San Jose Peace and Justice Center

Today was Tara's last day at SJPJC. Read her final blog here: "To everyone who has known me as a staff member at the Center or has met me through the Center, thank you for making my time here so rewarding. San Jose has become my home because of you." https://sanjosepeace.org/my-last-day-as-coordinator/

Being a member of the Coordinating Council at SJPJC is an opportunity to steer this local grassroots organization in the next chapter of our growth. We encourage any and all people in San Jose to consider applying in order to have a Council that represents our community. Check out the link in our bio to submit your interest form for the SJPJC Coordinating Council!

We are seeking new members to join the San Jose Peace and Justice Center Coordinating Council! The Coordinating Council helps direct the activities and affairs of the San José Peace and Justice Center in partnership with the Center Director and staff. Collectively, this group makes decisions and mediates difficulties that arise. Individually, the members are dedicated and valued volunteers. The Center operates with minimal staff so Coordinating Council members take a larger volunteer role within the organization, committing to 8 to 10 hours per month.... https://sanjosepeace.org/join-the-sjpjc-coordinating-counc/

By Maya B. and Grace T., SJPJC Volunteers As activism among teens in San Jose and the Bay Area has seen growth recently, the San Jose Peace and Justice Center invites youth who are interested in local and global activism to participate as a team of volunteers to organize and lead events oriented towards youth in San Jose. The aim is to create a group of young activists who can partake in all sorts of leadership positions from planning and organizing events to leading workshops. ... https://sanjosepeace.org/join-our-new-youth-group/

We are planning to see how the summer plays out with the intention of opening the indoor space for meetings and events starting on September 1st. Until then, we are accepting submissions for outdoor meetings! Check out our website for more information! https://sanjosepeace.org/covid-update-meetings-at-the-cent/

Come Work in Our Community Garden! Saturdays 10 AM to 12 PM. https://sanjosepeace.org/come-work-in-our-community-garden/

By Grace T., SJPJC Volunteer On June 19th, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger of the Union Army arrived to Texas to inform the people that the Civil War had ended and slavery was now abolished. However, this information was relayed to enslaved people two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had actually been passed, exemplifying the delayed justice this country continues to show.... https://sanjosepeace.org/make-juneteenth-a-national-holiday/

Join us this Sunday for another food drive with the @sanjosecommunityfridge!!! Stop by with your donations from noon to 4PM and grab a free cup of coffee courtesy of @papermoon.cafe Come early to check out our Community Garden! We’ll be working in the garden from 11AM - 1PM so get your hands dirty and have some fun

On Saturday, June 5th join the SCC Single Payer Health Care Coalition for a Honk & Wave event from 12 - 2PM at Willow Road & Newbridge Street in Menlo Park. There will also be a Mini Food Drive to benefit the Peace Pantry so bring your donations! https://sanjosepeace.org/honk-wave-for-health-care-for-all/

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for the Peace Pantry Program & Community Garden Project! Join us to help develop and sustain our two programs rooted in community care. Fill out our interest form and join us at our upcoming informational meeting. See you then! https://sanjosepeace.org/volunteers-needed-peace-pantry-pr/

On December 11, 2019 a group of local creators gathered at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center in an act of Local Peace to collaborate on a Zine. The theme of the Zine was The Earth. Check out our website to see some of the pages! https://sanjosepeace.org/local-peace-the-earth-zine/

Every night when the clock hits 8:30pm, it was the time for the news segment, a time for another Palestinian tragedy. In my child mind I would think to myself: Is this the one? Is this the tragedy that would finally get the world moving to help us end this misery? Does the world know what’s happening? Is everyone around the world watching the news? Silence. Silence was the answer to all my questions. Silence was the world’s answer to all what was happening. https://buff.ly/3bDGdBZ?

