PRC Peace Partners
Activist San Diego is an information, communications and mobilization organization networking for social justice. Through the Activist Center, the Internet, media and educational programs, ASD links volunteers with community organizations and facilitates the growth of grassroots efforts to grow a progressive movement for social change.
AFSC established the US-Mexico Border Program (USMBP) in 1977 in response to increased migration in Southern California and ongoing violence by state and non-state actors in the region against migrants and border community residents.
The USMBP incorporates a narrative change component to its work. Each year, we respond to 400 inquiries from media about immigration and border issues. Media includes local, regional, national, and international outlets, including radio, online, live, pre-recorded TV, and print sources.
We support local, community-based organizing campaigns. We train and accompany community-based leadership to educate, advocate, mobilize, and organize constituents to secure just and humane immigration policies. Using a human rights framework and in collaboration with community partners, we advance policies addressing immigration and border issues and build alliances to protect migrant and non-migrant rights.
The USMBP is based in San Diego. It has a strong regional presence in the local area, but our collaborative work with border-wide coalitions makes AFSC a trusted advocacy leader on border issues since we have extensive on-the-ground work experience.
Guided by the Quaker belief in the divine light of each person, AFSC works with people of all faiths and backgrounds to challenge unjust systems and promote lasting peace.
We are a San Diego coalition calling on the U.S. Government to implement a WW II-scale mobilization to end the use of fossil fuels and reverse global warming.
The Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice (ICEJ) was launched in October of 2017 by a group of faith and lay leaders committed to addressing the climate crisis and other environmental justice issues. The Coalition is an independent organization supported by SanDiego350, the local chapter of 350.org, an international and mostly volunteer climate activist organization.
ICEJ is also proud to collaborate with GreenFaith, a worldwide, multi-faith climate and environmental movement, in its mission “to transform ourselves, our spiritual institutions, and society to protect the planet and create a compassionate, loving and just world.”
Our founding event “Answering Earth’s Call: An Interfaith Forum on Climate Justice” coincided with Pope Francis’ visit to Congress to advocate for earth justice. Since then, we have organized prayer services, retreats, and advocated for earth justice in various faith communities.
Jewish Voice for Peace San Diego is a dynamic chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace, the largest Jewish organization in the world that supports Palestinian freedom. Our chapter is committed to building a community of Jews and other allies who agree with our vision of justice, equality, and dignity for all people in solidarity with Palestinians’ struggle for freedom. Our all-volunteer chapter has been a leader in supporting Palestinian rights and opposing Zionism for over a decade.
A new supergroup of North County organizations, intended to bolster activist participation, laid out a police reform game plan at its September Zoom meeting.
The two-month-old North County Equity and Justice Coalition (EJC) consists of more than 20 organizations committed to issues varying from racial justice to environmental justice, such as the North County NAACP and CleanEarth4Kids.
With the recent spotlight on police brutality, EJC is setting out to ensure activism doesn’t fizzle out — something coalition co-founder Yusef Miller has seen consistently.
The Religious Society of Friends also known as Quakers is present and active here in San Diego. We meet every Sunday from 10:30am to 11:30am for shared, silent worship. In Quaker tradition, waiting on God in silence is at the center of our spiritual practice.
Our time together looks like sitting quietly together, listening if someone is moved to speak, shaking hands when worship ends, and greeting those around us.
We can’t be silent anymore! Our black and brown brothers and sisters need to be appreciated and honored. When one part of humanity suffers, all humanity suffers! We need to confess our White privilege and work at uncovering its insidious hold on us. To that end we begin by confession and work toward understanding and on to alleviation.
The First Church of the Brethren is an open and affirming Christian community. Called by Christ to be inclusive, caring, and peace-minded, we affirm that people of any race, ethnic identity, gender, sexual orientation, ability, age, economic status, faith tradition, or life situation are welcome in our congregation.
We are a concerned group of patriotic veterans who feel compelled to speak out at this crucial time in our country’s history. While members of the American uniformed services, we were duty-bound and did not ask questions concerning our mission. Now, as discharged veterans and private citizens, we feel duty-bound to demand answers concerning the mission of our current service members, and to ensure that the sacrifices of American soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen are not taken lightly nor expended on frivolous endeavors.
As veterans with a range of experience and of military service, we act together to help educate our community about the American military culture and concerns. When you talk to one of our members, you know there is a passion and it is not something you will hear or read about in a glossy brochure.
It is without a doubt that our activism stems from a deep love of our country, but also with a connection to humanity. It is from this background that we have all come together in the San Diego area to join in one clear voice. We will work toward a world of peace and justice, and we will continue our commitment toward security, national and global, using nonviolent means.
The San Diego Chapter (UNA-USA San Diego), established in 1946, we promote engagement with the United Nations by translating its bigger concepts into local context. UNA-USA San Diego is unique as it has consultative status to the United Nations’ Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Every year, the chapter sends delegations to take part in the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the UN in New York City and participates in countless conference hosted by the UN worldwide.
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) was established as an international peace organization at The Hague in 1915; the U.S. delegation was led by Jane Addams. The delegates advocated a Society of Nations, universal disarmament, and the end of World War I through continuous peaceful mediation by a commission of neutral parties. Since its founding, the WILPF has had as its core motivation: “unit[ing] women in many countries who work by democratic and nonviolent means to remove the causes of war and to create the conditions in which peace and freedom can flourish.” The WILPF was brought to San Diego by Helen Marston (who later became Helen Marston Beardsley) in 1924. Helen (b. 1892; d. 1982) was the youngest daughter of George White Marston, a wealthy San Diego businessman and civic activist. It was during her studies at Wellesley College in Massachusetts that Helen became interested in political reform. After college, she spent time volunteering and teaching, but ultimately found that her passion was in politics and the struggle for peace. While in Europe working to alleviate some of the suffering caused by WWI, she attended the third international congress of WILPF in 1921. She returned to San Diego and in 1924, started the WILPF San Diego Chapter. Since then the local WILPF has been active in educational programs involving subjects as diverse as nonviolent resistance and the social structure of China. The main activities of the WILPF have included sponsoring conferences and ongoing community discussions, peace rallies, correspondence campaigns and educational exhibits.
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