The Resource Center for Nonviolence expresses solidarity and sorrow with the people of Ukraine and Russia who are suffering, fleeing, and resisting Putin’s military occupation of Ukraine. In face of the trauma of war, we lift up humanitarian organizations’ support for refugees and casualties of war, and the courage and power of unarmed resistance. We …
BY GAIL MCNULTY | ORIGINAL ARTICLE POSTED ON 350 SILICON VALLEY “We need more real love. Gritty, dangerous, wild-eyed, justice-seeking love.” —bell hooks Image Source: Harli Marten on Unsplash If you live in the Bay Area, you are uniquely positioned to help create the future we all need. Let’s all make New Year’s resolutions …
Bay Area: Your New Year’s resolutions can help save our collective future Read More »
Dear RCNV Community, As 2021 comes to an end, we send greetings and gratitude for the ongoing love and strength from the community of nonviolence and antiracism and continue to inspire one another.
Beloved Community, I ask you to read this important Public Statement from: Santa Cruz County Black Coalition for Justice and Racial Equity Santa Cruz County Black Health Matters Initiative NAACP Santa Cruz County Branch Black Kings of Santa Cruz County Santa Cruz Equity Collab Project. The Executive Director and Board of Directors of the Resource …
RCNV Public Statement on the Vandalism to the BLM Mural in Santa Cruz Read More »
The June 10th California Ocean & Climate Justice Summit amplified stories and solutions from the BIPOC environmental justice leaders who participated in a spring mini-fellowship hosted by the Resource Center for Nonviolence and Save Our Shores. Please join us in supporting these emerging leaders in their efforts to inspire California to recognize how its diverse population, cultural influence, vast wealth, and startup mindset can be essential …
TRUTH + JUSTICE = HOPE, A California Ocean & Climate Justice Summit on June 10, 2021 Read More »
Beloved Community, Much has happened in our world and nation over the last year, and despite all of the challenges and hardships, RCNV continues the work of supporting and inspiring our community to press on for what it means to be a truly “nonviolent” society. We are riding the new wave of momentum, exploring exciting …
I am Muna AlSheikh from Sheikh Jarrah, my father was born and raised in Sheikh Jarrah, I grew up in Jordan, digesting in my body and heart the impact of my parents’ stories about Jerusalem, and the ancestral stories about Palestine, pain accompanied me for long time and still does, as it accompanies many Palestinians. …
What is happening in my hometown of Sheikh Jarrah and the country as a whole? Read More »
As the Resource Center for Nonviolence we pay attention to violence. Some of our antiracism book circles read Resmaa Menakem’s My Grandmother’s Hands, and consider the impact of violence and racialized trauma on our bodies, hearts, and minds. Resmaa’s first encouragement is for each of us to stop, pay attention to our breathing, attend to …
RCNV Statement in Response to Murders in Atlanta and Boulder 3/26/2021 Read More »
Meredith March Against Fear 54th Anniversary Photo above by Bob Fitch, Stanford Library Archives On June 7th, 1966, James Meredith, who had integrated the University of Mississippi in 1962, began the March Against Fear; an attempt to walk from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi, (Photo at Jackson state capitol above) to promote black voter registration and defy …
Justice will remain illusive unless we take an honest look at ourselves and how we are complicit in the perpetuation of racist ideas and actions within our lives and institutions. The senseless killing of George Floyd has devastated our community, nation and the world by laying bare the racist realities of People of Color yet …
RCNV’s response to the killing of George Floyd May 25, 2020 Read More »
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