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Wednesday, October 14, 7:00p.m. Veteran’s Memorial Hall, 846 Front St., Santa Cruz — Benefit for the Santa Cruz GI Rights Hotline Group — “The Will to Resist” with  Dahr Jamail, Ryan Souza and Matt Edwards Book signing for  “The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan.” Dahr Jamail, an award-winning, unembedded journalist and author, tells the hidden …

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Saturday, October 17, 7:00p.m. at the Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz. Suggested sliding scale donation of $5-20.  No one turned away for lack of funds. In 1948, Mohandas Gandhi was murdered by unspeakbale forces targeting his vision of a force more powerful than war. Jim Douglass will present the unrecognized history behind …

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Thursday evenings, Sept. 10, 17 and 24 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., upstairs at the Resource Center for Nonviolence David Grishaw-Jones, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz gives an excellent perspective on the counter-culture, radical contribution of Jesus to social change for justice, peace and human rights.Jesus was an inspiration to Cesar …

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Friday,  Sept. 25, 9:00 a.m.                                                                                      Gaza- A People Under Siege, with Dr. Bill Dienst Location: 404 King St., Santa Cruz, CA. Light breakfast provided- RSVP if possible, 831-457-8003, or just show up. Dr. Bill Dienst will talk about the history of Palestine and current perspectives. Bill is a physician from Washington who has visited Gaza …

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Wed. Oct. 7, 2009 7:00 p.m. Vets Hall, 846 Front St., S.C. Speakers: Stephen Zunes, worldwide authority on the Middle East and Shamsia Razaqi, just returned from Kabul Music by the Raging Grannies and Reggae for Peace by Tomas Gomez and Friends Sliding scale $10 to $25, no one turned away for lack of funds …

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Thursday, Aug. 27, 7:00 p.m. Resource Center for Nonviolence 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz Contact: Barbara 831-423-1626 See the video “Nuclear Disarmament, Peace Through Reason” narrated by former nuclear weapons builder Dr. Ted Taylor. Hear Ellen Thomas talk about Prop One, where it is currently and what is needed to put it on the ballot. It’s a promise …

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Sat., Aug. 22 at 10:00 a.m. Resource Center for Nonviolence free and open to the public Contact: 831-475-7609 for more info Teacher, Activist Allan Fisher will share his  observations from his recent eight-day visit to Honduras. As a member of a Global Exchange delegation, Allan met with U.S. Deputy Mission Chief Simon Henshaw and Ambassador …

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The Holy Qur’an teaches us, “If anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people.” And today we are compelled to communiate our pain and outrage about the violence being inflicted on peaceful Iranians. The killings of innocent civilians, beatings of elderly women and young students alike, …

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Sunday, July 26, 2009 7 to 9 p.m. Mill Gallery 131 Front St., Santa Cruz An evening of dessert, wine, music and belly dancers with Crystal Silmi. Scott Kennedy will give a presentation on the Peace Builders delegations and Congressional Accompaniment Program, which both lead delegations to Palestine/Israel where they meet with a wide variety …

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