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Sponsor a “Builder”!

It’s time for DJPC’s Fall “Build-for-Peace”! Build-for-Peace is a workathon (like marathon or walkathon). DJPC members who will be working as “Builders” need your pledge of support for their work this Saturday, Oct. 13th. Our “Builders” will be helping Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit organization that builds and repairs homes with low-income families (http://www.habitatmetrodenver.org/). “Builders” … Continue reading Sponsor a “Builder”!

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THANK YOU, RICK CLIFFORD!

A huge THANK YOU to Rick Clifford for organizing DJPC’s first ever “Beer-Tasting” fundraiser last Thursday, May 3, at Renegade Brewing Company, 925 W. 9th Avenue, Denver.  (http://www.craftbrewerydenver.com/Renegade_Brewing_Company.html). And thank you also to all the teachers and DJPC members who came to taste a lot of beer!  It was a great “fun-raiser”!

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DJPC Salon Discussion on Nicaragua

DJPC’s Salon Discussion Series Presents Nicaragua Health: Past, Present, and Future Facilitated By: Jeremy Lee (Director of Service Learning) Sharif Abdelhamid (Associate Director of Service Learning) Regis University – Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions Thursday, May 17th 7:00PM-9:00PM Highlands United Methodist Church 2nd Floor Community Hall 3131 Osceola St. (Northwest Denver) Free parking in church … Continue reading DJPC Salon Discussion on Nicaragua

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Thanks for the potluck fun, food and friends!

Thanks to all who helped make DJPC’s Spring Potluck so much fun (and delicious) last Friday,  April 27.   It was great food and company as always!   Special thanks to our friend, Bill Sulzman, from Pikes Peak Justice & Peace Commission, arriving with justice and peace shirts and caps for sale by Alterni-Tee (www.alterni-tee.com), and … Continue reading Thanks for the potluck fun, food and friends!

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Join the “Build-for-Peace” team!

 IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN DJPC’S BUILD-FOR-PEACE, OUR WORK-A-THON FUNDRAISING TEAM!   There’s still room on the team for a few more “builders”  for our annual spring “Build for Peace” fundraiser.  Won’t you join us and line up some sponsors soon?  The date is: Saturday, May 19th, 8:30am-3pm.  We will be working with Family … Continue reading Join the “Build-for-Peace” team!

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MineWatch Fundraising Campaign

DENVER JUSTICE & PEACE COMMITTEE April 16, 2012 Dear Justice and Peace friends: What do the cities of Cajamarca, Peru and Denver, Colorado have in common?  The Newmont Mining Corporation!  Yes, the Denver-based corporation, Newmont, operates one of the largest gold mines of the world in Cajamarca. Very impressive…except for a big problem:  the people … Continue reading MineWatch Fundraising Campaign

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DJPC needs your support!

Dear friend, How do you stop a gold mine from destroying your community?  That’s what the people of Cajamarca, Peru, are trying to do. And they are asking us to help them. Why you and me? Because we are in the United States, and the gold-mining company in question is from Denver, Colorado! That’s right.  … Continue reading DJPC needs your support!

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DJPC Salon Discussion on El Salvador

DJPC’s 2012 Salon Discussion Series *** “All Eyes on El Salvador” *** with DJPC members, Carol and Bob Rose, CIS Election Observers at the Municipal & Legislative Assembly Elections in March and also “watching” El Dorado gold mine in El Salvador Thursday, April 19, 2012 7:00 – 9:00 PM *** at Highlands United Methodist Church … Continue reading DJPC Salon Discussion on El Salvador

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Friday, April 27th, Spring Potluck Social

DJPC’s SPRING POTLUCK SOCIAL Friday, April 27, 2012 6:30 – 8:30 PM at DJPC at Highland’s United Methodist Church 3131 Osceola, Denver CO 80212 *************** · Bring a dish to share with DJPC friends! · Bring a friend to share with DJPC! · Hear brief updates on DJPC activities! · Sing-along for justice and peace! … Continue reading Friday, April 27th, Spring Potluck Social

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