The April CPJC highlight was Pancakes for Peace, which drew about 500 children and adults for a great, all-you-can breakfast plus the annual Easter Egg and Golfball Treasure Hunt, silent auction, massage, and excellent community conversation and socializing. Thanks once again to the planning team, myriad volunteers, and contributors to the silent auction. During the … Continue reading May 2017 Update
Alternatives to Violence Project
The Alternatives to Violence Project California, through a California state grant, is expanding and establishing a community presence of workshops and volunteer facilitators within Butte County to support local community and High Desert Prison workshops. AVP's experiential workshops focus on community building, communication skills, and conflict resolution for community members and inmates in an effort … Continue reading Alternatives to Violence Project
CPJC Endorses Sanctuary City Proposal
At its March meeting, the CPJC Board of Directors endorsed the proposal by Lin Jensen to the City Council seeking to establish Chico as a sanctuary city. View the full text here. As reported by CPJC members and the local press, some thirty-five people appeared at the City Council meeting on February 21 to support the … Continue reading CPJC Endorses Sanctuary City Proposal
Occupy Beale Air Force Base
CPJC activists have led anti-militarization demonstrations at the site of Beale Air Force Base for many years, including protests against the Iraq war and military escalation in southwest Asia and around the world. Currently, monthly demonstrations focus upon the U.S. military use of drones to attack overseas and US-born peoples. For more information and upcoming direct actions: occupybealeafb.org … Continue reading Occupy Beale Air Force Base
Activist Hub in Chico
A community hub where activists can gather, organize, retreat, and plan. Reserve the Center
Everybody’s Revolution: Heart Unity
Wed, May 10, 6-8 PM @ CPJC, 526 Broadway, Chico, CA 95928 Reserve Your Spot
Career Builders: Counter-Recruitment
What if they staged a war and nobody came? Sound far fetched? Not to those who know a veteran with a catastrophic injury or post-traumatic stress disorder, or who had a friend or loved one deploy and not return. Not for those who know a service person for whom the military did not live up … Continue reading Career Builders: Counter-Recruitment
Peace Gardening 101
Family, Education, Fun! Peace Gardening 101 is a comprehensive gardening workshop where you can learn: Organic Gardening Learning to build a healthy compost pile Seed Care and Seed Saving Herb Gardening Tea Mixing And More! For more information, contact Colleen at riverbluesfarm@gmail.com or (239) 272-9661. Space is limited!
Voice of the Veteran Speaker Series
Voice of the Veteran is an ongoing speaker series featuring veterans sharing their experience in the military with no media slant, recruiter advertising, or entertainment industry glorification of violence. Hear from primary sources about war and learn about what it is actually like to be in the military. We have had Army veteran Major John … Continue reading Voice of the Veteran Speaker Series
A Community Hub
The core of CPJC is the Center itself—a community hub where activists on a range of peace and justice issues can gather, organize, retreat, and plan. The Center's meeting space can be reserved for one-time meetings, recurring weekly or monthly gatherings, or simply visited by anyone interested in learning about peacemaking and the efforts underway in … Continue reading A Community Hub