any thanks to the local Women's International League for Peace and Freedom chapters for this great event video from their April 4, 2022 reading of this important speech.
Organized for the Poor People's Campaign by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Peninsula/Palo Alto and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom San Jose Image from United for Peace website We invite you to join your neighbors and faith communities to read together Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's…
Meet the Northern California Unemployed Committee: We are a new organization that focuses specifically on the struggle for the rights of the unemployed! We have three primary demands: 1 - restore the $600 weekly supplement, 2 - end federal taxation of unemployment, 3 - make the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance permanent. If this article interests you and you want to get involved please contact us at ncaluc@gmail.com or (408) 638-9131.
Please sign the petition asking Governor Newsom to Lead on Medicare for All! We want to gather as many signatures as possible by January 20, 2021.
Peace Pantry A community member left a letter in the Peace Pantry in October 2020. It is a solid reminder of why we have the Peace Pantry and also why we have recently started a GoFundMe campaign to raise more money to support this new program at the Center. To…
By Joan Simon, SJPJC Coordinating Council member Recently, the San Jose Peace and Justice Center (SJPJC) was notified that we were nominated to receive a $2,000 grant from a local Whole Foods Market, an Amazon-owned store. This opportunity was presented to the SJPJC Coordinating Council for discussion. The Coordinating Council…
By Veronica Eldredge, School of Arts and Culture/Mexican Heritage Plaza Hey Everyone! Veronica here. I was so thrilled when my friend Pfox shared an opportunity with me to volunteer at the Mexican Heritage Plaza for their first food distribution back in June. Protests had just erupted across the country, our…
Worker Stories and Lawyers' Analysis on Employment, Immigration, and Housing during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Santa Clara County.
By Charlotte Casey and Joan Simon, SJPJC Coordinating Council members Taken at the end of the Memorial Day Car Caravan for Peace, this photo shows people gathered in front of the Mercy Mobile as we presented a bucket in which participants had dropped donations for Community Homeless Alliance Ministry (CHAM).…
During this crisis, there has been an overwhelming public sentiment of “we’re all in this together as we shelter-in-place” - but this concept of “we” is inherently exclusionary. Have “we” considered the people that don’t have the privilege of shelter?
