January 31, 2012
MONTEREY COUNTY
Sponsored by the Peace Coalition of Monterey County
www. peacemonterey.org

The events listed in this Calendar are not necessarily endorsed by the organizations in the Peace Coalition of Monterey County (www.peacemonterey.org) nor any of its member organizations. The listings are provided as a public service. Questions about any event should be addressed to the organizer of that event.
NEWLY LISTED  EVENTS-BLUE.   DISTANT EVENTS- GREEN.  PREVIOUSLY LISTED EVENTS-BLACK.

 Quote of the Week: The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.            - Alan Watts

ON THE MORNING SHOW AT KRXA AM 540 RADIO
With the official closure of Monterey's Occupy encampment at Veterans Memorial Park, The morning Show coverage of the Occupy Movement will focus more on the future of this and similar protest movements and how we who love American can work together to accomplish positive change in America.
Wednesdays, 9:49 am,  Green Party Radio:  Short discussions relating to Green Party values and positions, and similar things.   
Info:  eric939@redshift.com

Friday, February 3, 5:00 – 6:30 pm (dinner), 7:00 – 9:30 pm. a Public Educational Event:  Panel Discussion - RELIGIOUS MINORITIES AND THE ARAB SPRING presented by The Arab American Club of Monterey and The Syrian American Council, North California Chapter.  Rancho Canada Golf Club. 4860 Carmel Valley Rd. Carmel 93923
Cost:  Dinner $25 per person (tickets need to be purchased in advance, no tickets available at the door)

Lecture is open to the public and is free of charge. Its purpose is to provide the public with updated information regarding the Arab Revolution, with emphasis on the conflicts and challenges facing the Christian minority’s role in Egypt and Syria.
Speakers:

Nour Douchi: Syrian American Council. The role of Syrian Christians in the revolution
Father Anthony Hanna: St Mary and St Mina Coptic Church, Concord, CA. The role of Egyptian Copts in the revolution.
Frederic Hof,  KEYNOTE SPEAKER: U.S. State Department, Senior Advisor to Secretary Clinton on Syria: US Government and Syrian Christians
Saed Mujtahed: Syrian American Council, Government Relations Chair: Brief history of the Arab Spring and the role of SAC.
Munes Tomeh: Board Member Syrian American Council, Northern California Chapter. Associate Patent Council, Qualcomm Inc : Islam and the Arab Spring

Dinner:   To purchase dinner tickets please send a check for $25 per person payable to Arab American Club of Monterey.  Mail to AAC, P.O.Box 51531 Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Provide a phone number or email to receive confirmation. Payment must be received on or before Tuesday January 31 to secure seats. No tickets for dinner will be available at the door.
Lectures:   Free to the public. If no dinner is purchased, please arrive 6:45-7:00 pm
Directions:   Take Highway 1 to Carmel Valley Road (G16) and proceed east approximately one mile. Rancho Canada Golf Club's main entrance is on the right.
Contact:      Please send inquiries to AACMonterey@yahoo.com

Saturday, February 4 – 12:30 – 2:30 pm, ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY at the Peace Resource Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd. in Seaside.   Everyone is welcome to attend.  Final arrangements for David Cobb’s February 9 visit and discussion of resolution campaign and reviewing vision statement.
Note:  AfD regularly meets the first Saturday of the month.
PAST EVENTS:  On Friday, January 20 Occupy the Courts events were held in over 100 cities around the country in front of Federal Courts and the Supreme Court building to mark the 2nd anniversary of the Citizen’s United Supreme Court decision.   Members of our local group attended events in both San Jose and San Francisco.  For a report these events see:   http://www.truth-out.org/one-hundred-and-thirty-cities-across-us-protest-anniversary-citizens-united/1327262241
For photos see http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fflic.kr%2Fs%2FaHsjybV7jp&h=UAQE1kuy5AQGn3XEurIB_sZlxHXU0Ok3J4JwxXLn7a0r7Ow

