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Saturday, June 04 2022 @ 05:50 pm
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 Join SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) at Sacred Heart in its CARE FIRST campaign to advocate for alternatives to incarceration and improving access to behavioral health in our county! The current budget does NOT address community based, non-carceral alternatives. The budget funds, to the tune of $689,000,000, a new jail, but no non-carceral behavioral health facility! ASK: We need people power. Justice needs you. Our affected brothers and sisters need those who live in Santa Clara County to call and email the Supervisors. Emails: Click here for SURJ's page with contact information, sample text and guidelines for emailing county supervisors in support of CARE FIRST JAILS LAST in the budget. Calls: Make this ask: We urge the Board literally to put "Care First" by prioritizing the approved noncarceral Behavioral Health Facility in the FY2022-2023 Capital Improvement Budget, authorizing a bond to fully fund it, and deferring the line item for the new jail from the FY2022-2023 budget. Our SURJ faith group is recommending that you add that you are praying daily that they will make the right decision. |
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Thursday, June 02 2022 @ 11:28 pm
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 March for Our Lives
Saturday, June 11
Across the nation and around the bay area!
Click here for updated list of events and times on the March for Our Lives website. Redwood City 9-11am
1044 Middlefield Road
Front Plaza of Redwood City Library Mountain View 5-7pm
Gateway Park
790 W. El Camino Real |
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Monday, May 30 2022 @ 09:55 pm
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 SPEAK - PRAY - ACT to End Gun Violence
Sunday, June 5, 3-4:15pm
Lytton Plaza (University & Emerson), Palo Alto
*WEAR ORANGE*
Join Multifaith Voices for Peace & Justice, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Friends Meeting of Palo Alto to hear from local faith leaders and a gun violence survivor, share in a Quaker led Public Worship (see below), and participate in actions to end gun violence. While June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month, the multiple staggering events of the past several weeks would compel us to speak and act no matter what. We gather particularly in light of the racist mass murder in the Buffalo supermarket, the hateful shooting at a Presbyterian Church in Laguna Hills, the horrifying massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and the tragic killing of four people at the hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We gather to grieve the senseless and unspeakable loss and ACT to end gun violence NOW. A Quaker Called Meeting for Public Worship is a time to wait in silence as an opportunity to listen deeply to each other and to the Spirit which guides human affairs. Everyone is welcome to participate. *Why Orange? On January 21, 2013, Hadiya Pendleton marched in President Obama’s second inaugural parade. One week later, Hadiya was shot and killed on a playground in Chicago. Soon after this tragedy, Hadiya’s childhood friends decided to commemorate her life by wearing orange, the color hunters wear in the woods to protect themselves and others. Help spread the word!
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Friday, May 06 2022 @ 10:48 pm
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 Celebrating Eid and Community!
Sunday, May 22, 2022 - 5PM
First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto
625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto
Join this annual Eid Festival (celebration of Muslim holidays) sponsored by American Muslim Voice Foundation. Highlights include a multifaith panel sharing religious holidays and favorite memories, cultural performances and Mehndi Tattoos (Henna). Appetizers will be served outdoors at 5pm. Complimentary boxed gourmet Pakistani dinner will be provided upon departure, with vegetarian options. All faiths encourage their followers to love their neighbors.
To love our neighbors, “WE MUST KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS” “National Know Your Neighbors” is AMV Foundation’s campaign to build a culture of hope, inclusion and peace. We are encouraging all Americans to move “From Fear to Friendship. CLICK HERE to register. COVID SAFETY PROTOCOL: Masks are required indoors at all times. Church capacity is close to 1050. To assure everyone's safety we will limit our guests at 300 max in order to maintain social distance. |
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Tuesday, March 22 2022 @ 10:04 pm
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 Freedom from Pharaohs:
Faith-based Elders Organizing Against Fossil Fuel Financing
Monday, March 28, 4:30pm PDT (virtual)
Featuring Bill McKibben, Joanna Macy and Rabbi Arthur Waskow
The conversation will be moderated by a younger climate leader -- bringing the hearts of elders and youth to turn to each other. This discussion will center the deep wisdom and prophetic perspectives of these generational leaders, as they share about past, present, and future of the climate movement and the world of justice and compassion they’ve dedicated their lives to growing. Click here to register. |
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Thursday, March 03 2022 @ 06:31 pm
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 PEACE IN UKRAINE Action Sunday, March 6, 5:30-6:30pm Corner of El Camino & Embarcadero, Palo Alto
Join us for this peaceful Global Day of Action for Peace in Ukraine!
We will end with candlelight as it becomes dark.
