Community Food Drive

Community Food Drive! Donations will support the community through distribution at the SJPJC Peace Pantry!Stop by the San Jose Peace and Justice Center parking lot to drop off food and supplies to stock the Peace Pantry (48 S 7th St). We will be collecting donations from 11AM – 4PM on…

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Peace Pantry Donations and Plant Fundraiser

Hello, Amazing Community Members, Your support for the Peace Pantry is above and beyond! Thank you so much for your generous donations, they truly make a positive impact on food security.  On Sunday, November 14 from 11 AM-5 PM, we will have another food drive. This food drive will also…

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Community Food Drive and Fundraiser

Community Food Drive & Fundraiser! Donations will support the community through distribution at the SJPJC Peace Pantry! We will be collecting donations from 11AM – 5PM on Sunday, November 14, 2021. Stop by the San Jose Peace and Justice Center parking lot to drop off food and supplies to stock…

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Working Group Meeting

Join us on October 19, 2021 from 5:30PM-6:30PM on zoom to discuss the Peace Pantry Working Group of San José Peace and Justice Center! Zoom link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83287988547 The Working Group will build a strong cohesive foundation that supports our diverse community. You will have a hand in the Peace…

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Make Juneteenth a National Holiday!

By Grace T., SJPJC Volunteer On June 19th, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger of the Union Army arrived to Texas to inform the people that the Civil War had ended and slavery was now abolished. However, this information was relayed to enslaved people two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had…

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Criminal Justice meets Abolition!

San Jose Peace and Justice intern Diamond Tabron introduces Transformative Justice to end prisons and policing, a hot topic that deserves to be talked about! Diamond is currently in the process of receiving a degree in Justice Studies at San Jose State University. Having knowledge in criminal justice gives Diamond…

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Why We Read Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Beyond Vietnam”

by Vinh-Doan T. On Tuesday, May 11th, myself and some other San Jose Peace and Justice Center volunteers and interns will be holding a reading and discussion of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s crucial speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.” This speech was delivered on April 4th, 1967,…

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The American Healthcare System: How it affects us, and how we can afford to change it

"On March 7, 2020 we were interviewed by a reporter from San José Spotlight regarding our fight to guarantee health care to all Californians. During the interview, we discussed extensively why we both believe in a single-payer system as a means to universal health care. While the article that followed included many important aspects of our discussion, it missed two key elements of the fight for single-payer that we talked about: the stories of everyday Americans who face looming uncertainty and massive medical bills, as well as how we can afford to change what’s happening."

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Save the Date! Reading MLK’s “Beyond Vietnam”

by Vinh-Doan T. Save the date! On Tuesday, May 11th we will be hosting a reading of and discussion about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” from 6 to 7:30 PM. We will read excerpts of the speech and explore themes from those…

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