WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday, March 10, at 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK March 2, (first Wednesday of [...] Continue Reading
War & Peace
Fresno Commemorates Dr. King’s Legacy
By Hannah Brandt On Jan 18, 2016 Fresno’s annual March, ‘Mountain of Food’ collection, and Commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. began at Fresno City Hall with speeches from local leaders including [...] Continue Reading
The Top 11 Reasons Why You Can’t Trust Hillary Clinton on Foreign Policy
By Grant Marcus The eleventh reason not to trust Hillary Clinton on foreign policy is how she gave birth to politics, as Arkansas’s regional student coordinator for the Barry Goldwater campaign. For [...] Continue Reading
Discussion at Reedley Peace Center about Israel Palestine
By Hannah Brandt A Fresno State student recently back from Palestine spoke at the Reedley Peace Center on Jan. 15, 2016. She was born and grew up partially in the U.S., living first in New York City [...] Continue Reading
Solving 9-11 Ends the War
By Christopher Bollyn America has changed a great deal as a result of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. Based on what we were told about these events the nation was taken to war in the Middle [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – February 2016
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday, February 11, at 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK February 3, (first [...] Continue Reading
Human Rights Day
By Richard D. Iyall On Dec. 10, 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Thereafter, Dec. 10 of every year is observed as Human Rights Day. On Dec. 10, 2015, a [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Climate Disaster, Paris and California
By Tom Frantz The nations of the world have reached an agreement in Paris that calls for net zero CO2 emissions some time in the second half of this century. Unfortunately, the goal is appropriate [...] Continue Reading
Winter to Escalate European Refugee Crisis as Funds Run Low
By Jessica Hannan Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Nov. 7, 2015, in i4U News at http://www.i4u.com. As winter approaches, the European refugee crisis faces cold weather and [...] Continue Reading
Peace Fresno Hosts Events in Solidarity with Palestine
By Teresa Castillo In a continuing effort to share information, with a goal of gaining a better understanding of the Israel-Palestine issue, Peace Fresno recently brought two individuals to speak in [...] Continue Reading
Why Is Recent Film “Too Political”?
By Angela Price As a Board member of the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, I routinely seek films that we might show, films that are “cutting edge,” often beautiful to look at and always provocative. [...] Continue Reading
Islamic Diversity Training in Wake of Growing Islamophobia Nationally
By Reza Nekumanesh We are continually bombarded with negative images on social media and stories in the media about Islam and Muslims; Muslims are portrayed as terrorists and Islam is touted as a [...] Continue Reading