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PEACE CENTER ACTIVIST ALERT
Week of January 27th
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28th, 6 - 8 PM
ONLINE EVENT
ATTENTION IMMIGRANTS AND THOSE WHO WANT TO ASSIST!
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
Contra Costa Immigrant Rights Alliance (CCIRA)
This event will focus on:
- Immigrant rights
- Community safety
- Navigating critical systems to foster resilience and solidarity
Led by local advocates and experts, the session provides practical tools, resources, and support to help protect you and your loved ones. Together, we aim to build a stronger, more informed community in Contra Costa.
Please note: No law enforcement can join these meetings. As an immigrant nonprofit, CCIRA ensures that our "Know Your Rights" spaces remain safe and supportive for everyone.
Click HERE to register.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 31st - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd
WEEKEND OF ACTION
BOYCOTT CHEVRON
Chevron is currently supplying energy and millions of dollars in revenue to apartheid Israel, as it perpetrates a livestreamed genocide, bombing and starving 2.3 million Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. In parallel, Chevron is destroying our planet. We anticipate that Chevron’s next earnings call will be around the weekend of January 31st - and Chevron needs to hear from you!
Since the launch of the BDS Movement’s global Boycott Chevron campaign, tens of thousands of consumers have taken the pledge to boycott Chevron gas stations, dozens of groups around the world have led pickets at Chevron, Caltex, and Texaco gas stations, and at least 3 cities have divested from Chevron. Meanwhile, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth admits that Chevron’s gas fields in the Eastern Mediterranean have been targeted in the escalating regional war thanks to Israel’s continued genocidal violence. Investing in genocide is not just unethical and illegal; it is also bad for business!
GET MORE INFORMATION HERE!
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd,
3 - 5 PM
Zoom Meeting
Healthcare for All -
Alameda & Contra Costa Counties
Chapter Meeting Event
ATTN: Alameda and Contra Costa County members and supporters,
We are living in a time like no other, with incredible challenges to our democracy and to communities. Thankfully, our strong values continue to drive productive work, with common goals. Health Care for All - California's work is focused on helping create an equitable, efficient, cost-effective healthcare system for all Californians, from birth to death. Given the current political climate, we realize that there are major challenges right now to such changes. But great progress has been made over the years in educating the public, producing studies that validate the goal we seek, and writing legislation that is moving us in the right direction. Public opinion and increasingly the opinion of healthcare providers are on our side.
As such, we hope you will continue to stay connected with our efforts by joining us at our next joint HCA - Alameda and Contra Costa County Chapter meeting.
CLICK HERE FOR MEETING AGENDA AND ZOOM REGISTRATION
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8th, 10 AM - 12 PM
LOS GATOS ISLAMIC CENTER
16769 FARLEY ROAD, LOS GATOS
ART WORKSHOP - FUNDRAISER
Learn about the cultural significance and history of Palestinian ceramics while enjoying a morning of creativity and community building.
All funds raised from this event will go directly to supporting Palestinians on the ground in Palestine.
Registration required: CLICK HERE
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd, 12 - 6 PM
5724 W. Las Positas Blvd., #300, Pleasanton
Pre-Ramadan Fundraiser/Bazaar
GATHER FOR GAZA
Join us for a Fundraising Festival in support of Gaza, featuring MCC’s annual pre-Ramadan Bazaar.
Our family-friendly and free festival will include storytime, rock painting, crafts for children, face painting, henna, spoken word, dabke performances and more.
We will have a diverse array of vendors present. You can purchase food, drinks, apartheid-free cola, hijabs, abayas, products from Palestine, bukhoor, artwork, apartheid-free dates, desi clothes, jewelry and more.
MORE INFO CLICK HERE
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd
Imagine if on one day people on all continents and in all countries turned out to rally against and demand the closure of all military bases.
Don't just imagine it!
Find the event nearest you or let us help you create one and add it to the map!
The Earth is coated in military bases, spreading like a pandemic: foreign ones, domestic ones, famous ones, secret ones — part of a growing and disastrous global increase in spending on wars and preparations for wars that make wars more, not less, likely. And prime targets in wars are bases and anything near them.
Bases are many of the worst environmental disaster sites, polluting air, soil, and water, and generating horrific noise pollution.
