Saturday, March 2nd from 10 a.m. to 12 noon Fresno Center for Nonviolence monthly Board meeting 1584 N. Van Ness Ave (SE corner McKinley and Van Ness. For more information call the Center at (559) 237-3223 Mon-Fri 11-3.
Saturday, March 9th from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness Ave (SE corner McKinley and Van Ness), the Fresno Chapter of Veterans for Peace will present a workshop put on by Alfredo Figueroa from U.C. Berkeley and the Monterey chapter of Veterans for Peace entitled “Leave No One Behind”. The deportation of veterans has been going on for decades within the immigrant soldier community. This workshop offers a space to critically analyze the current climate for deported veterans, inform about policies impacting immigrant soldiers, and build tangible solutions in order for us to stand in solidarity. For more information email Joshua Shurley at fresnovfp@gmail.com.
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 from 3 to 3:30 p.m. The Fresno Center for Nonviolence monthly “Stir it Up” radio show on KFCF 88.1 will be hosted by Angela Price. Her guest will be Kerry Yo Nakagawa who was part of the film “American Pastime” as a producer, actor, behind the scenes filmmaker, author and historian. The Center is going to show this film on Thursday, March 21st at 1 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. at 1584 N. Van Ness Avenue (SE corner McKinley and Van Ness.) A link of our radio shows is created so that you can hear it again or share it with others. For more information, call the Center at 559-237-3223 Mon-Fri 11-3.
Thursday, March 21st, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness Ave., Fresno, CA 93728 (SE corner Van Ness and McKinley) “American Pastime” is a 2007 film set in the Topaz War Relocation Center, a Utah prison camp which held thousands of people during the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. While the film is a dramatic narrative, it is based on true events and depicts life inside the incarceration camps, where baseball was one of the major diversions from the reality of the internees’ lives. It won the ‘audience favorite’ in 2007 at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. The discussant at both showings will be Kerry Yo Nakagawa who was part of the film as a producer, actor, behind the scenes filmmaker, author and historian. Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible. 106 minutes. For more information you can call the Center at 559-237-3223 Mon-Fri 11-3.
