Tuesday, January 31 – 7 p.m. Central Valley Animal Liberation presents a free screening of “Earthlings” (2005). Joaquin Phoenix narrates this feature-length documentary about mankind’s commercial use of other animals. Unflinching footage provides a rare glimpse inside puppy mills, factory farms, and medical labs to reveal the breadth of animal exploitation for the sake of human economic interests.
Fresno Center for Nonviolence – 1584 N Van Ness Ave (Southeast corner of Van Ness and McKinley), Fresno, CA. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, email Jonathan Hussain at jonathanh@mercyforanimals.org
NOTE: This film contains graphic images of violence to animals. It is not rated by the MPAA but should only be viewed by those 17 and older.
Wednesday, February 1at 6:00 p.m. FCNV Board meeting at 1584 N. Van Ness (SE corner McKinley and Van Ness) Call 237-3223 11-3 Mon-Fri for details..
Wednesday,February 8at 3-3:30 p.m. on KFCF 88.1 FMOn the Center’s “Stir it Up” monthly radio show, Angela Price will have as her guest Terje Carlsson, director of this month’s film “Israel vs. Israel”. Call-ins are welcome at 559-266-8888. For information call 559-237-3223.
Wednesday, February 8 at 12 noon and at 7 p.m.(No potluck) (Please note different venues) Our 2nd Wed. film will be “Israel vs. Israel” and Terje Carlsson, the filmmaker, will be at both showings. The 12 noon showing will be at the Center, 1584 N. Van Ness Ave, Fresno (SE corner McKinley and Van Ness.) The 7 p.m. showing will be at the College Community Congregational Church, 5550 N. Fresno Street (SE corner of Browning and Fresno).(doors open 6:30 p.m.) Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
“Israel vs. Israel” is a documentary about Jewish peace activists who face skepticism and criticism from their fellow Israeli citizens. A Rabbi, a soldier, a grandmother and an anarchist – four very different Israelis whom share a common goal: to achieve peace in the Middle East and end the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories. Undeterred, they promote a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in order to improve the lives of Palestinians and their fellow countrymen alike. Using in depth interviews and dynamic footage to narrate their inspiring stories, Israel vs. Israel provides a unique perspective on the struggle to find a peaceful solution of this decades-long conflict.
This critically acclaimed film has been invited to festivals and screenings around the world and has won: * Public Liberties and Human Rights Award – Al Jazeera Documentary Festival 2011 * President of the Festival – Special Award at the One Shot ISFF Festival, 2011 * Best Documentary at the 2011 Turkish Radio and Television Documentary Awards * 2011 Ojai International Film Festival Best Documentary Honorable Mention
The filmmaker, Terje Carlsson, will be present at both showings. He is a freelance journalist who has spent almost a decade covering the Middle East for the news media including Swedish Television and Radio. His first film “Welcome to Hebron” was about a 17 year old teenager, Leila, living in Hebron in 2006 and 2007. This critically acclaimed documentary was released in 2008. Because of the film’s great success, Swedish TV wanted Terje to make another film about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For more information about the film log on to their website at: www.israelvisraelmoveie.com.
For those who find it hard to get to our films on Wednesdays, please note that the film “Israel vs. Israel” will also be shown by the Reedley Peace Center on Friday, February 10. They meet at the Fellowship Hall of First Mennonite Church, located on L Street between 12th and 13th streets in Reedley. Map available at www.reedleypeacecenter.org. Contact: Don Friesen at dfriesen0@gmail.com. Here is their calendar item.
Friday, February 10, 6:30-8:30
Documentary: Israel vs. Israel, with film producer, Terje Carlsson.To many of their fellow Israelis, they are traitors. They are attacked, arrested and demonised. Yet Israelis like Yehuda Shaul, leader of Breaking the Silence andJonathan Pollack from Anarchists Against the Wall continue to struggle for a more peaceful Middle East. They believe that they can save their state by putting an end to the military occupation. But the Israeli peace movement has lost momentum in recent years. There is widespread apathy in Israel against ending the Occupation, especially after the withdrawal from Gaza. ‘Israel vs Israel’ takes a fresh look at one of the leading tensions in Israeli society.
