Music credit:
Music: Dome
Musician: Jeff Kaale
Today, even the weather cleared up and the smoke gave us a little break to honor with a peaceful start our International Day of Peace kick off event: an in person Artified Silent Auction Pop Up at Holly St. Plaza with WPJC’s volunteers and our favorite chalk squad: Whatcom Focused Youth Movement (WFYM)!
You can bid on these and many other exclusive items that were generously donated by local business owners and artists throughout the weekend at: https://www.accelevents.com/e/idp2020
Take Out for Peace this Weekend:
We hope you’ve enjoyed some yummy food from Guud Bowls this Friday, September 18, and know you’re ready to put in your order at Ambo Ethiopian cuisine tomorrow September 19, and Brandywine Kitchen this Sunday, September 20!
For the 17th year in a row, Whatcom Peace & Justice Center will host Bellingham’s International Day of Peace celebration.
International Day of Peace is WPJC’s main fundraising and educational event of the year, raising critical funds to support the ever more critical work of the Center in advocating for peace and against wars & militarized systemic violence at home and abroad. This year, our goal is to raise $5,000. Funds will make it possible for us to keep our doors open for new and old peace activists while supporting our volunteers and staff in their service during this time of unprecedented need.
Please give as generously as you are able at whatcompjc.org/idp2020 or whatcompjc.org/donate – Donations are tax-deductible.
This year features a series of virtual events including the presentation of our annual Lifetime Peacemaker Award, and a once-in-a-lifetime conversation between Seattle Black Panther co-founder Aaron Dixon and Portland artist, author, and educator Walidah Imarisha.
The historical discussion between two of the most significant Black organizers in the Pacific Northwest honors this year’s uprisings against state violence across the country following the police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade while calling upon our local community to confront white supremacy and anti-Blackness wherever it arises.
”No Justice No Peace” has been a historical chanting and message invoked in recent protests to highlight how positive peace will only be achieved in the presence of justice.
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