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2018 PRISMSS Community Gatherings!! Saturday, Sept 22!! Peace Economy NOW! Steps 1-2-3: Workshops & Discussions – Trauma Recover, Police Oversight, Co-creating Alternatives to Disaster Capitalism, & more Peace Resource Center 10am- 1pm Light lunch provided. What Is PRISMSS? The recognition that everything is connected, that our work on social and environmental and spiritual concerns intersect deeply, Read More ...
Peacemaking Partners: Our successful 2-year partnership with Rowan Elementary School needs your help to continue and expand Please consider donating: https://www.gofundme.com/PeacemakingPartners Help us grow Peace in our schools. Schools are reporting increased bullying, violence, and fear as the national dialogue becomes more intolerant. At the Peace Resource Center, we are working to help children become Read More ...
It is tax season again…and what are we paying for? If the President stays true to his word, another $500 billion in war funding. The US already spends more than the next 9 top-military-spending countries. Consider filling out a Peace Tax Return this year. Download your Peace Tax Return form here. And visit Read More ...
Peace is a process, not a dream. It is waged within and without. It is the way to a just and equitable world, one that values cooperation, sharing, and open boundaries. Peace comes from many different perspectives and life experiences. It is multi-fold and complex. Peace de-escalates and co-creates. It is messy and chaotic. It Read More ...
2016 has been taxing, tumultuous and troubling, to say the least! With the results of the November election, achieving peace in this culture of violence will be all the more challenging in 2017. We know that for many it seems easier to ignore troubling issues- “ignorance is bliss.” But we also know that ignorance and Read More ...
Peace is a process, not a dream. It is waged within and without. It is the way to a just and equitable world, one that values cooperation, sharing, and open boundaries. Peace comes from many different perspectives and life experiences. It is multi-fold and complex. Peace de-escalates and co-creates. It is messy and chaotic. It Read More …
RISE FOR CLIMATE ACTION! Live music, inspiring speeches, and participatory actions will be followed by a march to South Embarcadero Park – music, tabling, activities, voter registration, and a Kid’s Zone with games and face-painting. Climate change is THE continuing crisis for the world, the nation, California, and San Diego. Worsening wildfires, droughts, floods, hurricanes, locally and world-wide; the Read More …
San Diego needs strong community oversight of police! Women Occupy San Diego has been leading the community effort to create a strong, independent Commission on Police Practices. This Commission requires a charter amendment voted in city residents. Right now, that decision is still under consideration by the City Council Rules Committee. The committee needs to Read More …
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Hello from the California’s Poor People’s Campaign kick-off in Sacramento! A report-back from May 14 – the first day of 40 Days of Action in Sacramento. By Anne Barron, PRC member. On May 14th, the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) kicked off here in California and in 42 other states and in Washington, DC with coordinated rallies Read More …
Tax Day 2018 – End War and Military Spending A Bake Sale for the Air Force & Teach-In on Syria War tax resisters redirect tax dollars from war to people WHAT: A bake sale for the “Air Force”? WHERE: Outside the IRS offices, 880 Front St., downtown San Diego Read More …
Stephon Clark was shot at by Sacramento police officers 20x in his own backyard on the evening of March 18 . Community shock and outrage continue in Sacramento as people demand police accountability – why was another black person summarily executed by police? The autopsy released by his family last Friday showed that Mr. Clark Read More …
We at the PRC are often asked about consensus: Why do we use it? How does it work? Doesn’t it take a lot of time? Can one person block the group? The Peace Resource Center uses consensus to build shared decision-making. We saw it in action at the 2017 Annual PRC Membership Meeting in December. Members Read More …
New office hours in January. 2017 has been a year of self-evaluation and challenge at the Peace Resource Center. As part of our commitment to social justice and equity, the PRC Board of Directors hired Darwin Fishman, Ph.D, as PRC Program Director in March 2017 for his experience and breadth of knowledge of racial justice. The PRC Read More …