For those that would like to help the homeless to get through the winter, here is a way that appears to be working quite well for now. A “Homeless Firewood Brigade” has been set up to deliver firewood, water, toilet paper and toiletries, warm clothing etc., on a late afternoon basis. A list has been set up and volunteers are signing up to go down to Santa Clara Street, between F and E Streets (close to Poverello House) to make deliveries. Another way would be to have your name added to the email list and when you see items requested that you can donate, bring them to our Center at 1584 N. Van Ness (SE corner Van Ness and McKinley). Always needed is toilet paper and water (large bottles better) and toiletries like toothpaste and toothbrushes , soap, can always be donated and brought to the Center.
If you are interested in this: please contact Judy Hess at judyhess@gmail.com.
There will be two showings of “Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think” on Wednesday, January 11, 12 noon and 7 p.m. (potluck at 6:30 p.m.), both at the Center, 1584 N. Van Ness, Fresno – SE corner Van Ness and McKinley. This new documentary film from Unity Productions Foundation, explores the expertly gathered opinions of Muslims around the globe as revealed in the world’s first major opinion poll, conducted by Gallup, the preeminent polling organization. Gallup researchers began by asking the questions on every American’s mind. Why is there so much anti-Americanism in the Muslim world? Who are the extremists and how do Muslims feel about them? What do Muslims like and dislike about the West? What do Muslim women really want?
Crucial policy decisions hang on these questions. They continue to generate passionate disagreements in the public square. Yet for all the heat and controversy, the actual views of the world’s Muslims have been conspicuously missing from this debate.
Now, we have the missing answers and statistics, gathered, parsed, and analyzed not by pundits but by professional researchers.
As part of this groundbreaking six-year project, Gallup conducted tens of thousands of interviews with residents in 35 predominantly Muslim nations, as well as smaller populations in Europe and the USA. The broad extent of the polling has delivered findings for the world’s 1.4 billion Muslims with a plus or minus accuracy of 3%
Focused on the issues of Gender Justice, Terrorism, and Democracy -the film presents this remarkable data deftly, showing how it challenges the popular notion that Muslims and the West are on a collision course. Like the research, the film highlights a shared relationship that is based on facts – not fear. Experts featured (A Partial List): Dalia Mogahed, Executive Director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, John Esposito, University Professor, Georgetown University, RamiKhoury, Editor of the Daily Star (Beirut), and Kenneth Pollack, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institute.
Please come to see an important film “The Economics of Happiness” that the Center, together with Peace Fresno, will be showing next Wednesday, December 14, both at 12 noon and in the evening at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
It will be shown at the Center at midday, but the evening showing will be at Woodward Park Regional Library, 944 E. Perrin. Really easy to find but call if you need help. Although the show is free as always, we are hoping that you will consider making a donation as the film cost us more than we anticipated.
Angela Price will also be talking on the phone from Australia with Helena Norberg-Hodge, the acclaimed writer and director of this film during the Center’s “Stir It Up” radio show on the same day, Wednesday, December 14, on KFCF 88.1 from 3 to 3:30 p.m. It will be a live call and so you can call in and ask questions
Please call the Center at 237-3223 for more information. Here is the original post.
Wednesday,December 14at12 noon and 7p.m.The Center, together with Peace Fresno, will be showing the Central Valley premiere of the film “The Economics of Happiness” .There will be two showings – one at 12 noon at 1584 N. Van Ness, Fresno, and the other at 7 p.m. at the Woodward Park Regional Library, 944 E. Perrin, Fresno. The film describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions: while government and Big Business push for a globalized economy based on high technology and increased trade, people all over the world are working from the grassroots to nurture smaller scale, ecological, local economies. We hear from a chorus of voices from six continents including Samdhong Rinpoche, the Prime Minister of Tibet’s government in exile, Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, David Korten and Zac Goldsmith. The Economics of Happiness restores our faith in humanity, and challenges us to believe that it is possible to build a better world.
