San Diego Friends Center

12/26/2024

I can’t say I’ve ever seen a better one than THIS!

12/11/2024

Nobel Peace Prize Forum 2024, 11 December.

12/02/2024

31st annual | 31a anual :: La Posada Sin Fronteras
Sat, Dec 14 | Sáb, 14 de dic.`
2-4 PM
In San Diego:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/g51GGFL8jqi71A696
Behind the water treatment plant off Dairy Mart Road

En Tijuana:
Junto al faro en Playas de Tijuana

12/01/2024

Today, Dec 1st, is Prisoners for Peace Day. On this day (and every day) we encourage you to show solidarity with activists and conscientious objectors imprisoned for their peace work and for their refusal to take up arms: https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/prisoners-peace-day-stand-solidarity-december-1st

Find a list of prisoners for peace here, together with information on how you can write to them: https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/prisoners-peace-list-december-2024

11/23/2024

As this year's UN climate conference, has ended join us to reflect on what was and crucially, what wasn't discussed.

We will be discussing: fighting climate change with anti-militarism, the past and present in Palestine, the U.S. and China, and the arc of the climate and anti-imperialist movement.

COP does not address any of this, but we will.

🗓️ Nov 26
⏰ 8PM ET

RSVP for Zoom:
codepink.org/copandbeyond

11/08/2024

After Tuesday’s devastating election results, we are mourning a major loss for both people and the planet.

Join us this Sunday Nov, 10th for a post-election Climate Justice Vigil to be in community, share our outrage and pain, and gear up for the fight ahead. Feel free to bring friends. Register: https://sandiego350.org/event/civi_event_1630/

We will provide candles, and there will be speakers, songs, and small group conversations. We know the times ahead are going to be challenging and we will all need to move from feelings to hope – and to action.

If you’re not currently active with SD350, please fill out our volunteer interest form - we need you now more than ever. Interest form: https://sandiego350.org/take-action/volunteer/

Thank you to our partners Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice

11/01/2024

Join WNV editor Eric Stoner for a teach-in this Sunday (from 4:30-6pm EST) hosted by the Highlander Center that will explore what we can do to ensure the election’s integrity and the safety of our communities in the coming weeks.

He will be in conversation with DeMonte Alford, an organizer with Democracy NC, Bill Wylie-Kellermann from the National Council of Elders, Jamila Raqib from the Albert Einstein Institution, and Arenne Flanders, a fellow at the Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego.

You can register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkcuuvpzIvHNe7ZsK7xie76-7bsCFiH6wz #/registration

10/25/2024

Every day when breakfast is served, Americans come face to face with the impact of immigrant workers without whom breakfast items would be too expensive for everyday consumption and/or if short on time, the nearest drive-through fast-food establishment, cars lined up for blocks, would charge an arm and a leg for a simple egg, cheese, and sausage sandwich. Without immigrant workers, costs will skyrocket beyond the reach of many Americans. And thankfully, undocumented immigrants are safer for US citizens than their own neighbors.

“A NIJ-funded study examining data from the Texas Department of Public Safety estimated the rate at which undocumented immigrants are arrested for committing crimes. The study found that undocumented immigrants are arrested at less than half (1/2) the rate of native-born U.S. citizens for violent and drug crimes and a quarter (1/4th) the rate of native-born citizens for property crimes.” (Source: Undocumented Immigrant Offending Rate Lower Than U.S.-Born Citizen Rate, National Institute of Justice, September 12, 2024)

“Substantial research has assessed the relationship between immigration and crime. Numerous studies show that immigration is not linked to higher levels of crime, but rather the opposite.” (Debunking the Myth of the ‘Migrant Crime Wave,’ Brennan Center for Justice, May 29, 2024)

Every day when breakfast is served, Americans come face to face with the impact of immigrant workers without whom breakfast items would be too expensive for everyday consumption and/or if short on time, the nearest drive-through fast-food establishment, cars lined up for blocks, would charge an arm....

