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Santa Cruz Peace and Justice Calendar PREVIEW
Friday Oct. 19 - Wednesday Oct. 24 ONLY

Friday	10/19/2001	5:30 PM	
Human Billboarding for Peace	Intersection of Ocean St. and Water St	

Saturday	11/10/2001	8:00 PM	
Anarchist Coffehouse - Free School Fundraiser	216 Chestnut, SC
Admission: $5-20 - Utah Phillips, Mark Levy and others	

Saturday	10/20/2001	11:00 AM	
Stop the U.S. War Against Afghanistan! - MASS RALLY & MARCH	Assemble
11am at Justin Herman Plaza (near Embarcadero BART in SF)
March at Noon up Market Street
Rally at United Nations Plaza at 1pm (near Civic Center BART)
Performances by: Dr. Loco's Rockin' Jalapena Band, Ras K'Dee and the 
Revolutionaries and Shalija Patel.

Speakers include: Barbara Lubin, Middle East Children's Alliance
Father Bill O'Donnell
Women in Black
Walter Johnson, Sec't Treasurer of SF Central Labor Council (personal 
capacity)
Starhawk
Students for Justice in Palestine
Veterans for Peace
National Lawyers Guild
American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Global Exchange
Communities United Against War and Racism
And many more!	Sponsored by the Town Hall Committee to Stop War & Racism
- For more info or to help out, call 415-970-3890 or 510-268-9429, or go
to 
www.911peace.net

Saturday	10/20/2001	11:30 AM	
Peace day at the Saturn Caf�	Saturn Caf�	On Sat, Oct 20th, at the Saturn
Caf�, all supervisors, owners, and workers will be working for free from
11:30 a.m. to 4 a.m.. We will be donating all of our wages, and all tips
to the following three non-profit organizations. Inaddition, we will be
housing a silent auction with donations from other local businesses. All
proceeds from the silent auction will go to these organizations as well.

1) The Resource Center for Non-Violence
The Resource Center for Nonviolence is a twenty-five year old peace and
social justice organization dedicated to promoting the principles of
nonviolent social change and enhancing the quality of life and human
dignity. Our work takes place here at home in California, throughout the
United States, and around the world

2) Neighbor to Neighbor
 NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MISSION STATEMENT
Santa Cruz County residents may be targeted because of their religion,
country of origin, skin color, language, or dress as a result of the
September 11th attack. Volunteers have organized Neighbor to Neighbor to
protect the safety and dignity of all who live in this multi-ethnic,
multi-cultural area. 

Neighbor to Neighbor offers free, confidential help to anyone suffering
backlash. Services include transportation, shopping, public escort, and
vandalism cleanup. Callers need not speak English. For help - or to help
- please call 831-818-4705. 

2) Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan 
RAWA is an independent political/social organization of Afghan women
fighting for human rights and justice in Afghanistan..

Additionally, we will be welcoming all other non-profits in the area to
set up booths, as so many non-profits are suffering right now.

We invite all members of our community to join us on this momentous day!
More more info, please contact Tristan Nathe 457-2013

Sunday	10/21/2001	12:00 PM	
UN Day Parade	Pacific Ave. at Cathcart	Stage at 11:30, Rally afterward
at the Post Office on Teaching Tolerance & Victory over Violence, with a
speaker from the UN Conference Against Racism	UN Association - 426-3101

Sunday	10/21/2001	4:00 PM	
A Community Forum: 9-11 & Its Global Context - Regional Overview and
Historical Perspective	the First Unitarian Church of San Jose 160 North
Third Street (between St. John & St. James Streets) in Downtown San
Jose 	William O. Beeman, professor of anthropology at Brown University
and Associate Editor of Pacific News Service, has more than 30 years of
experience working in the Middle East and Central Asia, most recently in
Tajikistan close to the Afghanistan border. He is the author of numerous
articles in scholarly and popular publications dealing with Middle
Eastern culture, terrorism, fundamentalism and U.S. Foreign policy.
Sponsored by the First Unitarian Church of San Jose (408) 292-3858 

Monday	10/22/2001	5:00 PM	
Women in Black - Protest Israel's Violent Occupation of Palestine	Town
Clock	

Monday	10/22/2001	7:00 PM	
Free Radio Santa Cruz Fundraising Event	Louden Nelson Center Auditorium
Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange speaks on Media and the public
Consciousness, and David Korten, author of "When Corporations Rule the
World," speaks on media, the military and our responsibility as global
citizens.
Admission: $5-15	George, 469-3685

Monday	10/22/2001	7:30 PM	
Nonviolent Direct Action: Resisting the Israeli Occupation A video and
speaker presentation with Liad Kantorowicz & Tyson Smith	515 Broadway
(near Ocean)	Liad Kantorowicz, an Israeli peace activist with the
International
Solidarity Movement in the Palestinian West Bank, and American film
maker Tyson Smith will provide a unique perspective on the unresolved
Israeli-Palestinian conflict that remains an "open wound" in the Middle
East crisis since the September 11 tragedy.

