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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 […]
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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 […]
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Submissions for the 2020 Art & Writing Challenge are now CLOSED / Sponsor one of our Awards!
This year, due to the situation with COVID-19, we are inviting community members to help support the contest by donating funds to sponsor one of the awards! Award sponsors will be invited to name the award in commemoration of someone […]
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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 […]
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2020 Election Coverage
The Peace Center Research Group has been hard at work for the past year compiling foreign policy statements made by prospective Democratic candidates in our Foreign Policy Fact Sheets. While we began with coverage of over 10 Democratic candidates, we […]
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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 […]
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.