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Lafayette Sanctuary City Meeting
Lafayette Sanctuary City Meeting
Interested in helping turn Lafayette into a sanctuary city? We are looking for people to help work with our councils, law enforcement, religious institutions, and schools to build a diverse base of local support. Lamorinda Sanctuary will be hosting meetups in Moraga, Orinda, and Lafayette to strategize and assign roles […]
BOOK SIGNING AND PERFORMANCE with Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb: World Beyond Borders Passover Haggadah
BOOK SIGNING AND PERFORMANCE with Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb: World Beyond Borders Passover Haggadah
Launch of A World Beyond Borders Passover Haggadah written and illustrated by Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, designed for a dynamic, inclusive and loving approach to Passover celebrations. "We lift the first cup of liberation and honor the ancient obligation to welcom e immigrant refugees as full citizens of this nation. When […]
San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band Concert with “Earth Songs”
San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band Concert with “Earth Songs”
San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band http://cts.vresp.com/c/SanFranciscoLesbianG/57d300a36c/TEST/5e32c0e7fa will present "Earth Songs," an amazing concert experience that will transport audiences on a musical journey to some of the most beautiful places on Earth. During this multi-media performance, discover how humankind perseveres to create community in even the most desolate of locales. […]
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Impeach Trump Now! Panel Discussion*
Impeach Trump Now! Panel Discussion*
Our nation is witnessing a massive corruption of the presidency and our government, far worse than Watergate. By refusing to divest fully from his business interests, President Donald Trump has been in direct violation of the US Constitution from the moment he took the oath of office. We must not allow President […]
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March 28th BOS workshop for Clean Energy CCA!
March 28th BOS workshop for Clean Energy CCA!
Please attend this important workshop! March 28 at 9am. The White House might be in denial... but Contra Costa ...not! Indivisible we will stand at the BOS and demand renewable energy for our cities! https://www.facebook.com/events/339557719779959/
The Peoples Climate Movement-Bay Area General Assembly – preparing for April 29th
The Peoples Climate Movement-Bay Area General Assembly – preparing for April 29th
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND The Peoples Climate Movement-Bay Area General Assembly March 28th at 7pm at the Greenlining Institute 360 - 14th St. in Oakland (near 12th St. BART) Planning for the April 29th and associated events is now well under way. Come to the General Assembly to hear reports […]
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Supporting Immigrant Communities in Uncertain Times
Supporting Immigrant Communities in Uncertain Times
The East Bay Community Foundation invites you to attend: Lunch & Learn Series - "Supporting Immigrant Communities in Uncertain Times" Wednesday, March 29th from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Lunch provided East Bay Community Foundation Conference Center 353 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza Oakland, CA 94612 As a region renowned for tolerance and […]
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Monument Crisis Center Simple Supper
Monument Crisis Center Simple Supper
Our dedicated staff and Heartfelt Committee once again created a beautiful event, our only major fundraiser of the year. Thank you to all of you who participated and for all of your ongoing support of MCC. Of course, in the meantime nothing here at the center stopped and we are busier than […]
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This month’s Immigration Vigil will be held on SUNDAY April 2nd, 2- 3 pm
This month’s Immigration Vigil will be held on SUNDAY April 2nd, 2- 3 pm
Just A Reminder: Immigration Vigil will be held on SUNDAY April 2nd,2- 3 pm (not Saturday), SPECIAL DAY & TIME FOR the MONTH of APRIL! In honor of upcoming Passover Location: West County Detention Facility 5555 Giant Highway Richmond, CA Passover remembrance outside the detention center. Join us this month on […]
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Peoples Climate Movement-Bay Area April 29th Lake Merritt, Oakland
Peoples Climate Movement-Bay Area April 29th Lake Merritt, Oakland
ON APRIL 29, WE TAKE ACTION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS April 29 caps the first one hundred days of the Trump presidency. Across the country, we will gather, rally, march and act in defense of justice, jobs, peace and planet. We invite you to join the Peoples Climate Movement-Bay Area in […]
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From Luther to MLK & Beyond
From Luther to MLK & Beyond
From Luther to MLK & Beyond ON THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REFORMATION & LEADING UP TO THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Reformation to Revolution Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 10:30AM INVITED GUESTS BISHOP MARK HOLMERUD SIERRA PACIFIC SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH […]
Bruce Feiler Book Talk in Pleasanton
Bruce Feiler Book Talk in Pleasanton
Bruce Feiler to Speak at Lynnewood Church Bruce Feiler, author of New York Times Bestseller, Walking the Bible, will speak on his latest book, The First Love Story: Adam, Eve, and Us, April 4, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at Lynnewood United Methodist Church in Pleasanton. The First Love Story will […]
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Webinar: Building Peace In Difficult Times: Learning From Global Activists
Webinar: Building Peace In Difficult Times: Learning From Global Activists
http://www.uri.org/the_latest/2017/03/webinar_building_peace_in_difficult_times_learning_from_global_activists Webinar: Building Peace In Difficult Times: Learning From Global Activists In the past year, communities across the U.S. and Canada have seen an increase in incidents of hate and discrimination. In the U.S., a divisive election season has left myriad communities fractured and relationships broken. Today, many activists across […]
Free Taize Prayer Service at San Damiano
Free Taize Prayer Service at San Damiano
Taize Prayer is a prayer service designed for contemplation through music, song, and silence. No prior knowledge for music or singing is needed. Come away from your busy life to rest in the Lord.
