The San Jose community lost a beloved activist on September 2, when Roz Dean joined other peace ancestors like her husband Al Traugott, her dear friend Joan Bazar and Joan’s husband Dave Wald. Roz’s early years and her activism to save the San Jose Medical Center (downtown hospital) were documented…
American taxpayers have spent $21 trillion on the “war on terror”. Yet after these 20 years, the 99% are worse off, jobless rates are soaring, over 650,000 Americans have died of Covid-19, and the planet is sizzling. If we want a habitable planet and true peace, we need to "connect…
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Today is Tara's last day as Coordinator at the SJPJC. Read her final blog post here - "To everyone who has known me as a staff member at the Center or has met me through the Center in other ways, thank you for making my time here so rewarding. San Jose has become my home because of you."
For the next three Wednesdays, the San Jose Peace and Justice Center will be shutting down the office (physical and virtual) for internal organizational evaluations and climate discussions. We appreciate your understanding as we take the necessary time to dedicate ourselves to the health and sustainability of the Center. If…
$2 billion a day. $23 million an hour. $23,000 a second. That’s the amount that the US “forever wars” are gobbling up from our national budget. According to the National Priorities Project, military spending accounted for more than 53% percent of the federal discretionary budget.
Our Peace Pantry at the San José Peace and Justice Center (48 S. 7th Street, San Jose, CA) Hello San José community, My name is Diamond I am a new intern at the Peace and Justice Center. I am very excited to get started and make a change in our…
CalendarWiz Support Announcement Calendar Wiz, the program we use to enter events is experiencing technical difficulties today. Hopefully they will have it fixed soon. Office Hours Zoom closed early. If you need to reach someone, please leave a voicemail at (408) 297-2299 or email michele@sanjosepeace.org.
Father Bill Leininger, a Catholic priest and a familiar face to local activists at protests and on picket lines, died on January 2, 2020, a few days before his 90th birthday. His brother Bob sent out a tribute to friends that said in part, "Father Bill was inspired by Pope…
Congratulations to Stories for Solidarity and Mikomi Baker! Stories for Solidarity was fiscally sponsored by the Collins Foundation in the summer of 2020. Shortly thereafter, the group was able to move into one of the upstairs offices at Collins House. Since then, it has been a whirlwind of murals, safely…