Foreign bases are often mini-apartheid states with second-class status for locals and criminal immunity for militaries — a situation that can often be traced back to stolen land and other injustices.
Check out and share the new video at DayToCloseBases.org.
Through public pressure, bases have been closed, plans for bases have been blocked, and bases have been converted to other purposes, superior environmentally, economically, and in terms of achieving peace.
On February 23 people will be protesting bases with nonviolent actions around the world: rallies, vigils, peace festivals, protests, lobby visits, demonstrations, flyering at gates, teach-ins, and celebrations where bases have been prevented or closed and converted into something useful.
Find an event near you or see how easy it is to create one at DayToCloseBases.org.
Some of the many organizations involved are:
We held two planning Zoom calls last week and you can watch the videos.
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Informative readings/videos/podcasts:
NOLAN HIGDON: The War on Fake News has Backfired
"Brian Stelter, CNN's chief media analyst, recently tweeted that “fact-check” had become a dirty word. Stelter’s assessment followed Meta’s announcement that it would scrap its fact-checking processes—once central to the post-2016 response to the proliferation of so-called fake news. Now, with Donald Trump preparing for a second term, many former critics of fake news have curiously dropped their concerns over disinformation and aligned with him. This shift exposes Big Tech and legacy media’s anti-fake-news campaigns as, at best, PR fluff, and at worst, efforts to outright silence dissent."
"We look at the impact of President Trump’s halting of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program with Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Global Refuge, a faith-based nonprofit that helps place and resource refugees upon their arrival in the U.S. as part of the program. Some 100,000 refugees were settled in the United States last year under the highly selective program, which has enjoyed bipartisan support for decades. Now thousands of people already approved to come to the United States are stranded in unstable situations, with uncertain legal status in the U.S., or unable to leave dangerous conditions of war or persecution in their home countries. Vignarajah says the Refugee Admissions Program “reflects the spirit of American generosity,” and highlights the plight of approved Afghan refugees who now risk retribution from the Taliban as evidence of the importance of refugee resettlement to U.S. foreign policy."
From last week:
MIKO PELED: Ceasefire is Just the Beginning
CHRIS HEDGES REPORT: America's Academic Gulag with MIT
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IT WAS A BUSY YEAR!
Thanks to the regular support of our members, other donors and fundraising events, we've managed to initiate and/or assist in the organization of a good number of important events and impactful programming.
PEACE CENTER EVENTS FROM 2024 THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE!
Now, more than ever, we must coordinate our community efforts towards making the world a more peaceful and safer place to live.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER MAKING A
DONATION TO THE CENTER?
WE THANK YOU!
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As a small non-profit, we rely heavily on donations to keep our doors open!
Use the QR code below or access the donation link on our website: https://ourpeacecenter.org/donate/
To send checks directly to the Center -
Make payable to: Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center
and mail to our address at 1035 Carol Lane - Lafayette, CA 94549.
The Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center is a tax-deductible 501 (c)(3) non-profit.
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ADDITIONAL ONLINE SOURCES FOR ACTIONS and INFORMATION ON PALESTINE/GAZA | |
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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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NOW WHAT????
The Frontlines event on May 4th was very powerful and emotional.
FRONTLINE EVENT WAS REPORTED ON LOCAL NEWS!
We heard from several attendees that they felt compelled to act in a meaningful way. Sometimes it feels a bit overwhelming... where do we start?
In terms of direct aid going to Gaza specifically, we recommend Baitulmaal, who have been able to get aid in.
The other organization we recommend is HEAL Palestine which is focused on rebuilding and rehabilitating Gaza. Its founders are the same founders of PCRF.
There is also Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF) which evacuates children who are in need of medical treatment abroad and Medical Aid for Palestinians which offers medical services to Palestinians in Palestine and Palestinian refugees in neighboring countries.
For a full list of resources, you can access the document we put together: tinyurl.com/FrontlinesResources
One thing we are asked to do, again and again, from the people in Gaza is to raise awareness about their situation. Talk to your nearest and dearest about the ongoing genocide.
Remember, we all have a role to play and collectively, our small actions add up. Don't give up, keep raising awareness, keep boycotting, keep donating, keep advocating, KEEP CALLING YOUR LOCAL REPS!
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.
- From the Frontlines Organization Team
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Peace work in the Quaker tradition
American Friends Service Committee
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DIVESTMENT and SANCTIONS!
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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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