Kantorowicz, an Israeli-American woman activist, and Smith are on a 12
city North American video and lecture tour addressing the solidarity
movement of Israelis, Palestinians and internationals involved in
nonviolent direct action to stop the cycle of oppression, terrorism and
human rights atrocities continuing in Israel and the Israeli- occupied
Palestinian Territories. This is a rare opportunity to hear firsthand
accounts of the situation in Israel/Palestine and what can be done to
support non-violent efforts to resolve the crisis.

North American tour sponsors include the Resource Center for
Nonviolence, the Amercian Friends Service Committee and the Christian
Peacemakers Team/Canada.

A sliding-scale donation of $2-10.00 is asked at the door. For more
information contact the Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway,
Santa Cruz, CA 96060 (831) 423-1626 or www.rcnv.org.	Resource Center for
Nonviolence

Tuesday	10/23/2001	7:00 AM	
The Morning Commute Peace Pageant	River Street and Highway 1
intersection	Display signs honoring ALL victims of violence and
promoting peaceful conflict resolution	Amy, 426-6515

Tuesday	10/23/2001	7:00 PM	
Speaker on Population and Media: Bill Ryerson, founder and president of
the non-profit Population Media Center	Police Department Community Room,
155 Center Street	In observance of World Population Awareness Week.
Ryerson will speak on the effective use of media to raise consciousness
about global population issues and change social attitudes about family
size and the role of women. His agency carries out comprehensive
broadcast media programs in developing nations designed to reduce
HIV/AIDS, encourage family planning, and elevate the status of women.

Ryerson's career spans three decades in the field of family planning and
population advocacy, including leadership positions with Planned
Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Planned Parenthood of Northern
New England, the Population Institute, and Population Communication
International.

World Population Awareness Week is observed internationally October 21 -
27. The earth's population now exceeds 6 billion people, and is adding
about 77 million people annually. Curbing population growth not only
rests on private individual decisions about family size, but also
requires changes in cultural norms, effective education and media
techniques, economic assistance, and positive public policies.
Related links:
http://www.zpg.org
http://www.plannedparenthood.org
http://www.ppmarmonte.org	Zero Population Growth
Monterey Bay Chapter
http://www.zpgmb.org
Linda Brodman, 469-9024
Bill Ryerson, 802-985-8156
Web: http://www.populationmedia.org 

Tuesday	10/23/2001	7:30 PM	
Green Forum: Hana Itani (Lebanese-America}, Mariam Shehk
(Palestinian-American) and possibly an Afghan-American and an
Iraqi-American will join us in an evening of sharing information and
ideas regarding the September 11 NY - Wash. DC events and the many
concerns and issues precipitated by those events, including US - UK
attacks on Afghanistan. Our guests are affiliated with the Arab American
Congress of Silicon Valley and may also invite others.
	Clubhouse of Willow Park at W. 
Middlefield Road and Moffett Boulevard in Mountain View. Enter the
complex from Moffett Blvd., just northeast of Middlefield Road.	

Wednesday	10/24/2001	7:00 PM	
Our Schools, Our Voices:
Participating in the Democratic Process of School Reform	Veterans
Memorial Building, 846 Front Street, Santa Cruz	Panelists include (in
alphabetical order):
Peggy Bryan, Principal of Sherman Oaks Community Charter School 
Fred Keeley, State Assemblymember, 27th district
Marilyn Langlois, Chair, League of Women Voters 
Erwin Morton, Director of Legislation 6th district PTA
Simon Salinas, State Assemblymember 28th district

Sponsored by School Voices, 
A group of parents, teachers and students working toward REAL education
reform 	Lysa Tabachnick at 469-4280

Wednesday	10/24/2001	7:00 PM	
SC Direct Action Network meeting	515 Broadway