“It is good news indeed to find so persuasive an explanation of our ailing world as The Economics of Happiness. This film connects the dots between climate chaos, economic meltdown, and our own personal suffering– stress, loneliness, and depression. It presents the localization movement as a systemic alternative to corporate globalization, as well as a strategy that brings community and meaning to our lives.”– Joanna Macy author of World as Lover, World as Self
“A must-see film for the future of the planet.”– Zac Goldsmith, Member of UK Parliament
The film is free and open to the public but donations would be very welcome. For more information call FCNV at 559-237-3223. .Check the website too to see a trailer of the film www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org. .
Performers include:
Richard Sirosis – accordionist and vocalist. Cory Zamora – Fresno’s premier belly-dancer performing a dance reflective of all middle-eastern European peoples in this Valley. Guy Ashby and Kathy Page – with an introductory demonstration of the art of the Argentine tango. Avigdar Adams singing torch songs, accompanied on keyboard by Jean Hays. Your host, Richard Stone reading from his work. For more information call (559)266-2559.
On Wednesday, December 14, FCNV and Peace Fresno will show the Central Valley premiere of the film “The Economics of Happiness”. There will be two showings – one at 12 noon at 1584 N. Van Ness, Fresno, and at 7 p.m. at the Woodward Park Regional Library, 944 E. Perrin, Fresno. The film describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions: while government and Big Business push for a globalized economy based on high technology and increased trade, people all over the world are working from the grassroots to nurture smaller scale, ecological, local economies. We hear from a chorus of voices from six continents including Samdhong Rinpoche, the Prime Minister of Tibet’s government in exile, Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, David Korten and Zac Goldsmith. The Economics of Happiness restores our faith in humanity, and challenges us to believe that it is possible to build a better world.
“It is good news indeed to find so persuasive an explanation of our ailing world as The Economics of Happiness. This film connects the dots between climate chaos, economic meltdown, and our own personal suffering– stress, loneliness, and depression. It presents the localization movement as a systemic alternative to corporate globalization, as well as a strategy that brings community and meaning to our lives.”
– Joanna Macy author of World as Lover, World as Self
“A must-see film for the future of the planet.”– Zac Goldsmith, Member of UK Parliament
The film is free and open to the public but donations would be welcome. For more information call FCNV at 559-237-3223. Check the website too www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org.
Sunday, October 30, 2 to 4 p.m.“RENT EVENT”, Café Corazon, 1306 N. Wishon north of Olive. Richard Stone is hosting a monthly event to help meet the increased expenses of the Fresno Center for Nonviolence. Joining him will be readings by “Partners in Prose,” a writers’ group comprising our host Richard Stone with Polly Brewer,Sky Sweet and Isaac Weil. The readings will range from memoir to short fiction to fantasy–and maybe a brief play for good measure. Only guarantee: “It’s all good.”No admission is charged but donations will be solicited for the Center. For more information call 559-237-3223 or 559-266-2559.
Wednesday, November 2 at 6:00 p.m. FCNV Board meeting at 1584 N. Van Ness (SE corner McKinley and Van Ness) Call 237-3223 11-3 Mon-Fri for details..
Wednesday,November 9 at 3-3:30 p.m. on KFCF 88.1 FMOn the Center’s “Stir it Up” monthly radio show, as a tribute to the International Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 18, Angela Price will have as her guests Rachel Bowman and friends to speak about this event as well as news for the transgender community. Call-ins are welcome at 559-266-8888. For information call (559)237-3223.
Wednesday,November 9at12 noon and 7p.m.(potluck at 6:30 p.m.), FCNV, 1584 N. Van Ness (SE Corner McKinley and Van Ness). The Fresno Center for Nonviolence will present for its 2nd Wed. Video the documentary “Call me Malcolm”. Its director Joseph Parlagreco of Filmworks, Inc., co-produced the film with the United Church of Christ. It tells the story of Malcolm E. Himschoot, then a third-year student at Iliff School of Theology, who was eventually ordained in 2004 by the UCC’s Denver Metropolitan Association. The documentary is more than an examination of Malcolm’s life or the struggles of the transgender community, but a film that all can relate to, because it’s about discerning, discovering and celebrating one’s identity.
