Coastside Peace
Indeed, its the only thing that ever has". Margaret Mead
Upcoming Special Events
Compassionate Communication Workshop - Saturday March 12th 11:00 - 3:00 PM at the Point Montara Lighthouse
This hands on workshop is designed to provide simple yet effective skills for communicating, especially in challenging situations. In this training participants will learn to identify blocks in communication and resolve differences in peaceful and satisfying ways. The skills explored in the workshop are applicable to all relationships from family and friends to co-workers and clients.
Developed by Nobel Peace Prize nominee and international mediator Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, Compassionate Communication (also known as Nonviolent Communication) has transformed lives around the world for over 40 years.
Ursula Duncan will facilitate this popular workshop and has trained extensively with Dr. Rosenberg. A mediator, communication coach, and Compassionate Communication Trainer, she has introduced this model of communication training to people in the Bay Area for over 7 years. Duncan believes her life was radically improved by this method and loves sharing it with others. According to her, "Compassionate Communication helps you connect in a way where everyone’s needs are met, and it applies to all your relationships—including the one with yourself."
Admission to the workshop is $15 in advance or $20 at the door. (Proceeds from the event will cover the costs of the organizers). Space is limited, so participants are encouraged to reserve tickets in advance and receive the discount price by calling Coastside Peace at (650) 712-9616. The Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel is located on the west side of Highway One, at 16th Street in Montara, south of Devil’s Slide. Those attending the event should also bring a bag lunch.
Ongoing Events
Coastside Peace Public Meeting
Evey second tuesday of the month at Moon News, 315 Main Street, Half Moon Bay at 7:30 PM. All are welcome.
Women In Black Vigils
Women in Black groups around the world hold silent vigils to protest war and the abuses that result from war. An international peace network that began in Israel in 1988, Women in Black was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001. All who share our perspective are welcome to stand in vigil with us. For more information see the Women in Black website.
Half Moon Bay - Mac Dutra Park, Corner of Main & Kelly, 1st & 3rd Saturday 1-2 PM, contact Shari Deghi. Signs provided
Palo Alto - corner of University Ave. and Emerson St. ("Lytton Plaza") every Friday from noon to 1 PM. Contact Elaine Baskin at 650-494-0255, ebaskin@csrstds.com for more informationStanford: SCHOOL SCHEDULE: Thursdays starting Sept. 25, noon - 1 PM, Stanford Campus, White Plaza, between Tresidder and the Post Office. Beth Youngdoff <beth.youngdoff@stanford.edu>
Palo Alto: Fridays, 12 - 1, corner University and Emerson ("Lytton Plaza")
Pacifica: Saturdays, 1 – 2PM, at the Old Seavue Theatre, corner of Manor and Palmetto. Susan Miller, Millersusan50@pacbell.net
Gilroy: Fridays 4:30 - 5:30 PM, in front of St. Mary's Catholic Church on the corner of 1st and Monterey Sts. Joy Parker <jparker@gavilan.edu>. Men welcome, signs provided.
Hollister: Fridays from 4:30 - 5:30, corner of Fourth and San Benito Sts. Men are welcome. Peggy Kingman, kingman@garlic.com.
Santa Cruz: Fridays, 5 - 6 PM, corner of Ocean St. and Water St. Please wear a veil. Mediawatch <mwatch@cruzio.com>
Los Gatos: Last Sunday of the month, 10 - 12, at the park next to the Los Gatos Farmers Market, Santa Cruz Ave. and Main St. Patricia Wood Pwood10@aol.com
Previous Special Events
Peace Flix - 3 More Nights of Progressive Film and Dialog
We had so much fun with our initial Peace Flix in September, that we decided to do it a few more times between now and the election. We will be showing great progressive films on 3 upcoming Friday nights. All are held at the Johnston House Ocean Shore Depot at 800 Higgins Canyon Rd, near the South end of Main Street, 1/4 mile up on the right, near the Historic Johnston House. Admission is Free (donations are welcome).
Friday October 8th 8:00 PM
- Outfoxed (2004, 77minutes) - Exposes in detail how the "fair and balanced" cable network is systematically structured to be a right wing propaganda machine. Includes internal documents and interviews with former employees that clearly show how the political spin is dictated from the top, and examines what this means for informed democracy in our country. More information...
- Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy (2004, 70 minutes) - Master investigative reporter Greg Palast, shows the smoking gun evidence in many of the hidden stories of the Bush family. He shows clearly the nature of the intentional election fraud in Florida, the coverup of George Bush's military desertion, and how the Bush family's relationship with the Saudis has led to a hands-off order regarding CIA and FBI investigations of Bin Laden and other key Saudi terrorists and terror financiers. More information...
Friday October 22th 7:30 PM
- Iron Jawed Angels (2004, 123 minutes) - An HBO film starring Hillary Swank, Angelica Huston, Frances O'Connor and Julia Ormond in a fictional account of the true story of a small group of suffragists who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment. The film shows how these activists dared to push the boundaries of political protest to secure women's voting rights in 1920, and how they were beaten and force fed by the police for it. It's an inspiration to all and an especially poignant wake-up for the 22 million young women who did not vote in the 2000 election. More information...
- Military Myths (2001, 28 minutes) - Young people today are smacked with military advertisements and recruiters coming into their schools and communities offering sign-up bonuses, money for education, and job training. MILITARY MYTHS takes a critical look at the military's promises. The producers contrast media representations of war and military life with the personal experiences of veterans who have gone to war. Interviews with activists and students are also presented along with statistics from the Veterans Administration, CCCO, SLDN, and recent Pentagon studies that lay clear the myths of military life. More information...
Friday October 29th 7:30 PM
- Fahrenheit 911 (2004, 122 minutes) - What can we say--it was the progressive media event of the year and a defining moment in the modern resurgence of film as an alternative channel for news, perspective and informed commentary. Michael Moore's 911 leaves you alternating between belly laughs, jaw-clenched anger and tears of empathy as he shows a side of Bush's America never seen through the carefully controlled image machine of the corporate media. More information...
Peace Flix - A Night of Progressive Film and Open Dialog
Friday September 24th 7:00PM at the Johnston House Ocean Shore Depot
South end of Main Street, 1/4 mile up Higgins Purissima Road, near the Historic Johnston House
Admission Free
We'll show three wonderfully insightful, award-winning progressive documentary films and open the floor for community discussion. We guarantee these films will open your mind and stir up your your "inner-activist".
The films are:
There's Something about W (2004 - 40 min) A wry look at the policies of the Bush administration, offering a lively mix of analysis and levity. Director Robin Chin juxtaposes the president speaking in his own words with insightful responses from people like Molly Ivins, Paul Krugman, Al Franken, Arianna Huffington and many others. More information...
Orwell Rolls in His Grave (2003 - 97 min) Director Robert Kane Pappas draws disturbing parallels between George OrwellÕs classic novel of Big Brother totalitarianism, Ò1984,Ó and the current relationship between big media and government in the United States. More information...
Hijacking Catastrophe, 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire - (2004 - 64 min) Examines how a radical fringe of the Republican Party has used the trauma of the 9/11 attacks to advance a pre-existing agenda to radically transform American foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties and social programs at home. More information...
MoveOn.Org - 50 Ways to Love Your Country
Tuesday July 13th 7:00PM at Moon News Bookstore
Come hear Carrie Olson, Chief Operating Officer of MoveOn.org, and other
MoveOn speakers share their own strories and help you to get inspired
to take action and make a difference on issues you believe in. There
are many things individuals can do, and this book gives 50 great suggestions!
Moon News Bookstore, 315 Main St. in Half Moon Bay, two blocks south of Highway 92, just past the bridge. Admission Free.
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Paul Erlich - Thursday June 17th 7:30PM at the Ted Adcock Center
Dr. Ehrlich discusses his latest book, One with Nineveh
which addresses a broad array of topics including ecology, demographics,
migration, economics, biodiversity, ethics, climate, politics and globalization
and suggests measures that might allow us to “alter course and
work towards achieving a sustainable world.”
Ted Adcock Community Center, 535 Kelly Ave. in Half Moon Bay, one block south of Highway 92, 1/2 block East of Highway 1. Admission $10 sliding scale.
