The Encampments Film Screening + Q&A
2025-06-14 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Arab American Cultural Center, 3968 Twilight Dr, San Jose
Register to attend: tinyurl.com/Film4Pali
$10-20 suggested donation per person to cover screening fee and mutual aid effort for families and students in Gaza

San Jose People's Pride March & Celebration
2025-06-21 14:00 - 18:00 | St. James Park, N 2nd & E St. James
The second annual San Jose People’s Pride March and Celebration will be held on Saturday, June 21st, from 2-6pm at St James Park!
This year our theme is “LIBERATION IS OUR DEMAND, SMASH TRUMP’S TRANS BANS!” we are protesting Trumps agenda and attacks on our Trans/Queer siblings.
We will end with a celebration with live music, resources, vendors and food! *Masks are strongly encouraged!*
Peoples Pride was created with not only queer liberation in mind but liberation for all of those oppressed by Trump and his cronies.
This pride is the People’s Pride, we are proudly anti cop and anti ICE – we declare an end to the deportations and an end to the genocide. Celebrate and combat this oppression with us!

Contributors of Genocide and the Climate Crisis Educational
2025-06-28 13:00 - 15:00 | Dr. MLK, Jr Library Community Room 255
San Jose Against War is holding an educational that will highlight the ways that the genocide in Gaza contributes to climate change and the environmental destruction that the people of Gaza as well as here in the Bay Area experience. Please come and learn about the two companies directly tied to both the genocide and the climate crisis!
It will be held at Dr. MLK, Jr Library Community Room 255 on the 2nd floor!
Snacks will be provided!
RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/sjaweducational

Under Surveillance: A Documentary Teaser and Discussion
2025-07-02 19:00 - 21:00 | San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose
Join us for a screening of an excerpt from Under Surveillance featuring footage of one of our protests, followed by a community discussion and Q&A with the filmmakers. Under Surveillance is a forthcoming documentary about Bay Area residents resisting surveillance in their daily lives. As our country celebrates the 4th of July, we ask – how can there be freedom under surveillance?
Wednesday July 2, 7pm
San Jose Peace & Justice Center
48 S 7th St

General Meeting
2025-07-06 13:30 - 15:00
Join us for our next General Meeting on Sunday, July 6th at 1:30pm! Get involved with local anti-war organizing. Open to all!
Hybrid meeting format:
In-person at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S. 7th St.
Or virtually – message us on Instagram or email us at sanjoseagainstwar@gmail.com for the link!

Graphic Design Educational
2025-07-06 15:00 - 16:30 | San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose
Join us for an educational on graphic design for activists! Learn how to make flyers and more.
Sunday July 6, 3pm, San Jose Peace and Justice Center.

Contextualizing Resistance in the Middle East with Nora Barrows-Friedman
2025-07-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Roosevelt Community Center, 901 E Santa Clara St, San Jose
Join us for an evening of conversation with renowned journalist and Associate Editor for Electronic Intifada, Nora Barrows-Friedman!
Nora will shed light on the geopolitical context surrounding U.S. and Israeli aggression in the Middle East, countering mainstream media narratives on the subject.
RSVP required @ bit.ly/nora-sj !

Louis Theroux: The Settlers Documentary
2025-07-13 18:00 - 20:30 | Arab American Cultural Center, 3968 Twilight Dr, San Jose
🎥 Unfiltered. Unrelenting. Unmissable.
Join us for a community screening of Louis Theroux: The Settlers — a BBC documentary that dives into the world of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Palestine.
In this powerful film, Theroux travels through Palestinian cities under occupation, including Al-Khalil (Hebron) and Masafer Yatta, and speaks with both Palestinians resisting settler violence and Zionist settlers pushing to reoccupy Gaza and expand illegal settlements.
🗓️ Sunday, July 13, 2025
🕠 Doors open: 5:30 PM
🎬 Screening: 6:00 PM
📍 Arab American Cultural Center of Silicon Valley
Join us afterward for a community Q&A to unpack the film.🎤 RSVP: tinyurl.com/SettlersFilm
Donations are encouraged to support a mutual aid fund for Palestinians living in Masafer Yatta.

General Meeting
2025-08-02 17:00 - 18:00 | San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose
Join us for our next General Meeting on Saturday, August 2nd at 5:00pm! Get involved with local anti-war organizing. Open to all!
Hybrid meeting format:
In-person at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S. 7th St.
Or virtually – message us on Instagram or email us at sanjoseagainstwar@gmail.com for the link!
Stick around after for the Open Mic afterward!

SJAW Open Mic
2025-08-02 18:00 - 21:00 | San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose
Join us to be in community as we elevate Palestine and other anti-war topics!
Poetry will be provided!
Feel free to prepare your own art, poetry, musical performance, etc.

Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
2025-08-09 14:00 - 16:00 | San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose
Join San Jose Against War for an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, featuring guest speaker and leading FRSO member Masao Suzuki.

Break the Siege on Gaza Protest & March
2025-08-10 13:00 - 15:00
SAN JOSE PROTEST! BREAK THE SIEGE ON GAZA NOW!
‼️ BRING POTS AND PANS!
⏰ SUNDAY, 8/10 @ 1 PM
📍 RALLY @ Federal Court 280 S 1st St
➡️ MARCH thru San Pedro St to City Hall
Gaza is still bring starved by the zionist entity! The situation demands that we SPEAK UP! Medical experts are saying at least 1.1 million people, half of Gaza, are reaching stage 5 famine, which will lead to irreversible damage to the people in Gaza. The US and Israel have colluded to use this famine as a way have their Gaza “Humanitarian” Foundation mercenary front utilize aid sites as a pretext to concentrate Palestinians in order to open fire on them.
OPEN RAFAH CROSSING NOW!
ABOLISH THE US-RUN GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION MERCENARY FRONT!
END US AID TO ISRAEL!
This action is part of the @antiwaractionnetwork call to action

Santa Clara County HLUET Committee Meeting Mobilization
2025-08-21 10:00 - 11:30 | Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Chamber, 70 W Hedding St, San Jose
‼️PACK THE ROOM‼️
We are mobilizing for the SCC Housing, Land-Use Environment, and Transportation Committee meeting where the conversation regarding ethical investment and divestment from Chevron continues.
Let the supervisors on the committee know: Chevron fuels genocide and the climate crisis! We demand divestment!
Handheld signs and talking points will be provided.
Public comment offered in-person AND online. (We will be there in-person!)
Zoom:
sccgov-org.zoom.us/j/86757005233
Hope to see you there!
Get updates, join our mailing list, and get more information:
bit.ly/sccdivest

San Jose City PSFSS Committee Meeting Mobilization
2025-08-21 13:30 - 15:00 | San Jose City Council Chambers, 200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose
‼️PACK THE ROOM‼️
On August 21, 1:30PM we are mobilizing at the Public Safety, Finance, & Strategic Support Committee Meeting to demand that the city divest from companies complicit in genocide!
We refuse to be complicit. At a city council meeting earlier this year dozens of community members made their will known at a City Council meeting, demanding the city divest from genocide.
Out demand was acknowledged: a conversation is warranted. The city finance director was called on to investigate city investments for ethical concerns!
‼️NOTE: Public comment is ONLY offered in-person.
Hope to see you there!
Get updates at:
linktr.ee/sjaw

Haiti Educational
2025-08-24 16:00 - 18:00
For Black August, we are inviting Haiti Action Committee to host an educational on the political conditions of Haiti!
Location TBD!

U.S. Out of Africa: Panel Discussion on Building a Sovereign Future with the Confederation of Sahel States
2025-08-27 19:00 - 21:00 | San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose
As part of our Black August events, this event will be hosted along with the All African Peoples Revolutionary Party!

History of Resistance from Oakland to Palestine
2025-09-07 13:00 - 15:00 | San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose
Join @vigil4gaza and @sanjoseagainstwar for an opportunity to meet and hear from Dr. Butch Ware in conversation with @yazdalmanion exploring the topic “History of Resistance: from Oakland to Palestine”.
RSVP here!

SJAW General Meeting
2025-09-07 15:00 - 17:00
Join us for our monthly general meeting! Get to know our upcoming events, hear our report backs for the past month’s events, what our subcommittees are upto!
Meeting is hybrid. Email us at sanjoseagainstwar@gmail.com or DM us on instagram @sanjoseagainstwar!

Gaza Doctors Under Attack & Dr. Feroze Sidhwa Q&A
2025-09-18 18:00 - 21:00 | Westhope Presbyterian Church, 12850 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is a 2025 documentary on doctors working during the Gaza war, detailing the killings and torture of healthcare workers and attacks on hospitals by the Israel Defense Forces during the conflict.
The film is followed by a talk from Dr. Feroze Sidhwa about his time in Gaza as a trauma surgeon who recently presented to the United Nations. This will be in person in the church as well, and broadcasted on Zoom starting at 7:40pm.
This event is being co-sponsored by:

Jewish Voice for Peace South Bay (JVP-South Bay)
Arab American Cultural Center of Silicon Valley (AACC)
If Americans Knew (IAK)
Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA)
Healthcare Workers for Palestine – Bay Area (HCW4Palestine)
San Jose Peace and Justice Center
Showing Up For Racial Justice – Santa Clara County (SURJ)
NAACP – San Jose / Silicon Valley Branch

Register Online:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/movie-gaza-doctors-under-attack

Parents for a Free Palestine: Community Gathering for Conscious Parenting
2025-09-20 12:00 - 14:00 | San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose
Join us for a conversation with other parents and caregivers who believe in raising socially aware children. Together, we’ll explore how to talk to our little ones about Palestine, global justice, and the importance of liberation movements.
We’ll also discuss meaningful ways we can take collective action as caregivers.
Littles & snacks are welcome!
Please DM Jenna @iamjennaarose on Instagram if you need accommodations.

San Jose Peace & Justice Center Birthday Celebration Resource Fair
2025-09-21 13:00 - 16:00 | San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose
FROM SJPJC:
Hello! The San Jose Peace and Justice Center is holding a resource fair in celebration of our 68th birthday!

