March with DJPC in the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. MARADE. Join the movement celebrating the legacy of nonviolent civil disobedience of Martin Luther King Jr. DJPC folks will meet on the southeast corner of 16th and Esplanade at 10:30 AM. We’ll be going down Esplanade St. to Colfax Ave., and ending at Civic … Continue reading March with DJPC in the MLK MARADE: Monday: January 21st 2019 10:30 am
Holiday Pot-Luck – Convivio de fin de año
Join the DJPC Holiday Pot-Luck on Friday, December 15th at 6pm. Come and share your stories of how you made our solidarity work possible this year, our Forums, marching the MLK Parade, running the Colfax 5K, joining the world in the Day of Action Against Open Pit Mines, our annual Build for Peace at La … Continue reading Holiday Pot-Luck – Convivio de fin de año
Awards Night: November 4th at 6:00pm
Join us on November 4th to honor the outstanding achievement of The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining, a campesino-led movement in El Salvador. In March 2017, the Roundtable won an historic legislative victory by securing a prohibition against all metals mining in perpetuity. For a land-poor country with vulnerable water sources and a significant rural … Continue reading Awards Night: November 4th at 6:00pm
Thank you for your support, we raised $2,475 by running for peace!
The DJPC running team, ran on Saturday May 20th the 5K part of the Colfax Marathon would like to thank you for you all your donations to support DJPC, as of today May 24 we have received a total of $2,475!!! . Our target was $3,000, there might be a few checks in the mail … Continue reading Thank you for your support, we raised $2,475 by running for peace!
Thank you 2016 builders!
Thank you to our Builders & Supporters! DJPC would like to thank our great team of builders, Lynn Farquhar, Connie Curtis, Steve & Gloria Piper, James Chaney and Rebeca Zúniga-Hamlin for coming out on Saturday May 21 to Build for Peace. The worked at Family Tree House of Hope, a shelter for women and their … Continue reading Thank you 2016 builders!
Build for Peace 2016. Call for volunteers!
It is time to Build for Peace: calling builders! “You don’t get what you don’t ask for. Ask!” John Proctor Build-for-Peace 2016 Saturday May 21, 2016 From 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Build-for-Peace is a fundraiser that keeps DJPC alive and well in order to do the real work we want to do: solidarity with the peoples … Continue reading Build for Peace 2016. Call for volunteers!
Planning Day: January 30th
“…we will need to keep building the movement, networking with one another, planning, strategizing, and moving forward. Our children’s futures, and those of their unborn children, are at stake.” ~ Lois Gibbs DJPC is your organization, come plan 2016 and direction of our solidarity work with the peoples of Latin America! Saturday, January 30th, … Continue reading Planning Day: January 30th
Salon Discussion January 2016
Solidarity with the peoples of Ayotzinapa:a conversation with Ismael Netzahualtl. Solidaridad con el pueblo de Ayotzinapa:conversando con Ismael Netzahualt. Thursday January 21 2016/ Jueves 21 de Enero del 2016 7-8:30 PM @ Highlands United Methodist church community Hall 3131 Osceola Street Free parking in church lot at 32nd & Osceola and on street. Estacionamiento gratuito. … Continue reading Salon Discussion January 2016
Global Justice & Peace Award 2015: Aviva Chomsky
Build for Peace – November 14th
We will be doing fall maintenance for The Family Tree who provides services to overcome child abuse, domestic violence and homelessness. To learn more about their work visit http://www.thefamilytree.org Our goal is to raise $ 5000 (imagine if each builder solicited $1000 in donations so we could double that!) To register, contact Connie Curtis: 303-296-6315 … Continue reading Build for Peace – November 14th