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Joy DeGruy: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Lecture & Workshop
Joy DeGruy: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Lecture & Workshop Part I: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome - America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing Thursday, April 6, 6:00 P.M. Allen Temple Baptist Church 8501 International Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94621 Part II: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome - Be the Healing* Friday, April […]
Immigration Forum
Immigration Forum
THE CITY OF RICHMOND PRESENTS: IMMIGRATION FORUM – KNOW YOUR RIGHTS & RESOURCES THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2017 6:00PM – 9:00PM RICHMOND MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM 403 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA RICHMOND, CA 94804 Presentations By: Mexican Consulate Guatemalan Consulate Professional Lawyers Q&A With Expert Attorneys Bring Your Questions and Concerns Forum Will Be Held in […]
Kick off meeting for “Pleasant Hill’s Immigration Law Enforcement Resolution”
Kick off meeting for “Pleasant Hill’s Immigration Law Enforcement Resolution”
Our goal is to work with our police department to revise police immigration law enforcement policies that allow for immigration status inquiry of detainees. The police are currently under verbal orders not to do this. This needs to be revised and we want the new policy to prevent all interaction […]
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Dance for Hope: A Gathering for All Ages
Dance for Hope: A Gathering for All Ages
Many of us share aloha (love) by caregiving and helping our neighbors, friends, and loved ones. The needs are great. Many of us are also working diligently for peace, justice, and dignity for all while striving to maintain a healthy balance in our own lives and relationships. The universal language of music […]
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Palm Sunday at a Progressive Ecumenical Church
Palm Sunday at a Progressive Ecumenical Church
Sunday, April 9, 10 am East County Shared Ministry First Congregational Church of Antioch – Community Presbyterian Church of Pittsburg 200 E Leland Rd (between Railroad & Harbor), Pittsburg, CA 94565 The Historic Stoneman Chapel www.eastcountysharedministry.org 925.439.9361 – 925.757.4094 Rev. Christy Parks-Ramage will lead the Palm Sunday worship celebration, continuing […]
Soul Food Lamorinda at St Mary’s College in Intercultural Center
Soul Food Lamorinda at St Mary’s College in Intercultural Center
Come celebrate diversity and promote our unity at Soul Food Lamorinda from 2 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 9 at the Intercultural Center at St Mary’s College. Soul Food Lamorinda is a free Baha’i-inspired program that combines an audio-visual presentation with readings from various faiths, philosophers and leaders, allowing us to reflect […]
Chamber Music Series
Chamber Music Series
You are cordially invited to join other music lovers at the next concert in the Chamber Music Series. The recitals are FREE and include a variety of wonderful music performed by some of the Bay Area’s most talented musicians. If you love music, you will not want to miss this recital! Bring […]
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Caravan Against Fear
Caravan Against Fear
Caravan Against Fear: The caravan will be in the Bay Area on Tuesday, April 11th– Join us! Stand up for Immigrant Rights! ICE Out of California! Stop Separating our Families! Free Yazmin! Yes on SB 54 for a Sanctuary State! 11am - 1pm, Tuesday April 11th West County ICE Detention Center 5555 Giant […]
Interfaith Passover Seder Tuesday eve April 11
Interfaith Passover Seder Tuesday eve April 11
A Liberation Seder for the Age of Trump and other contemporary Pharaohs! Tuesday evening, April 11 (the second seder night)..at the Northbrae Community Church in Berkeley and sponsored by Beyt Tikkun Synagogue-Without-Walls More info at www.beyttikkun.org/seder Register NOW. We survived Pharaoh in Egypt--we can survive and even triumph over the […]
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Nationalism and Racism in Nazi Germany and the United States
Nationalism and Racism in Nazi Germany and the United States
Nationalism and Racism in Nazi Germany and the United States: Similarities and differences, Religion’s Proponents and the Resistance Wednesday, April 12th at 7:00 pm. St. John's Presbyterian Church 2727 College Ave., Berkeley, CA St. John's Berkeley will be doing a series of forums on the American crisis in civil liberties and […]
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Interfaith Speakers Bureau Training
Interfaith Speakers Bureau Training
Join Islamic Networks Group on Thursday, April 13th for dinner and to learn more about the Interfaith Speakers Bureau! The Interfaith Speakers Bureau (IFSB) is an ING program that promotes religious literacy and mutual respect among all faiths. Modeled after the Islamic Speakers Bureau, the Interfaith Speakers Bureau (IFSB) organizes panels consisting […]
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Ecumenical Good Friday Service
Ecumenical Good Friday Service
An Ecumenical Good Friday Service will take place at St. Ignatius of Antioch Catholic Church on Friday, April 14th, at 12:00 Noon. The Service will focus on "The Seven Last Words of Christ" and will be preached by clergy from throughout East Contra Costa County. An invitation has also been extend […]
First Women’s Mosque in Northern California, and the 2nd in the United States of America to open April 14th.
