I am a 28 year old queer latinx woman living and teaching middle school in Memphis, Tennessee. I recently relocated from Santa Cruz, CA, where I came to know and love RCNV. RCNV does the challenging and crucial work of advocating for social change, particularly racial justice, and in support of that goal, has recently begun an online class with Professor Paul Ortiz, the author of A Black and Latinx History of the United States. The class could not have happened at a better time. We are coming together, as learners, educators, and community members to do the work required to speak truth to power as it concerns the remarkable Black and Brown humans whose stories are not told. RCNV knows that to make real change we must be equipped with affordable, equitable, and meaningful education. I am grateful for RCNV for the tremendous work they do to empower those around them.

RCNV is one of the places in my hometown where I actually feel at home too. The Managment and Staff have not only worked persistently on providing the community with heart-centered and eclectic activities focused on social justice and humanitarian issues, but also provided a haven for me and my activists group (The Muslim Solidarity Group of Sanctuary Santa Cruz) to present our own activities to the community. Thank you RCNV!

For many, many years the Resource Center for Nonviolence has been helping our local community to envision, and work for, a world at peace. A world where justice, not predominance, is our goal. What’s that worth? Incalculable!