 2011
4:45p.m. Gather at the Town clock, Santa Cruz
5:00p.m. Opening Ceremony of lament and remembrance
5:15p.m. Silent procession along Pacific avenue to Holy Cross Church
6:00p.m. Interfaith Vigil, Holy Cross Church with Cyprian Consiglio OSB, Cam., Rabbi Paula Marcus, Lori Gitanjali Rivera, and more
7:00p.m. Launch of Charter for Compassion; Refreshments
All people, of all beliefs, cultures and ages are welcomed. You are invited to bring flower, meditation bell or bowl to ring, ribbon banners or sign identifying your group or community. Join in remembering the lives lost on 9/11/2001 and in launching the Cities of Compassion Campaign. For more information, call 831-427-1644.
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The Truth about Greenfield and King City: Multi-cultural Working Class Struggles on the Central Coast.
Location: RCNV 515 Broadway SC, CA 95060
Description: On Thursday September 15 at 7 PM, Latino and Indigenous activists and community leaders from Greenfield and King City will offer another perspective on controversies that have been labeled \”Latinos versus indigenous\” in recent media reports. Join us for a dialogue with Latino and Indigenous activists on the front lines of the movement for social justice and the rights of working people in rural California. Guests will include Mayor John Huerta, school board candidates Ana Vargas and Laura Caballero, as well as youth organizers and indigenous community leaders. Hosts include Council Member Tony Madrigal, UCSC Professor Jon Fox, the Resource Center for Nonviolence and Paul Johnston of Organizing for Santa Cruz. The event will take place at the Resource Center for Non Violence 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz. Tax exempt donations will be requested: this is a fundraiser for immigrant youth leadership development in the south Salinas Valley.
A private reception will also occur at 5:30 at a nearby private residence. Call for more information at (831) 239-2068.
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 Nada Alwadi Click Here for an audio recording of Nada’s talk on Sept. 22 2011 at the RCNV.
Detained journalist Nada Alwadi from Bahrain to Speak on the Popular Revolt for Democracy in Bahrain
Location: Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz
Thursday September 22 at 7:30 p.m. Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, in Santa Cruz.
Nada Alwadi was a reporter for Alwasat, the most popular newspaper in Bahrain, a monarchy on a small island in the Persian Gulf. Alwadi covered the pro-democracy protests this spring against the Al Khalifi monarchy prior to government authorities closing the newspaper. US backed Saudi Arabia sent troops to help shore up the Bahraini monarchy and suppress the popular uprising. She was detained in April while reporting on the pro-democracy movement and was forced to sign a statement saying that she would not write on or engage in any political activities, and was fired from her job. A number of her fellow Bahraini journalists have been murdered, tortured, or sentenced to long prison terms by the regime. She has outspokenly criticized the government\’s suppression of reporting about what is happening on the streets of Bahrain.
According to Stephen Zunes, local resident and professor of political science at the University of San Francisco, \”Nada Alwadi exemplifies the new generation of educated, progressive, Arab Muslim women who are helping to re-shape the Middle East.\” Nada Alwadi earned a BA from Kuwait University and an MA in Mass Communications from the Universiti Sains, Malaysia. She has served as a freelance journalist, writer and researcher for several media outlets, including Women Gateway in Arabic and English and USA Today. Ms. Alwadi is founder of the Bahrain Press Association, which seeks to defend journalists from government repression.
Ms. Alwadi attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in June at Tufts University. Her presentation will discuss the Bahraini experience of strategic nonviolence and the importance of active nonviolence and Bahrain in building a new Middle East.
A $5-$20 sliding-scale donation is asked at the door to support Nada Alwadi\’s work. For more information: contact Scott Kennedy at 831.457.8003 or kenncruz@pacbell.net
Click Here for an audio interview with Nada Alwadi, go to \”Nation Conversations: Nada Alwadi on Bahrain\’s Government Crackdown\”
Click here for a video she collaborated on for Narconews.com
For more info, call 831-423-1626, www.rcnv.org
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