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Activist Alert, 3/28
Featured Artwork: This artwork was sent in by a longtime friend of the Peace Center, who saw this shared on twitter and thought the sentiment expressed was perfectly fitting for this time. Anja Rožen, a 13 y/o student from Slovenia’s poster was chosen among youth submissions from all over the world. She won the international contest Plakat MIRU…
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NO TO WAR! NO TO NATO! 
The Peace Center calls our community to continue to resist the normalization of war and the expansion of NATO! We join CODEPINK and other like-minded peace groups in saying: NO TO NATO! We issued a statement last week that called for an immediate ceasefire and peace negotiations to end the war. The potential consequences of this…
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Shut Down Creech Air Force Base! Week of Action March 26th – April 2nd
SHUT DOWN CREECH: Marking 13 Years!Spring Action: March 26 – April 2 National Mobilization to Nonviolently Resist Killer Drones! Shut Down Creech, (SDC) co-sponsored by CODEPINK and Veterans For Peace, is a national campaign to “shut down” the criminal U.S. drone terror program. The 2022 weeklong spring convergence to resist U.S. killer drones in the Nevada desert will…
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Statement of Unity on Ukraine
The Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center stands firmly in our principles of peace. Our vision since our founding in 1969, is a world community with peace, justice and freedom for all. We are a community of activists opposed to war and injustice in all its forms and the recent situation in Ukraine has been…
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Activist Alert
“War destroys all systems that sustain and nurture life–familial, economic, cultural, political, environmental, and social. Once war begins, no one, even those nominally in charge of waging war, can guess what will happen, how the war will develop, how it can drive armies and nations towards suicidal folly.” – Chris Hedges (“War is the Greatest Evil” – https://therealnews.com/chris-hedges-war-is-the-greatest-evil) Featured…
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Activist Alert: February 28th – Peace Action Now!
Last week, on Wednesday, February 23rd – 903 antiwar activists across the country met via a united webinar to hear remarks from leaders of 13 of the nation’s antiwar organizations and then to participate in a broad ranging discussion about how to respond to the latest US war moves in Ukraine. Opening remarks from the webinar last…
About the Center
We exist to offer Contra Costa County residents a choice – a choice in how to view the world through peaceful eyes, to view Contra Costa County as part of the global family. Showing support for community programs allows the Center to work towards engendering new ways of thinking in every citizen. That choice includes how we spend our time and money, and the picture of what peace looks like gets clearer as we take actions that reflect our resolve to be the change we want to see.