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Justice for George Floyd!
Last week, we witnessed another horrific act of police violence, as unarmed citizen George Floyd was held and fatally suffocated by the Minneapolis Police Department. His final words, “I can’t breathe”, echoed that of Eric Garner, another African-American man who lost his life to senseless police brutality in 2014. We must come together as a…
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Interview with Concord Communities Alliance
At the beginning of May, the Peace Center had the opportunity to have a conversation with two organizers with local grassroots group, Concord Communities Alliance (CCA). CCA works with the community to advocate for better affordability, livability, sustainability, and resident empowerment for the most vulnerable. They assert that ALL residents of Concord should be able…
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Submissions for the 2020 Art & Writing Challenge are now CLOSED / Sponsor one of our Awards!
Hello wonderful community! This past week, we have closed submissions to our 2020 Dennis Thomas Art & Writing Challenge + Youth Activist Grant Awards. Despite the hectic nature of the past two months, we have received a number of thoughtful, strong submissions from our local students. Each year we are impressed by their creativity and…
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The May / June 2020 Issue of our Gazette is LIVE!
The latest issue of our Peace Gazette is now available! It includes our regular column by longtime board member Bob Maxwell, as well as a few new features. As a part of the launch of our new community partners section on our website, we have featured an interview with local grassroots group – Concord Communities…
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COVID-19 RESOURCE GUIDE
Hello Wonderful Community! We hope everything is going as well as it can for you and your loved ones. Though it is a time of crisis, we have been greatly inspired and touched by the networks of support that have emerged to support and provide direct resources to those most impacted by this pandemic. We…
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Statement on Modified Art and Writing Challenge/Youth Activist Grant 2020!
From personal experience as well as speaking with some of our student organizers, the Peace Center has found that art and writing is a therapeutic, meditative, and transformative practice. It allows us to contextualize and process our feelings and thoughts as well as help us translate stress into something concrete, healing, and tangible. What better…
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.