First Women’s Mosque in Northern California, and the 2nd in the United States of America to open April 14th.
You are cordially invited to attend the opening of the first women’s mosque in Northern California, and the 2nd in the United States of America. Qal’bu Maryam was the dream of Rabi’a Keeble, a graduate of Starr King School of the Ministry and GTU, since 2012. She felt inspired by such figures […]
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Services – Not Cells
Services – Not Cells
Join us in taking a stand against using Contra Costa County general and reserve funds to expand the West County Detention Center. The funds raised by County taxpayers should be used for job trainings, infrastructure improvements, youth services, and healthcare expansion, not building a larger jail. What: Services Not Cells […]
Interfaith Passover Seder, Saturday evening April 15th
Interfaith Passover Seder, Saturday evening April 15th
Our Christian-Jewish-Muslim dialog group will hold our annual Passover seder , on Saturday evening April 15th. This is the 3500-year-old Jewish Festival of Freedom that has equal relevance now. While the event marks the Hebrew slaves' liberation from Egyptian bondage, millions of people worldwide are still: in a form of slavery […]
Indus Hospital Benefit Event at Chandni Restaurant
Indus Hospital Benefit Event at Chandni Restaurant
The Indus Hospital Benefit aims to collect funds to support much-needed quality healthcare, free of cost, to the people of Pakistan. It is on April 15, 2017 at Chandni Restaurant in Newark, CA. Tickets are $100 and include a Pakistani dinner provided by the restaurant, live music, our Keynote Speaker (Ashram Habibullah), our […]
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For Immigrant Children & Families
For Immigrant Children & Families
JOIN US! Immigrant families in Contra Costa County need support now more than ever. It's time to mobilize and advocate for young children and families. At this half-day forum, national and local experts will provide the latest information on new immigration policies, how they're affecting young children, and local advocacy efforts you […]
No Coal in Oakland – Please be a Faith Witness at the Court Hearing to stop coal trains in Oakland – Thursday April 20 – 10am – San Francisco
No Coal in Oakland – Please be a Faith Witness at the Court Hearing to stop coal trains in Oakland – Thursday April 20 – 10am – San Francisco
No Coal in Oakland invites you and your congregation to be present as Faith Witnesses at the up-coming court hearing Thursday April 20, 2017, 10am, as the City of Oakland defends its ban on coal. It is important that we, the faith community, demonstrate to Tagami and his legal team, […]
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Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East
Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East
Christopher Phillips, PhD, Senior Lecturer on International Relations with an emphasis on Syria and Jordan, will discuss his highly praised book,Battle for Syria. Phillips who founded the Syria and It's Neighbours Policy Initiative, calls the Syrian tragedy the greatest human catastrophe of the 21st Century. Jonathan Curiel, journalist , authour […]
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Earth Day and Science March in Walnut Creek
Women's March Contra Costa is collaborating with local groups to hold an Earth Day and Science March in Walnut Creek on 4/22. More information forthcoming. Please register your name to get emails about the event directly from Women's March Contra Costa website: womensmarchcontracosta.org
Women’s March Contra Costa County is hosting an Earth Day Science March in Walnut Creek
Women’s March Contra Costa County is hosting an Earth Day Science March in Walnut Creek
Saturday, April 22nd 10:00 Gather in Civic Park in downtown Walnut Creek 10:30 Rally with speakers (speakers to include: climate change, health research, environmental protection, water resources and STEM/girls in science) 11:00 Short march through Walnut Creek 11:30 Environmental fair including shows and activities for kids (Mad Science show, solar powered […]
Concord Autism Awareness Walk
Concord Autism Awareness Walk
Concord Walk Raises Awareness about Autism The 4th annual Autism Awareness Walk will be held in Concord on Saturday April 22nd from 9:30am – 12:00pm (Rain or Shine!) . This is a great opportunity to get some exercise and walk with families, friends, individuals with Autism and other community members […]
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THE IMPACT OF FAITH ON IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES
THE IMPACT OF FAITH ON IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES
SUNDAY APRIL 23, 2017 RECURRING THEMES THROUGHOUT U.S. HISTORY* 4:00-5:45 p.m. • Fellowship Hall Professor Barbara A. McGraw, J.D., Ph.D., - St. Mary’s College of California Professor McGraw is Director of the Center for Engaged Religious Pluralism and Professor of Social Ethics, Law & Public Life at St. Mary’s. Drawing […]
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Children’s Support League (CSL) 29th annual Heart of the Home Tour
Tour information: http://wehelpkids.org/2017-tour-info/
“We are Called to Be an Alternative to Ruin” at San Damiano
Franciscan retreat master Fr. Tom Hartle of Boston will share how we can be a transformative presence in a broken and fractured world.
