Rapid Response Volunteer Training
Sunday, March 16, 2-4pm
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
600 Colorado, Palo Alto

Learn how to legally document and monitor ICE officials during immigration raids in real-time. This training will equip volunteers to respond in both Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.  

Pangea Legal Service will lead this training, which is sponsored by MVPJ, St. Mark's Episcopal Church Palo Alto, Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, SURJ Santa Clara County, Faith in Action Bay Area, American Muslim Voice Foundation, First Congregational Church of Palo Alto, First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto, Trinity Church in Menlo Park (Episcopal), First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto, All Saints Episcopal Church of Palo Alto, and Valley Presbyterian Church of Portola Valley.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Join the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) in urging our U.S. Senators and Representatives to cosponsor the NO BAN Act.

From NRCAT: In President Trump’s first term, through three iterations of executive orders, people from several Muslim-majority and African countries were barred from entering the U.S. on most or all types of visas. On the election trail, he vowed not only to reinstate the “Muslim Ban” he imposed as President in 2017, but to expand it. On his first day back in office this January, he previewed a travel ban which could go into effect at any time between now and March 21. In response, the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) Act was reintroduced in the U.S. Congress last week by Rep. Judy Chu in the House of Representatives and Sen. Chris Coons in the Senate. 

CLICK HERE for more information and to urge your U.S. Senators and Respresentatives to sign on as a cosponsor and supporter the NO BAN Act.

CLICK HERE to sign the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights petition to the U.S. Senate: Pass the No Ban Act.

DO NOT COMPLY Online Training
Wednesday, March 19, 5pm

SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) offers this training on how to organize resistance in your community. In this online training, you’ll hear from ordinary working class people about what this organizing looked like in their community, and how you can join in the efforts.

Can’t make the call? As always, if you register, we’ll send you a recording in a few days. 

CLICK HERE to register.

Teachers and bus drivers pledging to resist ICE raids. Doctors continuing healthcare for trans kids. Religious leaders protecting vulnerable people in their communities. Across the country, regular people are stepping up and refusing to enact the racist, violent, billionaire-driven Trump agenda.

Holding on to Humanity: Bereaved Palestinian & Israeli Stories of Grief and Hope
Monday, April 7, 7pm
Stanford Memorial Church

Join us for a human centered evening of listening and reflection. Hear the deeply personal stories of loss from two Israeli and Palestinian members of the Parents Circle Family Forum and their courageous decision to work together to prevent further bereavement, to create dialogue, reconciliation and peace.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

Rally to Protect & Resist
Saturday, Feb 8, 2pm
Redwood City
County Government Center, 500 County Center, 94063

Speakers will include representatives from RWC Police Department, San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools, faith communities and impacted persons.

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Sponsored by Redwood City SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) 

IMPORTANT DATE CHANGE!!

REAFFIRMING SANCTUARY
~ PRESS CONFERENCE
~ PROCESSION
~ INTERFAITH VIGIL Commemorating the 83rd Day of Remembrance
Wednesday, February 19, 11am-1:15pm
San Francisco

We gather to reaffirm sanctuary, a sacred tradition across many faiths of welcoming immigrants and standing against actions that would tear families and communities apart.

After proclamations of sanctuary, we will proceed to historic Japantown, a community that, in 1942, was torn apart by government policies that separated families and forced the relocation and incarceration of Japanese immigrants and their U.S. citizen children.

Through interfaith prayer and ritual, we will honor their legacy and uplift sanctuary as a sacred practice of protection and solidarity for immigrant communities targeted today.

Thurs. February 13th | 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM

11:00 AM: Interfaith Sanctuary Press Conference | St. Mark’s Lutheran Church (1111 O’Farrell St., San Francisco)

11:45 AM: Procession | Japantown

12:15 PM: Interfaith Vigil commemorating the 83rd Day of Remembrance | Christ United Presbyterian Church (1700 Sutter St., San Francisco)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and
Inauguration Eve Multifaith Community Gathering
"We are deciding to love!"
Sunday, January 19, 5:30pm
First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto
(Parking available in Webster St city parking garage)

Inspired by the words of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
"I have decided to love, because hate is too great a burden to bear,"
we gather on the eve of the presidential inauguration,
to draw wisdom from diverse community leaders, joy from local choirs, and
courage from one another, committing to love and solidarity as together we face whatever lies ahead!

Speakers:
Rev. Gerald Sakamoto, San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin
Julie Lythcott-Haims, Palo Alto City Council Member
Ruben Abrica, East Palo Alto City Council Member
Rev. Amy Morgenstern, Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto

Choirs:
Eastside College Preparatory School Choir of East Palo Alto
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto Choir
First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto Choir