BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.3//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:558@rcnv.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261118T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261118T193000 DTSTAMP:20261025T211806Z URL:https://rcnv.org/events/rights-of-nature-free-monthly-learning-circle/ SUMMARY:Rights of Nature: Free Monthly Learning Circle DESCRIPTION:Part of the Loving Justice Initiative at the Resource Center fo r Nonviolence\nRights of Nature Santa Cruz is advocating for policies to p rotect the rights of nonhumans in the Santa Cruz area\, but what are the r ights of nature? This free learning circle invites you to learn more.\n\nT he learning circle is facilitated by Amanda M. Smith\, Associate Professor of Literature at UC Santa Cruz. Her research argues that the rights of na ture are a point of departure\, not an end in and of themselves. They come to life through community education\, art\, literature\, and ecological p ractice. \n\nWe welcome people of all races\, religions\, genders\, sexua l orientations\, citizenship statuses\, and abilities.\n\nQuestions?\n\nCo ntact Amanda: ams@ucsc.edu\n\nMeetings in 2026\n\n \;\nEvery 3rd Wedne sday\n \;\nResource Center for Nonviolence\n612 Ocean St.\n6:30 - 7:30 pm\n \;\n\nWe hope you will complete readings before meetings\, but i f you cannot\, come &\; learn anyway!\nOctober 21\nTopic: Why stories m atter for thinking with nonhumans\nReading: César Rodríguez-Garavito\, “More-Than-Human Rights: Law\, Science\, and Storytelling Beyond Anthrop ocentrism\,” in More-Than-Human Rights\, NYU Law\, 2024\, pp. 23-49. (on line: part of a free\, open-access book)\nNovember 18\nTopic: Indigenous P hilosophy &\; the “More-than-Human” World\nReading: Ailton Krenak\, Life Is Not Useful\, Polity Press\, 2023. Purchase from Bookshop or email Amanda if purchase is an obstacle. She will provide a copy.\nDecember 16\ nTopic: Rights of Nature Controversies\nReading: Donna Haraway\, “Specie s Matters\, Humane Advocacy: In the Promising Grip of Earthly Oxymorons. ” In Species Matters: Humane Advocacy and Cultural Theory\, Columbia Uni versity Press\, 2012\, pp. 17-26. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/rcnv.org/wp-content/uploads/20 26/10/Rights-of-Nature.jpg?fit=593%2C768&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Community,Rights of Nature,Social Change LOCATION:Resource Center for Nonviolence\, 612 Ocean St.\, Santa Cruz\, CA\ , 95060\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=612 Ocean St.\, Santa Cruz\ , CA\, 95060\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Resource Center fo r Nonviolence:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR