Peace and Justice Center of Nevada County

Upcoming Events

May
21
Tue
11:00 am Weekly Climate Demonstration
Weekly Climate Demonstration
May 21 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Weekly climate demonstrations take place in Grass Valley every Tuesday from 11am-12pm. The demonstrations are hosted by volunteers from Sunrise Movement, Extinction Rebellion, and Elders Climate Action and collect signatures for a petition for Grass[...]
4:30 pm Full Circle Demonstration Garden...
Full Circle Demonstration Garden...
May 21 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
The Full Circle Demonstration Garden next to the Wayne Brown Correctional Facility at the Nevada County Government Center has weekly garden work days on Tuesdays at 4:30pm. New volunteers are also welcome, and there is[...]
May
23
Thu
5:30 pm YHRC Kit Packing Parties (weekly)
YHRC Kit Packing Parties (weekly)
May 23 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Every week Yuba Harm Reduction Collective hosts a kit packing party to supply the week’s need of kits of testing strips, narcan, smokables, and all other harm reduction supplies needed. These parties last from 5:30-7:30[...]
May
28
Tue
11:00 am Weekly Climate Demonstration
Weekly Climate Demonstration
May 28 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Weekly climate demonstrations take place in Grass Valley every Tuesday from 11am-12pm. The demonstrations are hosted by volunteers from Sunrise Movement, Extinction Rebellion, and Elders Climate Action and collect signatures for a petition for Grass[...]
4:30 pm Full Circle Demonstration Garden...
Full Circle Demonstration Garden...
May 28 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
The Full Circle Demonstration Garden next to the Wayne Brown Correctional Facility at the Nevada County Government Center has weekly garden work days on Tuesdays at 4:30pm. New volunteers are also welcome, and there is[...]
May
30
Thu
5:30 pm YHRC Kit Packing Parties (weekly)
YHRC Kit Packing Parties (weekly)
May 30 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Every week Yuba Harm Reduction Collective hosts a kit packing party to supply the week’s need of kits of testing strips, narcan, smokables, and all other harm reduction supplies needed. These parties last from 5:30-7:30[...]
Jun
4
Tue
11:00 am Weekly Climate Demonstration
Weekly Climate Demonstration
Jun 4 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Weekly climate demonstrations take place in Grass Valley every Tuesday from 11am-12pm. The demonstrations are hosted by volunteers from Sunrise Movement, Extinction Rebellion, and Elders Climate Action and collect signatures for a petition for Grass[...]
4:30 pm Full Circle Demonstration Garden...
Full Circle Demonstration Garden...
Jun 4 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
The Full Circle Demonstration Garden next to the Wayne Brown Correctional Facility at the Nevada County Government Center has weekly garden work days on Tuesdays at 4:30pm. New volunteers are also welcome, and there is[...]
Jun
6
Thu
5:30 pm YHRC Kit Packing Parties (weekly)
YHRC Kit Packing Parties (weekly)
Jun 6 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Every week Yuba Harm Reduction Collective hosts a kit packing party to supply the week’s need of kits of testing strips, narcan, smokables, and all other harm reduction supplies needed. These parties last from 5:30-7:30[...]
Jun
7
Fri
6:30 pm Nevada County Mutual Aid Monthly...
Nevada County Mutual Aid Monthly...
Jun 7 @ 6:30 pm
Every month on the first Friday of each month at 6:30pm at the Madelyn Helling Library community room Nevada County Mutual Aid hosts its monthly community meeting. These meetings discuss projects for the future, recaps[...]

No upcoming events

Vigil Opposing Drone Warfare, Beale AFB

When: June 23, 2020 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

45 minutes from Grass Valley, drone pilots are remotely sitting at computers and picking out people of color for death in the Mideast and Africa. Join our monthly peaceful vigil at the intersection of South[…]

Juneteenth Commemoration–Black Lives Matter

When: June 19, 2020 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Where: Brunswick and Sutton Way

Join us June 19, 2020 Brunswick 4-6 PM Juneteenth commemorates the day the last slaves were set free by the Union army in 1865 to experience a decade of relative freedom before being sold into[…]

13th Zoom discussion

When: June 26, 2020 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Where: virtual on zoom

The Peace and Justice Center presents “13th” (2016) an Oscar nominated documentary that explores the history of race and the criminal justice system in the United States.  The film posits that today’s mass incarceration of[…]

Support Peace Budget Action at Grass Valley City Hall

When: February 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Where: Grass Valley City Hall

  Hi Local Peace Budget Non Profit Endorsers and Supporters, We will return to the Grass Valley City Council to request the Local Peace Budget Resolution be put on their subsequent agenda.  If the GV City[…]

Nonviolent Direct Action for Climate Justice: Free Workshop

When: February 5, 2020 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Where: Unitarian Universalist Comm, 246 So Church St. Grass Valley

  A FREE WORKSHOP WITH GEORGE LAKEY—HOW WE WIN: NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE This workshop will present effective grassroots strategies and tactics for climate justice and building coalitions. George Lakey is the author[…]

Cancelled: Retired Colonel Ann Wright Freedom Flotilla 2020

When: February 7, 2020 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: Nevada City United Methodist Church

  Sorry—this event is cancelled Retired Col. Ann Wright will speak on Gaza, Iran, and ending U.S. militarism in the Middle East at this fundraiser,. Col. Wright resigned from the U.S. Diplomatic Corps in 2003[…]

DEMONSTRATE TUESDAY: NO WAR WITH IRAN

When: January 7, 2020 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Where: Brunswick Dr. and Sutton Way Grass Valley

NO WAR WITH IRAN Stand up and speak your mind while there is still time.  No to assassinations, provocations and war.  Gather at corner of Brunswick and Sutton Way 4PM to 5PM Tuesday January 7.

Film: Long Distance Revolutionary

When: December 27, 2019 @ 5:57 am – 6:57 am

12-27 Film: Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary “Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary” is an inspiring portrait of a man whom many consider America’s most famous political prisoner – a man whose existence tests our beliefs about freedom[…]

Support opposition to 5G in Nevada City by Mayor Renette Senum

When: December 2, 2019 @ 8:30 am
Where: Seaman's Lodge Pioneer Park, Nevada City CA 95959

Nevada City Council has called a last-minute meeting at which Mayor Senum’s statements of opposition to 5G in Nevada City will be discussed.  There is a motion to censure her and strip her of the[…]

Climate Strike, Nevada County

When: September 20, 2019 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Where: City Halls–GV and NC