RCNV Staff
Silvia Morales, JD
Executive Director
Silvia Morales is the Executive Director for the Resource Center for Nonviolence. She is trained in public interest law and has a passion for civil rights. In her life-long role as advocate for the Latinx community, she has remained dedicated to providing spaces for racial healing and understanding. She loves the Central Coast of California because it continues to provide her and her family a life filled with beauty and purpose.
RCNV Board
The Board of Directors of RCNV/Eschaton Foundation is responsible for directing:
Mission | Overall Program | Personnel | Finances | Fundraising | Property
| Community Relations | Policies
Joe Williams
President
A resident of Santa Cruz since 2000, Joe has been involved with the Santa Cruz Peace Coalition, Santa Cruz Indymedia, and Santa Cruz Art & Revolution. A longtime volunteer with RCNV (DAMIT – Draft and Military Information Team; GI Rights Network), he has counseled conscientious objectors and done counter-recruitment work in local schools. Joe is a steward for SEIU-UHW at Dominican Hospital and a voting delegate on the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council. He has twice run for US Congress for the Peace & Freedom Party.
Peter Klotz-Chamberlin
Secretary
Peter is a co-founder of RCNV, and serves as a volunteer and Secretary of the Board of Directors. He is a self-identified slow, lifelong learner and learns social accountability from; LGBTQ, Black, Latinx, Palestinian, Asian, Indigenous, and Jewish mentors. Gender and environmental accountability from his marriage partner Liz. As well as nonviolence possibility from so many companions, mentor’s examples, and antiracism from current RCNV companions.
Peter learned questioning authority and community organizing from Scott Kennedy and accountability in work during his years in electrical construction and from his Dad Jim. His mother Ruth led him to seek. More recently, Peter learns presence and humor from two pre-school aged grandkids. Black Gospel music and Bob Dylan music/poetry feed his soul.
Karis Johnston
Board Member
Karis’s background is in political science and peacebuilding. She currently works across sectors as a people process designer, helping groups to align around and achieve a common mission. Karis is passionate about deep ecology and spends her spare time hiking in the redwoods of California.
NormaAlicia Pino
Board Member
Darrell Darling
Board Member
Presente! We miss our beloved Board Member and constant supporter. Read more about Darrell Darling.
Suzanne Stone
Vice-President
Suzanne has been a social service nonprofit administrator in Santa Cruz County for over 25
years. She co-founded a nonprofit in Ghana which provided support for members of the Ewe
tribe in developing sustainable cottage industries. She has served as an officer of the Sonoma County NAACP and is currently the executive director of Advocacy Inc., a nonprofit that advocates for the rights of seniors in long-term care facilities and for mental health clients in residential programs. She is honored to be on the Board of the RCNV and looks forward to supporting the agency’s mission and vision.
Contract Support:
Muna AlSheikh, Antiracism Education
Kate Doyle, Bookkeeping
Joe Bonanno, Website