June Teenth Festival in East Palo Alto
Celebrating Freedom Day! Music – Food – Culture Open to the Public! Come join us! Presented by City of East Palo Alto and Live in Peace.
Celebrating Freedom Day! Music – Food – Culture Open to the Public! Come join us! Presented by City of East Palo Alto and Live in Peace.
Hope and Healing Community Action Join county and faith leaders in collective action to respond to need for protections for our vulnerable communities. Call to action for universal legal representation Sponsored by PACT San Jose.
Peace is Possible: Israeli & Palestinian in Conversation Congregation Etz Chayim and Spark Church partner together to host Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah on Sunday, June 15 at 4:45 p.m. for an inspiring and timely conversation, Peace is Possible. Following their talk, we will host a light dinner and a time...
Two Palestinian artists, teachers and activists from Masafer Yatta (the Palestinian villages in the movie ‘No Other Land’) will be here locally visiting at the Los Altos United Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena Ave, Los Altos. Learn about their decade-long struggle, using their cameras and their words as their tools. CLICK...
June 5 is the Muslim “Day of Arafah” – a day of prayers and fasting during the month of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. This year people are invited to fast in solidarity with the people of Gaza, with prayers for the end of the blockade and the end of...
May 28 is World Hunger Day. The American Friends Service Committee (Quaker) invites us to pledge to fast on this day in solidarity with the people of Gaza. CLICK HERE for more information, and if you choose, to pledge to fast.
From Mahatma Gandhi’s well-known campaigns against the British Empire to the lesser known nonviolent campaign for US Independence in 1765-1776, this webinar will look at how boycotts, tax resistance, civil disobedience, constructive programs, parallel governments, and alternative institutions helped two countries win independence. With plenty of time for questions, this...
What Can We Do? The Top 10 Most Effective Actions to Meet This Moment Nonviolence experts Maria Stephan and Rivera Sun assess the top ten most effective nonviolent campaigns that are addressing current challenges in the United States. We’ll look at efforts including boycotts, quiet resistance, mass protests, and other...
Join the NO KINGS! Nationwide Day of Protest on June 14. Click here to find an event near you. Along with familiar sponsors like Indivisible, SURJ and Center for Common Ground, partners include Catholics Vote Common Good, Faithful America, Interfaith Alliance, Kairos Center, Bend the Arc, the Unitarian Universalist Association...
Celebrate connection through reading, love and community! Come join us Saturday, May 31st at 10am for another Drag Story Hour at First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto. The performer will read three stories and there will be crafts and snacks. It will be a time for learning about diversity and beauty...