Call To Action from Salem Aljuni: At this crucial time, it is important that elected leaders hear from constituents opposed to U.S. aid to Israel. Tell Lofgren, Khanna, Eshoo: Stop Spending Our Tax Dollars to Arm Israel! https://sanjosepeace.org/tell-lofgren-khanna-eshoo-stop-sp/

Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has a whole lot to gain from this assault among other things, it may keep him out of jail. More broadly, Israel’s strategic military planners have been waiting for another attack on Gaza. And for Israel’s arms manufacturers, assaulting Gaza is what the leading Israeli daily newspaper Ha’aretz has called a cash cow. https://buff.ly/3fnh1Rn

$2 billion a day. $23 million an hour. $23,000 a second! That’s the amount that the US forever wars are gobbling up from our national budget. According to the National Priorities Project, military spending accounted for more than 53% percent of the federal discretionary budget. At a time when our human needs for Medicare for All, full employment, funding a Green New Deal are greater than ever, it’s way past time to cut the Pentagon budget.... http://sanjosepeace.org/save-the-date-sat-mar-20/

On February 14, the Nihonmachi Outreach Committee hosted an event in remembrance of the 41st anniversary of the EO 9066 that placed 120,000 Japanese Americans in internment camps. Check out this blog to read a recap written by Grace, a SJPJC volunteer. https://sanjosepeace.org/event-recap-nihonmachi-outreach-c/

Thank you community for the contributions to the Community Food drive on Valentine's Day. But we're sure the Peace Pantry and Community Fridge will make great use of them quickly. We do these every other Sun (next 2/28). Drop by to say hi! Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1070606833413524... More photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/enoXUn5uXSHxycrg7 Thanks to the volunteers too!

March 5, 2003 -- Anti-war protesters line Stevens Creek Blvd in front of Valley Fair Mall On March 20 2003, the US launched the horrendous criminal invasion and occupation of Iraq. Since late 2001, peace activists in the South Bay had been organizing to protest the drive to war by the Bush administration and to counter the lies that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.... https://sanjosepeace.org/save-the-date-saturday-march-20-e/

It's a Pandemic Party - October 29, 2020 4:30-6 PM; Let's Celebrate Michele Mashburn's Birthday!! https://sanjosepeace.org/its-a-pandemic-party/

By Paulina Thurmann, senior at Gonzaga University Image of Loretta Ross On October 13, 2020, my day-to-day approach to ‘doing’ social justice changed. I’m a student at Gonzaga University, a Jesuit institution in Washington, with a major in sociology and minors in leadership and social justice, so tackling injustice through a variety of approaches is no new topic to me. But occasionally, I come across something particularly revolutionary, a novel perspective or ideaand when I hear it, I know it. [ 692 more words ] https://sanjosepeace.org/cancel-call-out-culture/

Are you looking to borrow equipment for your event? You can always borrow from the Center! https://sanjosepeace.org/equipment-requests/

Register now for our next Abolition discussion series! Watch the documentary "13th" and then join us this Wednesday at 6PM for a discussion around the prison industrial complex featuring Tamisha Walker of Safe Return Project!

Halloween "Haunted" House Fundraiser! Join us on October 31st from 10am - 2pm in our back parking lot. We'll have family friendly games and activities, for a safe and fun Halloween! Sign up for a one-hour time block now: https://bit.ly/HalloweenSJPJC https://sanjosepeace.org/halloween-haunted-house-fundraiser/

Help distribute food at the Mexican Heritage Plaza https://sanjosepeace.org/food-at-the-mexican-heritage-plaza/

Please call or submit a comment to support the rights of youth with disabilities at the October 15, 2020 Human Services Commission (HSC) meeting at 6:15 pm via Zoom (details below). Last year, the HSC formed an ad-hoc to review the impact of law enforcement on youth with disabilities. The attached Draft report represents the summative assessment of the impact of law enforcement on youth with disabilities. [ 438 more words ] https://sanjosepeace.org/support-youth-with-disabilities/

SJPJC November Voting Guide - Check out this blog post to learn about some of the propositions and our viewpoints on them! https://sanjosepeace.org/sjpjc-november-voting-guide/

Please use this link to RSVP: https://bit.ly/30GsV2r The leaflet uses all caps and that apparently doesn't work well.

Check out the ACLU of Northern California's Know Your Rights Guide for Black and brown people that lays out in detail a person’s legal rights if they’re stopped while on foot, in a vehicle or are being detained at a police station: https://www.aclunc.org//know-your-rights-guide-black-and-b Then read this op-ed by Marshal Arnwine, Jr., Police Practices/Criminal Justice Associate at ACLU of Northern California. https://blavity.com/why-black-people-must-be-informed-and-e