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PEACE CENTER ACTIVIST ALERT
Week of January 6th
A NEW YEAR and NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVISM!
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Monday, January 13th - 22nd
10th Annual Week of Action
to RECLAIM MLK'S LEGACY!
SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK IS HERE
Wednesday, January 15th, 2024, 11 AM
14th and Broadway, Oscar Grant Plaza, Oakland
10th Annual March to Reclaim MLK’s Radical Legacy
SPEAKERS & PERFORMANCES: We are honored to welcome performances and an exciting roster of speakers, including Linda Sarsour of MPower Change, Fredrika Newton, the co-founder of the Huey P. Newton Foundation, Oakland Poet Laureate Ayodele Nzinga, Malkia Devich-Cyril of Media Justice, Nicole Lee of Urban Peace Movement, and more.
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 19th, 1 PM
SAN FRANCISCO CIVIC CENTER PLAZA
January 19th, the day before Inauguration Day, the people will come together to demand a future that centers the needs of the people over the interests of the wealthy elite.
With voices raised for workers’ rights, immigrant rights, and environmental justice, we will call for an end to the genocide in Gaza, the U.S. war machine, and the rule of billionaires.
This is just one of over a hundred cities and towns across the country where people will come together for a nationwide mobilization opposing Trump’s ultra-right, billionaire agenda.
ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS ARE FOUND HERE
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MONDAY, JANUARY 20th
PUBLIC WITNESS, 10:30 - 11:30 AM
CORNER OF CIVIC & BROADWAY, WALNUT CREEK
then
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1 - 3 PM
1965 COLFAX STREET, CONCORD
CELEBRATING Rev. Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. with a day of HEALING, REFLECTION AND JUSTICE
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 25th, 7 - 9 PM
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
1945 Cedar St., Berkeley
PEACE GATHERING -
a NETWORKING and FUNDRAISING EVENT
with 14 ACTIVIST GROUPS!
Organized by Humanist Mutual Aid Network
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 31st - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd
WEEKEND OF ACTION
BOYCOTT CHEVRON
Chevron is currently supplying energy and millions of dollars in revenue to apartheid Israel, as it perpetrates a livestreamed genocide, bombing and starving 2.3 million Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. In parallel, Chevron is destroying our planet. We anticipate that Chevron’s next earnings call will be around the weekend of January 31st - and Chevron needs to hear from you!
Since the launch of the BDS Movement’s global Boycott Chevron campaign, tens of thousands of consumers have taken the pledge to boycott Chevron gas stations, dozens of groups around the world have led pickets at Chevron, Caltex, and Texaco gas stations, and at least 3 cities have divested from Chevron. Meanwhile, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth admits that Chevron’s gas fields in the Eastern Mediterranean have been targeted in the escalating regional war thanks to Israel’s continued genocidal violence. Investing in genocide is not just unethical and illegal; it is also bad for business!
GET MORE INFORMATION HERE!
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Informative readings/videos/podcasts:
On the legacy of President Jimmy Carter:
"Former President Jimmy Carter died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia. He was 100 years old. The 39th president served a single, tumultuous term in the White House from 1977 to 1981. He’s remembered as a man of deeply held faith who helped negotiate a landmark peace deal between Israel and Egypt that holds to this day.
Carter was also a committed Cold Warrior who began funneling arms to the Afghan mujahideen to fight the Soviet Union in 1979. He continued to support right-wing authoritarian governments in Latin America and beyond. His austerity politics also hastened the Democratic Party’s neoliberal turn, further cemented by his defeat to Ronald Reagan in 1980.
In retirement, he devoted himself to causes including election integrity and building homes for low-income people. In 2006, he stirred controversy with his book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, in which he compared Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to South Africa’s former racist government."
"Jimmy Carter, out of office, had the courage to call out the “abominable oppression and persecution” and “strict segregation” of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza in his 2006 book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.
He dedicated himself to monitoring elections, including his controversial defense of the 2006 election of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, and championed human rights around the globe.
He lambasted the American political process as an “oligarchy” in which “unlimited political bribery” created “a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors.”
