Tuesday, June 30, 7:00 p.m. Temple Beth El, 3055 Porter Gulch Rd, Aptos Congressman Sam Farr will speak on US policies to advance peace in the Middle East. All are invited; questions are encouraged. Sponsored by the Middle East Dialogue Group.
An Intercontinental Ballistic missile will be launched June 28 at midnight. The target is an atoll in the Marshall Islands. The protest will be at the front gate of the Vandenberg Space Command, 6 miles north of Lompoc on Hiway One. A chartered Green Tortoise bus leaves S.F. at 4pm Sunday, June 28, picking up …
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Summer Solidarity Spectacular Dinner, live music, film and speakers Monday June 22, 6 to 9 p.m. Christ Lutheran Church, 10707 Soquel Dr., Aptos (Freedom exit from Hiway 1, immediate right, above the Hiway Patrol office) Tickets: students & recession affected $10, general $25, sponsor $50 Available at the Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, S.C. …
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Title: Can Obama Save the Two State Solution? Location: Veteran’s Hall, 842 Front St., Santa Cruz Description: Monday, June 8, 8:00p.m. Nadia Hijab is Senior Fellow at the Institute for Palestine. The Institute is an independent non-profit research organization whose flagship Journal of Palestine Studies, co-published with the University of California Press, is a leading …
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Title: The Limits of Power: Andrew Bacevich on the End of American Exceptionalism Location: Capitola Book Cafe Description: Thursday, June 4, 7:30p.m. Andrew Bacevish is a conservative historian who spent twenty-three years serving in the US Army. He also lost his son i Iraq last year. In a new book “The Limits of Power,” Bacevich …
Title: “Sustainable Table” Film/Discussion Location: Central Branch Library, Upstairs Meeting Room, Description: Sunday, June 7, 2008, 2:00p.m. Celebrates the sustainable food movement, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through food. Co-sponsored by the Santa Cruz Public Libraries and RCNV. For more information, call 423-1626.
Sunday, May 10 (Mother’s Day) Exhibit: 10 am – 5 pm Ceremony: 3 pm San Lorenzo Park, 137 Dakota St., Santa Cruz A deeply moving memorial exhibit commemorating California military personnel from California killed in Iraq: A pair of combat boots for each of the 455 military men and women from California who were killed …
Sunday, May 10, 7:00p.m. Vets Hall upstairs- VFW Post 5888, 842 Front Street, Santa Cruz A follow-up to the Eyes Wide Open exhibit, we’ll look at the cost of war with our eyes and hearts wide open, featuring a panel of veterans. All veterans from any war, their families and all Gold Star Families are …
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Title: Colombia: Nonviolent Community Resistance in the Midst of War Location: Mill Gallery, 131 Front St., Santa Cruz Description: 6:30p.m. reception, 7p.m. presentations. Chris Courtheyn is a Santa Cruz native who served on a Fellowship of Reconciliation team providing protective accompaniment in a remote rural community in the midst of the conflictive Uraba region of …
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Title: “Violence” book discussion group, led by Scott Kennedy Location: 404 King St., Santa Cruz Description: Thursdays, May 14, 21, 28, 7:30-9p.m.*Please r.s.v.p. in advance: 457-8003 or kenncruz@pacbell.net Discussion group based on the book “Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic” by James Gilligan. Drawing on firsthand experience as a prison psychiatrist, his own family history, …
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