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Project Censored - Tuesday May 25th 7:30PM at the Ted Adcock
Center
Dr. Peter Phillips, Director of Project Censored, discusses the project’s
mission
to educate people about the role of independent journalism in a democratic
society and to tell The News That Didn’t Make the News and why.
Ted Adcock Community Center, 535 Kelly Ave. in Half Moon Bay, one block south of Highway 92, 1/2 block East of Highway 1. Admission $5 sliding scale.
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David Batstone - Tuesday April 27th 7:30PM at the Ted Adcock Center
Saving the Corporate Soul - Author, entrepreneur,
professor and journalist David Batstone examines the role of corporations
in our society He shows how they can achieve success by aligning themselves
with the goals and values of their customers, employees and the communities
around them. Come hear a fresh perspective on an issue that has never
been more timely and important than today.
Ted
Adcock Community Center, 535 Kelly Ave. in Half Moon Bay, one block
south of Highway 92, 1/2 block East of Highway 1. Admission $5 sliding
scale.
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April 22nd Earth Day Protest at Hummer Dealership
Come out and protest this 4-wheeled betrayal of the human race at:
Putnam Hummer, 900 Peninsula Avenue, Burlingame.
People are needed all day long, 7:30am-6:00pm.
Please bring signs.
Suggestions include: Big Hummer, small brain, Play army in your Hummer while real soldiers die in theirs, 32,000 dead and I'm still paying $2.29 for unleaded. You can also see more information about this at the Code Pink website.
Contact Patty Kane for information: 650.787.4418.
Interfaith Peace Forum - March 28th 1:00 - 3:00 PM at the Point Montara Lighthouse
Be a beacon for peace - What you do, how you behave
in your own life does impact the world. Your personal behavior profoundly
contributes to world behavior. Peace does indeed begin with you--and
me.
Representatives of some of the world’s wisdom traditions will
offer their perspectives on peace as well as practical suggestions for
cultivating peace in daily life. Come and learn how to prepare fertile
ground for world peace by creating individual peace.
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Film: Unprecedented - Friday February 27th at 7:30 also at
the Johnston House Depot Building
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election is the riveting
story about the battle for the Presidency in Florida and the undermining
of democracy in America. Admission $5.00
Jo Chamberlain -February 26th 7:30PM at the Johnston House Depot Building
Who will buy the next election? Jo Chamberlain, Green Party Candidate for the State Assembly in 2000, and a well-known figure on local issues, speaks on public financing of election campaigns. Come hear what you can do to take back your government.
Medea Benjamin - January 29th 7:30PM at the Ted Adcock Center
Medea Benjamin gives a "Report from Iraq - First Hand View". Thursday January 29th at 7:30 PM at the Ted Adcock Community Center, 535 Kelly Ave. in Half Moon Bay. Admission $10 sliding scale, advance tickets available at Moon News bookstore, 315 Main St, in Half Moon Bay.
Richard Heinberg - November 7th 2003 at the Ted Adcock Center
The world is about to change dramatically and permanently as a result of oil depletion. Within the next few years, the global production of oil will peak. Thereafter, even with a switch to alternative energy sources, industrial societies will have less energy available to do all the things essential to their survival. We are entering a new era as different from the industrial one as the latter was from medieval times. Heinberg makes a compelling case for this conclusion and offers eminently sensible recommendations about how to face the social, economic, political, and individual lifestyle changes that will be imposed upon us.
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Kevin Danaher - October 2nd 2003 at the Ted Adcock Center
Dr. Kevin Danaher, co-counder of Global Exchange will speak on Corporate Globalization (WTO) vs. People's Globalization, and will report on his recent trip to the WTO summit in Cancun Mexico.
Dr. Kevin Danaher, Director of Public Education for Global Exchange, is an accomplished public speaker, and author and editor of many books examining US foreign policy and the global economy. His most recent volume, Democratizing the Global Economy: The Battle Against the World Bank and the IMF was published in fall 2000 by Common Courage Press. Distinguished by his dry sense of humor and blunt eloquence, Dr. Danaher is an exceptionally dynamic speaker.