Resource Center for Nonviolence
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Santa Cruz County nonprofit. Social justice community center. Cultivating Beloved Community since 1976.🕊️🌏 Nonviolence education, events, and workshops.
Everyone welcome. www.rcnv.org
612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060 The Resource Center for Nonviolence promotes the practice of nonviolence in personal and social change to create a more just, peaceful and sustainable world.
06/18/2026
Join us as we remember and celebrate the life of our dear colleague Nancy Park.
Saturday, July 4
2:00PM – 6:00PM PDT
At
Resource Center for Nonviolence
612 Ocean St
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
RSVP
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Contribute to a Gofundme for Nancy's children
https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-nancy-support-for-her-children
Hosted by
The Park Family and RCNV
Nancy's wish for this remembrance was for guests to share thoughts and stories with Oskar and Olympia so that they can learn more about her so please come with a thought or story to share with them.
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Nancy passed away after a brief battle with glioblastoma.
The weeks leading up to her passing were tender and difficult for all of those close to her. Nancy remained dedicated to her work at the Center until her very last days. She held a place here with us knowing that her days might be numbered. Nancy not only LOVED her community she showed up for us. She showed up for all of it. She showed up for causes dear to her heart and to support those that needed tender attention and care.
“One of my favorite memories was watching her massage the shoulders of a mutual friend attempting to ease her visible emotional pain during an event. Her children watched too as if it was just another day in their life with their beautiful loving mama.”
—Silvia Morales
After receiving her diagnosis, Nancy inspired all of us in profound ways. She spoke of being grateful for the medical care she was receiving while surrounded by her loved ones—even as she held in her heart those in Gaza and other targeted places who are navigating cancer amidst bombs, starvation, and unfathomable loss.
We will miss Nancy’s fire and drive to quell injustice. She will forever live on in our memories as a tender but powerful force for all that is true, good and just.
What if the biggest threat to our planet isn't just "out there," but is actually the system we've built?
🌎 Earth’s Greatest Enemy exposes the military's massive environmental footprint—a story that rarely makes the headlines.
We’re hosting a special screening at RCNV. We’ll watch, we’ll process, and we’ll ask the hard question: How do we build a just, healthy future for all?
📽️ Film + Community Discussion
đź—“ Wednesday, July 1 | Doors 5:30 PM
📍 RCNV – 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz
🎟 No one turned away for lack of funds. Reserve sliding scale and complimentary tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earths-greatest-enemy-at-rcnv-tickets-1990205998717
Come imagine a world beyond militarism with us. This is part of our Loving Justice series—exploring our deep relationship with Mother Earth.
See you in the circle. 🌿
06/10/2026
📢 ¡CLÍNICA LEGAL GRATUITA EN SALINAS! 📢
ÂżNecesita ayuda con preguntas de inmigraciĂłn, renovaciĂłn de DACA o mica, o el plan de seguridad familiar? Acompáñenos en nuestra clĂnica legal GRATUITA:
đź—“ Domingo 14 de junio, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
📍 Salinas, CA (la dirección exacta se enviará después del registro)
đź”— https://bit.ly/4e43f5M
Servicios incluyen:
✔️ Consultas legales de inmigración
✔️ Renovación de mica o DACA
✔️ Plan de preparasion familiar
📲 ¡Escanee el código QR en el volante para registrarse hoy!
Para preguntas, llame a Patty al đź“ž 831-401-2005
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📢 FREE LEGAL CLINIC IN SALINAS 📢
Need help with immigration questions, DACA/green card renewals, or family planning documents? Join us for a FREE legal clinic on:
đź—“ Sunday, June 14, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
đź“Ť Salinas, CA (exact address shared after registration)
đź”— https://bit.ly/4e43f5M
Services include:
✔️ Immigration legal consultations
✔️ Green card or DACA renewals
✔️ Childcare safety planning assistance
📲 Scan the QR code on the flyer to register today!
For questions, contact Patty at đź“ž 831-401-2005
06/04/2026
🌎 Earth's Greatest Enemy – A film that will change how you see the military and the environment.
The Pentagon is the world's single largest institutional polluter. Exempt from international climate agreements. Rarely scrutinized in mainstream reporting.
Join us for a powerful screening of Abby Martin's groundbreaking anti-imperialist environmental documentary Earth's Greatest Enemy at the Resource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV).
📽️ Film + Community Discussion
We'll watch together, then process the content as a community — asking how we evolve beyond empire and create a just, healthy future for all.
đź—“ Wednesday, July 1
🕠Doors 5:30 PM | Film 6–8:30 PM
📍 RCNV – 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, CA
🎟 Sliding scale and complimentary tickets available – no one turned away for lack of funds.
đź”— Reserve your spot: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earths-greatest-enemy-at-rcnv-tickets-1990205998717 (Ticket sales support RCNV's vital work.)
🎬 View the trailer on our ticket page.
This screening is part of RCNV's Loving Justice initiative — exploring interbeing, love ethic, and our relationship with Mother Earth.
Come be in community. Let's imagine a world beyond militarism and toward collective healing.
Threads of Grief, Threads of Love:
A Blessingway for Gaza’s Children
📅 Tomorrow (Friday, May 29) • 6:30–8 PM (Doors at 6)
đź“Ť At Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz
🎟️ RSVP's appreciated, walk-ins welcome
đź”— https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1988797463751
Since ancient times, textiles have held together what might otherwise come apart. This gathering accompanies an exhibit of 36 baby quilts—sewn by community members in Santa Cruz, the Monterey Bay area, and beyond—commemorating 720 infants in Gaza killed before their first birthday.
