The Nonviolent Palestinian Activists Working for Peace in the West Bank May 3,  2015 By Batya Ungar Sargon. Excerpts below. Link to FULL ARTICLE. My silent guide was taking me to meet Issa Amro, his longtime mentor and the founder of Youth Against Settlements, a nonviolent movement in the heart of the West Bank city of Hebron….. …
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From Rev. John Vaughn and Isaac Luria at Groundswell: Our hearts beat for Baltimore this week as the city and the nation react to the horrific death of Freddie Gray in police custody. While we’ve been sickened yet again by the interlocking plagues of poverty, inequality, racism, police brutality, and criminal injustice, we saw a …
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Remembering Nan Fitch:  Our condolences go out to family and friends of Nancy Fitch– she was a long-time supporter of RCNV and active member of St. John the Baptist Episcopal in Aptos. We will miss her! It is suggested that donations in Nan’s memory can be made to the Resource Center for Nonviolence
Couple wages 60-year fight for rights of others  Josh Moon, Montgomery Advertiser12:32 a.m. CDT April 5, 2015 (Photo: Mickey Welsh / Advertiser) There is a mantra that Rev. Robert Graetz and his wife, Jeannie, have lived by — a lesson taught by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and practiced among the foot soldiers of the …
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Good overview of a lot of nonviolence history in 12 1/2 minutes: Nonviolence and Peace Movements: Crash Course World History 228 Executive Producer John Greene. Filmed in the Chad and Stacey Emgholz Studio, Indianapolis.
Juanita Nelson died recently at age 91. She and her husband Wally were civil rights activists and war tax resisters who advocated for local food. They were Resource Center for Nonviolence Elders-in-Residence in the early 1980’s. Ms. Nelson and her partner, Wally, were both war opponents. Shown above as they picnicked in 1946. By Kathleen …
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Stop the Militarization of the Santa Cruz Police! Give Back the Bearcat; Let City Council know how you feel! Stop the national rush to militarize local police departments. Help resist efforts to form a local militarized police force in Santa Cruz. Come out on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 Starting at 4:00pm Santa Cruz City Council, …
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is a federal law specifying the budget and expenditures of the United States Department of Defense (DOD). Each year’s act also includes other provisions, some related to civil liberties (ACLU.org). This year the bill added these egregious amendments in regard to closing Guantánamo Bay, Brings Indefinite Detention to the U.S. Itself Bolsters …
Please don’t miss this special opportunity: We invite you to join us on Monday, March 2, 7:00p.m. for a presentation by DAVID HARTSOUGH, legendary nonviolent activist. David will speak about his new book “Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist.” Since meeting Martin Luther King, Jr. as a teenager in the mid-1950s, David has …
Versatile peace activist David Hartsough tells his story March 2 Read More »
SEE PDF version:1.11.15 RCNV statement on justice issues January 11, 2014 Working to Eliminate Poverty, Racism and Militarism: Resource Center for Nonviolence Calls for Action to Prevent Militarization and Racial Profiling in Local Law Enforcement. In 1967 the great nonviolent activist Dr. Martin Luther King identified the three greatest threats to America: poverty, racism, and …
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