Tuesday, May 1st at 6:30 p.m. at Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness Ave. the Center’s monthly Board meeting. For more information, call 559-237-3223 Mon-Fri between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. (please note this Board meeting date is for this month only.)
Saturday, May 5th from 4 to 6 p.m. at Community United Church of Christ, 5550 N. Fresno Street (between Barstow and Bullard). The Center for Nonviolence will celebrate its 26th Anniversary with keynote speaker, David Hartsough speaking on “Waging Peace: Continuing our Commitment to the Struggle for Peace and Justice in the Trump Era.” David is co-founder of World Beyond War, and author of Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a
Lifelong Activist. He writes that he has spent his life experimenting with the power of active nonviolence in an effort to live as though we were all brothers and sister. We’ll also be giving our 2018 Way of Peace awards to Ellen Bush, Reza Nekumanesh; youth awards to Yasmin Mendoza, Joanne Park and Elizabeth Grubb who organized the Fresno March for our Lives; and organization award to the new Veterans for Peace Fresno Chapter started by Joshua Shurley. There will be a silent auction and potluck meal. For more information call the Center at 559-237-3223 Mon-Fri. Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, May 9th at 3 to 3:30 p.m. Our Center for Nonviolence monthly radio show on KFCF 88.1 will be hosted by Angela Price. Her guest will be John LaForge. They will be discussing the $1.7 trillion nuclear weapons build up underway in the U.S.
, especially in the context of U.S. threats against North Korea. John has worked on the staff of Nukewatch, a nuclear watchdog and environmental justice group in Wisconsin, since 1992 and edits its Quarterly newsletter. He is a regular contributor to Counterpunch, and Peacevoice.org. He has testified before British and Dutch parliamentarians on the outlaw status of depleted uranium weapons. This is a call-in show so if you have questions call 559-266-8888.
Sunday, May 20th at 4 p.m. at the Center for Nonviolence at 1584 N. Van Ness Ave. (SE corner Van Ness and McKinley) David Barsamian will speak on “Global Discontents: Threats to Democracy”. One of America’s most tireless and wide-ranging investigative journalists, David Barsamian has altered the independent media landscape. His weekly radio program Alternative Radio is now in its 32nd season. His books with Noam Chomsky, Eqbal Ahmad, Howard Zinn, Tariq Ali, Richard Wolff, Arundhati Roy and Edward Said sell around the world. His new book with Noam Chomsky is Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy. He lectures on world affairs, imperialism, capitalism, propaganda, the media, the economic crisis and global rebellions. Co-Sponsored by the Center for Nonv
iolence and Peace Fresno. This is free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible. For more information call the Center at 559-237-3223 Mon-Fri.
