RCNV Movie Night: “Occupation 101” Monday, December 7, 2009, 7:30-9:00p.m. Location: RCNV, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA Join the Resource Center for Nonviolence for a showing of “Occupation 101,” (90 minutes) and an informal discussion afterward. The documentary has been the winner of 9 different film festival awards. The film explores the “current and …
ACTION: Write your own letter or contact wrl@warresisters.org to sign on to this one: A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT ON THE ESCALATION OF WAR IN AFGHANISTAN Please read this letter to President Obama authored by a coalition of groups against the war and join us in saying NO to escalation in Afghanistan! Dear President Obama, …
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Say NO to Escalation in Afganistan Description: Please join us as we gather together on Wed. Dec. 2nd from 3 – 5 pm to protest the escalation in Afghanistan. Bring signs, banners, warm wear clothes, and be prepared to stand witness together! Invite your friends, family, coworkers and others and pass the word on to …
Title: RCNV Movie Night “A Hero’s Journey” Location: RCNV Link out: Click here Description: This documentery film, featured in the 2008 Santa Cruz Film Festival (then titled Where the Sun Rises), reveals the world’s newest nation to the world for the very first time. The current Prime Minister — and first President — of East …
Five of our friends from Santa Cruz have returned safely from their journey to the West Bank and Jerusalem in an Olive Harvest delegation with Inter-Faith Peace Builders. Check back for reports and presentations from the group in the local area. Here is an article from the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the delegation: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_13888255#
Friday, Nov. 20th, 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21st, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22nd, noon – 3 p.m. First Congregational Church, 900 High St., Santa Cruz Give gifts this holiday season that support vendors who help create a sustainable economy both locally and globally. Purchase fair trade, locally made and/or ecologically mindful products from …
Title: Weekly Discussion of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict & Middle East Issues Location: 404 King St., Santa Cruz, 7:30 – 9:00p.m. Sunday Evenings Sept. 13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/11 and October 18, . Convened by Scott Kennedy. People need not commit to all sessions and are welcome to attend one or more nights. Join an informal weekly …
Dates: Sundays, October 11, 18, 25 Title: Book Discussion Group: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Location: Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz Description: Robert DeFreitas will lead this discussion group, using the book “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine” by Ilan Pappe. Chapters 1-6 will be discussed on Oct. 11. This extensively researched and …
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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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