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PEACE CENTER ACTIVIST ALERT
DECEMBER 2nd, 2025
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2nd ALL DAY!
IT'S GIVING TUESDAY!
Hello, Peace Activist Community!
As we approach the end of the year, we want to take a moment to celebrate the spirit of GIVING TUESDAY!
This special day is your golden opportunity to sprinkle a little kindness by donating to your favorite non-profit or charity—we hope that’s us!
Your unwavering support has been the heartbeat of the Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center, and we are immensely grateful for it.
Remember, as a small, ALL VOLUNTEER non-profit, every contribution you make serves as the backbone for our programming and initiatives that foster activism and education.
And if you become a member, even better! So, let’s come together today and make a difference.
Your generosity can truly be the change we wish to see in the world.
Thank you for being a vital part of our community!
MAKE A
TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION
AND
BECOME A MEMBER!
artwork: In an Open Hand Peace is Found by Mallory Craig-Karim,
Acalanes High School Winner—2010, Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center’s Art & Writing Challenge
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3rd, 4 PM PST
WEBINAR ONLINE
Blockades and Coercive Measures
- Stop the War on Children!
Speakers from Palestine, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela will discuss how US-driven Blockades and Economic Coercive Measures impact children’s health.
On the eve of the International Day against Unilateral Coercive Measures, Americas Without Sanctions/SanctionsKill will host a webinar with Dr. Margaret Flowers of Sanctions Kill and Popular Resistance, and Dr. Adlah Sukkar of Doctors Against Genocide moderating.
Join us for a conversation about what we can do to end the practice of imposing collective punishment on the innocent.
REGISTER HERE
Hosted by SanctionsKill/Americas Without Sanctions, in partnership with:
- Doctors Against Genocide
- National Network on Cuba / Saving Lives Campaign / US-Cuba Normalization Conference
- Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition
- Venezuela Solidarity Network
- Black Alliance for Peace / Zone of Peace Campaign
- Popular Resistance
- CODEPINK
- United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC}
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7th, 10 AM
ONGOING SERIES/WEBINAR ONLINE
presented by VIGIL4GAZA
REGISTER HERE!
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9th, 4 PM
1010 STANLEY DOLLAR DR.
FAIRWAY ROOM, CREEKSIDE
(ROSSMOOR) WALNUT CREEK
Voices for Justice in Palestine
hosts Rabbi David Cooper,
co-founder of the East Bay's Kehilla Community Synagogue
speaking on
"Zionism and Its Jewish Discontents"
During the 20th century, the creation of a Jewish state was never a consensus position among leading Jews. There were many Israeli, European, and Israeli Jews who opposed the formation of a Jewish
nation-state as a solution to antisemitism.
Albert Einstein and Hannah Arendt were among those prominent Jewish leaders opposed to a "Jewish state". They sought a binational state with equality between Arabs and Jews. Even some Jews who regarded themselves as Zionists (but who might not be regarded as such today) opposed the formation of a Jewish state within Palestine. While this history is mostly disregarded today, the ominous warnings of these dissenters have proven accurate, as seen in the continuing inhumane treatment of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
For more information, contact Bruce Poster at bruce.poster@gmail.com.
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TUESDAY EVENINGS
NOTE EARLIER 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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Suggested readings/videos/podcasts (not found in MSM!)
The Palestinian people continue to resist the inhuman Israeli occupation and genocide, turning art and culture into spaces of memory, dignity, and hope.
"On 29 September 2025, around 9 am, a pregnant woman, aged 19, was screaming when entering the maternity ward at Gaza City’s Al-Sahaba Medical Complex"
"The United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution that gives the world body’s imprimatur to Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, a territory he said publicly should be ethnically cleansed to develop a Mediterranean resort."
"The Canary Mission, a pro-Israel website, first appeared in the spring of 2015 with a series of online attacks on undergraduate student activists who had spoken out about the violation of Palestinian human rights. In the past decade, it has evolved from an anonymous website to a state-influencing actor, exemplifying the transformation of online doxxing into a geopolitical tool of transnational surveillance. Its reach extends from student protests to immigration detention cells, and two successive United States governments have used its content to identify, detain, deport, and intimidate pro-Palestinian activists."
FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS:
BILL MCKIBBEN: The World Turned Upside Down
THE CHRIS HEDGES REPORT PODCAST: The Member States Complicit in GENOCIDE (w/ Francesca Albanese)
| | ADDITIONAL ONLINE SOURCES FOR ACTIONS and INFORMATION ON PALESTINE/GAZA and other MILITARY ACTIONS WORLDWIDE | | |
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!
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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
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This website provides comprehensive information including events & campaigns
CHECK HERE FOR LINKS TO REACH OUT TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
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Includes a frequently updated
calendar of local events
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Peace work in the Quaker tradition
American Friends Service Committee
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BOYCOTT
DIVESTMENT and SANCTIONS!
CHECK OUT THIS HANDY APP!
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Peace is Possible!
Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center
at Creekside Commons
1035 Carol Lane
Lafayette, CA 94549
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