For those who have access to Facebook there is more info available at: https://www.facebook.com/Move2Amend||

We did not have a Federal Court to protest in Monterey County so we had our own rally the next day on Saturday 1/21.   It looked like rain as we were beginning, so rather than the planned rally, we stayed at Window-on-the-Bay.   This was fortunate in that a Monterey County Herald reporter and photographer showed up.  See below for the resulting article which appeared in the  Sunday, June 22 edition:
http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_19794264
Info:  shubbard@redshift.com

Saturday, February 4, 6:00 pm - No Host Hour; 7:00 pm - Dinner/Program, NAACP 40th Annual Life Membership / Freedom Fund Banquet. 1932 – 2012:   Celebrating 80 years of the NAACP in Monterey County with keynote speaker, Monterey County’s own Benjamin Todd Jealous, NAACP National President and CEO. This is going to be big!!
The Hyatt Regency Hotel Monterey, 1 Old Golf Course Road
 $75.00 Send Check to: Monterey County Branch NAACP, P O Box 782 Seaside CA 93955 or Call 394 3727 to RSVP.

Mondays, February 6, 13, 20, 27; March 5; 6:00 - 8:00 pm (5 sessions) Vietnam Revisited, a provocative look at our history with an eye toward the future. CSUMB's OLLI Spring 2012 catalogue is out and registration has begun. Register now. csumb.edu/olli/courses

Vietnam Revisited will explore historical, cultural, political and economic perspectives on relations between the U.S. and Vietnam through the eyes of three scholars and writers who have been there: a retired U.S. Army infantryman, a political economist, and a lifelong conscientious objector and peace activist.

After hearing their personal stories and professional scholarship, participants will engage in a dialogue about "what we wish we had learned," exploring the policy decisions that took our nation into - and eventually out of - that war.

OLLI@CSUMB (201) corner Inter-Garrison & 6th Avenue on the CSU Monterey Bay campus
Tuition: $50.00  No Additional Fees

Facilitators:
Gerald Shenk, PhD, author of Citizen and Soldier: Military Service and National Defense, is a history professor and chair of Social, Behavioral and Global Studies at CSU Monterey Bay. He was a Fulbright Scholar and worked full-time in the anti-war movement from 1969 - 1978 doing counter-recruitment and legal counseling.

Angie Ngoc Tran, PhD,  author of Ties That Bind: Cultural Identity, Class and Law in Flexible Labor Resistance in Vietnam, is a Professor of Political Economy at CSU Monterey Bay. She arrived in the U.S. after escaping Vietnam by boat in 1980 at the age of 17. She has collaborated with scholars and students in Vietnam as a Fulbright Professor.

COL. (ret.) Dick Guthrie, BS, MA, author of Gone to Soldiers, Every One. His 34 years in uniform took him from Private to Colonel.  He served in Europe, Latin America, Asia and the U.S. He commanded a rifle company in Vietnam and taught at West Point. His memoir takes the reader along with B Company to Vietnam in time for the Tet Offensive, and stays with many of the men right up to the present.

Come to the movie!
Monday (Lunes), February 6 , 7:00 – 9:00 pm, The Bilingual (Spanish-English) Film Festival will present La Historia de Maria (The Story of Maria), a wife and mother who decides to join the guerrillas, in the Salvadoran Civil War in the l980's, to help the poor people of her country. A portrait of love and survival.  Maria Serrano turns guerrilla leader and is on the frontlines of the battle for her people.
In Spanish with English subtitles. Este conmovedor documental es una crónica de la vida diaria de Maria  y evidencia su lucha por conquista una sociedad  mas  justa y humana.     
FREE        GRATIS     Donations appreciated
For more information 899-7322; 375-7754 or junemalament@gmail.com

Tuesday, February 7. 7:30 pm, Chuck D: Race, Rap, and Reality, in the University Center Ballroom, CSUMB. Sponsored by Associated Students (AS) and Otter Student Union (OSU) Free for Students, Faculty, & Staff - $5 for General Admission
http://www.kepplerspeakers.com/speakers/?speaker=Chuck+D

Wednesday, February 8, 12:00 Luncheon, 12:30 Program;  REGIONAL WATER: GETTING BEYOND STALEMATE.  League of Women Voters of the Monterey Peninsula at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 490 Aguajito, Road, Carmel.

