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Participating Congregations and Organizations
  • American Muslim Voice
  • Bahá'í Community of Palo Alto
  • Beyt Tikkun Synagogue
  • First Congregational Church (United Church of Christ) Palo Alto
  • First Evangelical Lutheran Church Palo Alto
  • First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto
  • First United Methodist Church Palo Alto
  • Mountain View Buddhist Temple
  • Palo Alto Buddhist Temple
  • Palo Alto Friends Meeting
  • St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto
  • St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Palo Alto (Catholic)
  • Social Action Committee of the Redwood City Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship
  • Trinity Church in Menlo Park (Episcopal)
  • Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
  • Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Los Gatos
  • West Bay Chapter, Buddhist Peace Fellowship

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Book Talk with Quaker George Lakey

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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.

 
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Red Grammer Children's Concert

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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!

 
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National Immigrants Day of Action

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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.

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Public Quaker Worship Opportunity

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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.

 
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Sanctuary Cities

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Standing in solidarity with our immigrant sisters and brothers, Multifaith Voices for Peace & Justice encourages efforts to become Sanctuary churches, synagogues, mosques, temples and campuses. 

Offering sanctuary - a safe place that honors dignity and worth - is a tradition drawn from many of our faiths. 

Local communities of all faiths can be sanctuary congregations. If you are interested in learning what it means to become a sanctuary congregation for your own place of worship, visit the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity website, or contact us by emailing info@multifaithpeace.org

 
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Unity Rally in Palo Alto

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ON THE EVE OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE

UNITE TO SAY NO TO RACISM, HATE & MISOGYNY

SUNDAY, DEC. 18, 2PM, King Plaza (250 Hamilton Ave.) Palo Alto

Stop the deportations! 
No Muslim watch lists!
Black Lives Matter!
Save our Planet!

Featured Speakers:
Judge ladoris Cordell, Retired Superior Court Judge
Zahra Billoo, Esq., Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations, SFBA
Guadelupe Garcia & Erika Martinez, DREAMers
Brian O'Neill, SEUI Local 215, Fight for $15

 
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Evergreen Islamic Center Hour of Prayer & Solidarity

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Several hundred people gathered in prayer and solidarity with the Evergreen Islamic Center (EIC) on Sunday, December 11.  The event was filled with love and joy.  Featured speakers included leaders from diverse faith traditions as well as elected representatives from the city of San Jose and State Assembly and Senate.  People of all faiths and walks of life felt called to offer their support.

The community came together at the invitation of the EIC after the mosque received some hate mail.  Clearly we say "no" to hate and "yes" to all that holds us together as sisters and brothers in the human family.  We stood shoulder-to-shoulder in solidarity with one another in a powerful expression of love and commitment.

 
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Interfaith Prayer Conference Call

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Interfaith Prayer Conference Call
A Prayer to Heal the Nation
Today, November 9, 4-4:40pm (PST)

Sponsored by the Fellowship of Reconciliation, people of faith across the nation are invited to join this post-election conference call featuring 40 diverse faith leaders who will each offer a prayer for the healing of our country.

You can register for the free call through Eventbrite by clicking here, or going to this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-prayer-to-heal-the-nation-tickets-29200181529

 
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Multifaith Thanksgiving Celebrations

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Multifaith Thanksgiving Celebrations
Sunday, November 20

2pm-5pm "Living the Message of Love and Service" in Sunnyvale
Community Center, Sunnyvale Hindu Temple, 450 Persian Dr., Sunnyvale, CA
Prayers, Music, Key Messages from Each Faith, Informal Discussion & Refreshments
Organized by Region 7, Sathya Sai International Organization USA
Click here to download a flyer

7pm "Gathering our Diverse Community for Thanksgiving and Healing -- where Love is never-ending!" in Palo Alto
First Church of Christ, Scientist, 3045 Cowper
Keynote Speaker: Rev. Floyd Thompkins
Call to Prayer from Our Many Faith Traditions
Dance, Music, Choir and Refreshments ~ Children are Welcome!
Organized by Palo Alto Faith Leaders
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Catholicism, Nonviolence & Peace: Presentation by founder of Campaign Nonviolence

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A New Moment in the Ethics of the Use of Force?
Ken Butigan
Thursday, October 13, 6:30pm
Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA

St. Clare Room in the Learning Commons (Library)

Ken Butigan is a long-time peace-maker, director of Pace e Bene, and founder of Campaign Nonviolence. Butigan, who was a member of the international planning committee for the Vatican's Conference on Nonviolence this past Spring, will report on highlights from the conference and steps emerging from the unprecedented meeting to spread active nonviolence and address injustice and conflict in our world today.

The conference called on the Catholic Church to boldly recommit itself to the centrality of the nonviolent example of the life of Jesus Christ. Attended by bishops, theologians, members of religious orders and lay people from every continent, this conference sharply criticized "just war theorgy" and urged Pope Francis to share with the world an encyclical (teaching document) on "nonviolence and just peace."

 
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