Seven Essential Pathways to Inner Peace—The Power of Forgiveness II, San Luis Obispo
2018-03-11 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Unity of San Luis Obispo, 1130 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States
Part of the NAACP’s mission is to “provide educational and social action activities associated with the improvement of race relations.” One of the most powerful ways we can improve our relations with others is to generate positive changes within ourselves. As Mahatma Gandhi stated, “We must become the change we wish to see in our world.” This is the second in a series of workshops based on Leona and Matthew’s book, The Evolving Peacemaker: A Commitment to Nonviolence, which was recently honored with the 2017 Evergreen Gold Medal for World Peace presented by the Living Now Book Awards.
Matthew and Leona
“Forgiveness is releasing the anger we have inadvertently allowed to poison our souls. It is giving up our need to even the score with those who have wounded us. Forgiveness also involves healing past wounds so that we don’t project our fears and mistrust onto our current relationships and perceive insults when none were intended.”

Leona Evans is a motivational speaker, educator, life coach, and peace activist. She holds a Master of Arts in Religious Studies and has been the minister at Unity of San Luis Obispo for 24 years. Leona is also certified in Conflict Management and Peace building by the United States Institute of Peace.
Matthew J. Evans is an accomplished actor, musician, and filmmaker. He received the Art of Making Peace Award from the Peace in the Streets Global Film Festival, presented to him at the United Nations third High Level Forum on a Culture of Peace by Former Under- Secretary- General Anwarul Chowdhury.

Sunday, March 11
Unity of San Luis Obispo
1130 Orcutt Road
San Luis Obispo
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Monthly Meeting & Membership Orientation, San Luis Obispo
2018-03-13 18:30 - 20:30 | UU Fellowship of San Luis Obispo County, 2201 Lawton Ave, San Luis Obispo, California 93401, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401, United States
Join us for our monthly membership meeting.
Starting this month, we’ll be implementing our Membership Orientation one hour before the meeting (at 5:30pm).
Attend Membership Orientation to learn about the history and function of the NAACP as well as how our branch operates, is organized, and how you can fit in.

Counter Histories: Rock Hill at SLO Film Fest, San Luis Obispo
2018-03-15 16:30 - 17:30, 2018-03-16 10:00 - 11:00, 2018-03-17 13:30 - 14:30 | Downtown Cinemas, 888 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo, CA, United States
The NAACP is one of the proud sponsors of the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival to be held March 13-18, 2018. The film is Counter Histories: Rock Hill and provides a more complete historical backdrop to civil rights and the movement. There will be three screenings and individual tickets will be sold at the door. The film festival “Movie Star Pass” holders will be admitted first. Please join us at any of the three screenings with the Saturday (3/17) screening being our NAACP and Unity of SLO’s time to see the movie as a collective. Please join us then. Movie Star Passes and ticket information can be found at the SLO Film Fest website.

Synopsis:
It’s 1961 and the Civil Rights movement is stalled with protest after protest, arrest after arrest, in the segregated South. Students at a small local Baptist college in Rock Hill, South Carolina, decide to sit in at their local lunch counter. They get arrested, go to jail and remain there. Their action brings the national attention the movement seeks and becomes an important incident in the social justice movement. With excellent reenactments and creative visuals, Counter Histories: Rock Hill breaks with documentary conventions to connect with a new audience and tie the historical movement to present day struggles. 56 min.
Presented by Preston Allen of NAACP SLO County branch/SLO Unity
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All showings of this movie:
Thursday, March 15 – 4:30 – Downtown Cinemas
Friday, March 16 – 10am – Downtown Cinemas
Saturday, March 17 – 1:30pm – Downtown Cinemas

March for Our Lives, San Luis Obispo
2018-03-24 14:00 - 17:00 | Mitchell Park, 1400 Osos St, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401, United States
If you are a student interested in this action, please email the organizers of this event at womensmarchslo@gmail.com.
#MarchforOurLives in San Luis Obispo is a rally and march in solidarity with the march on Washington DC on 3/24/18. We support the victims and survivors of the Parkland massacre, as well as all victims of school and mass shootings. The purpose of this event is to create a positive and just future by ending gun violence in our schools, and mass shootings in our nation. We march to send a clear message to Congress that they must act now. There is no other way forward. What has happened over the past 19 years since Columbine cannot continue.
DETAILS
Student-led rally starts at 2PM in Mitchell Park, San Luis Obispo, followed by a march. Check our FB event page for the latest updates. Click here to visit the WomensarchSLO.com website for more information.
*****Frequently Asked Questions*****
WHY ARE WE RALLYING AND MARCHING?
To force Congress to act. Congress has the power to end mass shootings in America. We call on all participants to join on 3/24/18, and to commit to working on real solutions to mass shootings.
PRO-PEACE PRO-INCLUSION
This Rally and March follows the Kingian Principles of Non-violence. We attack ideas and change policy. We work towards a better future. We do not attack specific people. All who want to end gun violence in schools are welcome.
SIGNS
Please brings signs that promote an end to school and mass shootings in America.
MEETING TIME & PLACE
March 24 @2PM, Mitchell Park, San Luis Obispo
ROUTE
Route length will be shared ASAP. Route will be shared closer to the date.
DONATE
We must fund permitting, insurance, sound, safety and more. Please help us to cover the costs by donating here.
VOLUNTEER
We need a large number of volunteers – please sign up here.
SPEAKERS & PERFORMERS
Alexa Ford
Lauren Hatcher
Kloe Seher
Elena Cota
PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION
We encourage you to carpool, ride your bike or use Uber or Lyft.
– Bike Valet – free at Mitchell Park, on Pismo Street.
– San Luis Obispo Downtown Parking – click here.
– San Luis Obispo Regional Transit (Bus) – click here.
– Amtrak – click here.
MISSION
Courtesy of March for our Lives:
Not one more. We cannot allow one more child to be shot at school. We cannot allow one more teacher to make a choice to jump in front of a firing assault rifle to save the lives of students. We cannot allow one more family to wait for a call or text that never comes. Our schools are unsafe. Our children and teachers are dying. We must make it our top priority to save these lives.
March For Our Lives is created by, inspired by, and led by students across the country who will no longer risk their lives waiting for someone else to take action to stop the epidemic of mass school shootings that has become all too familiar. In the tragic wake of the seventeen lives brutally cut short in Florida, politicians are telling us that now is not the time to talk about guns. March For Our Lives believes the time is now.
On March 24, the kids and families of March For Our Lives will take to the streets of Washington, DC to demand that their lives and safety become a priority. The collective voices of the March For Our Lives movement will be heard.
School safety is not a political issue. There cannot be two sides to doing everything in our power to ensure the lives and futures of children who are at risk of dying when they should be learning, playing, and growing. The mission and focus of March For Our Lives is to demand that a comprehensive and effective bill be immediately brought before Congress to address these gun issues. No special interest group, no political agenda is more critical than timely passage of legislation to effectively address the gun violence issues that are rampant in our country.
Every kid in this country now goes to school wondering if this day might be their last. We live in fear.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Change is coming. And it starts now, inspired by and led by the kids who are our hope for the future. Their young voices will be heard.
Stand with us on March 24. Refuse to allow one more needless death.
MARCH FOR OUR LIVES!

MONTHLY AREA MEETING: SLO City
2018-03-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Unity of San Luis Obispo, 1130 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States
4th Wednesday of each month
6:00 PM Unity of San Luis Obispo
1130 Orcutt, San Luis Obispo
Dinner is provided
Mark Buchman, VP and facilitator
Cheryl Vines presents Mark Buchman with National’s recognition of his Lifetime membership status
