• Activist Alert, July 10th

    The featured artwork is from justseeds.org and is by artist Meredith Stern. The poster says: Peace Talk Resolving Conflict Our Summer Gazette is Live! If you are a member of the Center – you should have received our latest Gazette […]

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  • Join us on Thursday, July 13th to honor Daniel Ellsberg!

    Zoom Registration Here Webinar: 8:30AM / Thursday, July 13th Organized by our friends at Just World Educational! “Two ‘Just World Educational’ board members, Richard Falk and Nora Barrows-Friedman each had lengthy relationships with the heroic, recently deceased whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg– […]

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  • Peace Center Book Club Continues! (Next Meeting July 11th)

    Our “Dialogue to Action: Addressing Racism” Book Club is currently reading Caste, The Origins of Our Discontents. This book is a NYT bestseller written by Isabel Wilkerson, a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Author of The Warmth of Other […]

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  • CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH!

    On Sunday, June 18th, Heather Cox Richardson wrote up a history of the Juneteenth celebration in her daily column, “Notes From an American”. It explains why this event is important in American history and how it contributes to an understanding […]

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  • Activist Alert, 6/12

    Image: Soapbox Project Upcoming Event: Tuesday, June 13th (Voices for Justice in Palestine) Listen: Articles of the Week: Letter From Ron Kovic to Daniel Ellsberg Reflections on Russia & Crimea: The Hate Goes One Way (by Daniel Kovalik & Rick […]

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  • Extinction Rebellion’s Roger Hallam: It’s not the climate, it’s the system | The Chris Hedges Report

    On Saturday, April 22nd the Peace Center participated in an Earth Day Rally / Celebration – organized by Sustainable Walnut Creek + the WC Unitarian Universalist Church. Over 15 local groups / organizations were represented and the afternoon was filled […]

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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.

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