Battery candles and signs for peace provided. Stand with the people of Ukraine!
In solidarity with the 6,000 anti-war protesters who have been arrested in Russia, we call on the world’s peace-loving people to join us in a massive unified response to say: No to War in Ukraine; Yes to Negotiations and Peace.
- Masks suggested, with physical distancing in respect for all.
- If you park in the shopping center lot, please use far back spaces, near Trader Joes. Do not display signs in parking lot. Parking may also be available in Palo Alto High School parking lot.
- Stand on sidewalks, but do not block them.
- At the end of the vigil, 6:30pm, those who wish will be invited to gather for a moment of prayer.
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Friday, January 28 2022 @ 03:45 pm
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TAKE ACTION TODAY!  Tell your lawmakers that diplomacy is the best way to protect human lives and avoid further suffering. The Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers) invites us to write our Senators & Congress members condeming the Russian invasion and urging diplomacy. Click here to go to FCNL's Take Action web site on this issue which contains more analysis of the crisis and an easy to fill out form to send emails to our Senators and Representatives. You may use their message, or compose your own. If you have time, adding an introductory line in your own words is encouraged. "As a person of faith," or "As a constituent who works for peace and justice," are some simple examples. TAKE ACTION TODAY! According to FCNL, "The United States government and Congress must rightly condemn this Russian invasion of Ukraine. But sending more weapons to Ukraine will not resolve the crisis. Yet, right now, the House and Senate are working on legislation to send hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of weapons to Ukraine." |
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Tuesday, January 11 2022 @ 02:55 am
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 THIS YEAR FOR MLK, Jr DAY, WE ARE FOCUSING ON ACTION! Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King, and Yolanda Renee King, along with faith leaders, civil rights leaders, voting rights activists, and Multifaith Voices for Peace & Justice join together to demand voting rights legislation now! MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR DAY OF ACTION
is calling on President Biden and Congress to end the filibuster and deliver on voting rights now. Our right to vote can't wait! NO CELEBRATION WITHOUT LEGISLATION! LOCAL ACTION OPPORTUNITY: You can participate in the National MLK Day Voting Rights focus from home by writing postcards to voters through the non-partisan, voting rights organization Center for Common Ground. You'll be writing to Black registered voters in Texas, urging them to vote in the upcoming March 1 primary. Only 1 in 25 Texas voters participate in primaries, yet their voices are crucial to choosing candidates that will address all this and more: threats to democracy, voting and vote counting, crumbling electrical grids with freezing and flooding, high rates of Covid, school policies. We will emphasize this and offer pointers to Early Voting information. You'll need to write and mail the postcards by February 14, and you'll need to provide your own postcard stamps (currently 40 cents each). You can pick up an introductory packet of 10 postcards from a front porch in Palo Alto near Embarcadero and 101. To reserve your introductory packet of 10 cards and receive the porch address, email Linda Henigin at LindaHenigin@gmail.com.
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Thursday, January 06 2022 @ 11:34 pm
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 VIRTUAL PROGRAM!
Annual MLK, Jr Day of Service and Celebration
Monday, January 17, 10am-1:30pm
JOIN VIRTUALLY!
On Monday, January 17, 2022 Youth Community Service (YCS) will partner with the City of Palo Alto and the Palo Alto OFJCC to co-host The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service and Mitzvah Day. Service projects are available to be completed at home or at a number of locations across the Mid-Peninsula region. The celebration will take place VIRTUALLY from 12noon-1:30 pm. MVPJ is pleased to be a sponsor of this event! Click here for UPDATED details and registration link -- required for the celebration. Schedule:
10am-12noon - Service Opportunities for All Ages - Click here
12noon-1:30pm -Community celebration of the Life and Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (virtual; registration required) The community celebration will include Supervisor Joe Simitian, East Palo Alto and Palo Alto Mayors, Rev. Dr. Debra Murray of First United Methodist Church, and youth speakers and performances. |
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Thursday, January 06 2022 @ 07:05 pm
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EYEWITNESS
to the COP 26 Climate Conference
Tuesday, January 11, 7-8:15pm
Online following our monthly Peaceful Presence
FEATURING Pastor Danielle Parish
Official COP26 Observer
Pastor Danielle Parish of Spark Church was an official United Nations Conference Observer at last year's COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. Following our monthly Peaceful Presence, she will share a report on her experience, key moments and decisions, and discuss how faith communities can continue to pursue justice in our current climate crisis.
Join our Peaceful Presence at 7pm, followed by the EYEWITNESS report at 7:30-8:15pm. Click here for Peaceful Presence description and Zoom information. |
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