Speakers: JANET BRENNAN and GEORGE RILEY
A Question and Answer period will follow.
THE LECTURE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
LUNCH RESERVATIONS: call Lorita Fisher at 375-8301 or e-mail: GLFisher@redshift.com 

Wednesday, February 8, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Love Your Home-Love the Planet At Eco Carmel.  Learn about the A to Z range of ecologically friendly products available for you and your home!  Kristi Reimers, owner of Eco Carmel will host this Sustainable Carmel Valley/ Sustainable Carmel program. Experts in the field will be present to lend tips, advice and education on products and planet friendly practices. Recycling information and an introduction of Earth Care  (compost and mulch products from local waste diversion) will be available by the Castroville Branch of Waste Management. Also featured will be a tasting of organic wines. Eco Carmel is located in Carmel on San Carlos between 7th and 8th Streets in the Stone House Terrace Building. For more information call 659-1115 or visit Sustainable Carmel Valley on the web. http://www.sustainablemontereycounty.org/sustainable-carmel-valley.html
 or on Facebook http:// www.facebook.com/SustainableCarmelValley

Wednesday, February 8, 6:00 pm, Video of Dr. Donald Prothero’s Skeptics Society lecture: Geology, Creationism and Evolution - The Breathtaking Inanity of Flood Geology (2007) at the February Meeting of HAMBA (Humanist Association of the Monterey Bay Area). This promises to provide, “a wealth of evidence and answers to creationist challenges   to science.”   Dr. Prothero is a respected paleontologist, Professor of Geology at Occidental College   in Los Angeles, and Lecturer in Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology in   Pasadena. He blogs at Skepticblog (http://www.skepticblog.org/).
If you have any questions regarding our organization, our videos, or directions, please feel free to call Mark at 601-3770 or Deborah at 601-6633.   Our February Extra: for a hilarious cartoon see Noah’s Ark - http://www.youtube.com/watch?   v=j_BzWUuZN5w   
                      HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLES DARWIN! 
The latest American Humanist Association newsletter and a link to their podcasts can be found   here: http://www.americanhumanist.org/HNN  
NOTE: Please do NOT call the Monterey Public Library for general or program information since HAMBA and not the   Monterey Public Library is solely responsible for our programs.

Please join us for dinner -   Several HAMBA “regulars” and guests have been enjoying a tasty meal at the Estéban Restaurant before our weekday evening meetings. This establishment is located at the Casa Munras Hotel (west/south end of Fremont Street in Monterey). Consider joining us at around 5:00 pm for a glass of wine and a “mini”   plate, a salad or even a burger. Check out their full menu at www.estebanrestaurant.com.

Peace Pick of the Week!
Wednesday, February 8, 7:00 pm, Jane Olson on Human Rights: A Crisis in Times of War. Jane Olson is coming from Los Angeles to speak. She is a longtime international board chair of Human Rights Watch, and has many years of other experiences as a global human rights activist, advocate and leader.  This first United Nations Association event of the year will be held at the Irvine Auditorium of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, 490 Pierce at Jefferson in Monterey. Admission is free, and an informal "meet-the-speaker" reception will follow the program.

