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Miles Hall Day of Remembrance
Please join us today in celebrating and honoring the life of Miles Hall! We ask that you consider making a $26 donation to the Miles Hall Foundation in honor of Miles’ 26th birthday! This foundation was started by Miles’ family and rapidly grew as a grassroots movement here in Walnut Creek. The mission of The…
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Annual Art & Writing Challenge – 2023 & Youth Activist Award
For information on our 2023 contest, please visit our dedicated website here! Deadline: May 5th, 2023 Our Art & Writing Challenge, named in honor of its founder Dennis T. Thomas, is organized to encourage local youth to address issues of peace and social justice through fine art (includes visual art, sculpture, photography, video, and music)…
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Video Recordings: 13th Annual Peace Awards Ceremony & Honoring the life of activist, Fred Norman (1/15/22)
On Saturday, January 15th 2022 – we held our 13th annual peace awards ceremony virtually, on Zoom. This was a hugely successful event for us and we were ecstatic to be joined by over 70 attendees – including old friends of the Center as well as many new faces. An exciting part of our annual…
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Urgent Action: AB1400
Please take action now! AB 1400, or CalCare, would guarantee comprehensive health care for everyone in the state. We need you to urge your Assemblymember to support CalCare and make sure it passes the Assembly. It is up for vote MONDAY, JANUARY 31st. A message from HCA Chair & longtime friend of the Peace Center, Janet Thomas! “Dear…
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Our Local Peace Hero Awardee – Ady Olvera!
Our Local Peace Hero for this year is Ady Olvera – a community organizer working in Concord around issues of poverty and homelessness. Andy is a fierce activist who consistently organizes spaces for marginalized Concord residents to raise awareness about the issues they are facing. Ady works with homeless communities and advocates on their behalf with the…
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Our International Peace Hero Awardee – Toby Blome!
We are honored to recognize longtime peace activist, Toby Blome, with our 13th Annual International Peace Hero Award! Toby has been organizing for decades against militarization and U.S intervention. Toby works with Ban Killer Drones and as a lead organizer with CodePink has helped to organize some of the largest anti-drone demonstrations of the past…
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.