PEACE CENTER ACTIVIST ALERT

JANUARY 12th, 2026

TUESDAY, JANUARY 13th, 1 PM PST

JUST WORLD EDUCATIONAL, TASK FORCE FOR THE AMERICAS & US PEACE COUNCIL present

3rd of a 3-WEBINAR SERIES

MORE INFO AND REGISTER HERE

TUESDAY, JANUARY 13th, 4 PM

Club Room at Creekside

1010 Stanley Dollar Drive

Walnut Creek (Rossmoor)

VOICES FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE

present

SFSU PROFESSOR OMAR ZAHZAH

speaking on 

Digital Settler Colonialism

and Palestinian Resistance

Zahzah is author of the new book titled "Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital Settler Colonialism in the Palestinian Liberation Struggle."

In his presentation, Zahzah will explain the concept of "digital settler colonialism" and how digital technologies are weaponized to exacerbate Palestinian erasure and dispossession. He will describe this situation and the resistance response from Palestinians and their allies.

Zahzah will also describe how and why social media giant Tik Tok has been bought and is being repurposed by Zionist billionaire Larry Ellison.

For more information contact 925.324.3358

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14th, 5:30 PM PST

STATEWIDE VIRTUAL EVENT

organized by

OIL AND GAS ACTION NETWORK

(a link will be communicated before the event)

Mass Call: Stop Trump's Land Grab,

No Drilling in California!

The Trump administration wants to open up

California's lands and waters to oil and gas drilling.

Come learn about what is going on with the Offshore oil drilling proposal, and with two different regions of federal lands being opened up for drilling. Learn about the process, timelines, and get answers to your questions. Learn about emerging strategies that California elected and community leaders are using to fight back, and how you can help.

Take action by submitting public comments that show the overwhelming opposition from the public to this plan. Also learn how to reach out to your communities to join the resistance to these deeply unpopular proposals.

CLICK HERE FOR INFO/REGISTRATION

Partners:

Center for Biological Diversity, Surfrider, Last Chance Alliance, Oil and Gas Action Network

THURSDAY, JANUARY 15th, 4 PM PST

VIRTUAL ONLINE VIA ZOOM

TEACH PALESTINE (MECA), AROC ACTION and THE INSTITUTE FOR UNDERSTANDING ANTI-PALESTINIAN RACISM

HOSTS

MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION HERE

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20th,

9:30 social / 10-12 meeting

ORINDA COMMUNITY CHURCH,

FELLOWSHIP HALL

10 IRWIN WAY, ORINDA

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN - OML (Orinda/Moraga/Lafayette) branch

GENERAL MEETING

topic:

Ice Activity/Immigrant Rights in Contra Costa:

What you Need to Know and What Can YOU Do

Please join us for a panel discussion with leaders of local organizations that support our immigrant neighbors, friends, and families in Contra Costa County. The panel will cover the challenges facing local immigrants, the impact on our communities, and what actions we can take to respond. 

The panelists are as follows:

• Sergio Jaime Lopez (CCIRA - Contra Costa Immigrant Rights Alliance);
• Debra Ballinger (United Latino Voices of Contra Costa County);
• Nancy Dougherty (Indivisible ReSisters Contra Costa); and
• Lisa Hoffman (East Bay Sanctuary Covenant).

Parking is available in the upper lot, which is marked with “Event Parking” arrows. Please leave parking in the lower lot available for anyone with mobility issues. Thanks for helping everyone attend who needs closer access to the Fellowship Hall.

This meeting is open to the public. Invite your neighbors and friends!

SATURDAY, JANUARY 24th,

9 AM - 3 PM

FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF OAKLAND

685 14th STREET, OAKLAND

hosting

BAY RESISTANCE: NON-COOPERATION TRAINING

Designed to prepare our communities to stop authoritarianism through strategic non-violent non-cooperation and collective action. It is rooted in what has worked around the world to slow down or stop the rise of authoritarianism.

In the morning session, participants will get grounded in the non-cooperation framework and examine the key pillars and types of civil resistance. The afternoon will consist of hands-on sessions to develop skills, strategies, and community-based action plans, and to identify the concrete roles participants can play—whether organizing, workplace outreach, neighborhood patrols, direct action, or corporate campaign work.

This convening will bring together individuals from across the Bay Area to foster a shared understanding and strengthen relationships. By the end of the day, participants will feel connected, empowered, and ready to take action. 

An activist with the Interfaith Coalition for Justice in our Jails, Micky Duxbury, has attended a previous training and confirms it is excellent! Lunch will be served.

RSVP to https://actionnetwork.org/events/non-cooperation-training.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1st, 2 PM

ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

4743 EAST AVE. LIVERMORE

FRIENDS OF WADI FOQUIN CIRCLE

presents:

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17th, 7 PM

ST. JOHN'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

2727 COLLEGE AVE. BERKELEY

NORCAL SABEEL & ST. JOHN'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

present:

co-sponsored by:

Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center, Jewish Voice for Peace - Bay Area, St. Columba Catholic Church of Oakland, Berkeley Women in Black, Beyt Tikkun, Ecumenical Peace Institute, and Christians for a Free Palestine.

ONGOING....

IYAS SARTAWI, LOCAL PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN ACTIVIST/ORGANIZER SEEKS DONATIONS FOR GAZA

more info go to: IG projecthopepalestine

Are you seeking out

independent media?

Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center is collecting a variety of media including readings, documentaries, and podcasts on the topics of the day, to be read and shared.

Our goal is to educate, encourage discussion, and inspire activism.

This week we are providing suggested resources focused on Venezuela including some history, background/discussion

on current developments.

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PATRICK LAWRENCE: An Abyss of Lawlessness. Post–Gaza, post–Venezuela, ours is a world ruled by power alone.

"It is a long time now since the paying-attention among us began speaking of the fundamental lawlessness of our time.

It was the Israelis who prompted this discourse, as readers will easily recall, by way of their daily barbarities against the Palestinians of Gaza after the events of Oct. 7, 2023.

The Western powers compounded the shock of all that real-time savagery as they supported the Zionist terror machine — militarily, materially, politically, legally, diplomatically."

JUDGING FREEDOM podcast (Judge Andrew Napolitano) interview of Max Blumenthal : Trump and Rubio’s Buddies to Pillage Venezuela

DIALOGUE WORKS podcast (Nima Alkhorshid) interview of Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff

THE DURAN podcast (Alex Christoforou) Interview/discussion with Jeffrey Sachs and Alexander Mercouris: Europe-Russia, two-century failure

THE GREATER EURASIA podcast (Glenn Diesen) interviews Jeffrey Sachs: U.S. Attacks Venezuela & Kidnaps President Maduro

PLEASE READ/WATCH and SHARE!

ONGOING WEEKLY LOCAL PROTESTS

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TUESDAY EVENINGS

NOTE WINTER START TIME!!!

4:00 - 5:00 PM

Corners of Mt. Diablo Blvd. and Moraga Road, Lafayette

A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING - THE WORK CONTINUES!

Meet Local Activists, Bring your own signs or make one when you arrive.

AND A MESSAGE FROM THE ORGANIZERS OF THIS WEEKLY EVENT:

We are concerned with safety and have a monitor at each corner wearing an orange vest. They will help keep the crosswalks and sidewalks clear for pedestrians. If you have any questions or concerns, please let one of them or Gordon Lake, our main event organizer, know.  

Our mission statement and some norms for our group: .

Mission:

We are meeting to collectively defend democracy and support and protect the institutions which are vital to the wellbeing of all of us, and which are now under attack. Our goals are to meet every week to express our values and ideas, to promote solidarity and mutual support within our protest community, and to encourage other like-minded citizens to join us.

Norms:

We are non-violent in word and deed. We will follow all laws and act in ways that ensure personal safety. We will not block crosswalks or walkways.

We will not respond to those in cars or on the street who express different views. We will contact monitors in orange vests if we have questions or concerns.

LAMORINDA PEACE & JUSTICE GROUP

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WE THE PEOPLE PROTESTS

taking place on various days

WALNUT CREEK, LAFAYETTE,

MARTINEZ and OAKLAND!

CHECK THE SCHEDULE HERE

Organized by Indivisible ReSisters Contra Costa!

Join us for a rousing honk and wave visibility action.

Bring your signs and raise your voice for democracy and to protect our rights!

This is a nonviolent event. Stay within your rights, don’t break laws, stay safe, stay peaceful, and avoid any risk you don’t feel comfortable with. Don’t obstruct traffic, impede pedestrians, or commit any acts of property damage.

If counter-protestors appear, do your best to ignore them. When people shout from cars, just remember that we are standing for their rights, too. They just don't know it.

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ADDITIONAL ONLINE SOURCES FOR ACTIONS and INFORMATION ON PALESTINE/GAZA and other MILITARY ACTIONS WORLDWIDE

ACTIONS TO TAKE!

Continue contacting Congress to

demand they pass these resolutions: 

Block the Bombs – Support H.R. 3565

Call on your member of Congress to support the

Block the Bombs Act (H.R. 3565), introduced by

Rep. Delia Ramirez, to stop U.S. weapons transfers to Israel.

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/block-the-bombs-act

RECENTLY RELEASED!

2025 edition of Mapping Militarism

24 interactive maps to highlight

the state of war and peace on our planet.

Each map allows the viewer to spin the globe,

zoom in and out, scroll the timeline back through the years,

or switch from map view to list view. 

TRY IT HERE!

World BEYOND War has

a DIVESTMENT campaign!

About the Campaign

Grassroots-led war divestment campaigns are springing up all over the world, from students organizing to divest university endowments, to municipalities and states coming together to divest public pension funds. Divestment means organizing to remove public and private assets from weapons manufacturers, military contractors, and war profiteers.

Public pension and retirement funds especially are often invested, directly and indirectly, in weapons companies. Teachers and other public servants whose interests lie with promoting human needs have their retirement security tied up with maintaining or enlarging the war industry. Every dollar currently invested in weapons and war is a dollar that could be better spent on job creation, education, housing, healthcare, food security, and so much more.

War profiteering is largely normalized today. We’re working to stigmatize the war machine. World BEYOND War assists divestment campaigns led by our chapters, affiliates, other coalitions, and individuals around the world.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN HERE

This website provides comprehensive information including events & campaigns

CHECK HERE FOR LINKS TO REACH OUT TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!

Includes a frequently updated

calendar of local events

Peace work in the Quaker tradition

American Friends Service Committee

BOYCOTT

DIVESTMENT and SANCTIONS!

CHECK OUT THIS HANDY APP!