But Carter’s years as an ex-president should not mask his dogged service to the empire, penchant for fomenting disastrous proxy wars, betrayal of the Palestinians, embrace of punishing neoliberal policies and his subservience to big business when he was in office."
CBC Radio interview of Peter Beinhart, editor-at-large, Jewish Currents magazine
"In 2006, former US President Jimmy Carter wrote a book called Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, in which he used the word apartheid to describe Israel's actions in the occupied West Bank. Carter's words provoked widespread criticism. But nearly 20 years later, Peter Beinart, Editor-at-Large of Jewish Currents magazine, says Carter's assessment has been borne out."
DIALOGUE WORKS: Interviews of Colonel Larry Wilkerson and Jeffrey Sachs - Israel is DIGGING its Own Grave.
Will Israel attack Iran before January 20th?
From last week:
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IT WAS A BUSY YEAR!
Thanks to the regular support of our members, other donors and fundraising events, we've managed to initiate and/or assist in the organization of a good number of important events and impactful programming.
PEACE CENTER EVENTS FROM 2024 THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE!
Now, more than ever, we must coordinate our community efforts towards making the world a more peaceful and safer place to live.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER MAKING A
DONATION TO THE CENTER?
WE THANK YOU!
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As a small non-profit, we rely heavily on donations to keep our doors open!
Use the QR code below or access the donation link on our website: https://ourpeacecenter.org/donate/
To send checks directly to the Center -
Make payable to: Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center
and mail to our address at 1035 Carol Lane - Lafayette, CA 94549.
The Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center is a tax-deductible 501 (c)(3) non-profit.
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ADDITIONAL ONLINE SOURCES FOR ACTIONS and INFORMATION ON PALESTINE/GAZA | |
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World BEYOND War has
a DIVESTMENT campaign!
About the Campaign
Grassroots-led war divestment campaigns are springing up all over the world, from students organizing to divest university endowments, to municipalities and states coming together to divest public pension funds. Divestment means organizing to remove public and private assets from weapons manufacturers, military contractors, and war profiteers.
Public pension and retirement funds especially are often invested, directly and indirectly, in weapons companies. Teachers and other public servants whose interests lie with promoting human needs have their retirement security tied up with maintaining or enlarging the war industry. Every dollar currently invested in weapons and war is a dollar that could be better spent on job creation, education, housing, healthcare, food security, and so much more.
War profiteering is largely normalized today. We’re working to stigmatize the war machine. World BEYOND War assists divestment campaigns led by our chapters, affiliates, other coalitions, and individuals around the world.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN HERE
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NOW WHAT????
The Frontlines event on May 4th was very powerful and emotional.
FRONTLINE EVENT WAS REPORTED ON LOCAL NEWS!
We heard from several attendees that they felt compelled to act in a meaningful way. Sometimes it feels a bit overwhelming... where do we start?
In terms of direct aid going to Gaza specifically, we recommend Baitulmaal, who have been able to get aid in.
The other organization we recommend is HEAL Palestine which is focused on rebuilding and rehabilitating Gaza. Its founders are the same founders of PCRF.
There is also Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF) which evacuates children who are in need of medical treatment abroad and Medical Aid for Palestinians which offers medical services to Palestinians in Palestine and Palestinian refugees in neighboring countries.
For a full list of resources, you can access the document we put together: tinyurl.com/FrontlinesResources
One thing we are asked to do, again and again, from the people in Gaza is to raise awareness about their situation. Talk to your nearest and dearest about the ongoing genocide.
Remember, we all have a role to play and collectively, our small actions add up. Don't give up, keep raising awareness, keep boycotting, keep donating, keep advocating, KEEP CALLING YOUR LOCAL REPS!
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.
- From the Frontlines Organization Team
MORE UPDATES COMING SOON! WATCH THIS SPACE!
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This website provides comprehensive information including events & campaigns
CHECK HERE FOR LINKS TO REACH OUT TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
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Includes a frequently updated
calendar of local events
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Peace work in the Quaker tradition
American Friends Service Committee
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DIVESTMENT and SANCTIONS!
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Peace is Possible!
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at Creekside Commons
1035 Carol Lane
Lafayette, CA 94549
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