Resource Center for Nonviolence

Join us as we remember and celebrate the life of our dear colleague Nancy Park.

Saturday, July 4
2:00PM – 6:00PM PDT

At
Resource Center for Nonviolence
612 Ocean St
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

RSVP
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Contribute to a Gofundme for Nancy's children
https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-nancy-support-for-her-children

Hosted by
The Park Family and RCNV

Nancy's wish for this remembrance was for guests to share thoughts and stories with Oskar and Olympia so that they can learn more about her so please come with a thought or story to share with them.

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Nancy passed away after a brief battle with glioblastoma.

The weeks leading up to her passing were tender and difficult for all of those close to her. Nancy remained dedicated to her work at the Center until her very last days. She held a place here with us knowing that her days might be numbered. Nancy not only LOVED her community she showed up for us. She showed up for all of it. She showed up for causes dear to her heart and to support those that needed tender attention and care.

“One of my favorite memories was watching her massage the shoulders of a mutual friend attempting to ease her visible emotional pain during an event. Her children watched too as if it was just another day in their life with their beautiful loving mama.”
—Silvia Morales

After receiving her diagnosis, Nancy inspired all of us in profound ways. She spoke of being grateful for the medical care she was receiving while surrounded by her loved ones—even as she held in her heart those in Gaza and other targeted places who are navigating cancer amidst bombs, starvation, and unfathomable loss.

We will miss Nancy’s fire and drive to quell injustice. She will forever live on in our memories as a tender but powerful force for all that is true, good and just.

🌎 Earth's Greatest Enemy – A film that will change how you see the military and the environment.

The Pentagon is the world's single largest institutional polluter. Exempt from international climate agreements. Rarely scrutinized in mainstream reporting.

Join us for a powerful screening of Abby Martin's groundbreaking anti-imperialist environmental documentary Earth's Greatest Enemy at the Resource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV).

📽️ Film + Community Discussion
We'll watch together, then process the content as a community — asking how we evolve beyond empire and create a just, healthy future for all.

🗓 Wednesday, July 1
🕠 Doors 5:30 PM | Film 6–8:30 PM
📍 RCNV – 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, CA

🎟 Sliding scale and complimentary tickets available – no one turned away for lack of funds.

🔗 Reserve your spot: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earths-greatest-enemy-at-rcnv-tickets-1990205998717 (Ticket sales support RCNV's vital work.)

🎬 View the trailer on our ticket page.

This screening is part of RCNV's Loving Justice initiative — exploring interbeing, love ethic, and our relationship with Mother Earth.

Come be in community. Let's imagine a world beyond militarism and toward collective healing.

Threads of Grief, Threads of Love
A Blessingway for Gaza’s Children

📅 This Friday, May 29 • 6:30–8 PM (Doors at 6)
📍 At Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz
🎟️ Everyone welcome. • Sliding scale $0–50
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/threads-of-grief-threads-of-love-a-blessingway-for-gazas-children-tickets-1988797463751

Since ancient times, textiles have held together what might otherwise come apart. This gathering accompanies an exhibit of 36 baby quilts—sewn by community members in Santa Cruz, the Monterey Bay area, and beyond—commemorating 720 infants in Gaza killed before their first birthday.

We cannot disentangle our lives from this harm. But we can refuse indifference. In that refusal, we stitch with care.

Join us for reflection, witness, and conversation with:

🎭 Mo Sati – Palestinian writer & creator of They Have Names
📖 Rolla Alaydi – author, educator, NORAH
✍️ Unhae Langis – writer, artist, quilter
🎨 Rami Chahine – Lebanese artist & educator
🧵 Maha Taitano – multidisciplinary artist

Moderated by Dorah Rosen.

We do not equate our grief with that of families who have endured these losses. But we can allow their loss to deepen our attention—and shape how we live with one another.

💓 Honor these children by remembering them.
💓 Honor them by refusing indifference.
💓 Honor them by choosing care, in the quiet and public ways available to us.