Announcing SNV's new website

The School for Nonviolence now has a new website!

Please go to http://sites.google.com/site/schoolfornonviolence/

Now that we have the website, our blog will no longer be updated. For events and news information, please go to http://sites.google.com/site/schoolfornonviolence/event-postings

Marcha Mundial events in Cd. Juarez Fri. Oct. 2 and Sat. Oct. 3

Please click here for the Marcha Mundial website.

Eventos en Cd. Juárez

2 de Octubre
Evento: Marcha simbólica
Hora: 5:00 p.m. a 8:00 p.m.
Duración: 3 horas.
Lugar: Monumento Juárez

3 de Octubre
Evento: Festival de Grupos Musicales.
Hora: 4:00 p.m. a 10 p.m.
Duración: 6 horas.
Lugar: Parque Central, Hermanos Escobar Sección Oriente.

Mas Información Sobre los eventos
Al 207-88-78 Ext. 2004 con Elizabeth Sandoval.

Pax Christi Film Series - October 11 double-feature

WHAT: Pax Christi Film Series presents “Viva La Causa,” a documentary about Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, and "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil."

WHEN: 3:00 p.m., Sunday, October 11.

WHERE: Mother Teresa Center, 2400 East Yandell Drive (between Piedras and Cotton streets)

SPONSORED BY: Pax Christi El Paso and the Peace & Justice Ministry of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso.

ADMISSION: Free. All are warmly invited to attend.

“Viva La Causa” is a short documentary about Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. The other film, “The Power of Community," tells the story of the Cuban people's hardship, ingenuity, and triumph over sudden adversity when their country lost access to Soviet oil in the early 1990s.

The Pax Christi Film Series show films monthly on peace and justice themes. Films scheduled for the remainder of 2009 are “Poison Dust,” on the dangers of depleted uranium (November 8); and “Posada: A Night to Cross All Borders” (December 13).

This is sponsored by Pax Christi El Paso and the Peace & Justice Ministry of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso. For more information, call 532-0527.

FCNL's October/November 2009 Washington Newsletter

The Friends Committee on National Legislation (a Quaker organization) has released their October/November 2009 Washington Newsletter with the theme "Uphill for Peace." Please click here to see the newsletter.

“Addicts, Guns and Money: How the U. S. Feeds the Violence in Mexico" lecture

Please click here to go to the Grassroots Press article on the lecture sponsored by the New York Times and the Associated Students of New Mexico State University on Tuesday, September 29 starting at 6:00 p.m.

El Paso Times article on Lomas del Poleo

Click here to read the article from the Monday, September 21, 2009, El Paso Times.

Newspaper Tree article on Sep. 19 El Paso Press Club Event

Please click here to go to the article written by Elizabeth Ruiz and David Crowder of Newspaper Tree on the El Paso Press Club-sponsored War on Drugs panel discussion that was held Saturday, September 19, 2009.

September 16, 2009 Update on Lomas del Poleo

Click here for the Grassroots Press article.

We now have a calendar!

The School for Nonviolence is pleased to announce the addition of a calendar gadget to its blog. The calendar is located at the bottom of the main blog page. This location allows for a more robust calendar experience (that is, it's wide enough to show long event titles).

If you know of any nonviolence- and/or peace-related events happening in the Borderland region (e.g., Cd. Juarez, Las Cruces, El Paso), we would love to post them on our calendar. Please use the comments function below to give us the details.

Thank you!

Name change (subtle, but important)

During the Saturday, September 12, 2008 SNV Core Group meeting one of the items considered was a name change. After thoughtful discussion, it was decided that School FOR Nonviolence was more descriptive of our intentions.

We are FOR nonviolent action in all its manifestations. We are FOR the promotion of nonviolence. We are FOR a nonviolent community, locally and globally.

Welcome to the School for Nonviolence!

Lomas del Poleo August 21, 2009 update

[for background information on Lomas del Poleo, see the Newspaper Tree archives]

Click here for the update letter from Father Bill Morton.

Call for peace and nonviolence links

We would like to add to our peace and nonviolence links list those sites that discuss these issues from Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, and other religious--as well as nonreligious--perspectives. Please provide your suggested links by using the comments link at the bottom of this post.

We thank you for any links you are able to offer.

Links to news articles re: August 4th exploratory meeting

That we know of, there were two articles written to report on the School of Nonviolence exploratory meeting. Links to both articles are below.


Grass Roots Press

Newspaper Tree

If you know of other mentions in the media, please post a comment. Thank you.

August 4, 2009 Exploratory Meeting Minutes

Click here to view the meeting minutes.