Image from the Public Banking Institute (https://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/) From South Bay Progressive Alliance: With the CA Public Banking Act, AB857, being signed into law in October 2019, efforts towards creating public banks have forged ahead. Los Angeles City Council has already voted to move forward with hiring consultants to conduct a…
2018 Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration with C. Carson. Photo taken by Sharat Lin By Sharat Lin, Coordinating Council Member and volunteer Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 91st birthday on January 15 is a time to reflect on his enormous legacy. He is widely remembered as the most important…
We are at the brink of a third world war, and people around the world need to ACT NOW to prevent tipping over the edge. The anti-war movement must be heard, and the most effective way to escalate our voices is to collectively organize. Below are some local opportunities to…
The office of the San Jose Peace & Justice Center will be closed from December 24, 2019 to January 3, 2020 for the holidays. Volunteers are covering the community calendar and voicemail and will get back to you when they can. The space is still available to community groups per…
Barby Ulmer and Serena Murray at the International Day of Peace (IDOP) Open House & Tabling Fair, September 21, 2019 Hello Community! We write this annual message in hopes that you are safe in these scary times. From fires to power outages, riots to revolutions, changing policies to children and…
Pete's Last Day with Tara and Michele in the Barby and Vic Ulmer Room at the Center (2019) Monday, December 7th was the last day of Pete's internship here at the San José Peace and Justice Center. Pete is a Justice Studies major at San José State University, and he…
By Pete, a SJSU Fall 2019 Intern Official Chinese government documents leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists earlier in the week has shown that an estimated one million minority Uighur Muslims are being sent to secret brainwashing detention camps in the Xinjiang region in the West of China.…
Propaganda enabling Rodrigo Duterte’s oppressive attacks on anti-fascist political activism is impacting local community group Anakbayan Silicon Valley. This disinformation campaign has labeled Anakbayan Silicon Valley as a communist organization. Click here to learn more about this issue. The San José Peace and Justice Center stands in solidarity with Anakbayan…
The San Jose Peace & Justice Center office will be closed on Thursday and Friday. Groups will still be able to meet but no one will be in the office from 4 to 7 pm. Check out this article on "6 Things Every Non-Native Should Do on Thanksgiving" on HuffPost.
We're extending the deadline for button design submissions! You now have until the end of January 2020 to submit your button design. We will announce voting then. Help us design a new button for the San Jose Peace & Justice Center. Button designs should be 2 1/4" circles. We are…