Parlagreco, an award-winning cinematographer whose directing credits include work for ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, PBS and VH1, says the UCC has served as a “minister to the film.”
“Imagine,” Parlagreco muses, “a church producing a feature documentary for film festivals –about a transgender minister. 90 minutes. Free to the public. Wheelchair accessible. Call the Center Mon-Fri 11-3 at 559-237-3223 for more information.
Sunday, December 4 at 2 p.m. “Holiday Special Rent Event” At the Voice Shop, 1296 N. Wishon Ave,, just south of Café Corazon. Richard Stone will hos a special Rent Event Extravaganza to help meet the Fresno Center for Nonviolence’s normal monthly expenses. Stay tuned for more information.
No admission will be charged but donations will be solicited
HERE IS INFORMATION FOR UPCOMING OCCUPY FRESNO! ACTIONS AND EVENTS.
WE NEED YOU IN THE STREETS AND AT THE OCCUPATION AT COURTHOUSE PARK!
–Monday, October 24th and Tuesday, October 25th, 5 pm each evening at the Occupation Camp, Courthouse Park: “What Is Capitalism?” a teach in on the nature and history of capitalism by Prof. Michael Becker, CSUF Department of Political Science
–Friday, October 28th, 3:30 at Courthouse Park: “Tour the Bastard Banks” a continuation of marches and protests encouraging people to withdraw their money from the big commercial banks
–Saturday, October 29th, 10 a.m. at Chase Bank on the corner of First and Shaw: Protest at Chase Bank and march to and protest at nearby B of A in solidarity with a global day of uprising to demand that the G-20 enact a “Robin Hood tax” of 1% on all financial transactions and currency trades, enough money to fund every social program and environmental initiative in the world.
–Saturday, November 5th: demonstration in solidarity with the international “move your money day.” Time date and action to be announced soon. for more information: http://www.facebook.com/Nov.Fifth and moveyourmoneyproject.org
–Noah Canton is going on Monday to fill out the paperwork get us on to the FUSD School Board agenda; the item will call for an across the board cut in administrative salaries with the money going back to the classrooms. Time and date to be announced immediately when we receive notice from Noah.
–there are marches daily form the Courthouse in the morning and in the afternoon at 4 pm.
–PLEASE SUPPORT THE CAMPERS AT THE COURTHOUSE BY JOINING THEM FOR AN OVERNIGHT. WITHOUT THEM THERE IS NO OCCUPATION. WITHOUT YOUR HELP THERE IS AN UNFAIR BURDEN BEING PLACED ON THEM TO KEEP IT GOING.
I need a crew of folks to help provide food for the Occupy Fresno effort. If we get a few, we can divide up the tasks and do a better job. These mostly young people are putting in a lot of effort, and lack of sleep, for this cause. Yesterday, they went to several downtown banks to publicize the idea of people taking their money out of the big banks and putting it into local credit unions or local banks. I heard B of A closed their doors an hour early to avoid dealing with them. There is an amazing couple from Fowler, Gerry and Lupe, who are bringing a full dinner Mon., Wed. and Fri. I have been doing quite a few and I think they have had food every evening. Ellie Bluestein (& Jemmy, Cordia, and Isaiah) brought huge containers of great food from the Shanghai one evening, and Dan Yaseen brought Pakistani food donate by the restaurant Lahori Tikka. Sunday may be covered by Food, Not Bombs. If those receiving this have lists or just contacts to send to, could you send this on? And if you don’t want to take your food donation downtown you can bring it to me, I’ll be happy to deliver it for you. But you really may not want to miss seeing this.
Hope that everyone will come out and do some shopping at the Center’s Annual Fundraising Book Sale on Saturday, October 8 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (DVDs and CDs too). Location is SW corner parking lot of Olive and Van Ness, Fresno. Great prices, great books. Best book sale in Fresno. (Think Christmas and other presents).