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APRIL 29TH MOBILIZATION FOR PEOPLE, PLANET, PEACE, JUSTICE, JOBS
WILL YOU JOIN THIS MOBILIZATION? The coalition of organizations that sponsored the hugely successful 2014 People’s Climate March in NYC has issued a call for a campaign that begins with the inauguration and concludes on April 29 with a mass demonstration in Washington, DC. In the intervening 100 days, the […]
CRS Ethical Trade and Right Relationships: An Interactive Launch of Ethical Trade in the San Jose and Oakland Dioceses
CRS Ethical Trade and Right Relationships: An Interactive Launch of Ethical Trade in the San Jose and Oakland Dioceses
Join the San Jose and Oakland Dioceses for an interactive launch of Ethical Trade and Right Relationships. Anyone interested in learning more about Ethical Trade should come and: • Learn about the key principles behind Ethical Trade• See how Ethical Trade aligns with Catholic Social Teaching• Obtain practical resources on how to be […]
Uganda and Malawi Women’s Empowerment Workshop Fundraiser
Uganda and Malawi Women’s Empowerment Workshop Fundraiser
You Are Invited! Fundraiser for Women’s Empowerment in Uganda and Malawi Items for purchase include: BeautyCounter Cosmetics - made from responsible sources and free from harmful chemicals Shalom Jewelry and Accessories – made by women in Uganda Spirit Jewelry – Hand beaded locally St. Mark’s United Methodist Church 451 Moraga […]
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Tickling Giants Film and Activist Fair
Tickling Giants Film and Activist Fair
We are thrilled to invite you to a special screening of Tickling Giants, the 2016 documentary by Sara Taksler. Tickling Giants tells the powerful story of how one person ("the Egyptian Jon Stewart") stood up to an entire regime with no weapon but his biting wit. Tickets are free – […]
“The Healing Power of Divine Love”
“The Healing Power of Divine Love”
“Maryl Walters, C.S.B., of St. Louis, Missouri, has been successfully and consistently healing people of their physical and moral issues for some 40 years through the practical Christianity as taught in Christian Science. For the last 23 years she has been lecturing around the world and teaching the science of […]
YOUTH, GOD, and TERROR: What attracts Westerners to join ISIS?
YOUTH, GOD, and TERROR: What attracts Westerners to join ISIS?
Much has been said and written about why Western youth travel to join ISIS, or commit acts of terror in our homeland in its name. Whether or not they misunderstand Islam, and whether or not they also have disturbing mental or social issues, it is a specific, radical interpretation of […]
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May Day or Beltane Monday May 1st 2017
May Day or Beltane Monday May 1st 2017
Celebrate the sunrise on the morning of Beltane morning with Berkeley Morris. Beltane, in the Pagan calendar, is the first day of summer and lies half way between Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice. Berkeley Morris (youtube 'Morris Men' or 'Berkeley Morris') will start dancing at 5:30 am. When the sun […]
Concord May Day March for Justice, Monday May 1
Concord May Day March for Justice, Monday May 1
March for housing, immigrant, and worker justice! Keep hard-working Concord families together and safe. Date: May 1st, 2017 Gather: 4:00 PM — Meadow Homes Park March: 5:00 PM Rally: 6:00 PM — Todos Santos Plaza
