A monthly prayer service on the evening of the 11th of each month, offering a time of quiet multifaith prayers for peace and justice and strength for the journey.
- Apr2026
Peaceful Presence – Next Gathering Thurs June 11
April 30, 2026
- Dec2025
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December 25, 2025
We are not alone! CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS. This is the best way to learn about upcoming MVPJ events, efforts and calls to act, as well as stay up to date about where our monthly “Peaceful Presence” gatherings will be held. This list is used for...
- May2026
ACTION ALERT: If a detention center opens anywhere in the area, there will be more ICE raids, kidnappings and detentions in the bay area and across northern California. The Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, CA (FCI Dublin) is a former federal women’s prison that was shut down in 2024, following...
- Apr2026
Joint Palestinian-Israeli Nakba Remembrance Ceremony
April 28, 2026
Join the 7th Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony Live Broadcast: Friday, May 15, 10am PDT The Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony is a unique opportunity to commemorate the pain and tragedy of the Nakba (“catastrophe” in Arabic), when in 1948 more than 700,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homes, became refugees,...
National May Day Shutdown Interfaith Prayer Breakfast Friday, May 1, 8:45-10am First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary 1140 Cowper St, Palo Alto Everyone is Welcome! RSVP here (helpful but not required) Join us as we prepare ourselves for the National May 1st May Day Shutdown and the critical work of resistance that...
May Day Strong! Local Events
April 18, 2026
Start the day with our May Day Shutdown Interfaith Breakfast! Everyone can participate in some way. **Skip shopping for a day. **Support a local school walk-out. **If you can, take a day off work. Join a May Day Strong event! Here are some local ones we know about. We’ll add...
Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Ceremony
April 12, 2026
Monday, April 20, 10:30am (PDT) The Joint Memorial Ceremony is the largest Israeli-Palestinian peace event in history. This year’s ceremony will be livestreamed on April 20, 2026. Organized by Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle – Families Forum, MVPJ is proud to cosponsor this powerful event. In the face...
Join the National May Day Shutdown: Friday, May 1st
April 9, 2026
Join the May Day Strong Nationwide Shutdown! Friday, May 1st No work – No school – No shopping History shows that big protests like No Kings! have played a role in every single mass movement against dictators and tyrants. History also shows that protests alone are not enough. That’s why...
May Day Shutdown Friday, May 1 Invite your friends, families, coworkers and neighbors! Everyone can participate in some way! Use this draft message to help you spread the word! National strikes are only effective when there is mass participation. While “the stated goal of this May Day Strike isn’t to...
There are so many examples of nonviolent resistance … that worked … but most of us don’t know about them. Our friends at Rise and Shine are awesome at offering history lessons we probably never learned. With the May Day Shutdown coming soon, let’s see what our friends at Rise...
- Mar2026
No Kings 3 Peninsula Actions, Resources & Volunteer Needs
March 18, 2026
NO KINGS 3 is this Saturday!!! Saturday, March 28, 2-4pm Join a “String of Pearls” Street Fest all along the sidewalks of El Camino between Sunnyvale and San Carlos 3/28, 2-4pm! Our faith and spiritual traditions teach us to say NO to war, injustice and cruelty, and YES to peace,...