Wednesday, February 8, 7:00 pm, Food for Thought and Vice Versa at the Museum of Natural History in Pacific Grove, Central & Forest Avenues.  They bring food to our tables, while mindful of our health, their animals’ well being, and the future of the land, the sea, the planet. It’s local, it’s delicious, it’s the thoughtful way to eat.
Panelists:

Tom Broz, Live Earth Farm (CSA)
Jordan Champagne, Happy Girl Kitchen
Chris Harrold, Harrold-Berta Cattle
Mark Shelley, Tassajara Natural Meats
Oren Frey, Local Catch Monterey Bay, CFA

For more information, Denyse@sustainablepg.org or 643-0707

Put this on your calendar! Not to be missed!
Thursday, February 9, 7:00 pm MovetoAmend Barnstorming Tour with David Cobb.  A fiery speaker, and former Green Party presidential candidate, he is touring California giving his talk Creating Democracy & Challenging Corporate Rule.  This presentation is part history lesson and part heart-felt call-to-action! Carleton Hall, 400 West Franklin St., Monterey
No charge but donations appreciated

David Cobb is currently on staff at Democracy Unlimited and a spokesperson for MoveToAmend, a national coalition calling for a constitutional amendment to abolish “Corporate Personhood,” which is the legal doctrine that allows corporations to overturn democratically enacted laws seeking to protect citizens from corporate harm and abuse.
<http://movetoamend.org/move-amend-speaker-bios-david-cobb>
Sponsored by:  Alliance for Democracy, Monterey County
(a MovetoAmend affiliate organization)
Green Party of Monterey County
For more information contact Sue Hubbard at afdmonterey@hotmail.com  or 831-737-4792

Saturday, February 11, 2012, 7:00 – 9:00 pm, Dance of Universal Peace, Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula, 490 Aguajito Road, Carmel. Master Dance Leader Nancy Norris from the HeartStream Sufi Community in Santa Cruz will teach the simple, easy-to-learn melodies, words, and steps.  Second Saturday of every month, the Dances are a joyful, multi-cultural way to nurture connections heart to heart and to promote peace for ourselves and our world.
A donation of $5 to $10 per person is suggested. The Dances are a fragrance-free activity.  For more information, call UUCMP at 624-7404 or Nancy Norris at 332-4962.

Monday, February 13 at 7:30 pm, Langston Hughes’ Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz featuring the Ron McCurdy Jazz Quartet in the World Theater at CSUMB.  Sponsored by CSUMB Student Activities & Leadership Development, Associated Students, College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, and World Theater
Free for Students, Faculty, & Staff - $5 for General Admission
http://www.ronmccurdy.com/about_hudges_project.htm

 
Saturday, February 18, 7:00 pm, John Arquilla, Professor and Chair of the Department of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School, will speak on Reducing Defense Spending.   Peace Resource Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside.
$5 minimum suggested donation.  No one turned away.

Monday, February 20, 5:30 – 6:30, WILPF monthly meeting Greetings--Our meeting time has changed to 5:30 pm, still the third Monday of the month at the Peace Resource Center, 1364 Fremont Seaside....  This time change will begin Feb. 20th.
          Those who come are asked to bring a "brown bag" dinner (light supper for self) or plan to eat before/afterwards; coffee/tea/etc. is provided.  This meeting time is better for those who are working and need to prepare for the next day.  People welcome at meetings, even if they can't make it by 5:30 pm, as you may know....
Lee Hulquist and Judy Karas, co-chair WILPF
 Info: hulquist@redshift.com or judithkaras21@gmail.com

Tuesday, February 21, 6:30 pm, Sustainable Seaside is hosting a wildlife presentation called Bobcats and Coyotes at Fort Ord by photographer KathyBell Frandeen at the Peace Resource Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside. The up-close and personal photographs will be accompanied by her many stories of personal encounters with the varied wildlife that can be viewed in the public recreational areas of Ft. Ord. On a recent visit to the Peninsula, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was stunned by the beauty of this land and pledged (with enthusiastic local support) to call on President Barack Obama to designate the BLM areas of Fort Ord as a national monument. For more information about this event, call 899-7934 or visit http://groups.google.com/group/sustainable-seaside

Thursday, February 23, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, NAACP in African American History at CSUMB’s Music Hall. In honor of Black History Month, CSUMB’s Black Students United, Student Activities and Leadership Development and the Service Learning Institute in association with the AmeriCorps VIP program will host the NAACP General Meeting.

