Monday, March 2 – Note New Hours for the Fresno Center for Nonviolence: Mon-Wed-Fri 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday, March 2 at 7 p.m. at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness Ave (SE corner Van Ness and McKinley) Continuation of a series showing Oliver Stone’s “The Untold History of the United States”. The series will continue on subsequent Mondays until March 30th. Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible. For more information call 559-237-3223 Mon-Wed-Fri 11-3; Tue/Thu 2-6..
March 2 & 6: JFK: TO THE BRINK: JFK and the Bay of Pigs. On the brink of total wars during the Cuban Missiles Crisis; early Vietnam. JFK early attempt at peace with Khrushchev: JFK assassinated.
March 9 & 13: JOHNSON, NIXON & VIETNAM: REVERSAL OF FORTUNE: Cataclysm in Vietnam as the war reaches a turning point- there’s no going back. Richard Nixon’s downfall; Watergate.
March 16 & 20: REAGAN, GORBACHEV &THE THIRD WORLD- RISE OF THE RIGHT: Carter’s dream of change gives way to Ronald Reagan’s secret wars in Afghanistan and Central America. Gorbachev emerges. Fresh opportunities for peace arise. Reagan’s legacy is challenged.
March 23& 27: Bush & Clinton: SQUANDERED PEACE –NEW WORLD ORDER.
Russia introduced to American Capitalism. U.S. goes to war in the Middle East. New World Order shaped.
March 30 & April 3: BUSH II & OBAMA- AGE OF TERROR:
Tuesday, March 3 at 6 p.m.at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence 1584 N. Van Ness (SE corner Van Ness and McKinley) The Fresno Center for Nonviolence will hold its monthly Board meeting. For more information call the Center at 559-237-3223 Mon-Wed-Fri 11- 3; Tue,Thu 2-6.
Friday, March 6 at 1 p.m. at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence 1584 N. Van Ness Ave (SE corner Van Ness and McKinley) Continuation of a series showing Oliver Stone’s “The Untold History of the United States”. The series will continue on subsequent Fridays until April 3. Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible. For more information call 559-237-3223 Mon-Wed-Fri 11-3; Tue/Thu 2-6.
March 2 & 6: JFK: TO THE BRINK: JFK and the Bay of Pigs. On the brink of total wars during the Cuban Missiles Crisis; early Vietnam. JFK early attempt at peace with Khrushchev: JFK assassinated.
March 9 & 13: JOHNSON, NIXON & VIETNAM: REVERSAL OF FORTUNE: Cataclysm in Vietnam as the war reaches a turning point- there’s no going back. Richard Nixon’s downfall; Watergate.
March 16 & 20: REAGAN, GORBACHEV &THE THIRD WORLD- RISE OF THE RIGHT: Carter’s dream of change gives way to Ronald Reagan’s secret wars in Afghanistan and Central America. Gorbachev emerges. Fresh opportunities for peace arise. Reagan’s legacy is challenged.
March 23& 27: Bush & Clinton: SQUANDERED PEACE –NEW WORLD ORDER.
Russia introduced to American Capitalism. U.S. goes to war in the Middle East. New World Order shaped.
March 30 & April 3: BUSH II & OBAMA- AGE OF TERROR:
Wednesday, March 11 3:00– 3:30 p.m.on KFCF 88.1 The Center for Nonviolence monthly radio show will be hosted by Professor emeritus Gerry Bill with his guest, noted historian Dr. Peter Kuznick, who co-wrote our weekly video “The Untold History of the United States.” Call-ins are encouraged at (559) 266-8888. For more information call (559)-237-3223.
Friday, March 13 at 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The Center for Nonviolence is happy to announce that it is sponsoring Filmworks March film Two Days, One Night. This is being shown at the Tower Theatre (815 E Olive Ave. Fresno) on Friday, March 13. Look for us at our table in the lobby as you come in. Hope you can stay for the discussion after the 5:30 show with Dr. Rose Marie Kuhn, moderated by Filmworks Board member, Mary Husain.
Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit) is a 2014 Belgian labor drama, an internationally acclaimed favorite starring Marion Cotillard. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, Cotillard plays Sandra, a factory worker who has just returned to her job after taking medical leave for depression. Realizing in her absence that the small company can operate with one fewer employee, management tells Sandra she may be let go. Her 16 co-workers will vote on Monday morning to decide her fate. Their choice: accept a small bonus and let Sandra go, or reject the raise and allow her to stay. Sandra races against time over the course of the weekend, sometimes with the help of her husband and sometimes alone, to convince each of her fellow employees to sacrifice their much-needed bonuses so she can keep her job, testing the limits of a working-class community’s solidarity.
Directed by Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, who are two-time winners of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, critics have hailed the film as a masterwork of the human spirit. In French and Arabic, with English subtitles. 95 minutes, rated PG-13.
Discussion Circle
After the 5:30 show, join Fresno State professor Dr. Rose Marie Kuhn to talk about the film. Dr. Kuhn, who coordinates the French program, received her B.A. and M.A. in German and Dutch from the Université Catholique de Louvain (Catholic University of Louvain) in Belgium. She also obtained her M.A. in French and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Kuhn has studied the films of the Dardenne brothers, whose works focus on the lives of working-class people. She is a union member with the California Faculty Association, which represents the California State University, and serves on the local chapter’s executive board. She is also a CFA delegate to the California Teachers Association, which represents K-12 teachers. Discussion moderated by Filmworks board member Mary Husain.
