Sunday, March 19, 12noon
First Presbyterian Church
1140 Cowper Street., Palo Alto

Community Shabbat Gathering for Solidarity and Friendship
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto
Friday, April 28, 6-8:30pm

Multifaith, intergenerational and multicultural gathering with vegetarian dinner, music, children's activities and lively conversation. Meet neighbors, make friends, and learn about diverse traditions.

Registration required. Adults $10; Children $5 to cover costs. Click here to purchase tickets and make reservations.

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance prohibiting the city using any resources to create, implement, provide investigation or information for, to enforce, or otherwise assist or support any government program requiring the registration of individuals on the basis of religion, national origin, or ethnicity, or creating a database of individuals on the basis of religion, national origin, or ethnicity. 

What a wonderful example of what we can work for in our cities and counties!

The news clip below gives a clear and strong outline of the ordinance.  (Sabiha Basrai, the person being interviewed, is the daughter of MVPJ Steering Committee members, too!)

Send notes of encouragement and peace to your local mosques and Islamic centers. This simple yet beautiful idea comes from the Shoulder-to-Shoulder Campaign.  Be creative!  Invite children in your community of faith or your neighborhood to write letters, too, and draw pictures of friendship and love. Consider indicating on the outside of the envelope that yours is a message of kindness and support.

Multifaith Service of Concern and Commitment
Thursday, January 19th, 7-8:30pm
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, 505 E. Charleston, 94306

On this evening prior to the presidential inauguration, we will come together -- across many religious and spiritual traditions -- to voice our concerns and fears about the coming four years in our country, to pray for strength and wisdom for the years ahead, and to commit together to act for justice, compassion, peace, environmental protection and equality for the American society and the world. We will share music, readings, prayers, silence and wisdom from many traditions to offer guidance, inspiration and courage, and to strengthen the bounds of our beautiful diverse community.

People of all faith traditions and those of no particular faith are all welcome.

Visit our Facebook page (or use https://www.facebook.com/events/425173557814696/ ) and share/invite others!

Click here to download flyer. 

Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians got it right and how we can, too is the title of sociologist, Quaker, and former Swarthmore professor's George Lakey's newest book.

Hear the author Friday, Jan. 13, 7:30pm at the Palo Alto Friends Meeting House, 957 Colorado (between Louis and Greer, south of Oregon Expressway).

Click here to download more information about the book.

Enriching lives one SONG at a time!

Sunday, January 15, 10-11:30am
Woodside High Performing Arts Center
199 Churchill Ave., Woodside, 94062

Join us as world-renowned children's singer/songwriter, Red Grammer, shares a morning of music, songs and joy.
The concern will celebrate our shared human values and honor World Religion Day and the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sponsored by the Palo Alto Baha'i Community.

Tickets are $5/seat. Accessible seating available. Purchase tickets through Eventbrite by clicking here.

All are welcome!

Saturday, Jan. 14, 11am-2pm
Gather at San Jose City Hall (200 E. Santa Clara St., San Jose, 95113)
March to Cesar Chavez Plaza in San Jose

Defend DACA and call for stronger local protection for ALL immigrants

Sponsored by Silicon Valley Rising and Working Partnerships.

Click here for more information.

A Quaker Meeting Called with a Concern for the Future of our Country
Saturday, January 7, 11am
Lytton Plaza, 202 University at Emerson, Palo Alto

See more photos of the Public Meeting by clicking on "read more" below.

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), a traditional Peace Church, offers to the community an opportunity to listen deeply and humbly to each other and to the Spirit which guides human affairs. For an hour, we will settle into the silence of worship as practiced by Quakers, wherein anyone moved by the Spirit may rise to speak.

It is the silent waiting for the urging of the Spirit which is the foundation Friends' testimonies on Peace, Unity, Simplicity, Equality, Community and Integrity. Social Action based on these testimonies is strengthened by arising from worshipful silence.