The program will consist of 1) a presentation on the history of the NAACP in the African American community both nationally and locally, 2) a presentation on the work of local NAACP leaders, 3) a membership drive to encourage CSUMB faculty and staff to become more involved in the Association and 4) a student recruitment drive to establish a college chapter of the NAACP at CSUMB.

 Music Hall – see map- at the CSUMB campus. <http://map.csumb.edu/?building=30

Friday, February 24, 11:55 pm, (midnight), Protest of ICBM launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base to Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.  United for Peace and Justice, the Disarmament Working Group, and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) have called for the protest.  WILPF has reserved the Green Tortoise bus with sleeping bunks for the night trip from Oakland (leaving about 5 pm) to Lompoc with pick-ups in Palo Alto, San Jose, Santa Cruz & Salinas.  Returning to Oakland by 7:00 am. The organizations in United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) have committed to full support for this action.  For more information or to reserve a space, call MacGregor Eddy, 831-206-5043.
Go to the site below for MacGregor’s slide show: https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=0ASmCKR2MI5MuZGZweGM1ZmZfMTc4MmM0Yzc2Zm12

February 24 - April 5 Resource Center for Nonviolence of Santa Cruz and the Pacific Grove Art Center will be sponsoring a number of worldwide artists at the Pacific Grove Art Center.  This exhibit would not be possible without the recent Scott Kennedy and Naim Farhat www.farhatmuseum.info
The goal of the exhibit is to represent the lives of people in the human struggle in ways that are humanistic and informative, and to tell important stories not told by the traditional western media.

The US, a country that prides itself on its democracy, is ironically also the one of the most active abusers of human rights, most recently seen in the treatment of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison, and in the ongoing, unwavering financial and political support for Israel and its occupation of Palestine.

Featured artist, Suzanne Klotz's work is rooted in insights concerning fundamental human rights inspired by The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  Suzanne knows that her work cuts against the cultural grain that accommodates and rationalizes the military occupation of Iraq and Palestine. Her exhibit is entitled Family Ties:  Occupied Art.  Much of Ms. Klotz's work is three dimensional and is extremely provocative.  Ms. Klotz's work will be in the Gill Gallery. Among other awards, Ms Klotz was awarded a Chage Inc. Rauschenberg Foundation assistance grant and a New York Artists' Fellowship Inc. assistance grant.

Several other artists will participate in the Art for the Sake of Humanity exhibit which will be shown in the Dyke Gallery. These artists are from around the globe, many of whom have witnessed the atrocities that we know should stop.  These are brave and courageous people.  Mohammed Al-Sadoun witnessed the destruction of Baghdad during the Iraq-Iran war; his work is a protest to censorship and the lack of freedom of expression and human rights in the Middle East. Iraqi-American artist Leila Kubba's work will be featured, inspired by trips to Iraq after a twenty year absence. Kubba's work addresses the complexities of war and occupation. Vannessa Stafford an artist commissioned to do pieces on the theme of Abu Ghraib prison, Brenda Louie, Jack Howe, Sol Aquino and El Salvadoran born pop artist Gerardo Gomez will have their unique art which expresses political themes in a memorable way that educates and questions our notions of "occupation" and ultimately war.
A flyer will be posted at www.rcnv.org
Karen Egan    831-423-1626

Friday, March 9, 6:00 pm, Annual International Women's Day international potluck dinner and program, with speaker Rebecca Costa, author of the well-regarded book The Watchman's Rattle. She is a social-biologist and will be speaking on What would the world be like with more women leaders? and doing a book signing at that time. Unitarian Universalist Church, Carmel.  Sponsored by the United Nations Association of Monterey Bay.  Info: farflung@redshift.com

ENGLISH as a SECOND LANGUAGE continues at the Peace Resource Center

¡Gratis! Clases de Inglés      Gratis!
En el Peace Resource Center en Seaside
1364 Fremont Blvd      entre Hamilton y Sonoma)

Tuesday and Thursday 6-8 pm
Wednesday 3:30-5:30
Friday 10-12
Saturday 3-5 pm

Check with Stefani Mistretta for details:
831-392-1037  stefani@pronunciationinaction.com

Enhancing communication among neighbors is a concrete way for us in the Peace Community to think globally and act locally for peace through understanding. If you would like to help support this program, please make out your check to “MPJC” and send it to P.O. Box 1851, Monterey, CA 93942.  Please write Peace Through Understanding (or PTU) on the Memo line.