This year’s theme will about climate justice and ending militarism. We are particularly interested in organizations that are committed to creating a green, sustainable economy, and are fighting for a world based on peace and justice.
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Come by the San Jose Against War table to:

write a postcard provided by us to demand San Jose City Council divest from genocide
sign our petitions
see how you can get involved
just say hi
see what else we are up to!

Webinar: DEFEND Venezuela Against Trump's Lies and Attacks
2025-09-23 17:00 - 18:30
Join a webinar hosted by the Anti War Action Network with guest speakers, Blanca Eekhout, President of the Simon Bolivar Institute, and Dozthor Zurlent, Author of Globalization of the Capitalist Crisis.
REGISTER HERE:
tinyurl.com/vzwebinar

Blanca Rosa Eekhout Gómez
Member of the National Assembly of Venezuela and President of the Commission for the Development of Communes; member of the National Directorate of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). President of the Simón Bolívar Institute Foundation for Peace and Solidarity among Peoples.
Brief summary of her political career:
Blanca Eekhout was born in Acarigua, Portuguesa state, on January 6, 1968. She graduated from the Faculty of Arts at the Central University of Venezuela. She dedicated her youth to political activism in Caracas neighborhoods, focusing her activism on grassroots communication, and co-founded Catia TV (2000-2003).
Her commendable dedication to communicating the voice of the people in various spaces led to her being called by Commander Chávez to numerous positions, including the Presidency of VTV (2005); Founder and President of the Venezuelan Telecommunications Corporation S.A., Public Television Vive TV (2003-2010); Minister of Popular Power for Communication and Information (2009); Principal Deputy for the Portuguese State (2011-2016); Second Vice President of the National Assembly (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014); President of the Permanent Commission of Popular Power and Media of the National Assembly (2014-2015); Head of the Parliamentary Delegation of Parlasur (2014-2015); Member of the board of directors of Parlasur, (2015-2015); Minister of Popular Power for Women and Gender Equality (2016-2018); Minister of Popular Power for Communes and Social Movements (2018-2020).
She is currently a Member of Parliament and President of the Commission for the Development of Communes of the National Assembly of Venezuela. She is also President of the Simón Bolívar Institute Foundation for Peace and Solidarity among Peoples. She is also Political Liaison of the National Directorate of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) for the state of Portuguesa. She is also President of the Parliamentary Friendship Group of Argentina in Venezuela. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Thought of Supreme Commander Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías.

Book Club: The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
2025-09-27 12:00 - 14:00 | San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose
Come join us to discuss up to the Introduction & 1st chapter of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine!
All are welcome!
No reading is required.

Gaza Doctors Under Attack Documentary Screening
2025-09-28 15:00 - 17:30 | Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center, 17000 Monterey Rd, Morgan Hill, CA, 95037
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is a 2025 documentary on doctors working during the Gaza war, detailing the killings and torture of healthcare workers and attacks on hospitals by the Israel Defense Forces during the conflict.
RSVP Required: tinyurl.com/HC-film

General Meeting
2025-10-04 12:00 - 14:00 | San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose
Come join us for our monthly general meeting and come learn how you can get involved with our campaigns, educationals and actions!

Sign Making and Art Build
2025-10-04 13:30 - 14:45 | San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose
In conjunction with Parents for Palestine, we are having an art build after the general meeting. Come bring materials and get ready for the rally and march afterward!

2 Years of Genocide; 2 Years of Resistance Rally and March
2025-10-04 15:00 - 17:00 | San Jose City Hall, 200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA
Come join San Jose Against War and other endorsing organizations to protest the 2nd year of the Israel’s genocide on Palestine!
It will be a rally starting at San Jose City Hall and after a speaker program, we’ll march to Federal court on 1st St then go up Market St. before heading back to City Hall.
📍 San Jose City Hall
⏰ October 4th, 3pm

EMERGENCY PROTEST: No Ceasefire, No Peace! Hands Off Palestine!
2025-10-29 18:00 - 19:30
🚨 EMERGENCY PROTEST 🚨
⏰ Wednesday, Oct 29th @ 6:00pm
📍 Dr. MLK Jr Library, street side, 150 E San Fernando St, San Jose
Netanyahu has instructed the IOF to “carry out powerful strikes in Gaza” which would break the unstable ceasefire under the false pretense of accusing the Palestinian resistance of violating the ceasefire agreement.
HANDS OFF PALESTINE!
NO CEASEFIRE, NO PEACE!

General Meeting
2025-11-01 15:30 - 17:00 | Peanuts Deluxe Cafe, 275 E San Fernando St, San Jose
Test the waters – join us online!
Message @sanjoseagainstwar on Instagram OR email at sanjoseagainstwar@gmail for the meeting link!

U.S. Out of Venezuela Banner Build
2025-11-01 17:00 - 18:30 | Peanuts Deluxe Cafe, 275 E San Fernando St, San Jose
NO WAR WITH VENEZUELA! Join us this Saturday, November 2nd for an art build, as we paint a banner and make signs to prepare to mobilize against US aggression against Venezuela and the the Bolivarian revolution!
