San Jose Peace and Justice Center

06/17/2026

We’re excited to host Make Music Day on June 21st. San José will be filled with live music, including at our venue. Stop by to enjoy great local talent and celebrate a day of music with us.

Explore different venues across San José to discover performances throughout the day—no tickets needed. Visit three or more Make Music Day spots for a chance to win prizes as you enjoy the music.

05/08/2026

At the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, our Housing Program provides free legal advice and representation on housing-related matters to low-income families and individuals in Santa Clara County.

Our office is currently working on providing a series of workshops for renters living in San Jose, who are experiencing unhealthy and unsafe living conditions. The purpose of the workshop is to empower tenants and teach them on how to file a complaint to the City of San Jose's Code Enforcement Department to fight for better living conditions.

Our workshop will take about 1 hour where we will go over tenant protections, the Code Enforcement complaint process, How to File and Next Steps. We will have this workshop in Spanish and in English.

05/03/2026

Join us on Thursday, May 7th, 6:00pm at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center

Apple Whistleblower Ashley Gjovik and the Fight For Worker Rights & Environmental Justice

The struggle for worker rights and environmental justice at Apple has been the center of Apple worker Ashley Gjovik struggle. She was fired more than
five years ago after she made health and safety complaints about the fumes from a toxic dump site that was below her office at Apple.
She was harassed bullied an bankrupted by this 4 trillion dollar corporation who wanted to shut her down and destroy her life.
She also has won suits at the NLRB that she was retaliated against for defending her worker rights and she also discovered that there
was an illegal Apple Fab plant next to her apartment that was contaminating the neighborhood.
Join Ashley for this important discussion about her work and why this critical for all tech workers and environmentalists in Silicon Valley and throughout
the United States.
For more info on her case and work: ashleygjovik.com

Co-sponsored by Whistleblowers United (WBU), California Coalition for Workers Memorial Day, WorkWeek, and the United Front Committee for a Labor Party (UFCLP)

Wheelchair Accessible!

04/29/2026

Earlier this month, we had a radical history walking tour hosted by and .idealism. Here are some photos of it!

04/15/2026

At the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, our Housing Program provides free legal advice and representation on housing-related matters to low-income families and individuals in Santa Clara County.

Our office is currently working on providing a series of workshops for renters living in San Jose, who are experiencing unhealthy and unsafe living conditions. The purpose of the workshop is to empower tenants and teach them on how to file a complaint to the City of San Jose's Code Enforcement Department to fight for better living conditions.

Our workshop will take about 1 hour where we will go over tenant protections, the Code Enforcement complaint process, How to File and Next Steps. We will have this workshop in Spanish and in English.

04/06/2026

Come learn some progressive history of San Jose and the South Bay! We will cover topics of racial, gender, and labor!

We will have a 3-mile walk, totaling 90 minutes. We will start at the SJPJC and end at City Hall. The route is on the next slide.

04/06/2026

What do you think of this description for the walking tour? Please send your thoughts and feedback!

Come learn some progressively history of San Jose and the South Bay. We will cover topics of labor and racial justice!

We will have a 3-mile walk, totaling 90 minutes. We will start at the SJPJC and end at City Hall. The route is on the next slide.

04/01/2026

Come hear songs and stories of Passovers gone by led by Cantor Mark Levy, and a companion talk about Liberation through Struggle!

Have you ever heard the Four Questions changed in Yiddish or Ladino? Or Chad Gadya, Echad Mi Yodea, Adir Hu? These are the traditional songs of Pesach, sung in Hebrew around the Seder table each and every year to commemorate the Exodus from Slavery in Egypt.

Donations Encouraged!

Hosted by Jewish Voice for Peace, South Bay

Wheelchair Accessible!

03/06/2026

03/05/2026

The history of the struggle to secure rights for people with disabilities is a facet of the civil rights movement that is not well known. This is an extraordinary, humanizing, inspirational film that tells a crucial part of that story.

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution tells the story of extraordinary individuals who paved the way for five decades of advocacy for disability rights.