ACTION AND INFORMATION

NO WAR ON IRAN
International Action Center announces mass actions for February 4In in at least 48 Cities.  They will demand::  NO War! NO Sanctions! NO Intervention! NO Assassinations on IRAN. People can follow developments on the Facebook link:

No War On Iran: National Day of Action Feb 4, http://www.facebook.com/events/214341975322807/.


Day of Mass Action to Stop War on Iran
By Antiwar.com                        30 January 12

n many ways, the U.S. war on Iran has already begun.

The U.S. government is shaping public opinion to accept military intervention in Iran in the name of "national security." Fabricated stories that claim evidence of Iran pursuing nuclear weapons is being blasted through mainstream media and repeated by almost every mainstream politician.

The U.S. has authorized harsh economic sanctions that could literally destroy and devastate the lives of millions of Iranian civilians. In addition to the sanctions, there have been targeted assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists and a U.S. surveillance drone was discovered in violation of Iranian sovereignty and airspace.

Iraq is devastated from decades of U.S. military intervention and sanctions that took the lives of hundreds of thousands of children, rounded up and tortured innocent people. The Iraq war led to 4.5 million people being driven from their homes.

Afghanistan, the poorest country in the world is being destroyed by the richest. U.S. drones dropping bombs on civilians, striking fear and terror in the hearts of innocent people daily. Thousands of people remain in indefinite detention perhaps for the rest of their lives in Guantanamo and Bagram.

Let the whole world see that we will not let the U.S. rain death, destruction and devastation onto yet another country and further inflame a dire situation in the Middle East. One thing we know is that when people stand up together to resist the crimes of their government like the courageous protesters of the Arab Spring and Occupy, something beautiful can emerge.

NO war NO sanctions NO intervention NO assassinations

How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the "One Percent"
http://www.truth-out.org/how-swedes-and-norwegians-broke-power-one-percent/1327942221

Peace Action:  Ending the War in Afghanistan in 2012
http://peaceblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/2012-ending-the-war-in-afghanistan/

Breaking Free from Nuclear Deterrence
http://www.wagingpeace.org/menu/programs/public-events/frank-kelly-lecture/10th-annual-lecture/kelly_lecture_2011.pdf

From Occupy San Francisco Action Council

MARCH 1 - MARCH 5:  STATE-WIDE MASS MOBILIZATION TO SACRAMENTO FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

KICK-OFF MEETING TO PLAN SAN FRANCISCO MARCH 1ST ACTION AND MORE

\MARCH 1:   SAN FRANCISCO PARTICIPATION IN A NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION IN DEFENSE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES
MARCH 2-5:  99 MILE MARCH FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
MARCH 5: OCCUPY THE STATE CAPITOL

** A Broad-Based Call to Action for the 99%!
** No Cuts! No Concessions! Fully fund education and social services
** Tax the rich
** Support the Millionaires Tax
** Support the Oil Tax to Fund Education (Prop. 1522)
** Reject Jerry Brown's budget
** Defend Free Speech and the Right of Assembly
** End police attacks on Occupy
** Health care for the 99%
** Support workers' rights
** End immigrant scapegoating to cover-up economic injustice

(http://occupysf.org/2011/12/04/occupysf-action-council-intro, http://www.occupyeducationca.org)

