Multifaith Peace Picnic & Prayers Thursday, Sept 11, 5:30-7:30pm King Plaza (in front of Palo Alto City Hall) 250 Hamilton Road, Palo Alto Join this treasured annual community gathering hosted by American Muslim Voice Foundation in partnership with MVPJ. Picnic (dinner provided) and sowing seeds of friendship will be followed...
- Jun2025
9/11 Multifaith Peace Picnic & Prayers
June 19, 2025
MVPJ @ No Kings 2 Democracy Fair & Academy: Join us!!
June 13, 2025
Join MVPJ at the No Kings 2 Democracy Fair and Democracy Academy! NO KINGS! events will be held across the nation – with great opportunities right here on the Peninsula – all on Saturday, October 18. NO KINGS 2 Democracy Fair and Academy 1-4pm, Palo Alto Democracy Academy Workshop, 12:45-1:45pm...
to destroy one life is to destroy the whole world, and to save one life is to save the whole world Jewish Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5, and Muslim Qur’an 5:32 [Statement issued by MVPJ Steering Committee in April 2024] As people of faith contemplating the horrendous violence in the Middle East,...
- May2025
Call for Ceasefire and Entry of Aid NOW!
May 28, 2025
More than 30 Palestinian and Israeli human rights and peace organizations issued this powerful call for an immediate ceasefire and entry of humanitarian aid. Help us amplify their message! Israel must stop the attacks and allow immediate entry of aid! CLICK HERE to join Combatants for Peace’s effort for handwritten...
Members of our MVPJ Steering Committee have visited with Stanford student hunger strikers and others who gather every evening at White Plaza for Muslim prayers and to call attention to the starving people of Gaza. On May 24, 2025, MVPJ Steering Committee sent the following letter to Stanford University’s President...
We are horrified by the murder of the young Jewish couple, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC on May 21. Our prayers are with their families and friends, and with our Jewish siblings across our nation. Coming from diverse faiths and spiritual traditions,...
HANDWRITTEN Letters for Gaza
May 24, 2025
MVPJ urges us all to join with the American Friends of Combatants for Peace effort and write HANDWRITTEN letters for Gaza to our Senators and/or Representatives today! Tell Congress: End the siege and blockade, allow full humanitarian access, stop the bombardment of Gaza. From American Friends of Combatants for Peace:...
- Apr2025
Holi Prayer for Love, Renewal and Justice
April 18, 2025
Holi is a Hindu rite of Spring that commemorates both the changing seasons and the struggle for love and justice in dark times. While Holi was in March, may this prayer offers all of us inspiration.(Learn more about the Hindu stories mentioned in this prayer on this post from the...
What to do if ICE comes to your house of worship…
April 18, 2025
Wednesday, May 7, 1-2:30pm Congregation Etz Chayim What to do if ICE shows up at your congregation, place of worship, non-profit business, clinic, or private employer 4161 Alma St., Palo Alto Join us for this important presentation by Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto (CLESPA). The presentation will...
- Mar2025
De-Escalation & Peace Ambassador Training Sun Jan 25
March 30, 2025
Gandhi Team De-Escalation & Peace Ambassador Training Sunday, January 25th, 1-4pm First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto 1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER It is critically important in these times to have good de-escalation tools fresh in our minds, hearts and spirits. MVPJ has invited the...