Aurora Peace & Justice

01/12/2024

Live now. ☮️✌🏽🕊️

01/04/2024

Attend in person or via Zoom

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emergency-summit-for-gaza-ceasefire-saving-lives-building-peace-tickets-775017035817?aff=efbevent

10/11/2023

A call for peace & justice.

It’s the LARGEST MATCH of the year! Join AFSC's Compassion in Action Matching Gift Challenge. Your gift for peace and justice will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to $500,000 now through Nov. 20.

09/13/2023

Support people of peace & conscience.

Nobody should be forced to fight and kill against their conscience. But since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, conscientious objectors in both countries have faced political repression, arrest, and detention for their refusal to join the armed forces and participate in the war. Today, the Biden admin...

01/03/2023

HONORING THE LEGACY OF THE REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING: The City of Aurora will host the 38th annual Aurora MLK Ceremony - “Be a Drum Major for Justice, Equity, and Mentorship” - at 6 p.m. on Monday, January 16, 2023 at East Aurora High School.

The ceremony will be an evening of empowerment and action with youth performances, special awards, exciting community announcements, and insightful remarks from the incomparable Star Jones.

An attorney, former New York City homicide prosecutor, best-selling author, Emmy-nominated TV host, and the first Black person to have a court television show, Star Jones has been on our TV screens for three decades, offering a fresh perspective to the day’s most talked-about crime, justice, political, and sociological issues. She was personally chosen and mentored by Barber Walters to be one of the original co-hosts of The View, where she stayed for nearly a decade. Jones is the past president of the International Association of Women and is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. A sought-after speaker, she is an advocate for women’s rights, equity, inclusion, and youth mentoring.

With youth as a focal point of the event, nominations are also open for the 2023 MLK Service Above Self Leadership Award for elementary, middle school, high school, and college students who demonstrate Dr. King’s commitment to service.

Nominations for the youth awards and general required registration are available at www.aurora-il.org/MLK.

10/05/2022

Happy International Day of Nonviolence - https://mailchi.mp/mettacenter/happy-international-day-of-nonviolence

01/27/2022

The Biden administration with their cheerleaders in the corporate press are mobilizing the U.S. public to support the possibility of a massive war.

U.S. President Biden has just ordered 8,500 US troops to be on heightened alert for possible deployment to Eastern Europe, as the dangerous escalation at the Russian/Ukrainian border standoff intensifies. Biden is also considering sending more warships and aircraft, and has already delivered more “lethal aid” to Ukraine. The Pentagon has said that there is the possibility of sending as many as 50,000 troops!!!

The Black Alliance for Peace is unapologetically opposed to NATO, a white supremacist structure responsible for Black death from the Portuguese colonies in Africa to the racist attack on Libya!

Join the BAP contingent that will first assemble with the BAP banner at 12:40pm on the corner of 17th and H Street, NW in Washington, DC.

This action is sponsored by: The Black Alliance for Peace, CODEPINK, ANSWER, Maryland Peace Action and others.

09/22/2021

Happy World 🕊 Peace ☮️ Day! September 21