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Santa Cruz County PEACE & JUSTICE CALENDAR

by Grant Wilson and Paul Franklin

More details at www.peacejusticenews.org

Thursday 3/14/2002

Peace, Love and Unity Alive in the World - The artwork of Bay Area Youth
around the theme of peace, love and unity alive in the world., at
Children's Discovery Museum, call 408.298.5437 for more information

6:30 PM Free School: Get The Word Out, call for Location, by Jessica L.
Lloyd-Rogers at (831) 724-2501 or mavericklearner@yahoo.com. Learn how
to design and implement an effective Publicity plan. Bring your projects
or ideas for a "real life" workshop.

7:00 PM A Tribute To Women In The Labor Movement, at Teamsters Offices,
163 Westlake Ave., Watsonville, by WILPF - Pajaro Valley,
barbara@greybird.com

7:00 PM City Council meeting - Capitola, at Capitola City Council
Chambers, 420 Capitola Ave.

7:00 PM Free School: Co-Ops And Collectives Discussion Group, call for
Location, by Jean Cadwell at (831) 423-6336. This ongoing self-directed
group will cover the local history of the cooperative movement and the
nuts and bolts of the form, function and theory of co-ops, with a focus
on collectives.

7:30 PM Author: Jonathan Kaplan: The Dressing Station, at Capitola Book
Cafe, 1475 41st Avenue. As a young surgeon in his home of South Africa,
Kaplan witnessed his first brutal tale of politics and violence: a
fellow military surgeon was ordered to revive a torture victim so that
Apartheid thugs could continue the torture that would end in death.
"Kaplan offers a salutary reminder of what war really means, not only to
combatants but also to those caught in the crossfire. His account is
born of two talents: to save lives and to bear witness."

 

Saturday 3/16/2002 12:00 PM

Northern California Socialist Conference, at UC Berkeley. VLS Bldg.

4:00 PM Million Clown March, at Pacific Avenue, meet at Saturn parking
lot, 427.3236

 

Sunday 3/17/2002 7:00 PM

Santa Cruz Peacemakers, at Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515
Broadway, by Sharon Delgado

 

Monday 3/18/2002 7:30 PM

Author: Gus Gregory: The Money Tree, at Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st
Avenue. Whether you're a non-profit looking for grant money, or a
concerned citizen hoping to make a difference, this book shows you the
way toward fiscal success.

 

Tuesday 3/19/2002 7:00 PM

Confronting Our Isms - Race, Class and Gender, at Veteran's Memorial
Hall, 846 Front Street, by Progressive Federation at 831-425-4467

 

Wednesday 3/20/2002 6:30 PM

Peace Corps General Informational Meeting In The Santa Cruz Community,
at Louden Nelson Center, 301 Center Street

6:30 PM The Hadj: An American's Pilgrimage to Mecca by Michael Wolfe, at
Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Avenue

6:30 PM Live Interview: Julia Butterfly Hill, on FRSC, 96.3 FM

7:00 PM Viewing party of "Viva Judi Bari" & "Headwaters Forest" & Music
& Speakers, at Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, by Mariah
Branch 831-457-2703

7:30 PM Author: Carol Wagner: "Soul Survivors, Stories of Women and
Children in Cambodia", at Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue.
These powerful stories and photos reveal the kindness and hope that
survived the 1970's genocide in Cambodia, including the Buddhist peace
movement and efforts to correct the landmine situation.

7:30 PM Book Study: Taliban, by Ahmed Rashid, at Capitola Book Cafe,
1475 41st Avenue

 

Thursday 3/21/2002 7:30 PM

Noam Chomsky speaking on "Middle East Peace in the 9/11 World", at
Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley High School, Allston Way & Milvia,
Benefit for Middle East Children's Alliance

 

Friday 3/22/2002 5:30 PM

Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG) meeting

7:30 PM Noam Chomsky - "Peering into the Abyss of the Future", at Camino
Ballroom, Rickey's Hyatt Hotel, 4219 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, by
Peninsula Peace and Justice Center (650) 326-8837

 

Saturday 3/23/2002

Speaking Tour: Another World Is Possible, at Veteran's Memorial Hall,
846 Front Street

10:00 AM One-Day self-defense workshop, at Louden Nelson Center, 301
Center Street, by City of Santa Cruz Commission for the Prevention of
Violence Against Women - 420-5250, 420-6298 as soon as possible to
reserve childcare

10:30 AM Northern California Abolition 2000 meeting - "Retreat From
Disarmament: The New US Nuclear Policy", at Hart Senior Center, 915 27th
Str (Btwn I and J), Sacramento. A gathering to find ways to promote
immediate negotiations to abolish nuclear weapons, ban missiles, keep
space for peace, and to call for a new security framework that will
serve all humanity, based on respect for international law and treaties.
RSVP For Lunch To: Sacramento-Yolo Peace Action , 916-448-7157 or
sypeaceact@jps.net

 

Sunday 3/24/2002 11:00 AM

Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Parade and Festival, at Market Street, SF, by
415-674-1884

11:00 AM Women of Power, Women of Peace - Music and dance of the Middle
East with Lorna Zilba and LifeDance Theater, at San Jose Museum of Art,
by 408.294.2787 for more information

1:00 PM Economic Stations of the Cross, at 701 Ocean Street, by Sharon
Delgado, revsher@earth-justice.org.

 

Monday 3/25/2002 7:00 PM

Community Sheroes: Who's Setting the Agenda After Sept. 11, with Bettina
Aptheker, Lorene Garrett-Browder, Ikuyo Conant & Diane Patterson -
fundraiser for WILPF, at Louden Nelson Center, 301 Center Street, by The
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

 

Tuesday 3/26/2002 3:00 PM

City Council meeting - Santa Cruz, at Santa Cruz City Council Chambers,
809 Center Street

4:15 PM City Council meeting - Watsonville, at Watsonville City Council
Chambers, 215 Union

7:00 PM The Art of Non-Violence For Social Change, at Veteran's Memorial
Hall, 846 Front Street, by Progressive Federation at 831-425-4467

7:30 PM Author: Laura Davis: I Thought We'd Never Speak Again: The Road
from Estrangement to Reconciliation, at Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520
Pacific Avenue. A survivor of childhood sexual abuse who co-authored the
million-copy best-selling classic, The Courage to Heal, Laura thought
she and her family would never speak again. The fact that their
relationship went from an eight year impasse to a renewed loving family
bond inspired Davis to write her new book.

 

Wednesday 3/27/2002 7:00 PM

Earth First! concert featuring Darryl Cherney, at Veteran's Memorial
Hall, 846 Front Street, by EF! - Activist, songwriter and singer Darryl
Cherney will be performing and speaking about the lawsuit that he and
the late Judi Bari filed against the FBI and the Oakland Police
Department.

7:00 PM Volunteer Orientation - Free School Santa Cruz, call: 425-4441
for location

 

Thursday 3/28/2002

San Jose Peace Chorale, at Del Mar High School, 1224 Del Mar Ave, San
Jose, by 408.450.8267 for more information

11:00 AM Cesar Chavez Day Celebration, at Cabrillo College

7:00 PM City Council meeting - Capitola, at Capitola City Council
Chambers, 420 Capitola Ave.

7:30 PM Cesar Chavez Day Celebration, at Cabrillo College

 

Saturday 3/30/2002 10:00 AM

Anarchist book fair, at Kezar Pavilion, Stanyan & Waller Streets, Golden
Gate Park