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WHAT IS OCCUPY MONTEREY PENINSULA?

Thursday, Jan. 12. 7 PM
WHAT IS OCCUPY MONTEREY PENINSULA? And who? Come and meet some of the many faces of the local Occupy group. A minister's wife? A CSUMB student? A homeless nomad? A panel discussion of local Occupy activists will share some of their ideas on what the Occupy movement is all about, what has transpired since inception, and perhaps where things are headed. Bring your curiosity and your questions to this special Green Party sponsored event at the Peace Resource Center.

Free and open. 622-7455

1364 Fremont blvd., Seaside, Ca
Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012
Green Party WinterFest on Action

Thursday, Dec 8, 7-9pm

We celebrate elections in general.
Candidates and Volunteers are specifically invited.

We honor candidates who stand for more than an office.
Win or lose, we support candidates who promote deeper messages.
Transparency and access, participation and listening, engagement and democracy. .
We are small, but we are dedicated activists, and we work.
So we invite candidates and future candidates, volunteers and voters.
Drop in and share some time with us.
Speculate, gossip, plan, recruit, organize, and enjoy.
We will have snacks, and maybe an auction, all for fun.
Thank you, candidates, and thank you, volunteers. Win or lose, we need each other.
And win or lose, there is always next time!
Hope you can find some time that evening to drop in.

For info: George Riley. 645-9914

Peace Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd, Seaside
December 8, 2011
HAL VS LAWRENCE!

Thursday, Nov 10th, 7pm.

HAL VS LAWRENCE!!

What's Liberal? What's Conservative?
Debate Style Point Counterpoint!

Hal Ginsberg, KRXA 540 AM Radio, Owner/Manager
Lawrence Samuel, Libertarian, writer

Conflict or contrarian? Query or quarrel?
Explorations or expletives? Diverse subjects. Audience suggestions.
Come for an interesting and fun time.

Free, public invited.
Contact: George Riley, 645-9914, Green Party

Peace Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd, Seaside
Thursday, Nov 10th, 7pm.
Waste or Resource?

YUK OR YUM!
WASTE OR RESOURCE?

Get the real story on purifying waste water for personal use. It is done in many places, and safely. Do you have a problem? Do you know the facts? Do you want to know more?

Come hear leaders of the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency bring you up to date. And answer your questions. And discuss this option.
It is being planned as a lower cost water supply option.

Free. Public invited.
Info: George Riley 645-9914, georgetriley@gmail.com

1364 Fremont Blvd, Seaside
Thursday October 13th, 7 to 9pm.
"Fort Ord: Treasure Trove of Trails"

Bill Weigle through pictures and maps shares his passion for wildland trail recreation. Learn from his investigation of the maps of trails and current proposals to understand what's at stake for diminishment through development. Please participate to preserve recreation access and potential for eco-tourism for all.

Bill Weigle

Prof. Emeritus of Mathematics & Environmental Studies at University of Maine at Machias where he has taught for 25 years (currently teaching online courses).
Ph. D. in Meteorology from University of Michigan.
Member of the 1972 United States Olympic Team in 1972 as a 50 kilometer race walker.
Won 1972 & 1973 United States National 50 kilometer championship.
Twice completed the 100-mile Western States endurance run through the Sierras from Squaw Valley to Auburn, CA – finished 3rd in 1980 and 4th in 1981.
Bicycled solo and self-supported 4,000 miles across the northern tier states in 1999.
Recently hiked 24 miles rim-to-rim across the Grand Canyon in 10 hours.
A member of Sustainable Seaside and the Fort Ord Rec Users (forU).
In case you haven’t guessed, he is passionate about saving wilderness land from development and for recreation and habitat preservation for all of us and our children to enjoy and learn from.

Peace Resource Center, 1364 Fremont Ave., Seaside, CA
September 8, 2011, 7 pm.
"Why Double Dip Recession is Now Inevitable"

Saturday, August 20, 6:30 pm,

Dr. Jack Rasmus, Professor of Political Economy, will be speaking on:
the current decline in the US and global economies, what's next in the on-going deficit-debt debates in Washington, and the growing grass roots response to the deepening crisis in jobs and attacks on social security and medicare by Labor and community organizations in California and beyond.

Jack will have copies of his recently published book, 'Epic Recession: Prelude to Global Depression', Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010' and DVDs of his recent tv appearances in New York and Palo Alto. He will also give a preview of his forthcoming newest book, 'Obama's Economy: Recovery for the Few' that will be available next January.

Contact: Frank Lambert, greenfranklino@gmail.com

Presented at the Peace Resource Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside (between Sonoma Ave. & Hamilton), a program of the Green Party of Monterey County.
August 20, 2011
What is an environmentalist?

Thursday, August 11, 7:00 pm,
What is an environmentalist? Joy Colangelo, a therapist and columnist for the Monterey Herald will share her thoughts on "walking the walk" about the environment and what she does in her own life to help sustain Mother Earth, which is in grave danger from human activities. Presented at the Peace Resource Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside (between Sonoma Ave. & Hamilton), a program of the Green Party of Monterey County.
Contact: Frank Lambert, goldengreen10@yahoo.com

Peace Resource Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside
August 11
Peace Lantern Ceremony

PEACE LANTERN CEREMONY AT LOVERS’ POINT, PACIFIC GROVE
SATURDAY, AUG 6, HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI REMEMBRANCE DAY

WHAT: Seventh annual memorial celebration in a beautiful, moving tradition which honors those who suffered the atomic bombings in 1945. The enormous damage from the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and radioactive dangers in northern Japan, still very much unresolved, is additional reason for remembering the natural and the man-made causes of such devastation. This ceremony reaffirms our commitment to a nuclear weapons-free world and to alternative, safer forms of energy so that such tragedies are never repeated in the world.

WHERE: Lovers' Point cove, foot of Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove

WHEN: 7 – 9 PM .

Everyone is welcome at this free event. Free parking; can be viewed from Ocean View Blvd and terrace above the cove.

INFORMATION: 375-8216 or mrmoonsmom@yahoo.com

Sponsors: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom- Monterey County Branch, Peace Resource Center, Peace Coalition of Monterey County, and Monterey Peninsula Friends Meeting (Quakers)

Location: Lovers' Point, Pacific Grove, Ca

Lovers' Point, where Forest Ave. meets the Bay, Pacific Grove, CA.
August 6, 2011
Welcome Marnie Glickman

August 16
Peace Resource Center Open House for Marnie Glickman visiting from the Green Party of California. Please come and introduce yourselves to one of our finest and most persistant activists.

1364 Fremont, Seaside, CA
August 16, 2011
Tell the Truth and Run

"TELL THE TRUTH AND RUN"
George Seldes and the American Press
A film by Rick Goldsmith

During an 80-year career, newsman George Seldes spoke truth to power--whether dictators, generals, industrialists,or newspaper publishers, Seldes took them on!

Through Seldes encounters with Mussolini and J.Edgar Hoover, the tobacco industry and the "Lords of the Press," TELL THE TRUTH AND RUN provides a gripping journey through the Twenthieth Century and a piercing look at censorship and suppression in America's newsmedia. With Ralph Nader, Victor Navasky, Ben Bagdikian, Daniel Ellsberg, Nat Hentoff and Jeff Cohen of FAIR.

Come see the film at the Peace Resource Center, 1634, Fremont Blvd. (And Sonoma Ave) on July 14, at 7:00 PM.
Free, and open to the public. Donations for this event and for the PRC are appreciated.
Frank Lambert, greenfranklino@gmail.com

1364 Fremont Ave, Seaside, CA
July 14