ABOUT THE PEACE RESOURCE CENTER

At Its Annual Meeting In January, The board of the Monterey Peace and Justice Center elected new members Caroline Kelley, Heidi Laidemitt, and Wayne Martin.  Leaving the board, after a year of distinguished service as president, is Steven Goings (Quazar).  Phillip Crawford was named as president for the coming year. The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of John Newkirk as Coordinator of Programming and Fundraising at the Peace Resource Center and the appointment of Deanne Gwinn as Site Manager.  Much appreciation and many kudos go to Trish Nelson and Janet Wilson who served in those positions during the past year and more.
Bring your program ideas and plans and scheduling to John!  Call 899-7322 (899-PEACe) and leave a message ior jhnewkirk@aol.com.  If you want to volunteer, leave a message for Deanne or write to her at salistas11@hotmail.com.

Many listings in this Peace Calendar are at the Peace Resource Center.  Designed to meet the need for a readily available venue for small events and a central place for networking among the twenty organizations in the Peace Coalition of Monterey County, the Monterey Peace and Justice Center (MPJC) is a separate non-profit, public benefit corporation.  MPJC’s mission is to inspire and mobilize the people of Monterey County to cultivate peace, social justice and environmental sustainability in our community and the world through education and advocacy.  Its main project is THE PEACE RESOURCE CENTER in Seaside (PRC).  PRC is a community-supported facility—no government subsidy, no big grants from foundations—it is entirely supported by people like you and me who think that it is important to have a place in the community for programs such as you see listed here.  The Center is operated with a few hours of staff time and a hard-working board of directors plus a crew of willing volunteers.

The board is actively recruiting more volunteers for every aspect of running the Center from fund raisers to  event assistants and planners, from web-site designers to photographers and videographers.
You are invited to come in during the open hours to scan the bulletin board for the latest events, to enjoy the art display, to browse the library, to have a cup of tea while you read the latest periodicals or view some interesting DVD or just to chat with friends.

 MPJC is a 501c3 non-profit.  All donations are fully tax-deductible. Your donations to the Monterey County Weekly Community Foundation Fund designating the Peace Resource Center as the ultimate recipient are also fully tax deductible.  As a 501c3 organization, MPJC does not endorse political candidates nor political parties nor lobby for legislation, but it does try to provide information to stimulate your thinking on important issues. If you have a program that you would like to present at PRC, leave a message at 899-7322 or 899-PEACe.

MPJC/PRC is a member of the Peace Coalition of Monterey County and provides a venue for programs of Peace Coalition organizations.

 INFORMATION ABOUT LOCAL EVENTS on the WEB:
*Peace Resource Center website is at www.peacecentral.org.
*Peace Coalition website at www.peacemonterey.com has information about the organizations in the Peace Coalition of Monterey County and email contact for them. *Call the Peace Resource Center at 831-899-PEACE or 831-899-7322. If you don’t get a live body answering the phone, you may get a phone announcement about coming events.  You may leave a message.  Someone will get back to you.
*Subscribers to the weekly email Peace Calendar may go to www.riseup.net and view the current and past PCMC Peace Calendars in the archives.

The Peace Calendar is prepared by Joyce Vandevere for the Peace Coalition of Monterey County (a coalition of 20 organizations working for peace). Please send changes, deletions, email addresses for subscription , and notification of peace-related events in Monterey County to jvand@sonic.net. PLEASE SEND INFORMATION BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO BE INCLUDED IN THE WEEK’S EMAIL. It goes out Tuesday night. Questions about the Peace Coalition of Monterey County should go to the Chair, Gary Karnes gary.karnes@comcast.net . Questions about the Peace Resource Center (or its parent organization: Monterey Peace and Justice Center) should go to 899-7322 or prc@redshift.com. For more information about events listed, contact the sponsoring organization. The events and actions listed here are not necessarily endorsed by the Peace Coalition nor any of the Coalition organizations other than the author of the listed item. They are provided as a community service. The Peace Coalition and most of the constituent organizations do not endorse political parties nor candidates for office. PCMC cannot guarantee the accuracy of listed items.

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