We cannot disentangle our lives from this harm. But we can refuse indifference. In that refusal, we stitch with care.
Join us for reflection, witness, and conversation with:
🎠Mo Sati – Palestinian writer & creator of They Have Names
📖 Rolla Alaydi – author, educator, NORAH
✍️ Unhae Langis – writer, artist, quilter
🎨 Rami Chahine – Lebanese artist & educator
🧵 Maha Taitano – multidisciplinary artist
Moderated by Dorah Rosen.
We do not equate our grief with that of families who have endured these losses. But we can allow their loss to deepen our attention—and shape how we live with one another.
đź’“ Honor these children by remembering them.
đź’“ Honor them by refusing indifference.
đź’“ Honor them by choosing care, in the quiet and public ways available to us.
05/26/2026
Threads of Grief, Threads of Love
A Blessingway for Gaza’s Children
📅 This Friday, May 29 • 6:30–8 PM (Doors at 6)
đź“Ť At Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz
🎟️ Everyone welcome. • Sliding scale $0–50
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/threads-of-grief-threads-of-love-a-blessingway-for-gazas-children-tickets-1988797463751
Since ancient times, textiles have held together what might otherwise come apart. This gathering accompanies an exhibit of 36 baby quilts—sewn by community members in Santa Cruz, the Monterey Bay area, and beyond—commemorating 720 infants in Gaza killed before their first birthday.
We cannot disentangle our lives from this harm. But we can refuse indifference. In that refusal, we stitch with care.
Join us for reflection, witness, and conversation with:
🎠Mo Sati – Palestinian writer & creator of They Have Names
📖 Rolla Alaydi – author, educator, NORAH
✍️ Unhae Langis – writer, artist, quilter
🎨 Rami Chahine – Lebanese artist & educator
🧵 Maha Taitano – multidisciplinary artist
Moderated by Dorah Rosen.
We do not equate our grief with that of families who have endured these losses. But we can allow their loss to deepen our attention—and shape how we live with one another.
đź’“ Honor these children by remembering them.
đź’“ Honor them by refusing indifference.
đź’“ Honor them by choosing care, in the quiet and public ways available to us.
RCNV this Friday for the next Wisdom of the Ancestors premiere.
Little Singer carries Diné wisdom on community, language, and belonging.
🎞️ Santa Cruz Premiere
đź“… This Friday, May 22
⏰ 6:30 PM (Doors at 6:00 PM)
đź“Ť RCNV, 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz
đź”— Sliding scale and complimentary tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/little-singer-dinetah-arizona-santa-cruz-premiere-tickets-1987076304718
❤️ Ticket sales support both RCNV and SAND’s vital work, and 50% of proceeds after film production costs directly fund Indigenous-led initiatives in the featured communities.
In the Little Singer film , Jeneda Benally shares a traditional Diné understanding of illness.
An artist, musician, and longtime advocate for Indigenous rights and environmental protection, Jeneda speaks to a worldview where illness is reframed from disease to disharmony.
Something out of balance.
In this way of seeing, the focus goes beyond symptoms.
It is on relationship.
On where something has come out of alignment, within the self, with others, with the land.
And it is there, at the root, that the path forward begins.
We hope you can join us at 6:30 PM this Friday (May 22) at Resource Center for Nonviolence (612 Ocean St.) for the Santa Cruz Premiere of SAND's new film, Little Singer. This is a rare opportunity to experience the film in community, on a big screen and share a conversation with the film directors.
In the heart of Dinétah (Navajo Nation), a medicine man had a prayer for his people.
That prayer became a school.
That school became a sanctuary.
Little Singer follows the living story of the Little Singer Community School, a Diné-led space where children are learning to speak, laugh, and dream in their language again.
Named after the revered medicine man Little Singer, who carried songs and healing ways, the school continues his prayer: that the language would return home through the next generation.
Across vast desert landscapes and intimate moments of daily life, we meet Elders, teachers, and families holding onto something essential—Hózhó, the Beauty Way. A way of balance, relationship, and belonging that has endured through generations of disruption.
đź”— https://www.eventbrite.com/e/little-singer-dinetah-arizona-santa-cruz-premiere-tickets-1987076304718
❤️ Ticket sales support both RCNV and SAND’s vital work, and 50% of proceeds after film production costs directly fund Indigenous-led initiatives in the featured communities.
🎬 Everyone welcome. Complimentary tickets are available to ensure no one is turned away for lack of funds.
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05/18/2026
Join us this Friday at Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz for the next Wisdom of the Ancestors premiere from Science and Nonduality (SAND).
Little Singer offers Diné wisdom on community, language, and belonging.
🎞️ Santa Cruz Premiere of SAND's Little Singer
đź“… This Friday, May 22
⏰ 6:30 PM (Doors at 6:00 PM)
đź“Ť Resource Center for Nonviolence, Santa Cruz
đź”— Reserve sliding scale and complimentary tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1987076304718
❤️ Ticket sales support the vital work of RCNV and Science and Nonduality (SAND), and 50% of proceeds after film production costs directly fund Indigenous-led initiatives in the featured communities.
Swipe through for words from Byrde Nez, Albert Brent Chase, and Pat McCabe (Weyakpa Najin Win) — on K’é, on community, and on gathering every story toward the Beauty Way.
Those of you who joined us in November for the Sihasin Concert & Punk Spirit! Book Release will recognize Sihasin’s Clayson and Jeneda Benally in the film!
Come be in relationship. All are welcome.
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