10/14/2024

Take Action to Celebrate and . Amplify and spread the word.

15 calls to action:
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/15-calls-action-indigenous-peoples-day-0

10/12/2024

Survivors of atomic bombings win the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-live-the-winner-of-the-2024-nobel-peace-prize-is


"Many had expected this year’s prize to be linked to the wars in Gaza, Ukraine or Sudan. Those conflicts were top of mind when the Nobel Committee made its decision, Frydnes said.
'When we look at the developments and the conflicts around the world, we see how crucial it is to uphold a nuclear taboo,' he said. 'To uphold the norm, saying nuclear weapons would never be used again.'"
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/nx-s1-5148728/2024-nobel-peace-prize?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

Hideko Tamura shares her experiences of Hiroshima with members of WILPF US and the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee on 8/5/24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlIRD9e6cJY


Due to fog 79 Years Ago today, the 260,000 populated ancient castle town of Kokura, Japan was sparred. Instead Nagasaki, the secondary target with the Mitsubishi factory was the target for the "Fat Man" plutonium bomb.

With the Soviet invasion of Northern Japan, along with the horrific fire bombing of Tokyo, surrender was imminent as both the USA & USSR were only fighting Japan with Germany having already surrendered on May 8th 1945, VE-Day.

Yet as a show of military muscle to the USSR, the first non-college educated President Truman who was put on the democratic ticket due to shenanigans at the 1944 DNC. Vice President Henry Wallace, the most popular politician in the country & a man who believed in peace, was tossed off the ticket due to the party bosses. Had Wallace been president instead of Truman, how different history might have been.

Instead, Truman was convinced to drop back-to-back weapons of mass death marking the most hellish example of inhumanity ever perpetrated to anyone people on Earth in a moment's time....& it was done TWICE!!!

August 6th Hiroshima & August 9th Nagasaki

SHAME!!!

NEVER AGAIN

Never again can these death machines ever be used against anyone.

This is why we do what we do. We are mobilizing & welcome your help. Join us!

We received the Nobel Prize in 2017 as a part of the ICAN coalition the "International Coalition for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons." In January 2021, the TPNW "Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons" became international law:
https://disarmament.unoda.org/wmd/nuclear/tpnw/

As of this post, there are 93 signatories. There is no place for nuclear weapons. Help us End the Nuclear Era!

The trillions planned to update the United States arsenal from the 1960s......this money & the money for a new generation of small arms tactical nuclear weapons all must be transitioned to green sustainability. And in addition, radiation & DNA don't mix. No to nukes!

You are welcome & invited to join our Disarm End Wars Issue Committee working to pass Prop1 & transition those trillions of dollars from nukes to a Green New Deal!
https://wilpfus.org/our-work/disarmend-wars

Text of the Bill
H.R.2775 - Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2023:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2775/text

Warheads to Windmills:
https://warheadstowindmills.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/W2W-2023-summary-plain-pdf-4.pdf

Mobilize with Us & Help End the War Economy for the Rich & Transition to a Peace Economy for Everyone!

Join Here:
https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E94553&id=17

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-live-the-winner-of-the-2024-nobel-peace-prize-is

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo for its activism against nuclear weapons.

10/01/2024

“I think this moment is the biggest opportunity I have experienced in my lifetime to make major change for justice,” says 86-year-old George Lakey at the start of “Citizen George,” the new film about his life. Unsurprising to those who have read his many articles on Waging Nonviolence over the years, his assessment of our polarized era is based on his observation that the biggest positive leaps in our country’s history have occurred during times of extreme polarization, like the 1930s and the 1960s.

Having forged his identity as a nonviolent activist in the 1960s, he is quick to point out that it was a violent period, with the Klan marching in the streets. But the tumult of the decade also opened space for new possibilities, especially when social movements pushed for them. As this well-timed film shows, we too need vision, courage, grounding and community to make the best of polarized times.

“Citizen George” is a well-timed documentary that offers important lessons for navigating political conflict with hope and courage.