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A non-profit aiming for peace and justice.

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2025 International Day of Peace
2025 International Day of Peace

Whatcom Peace and Justice Center

WPJC International Day of Peace 2025 - We Keep us Safe: Fostering a Culture of Care
WPJC International Day of Peace 2025 - We Keep us Safe: Fostering a Culture of Care
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Peace Calendar - Get involved
Peace Calendar - Get involved

Alternatives to Military Service

Become a Conscientious Objector
Become a Conscientious Objector
@DoNotTurnOnUs | Facebook, TikTok | Linktree
@DoNotTurnOnUs | Facebook, TikTok | Linktree
Alternatives to Military Service
Sample Letter - Opt Out of Disclosing Your Information to Recruiters
Gmail
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*Whatcom County Jail Actions*

Tell Whatcom County Council to Prioritize Funding for Behavioral Care and Community Services over a Larger Jail - Action Network
Tell Whatcom County Council to Prioritize Funding for Behavioral Care and Community Services over a Larger Jail - Action Network
With declining revenues, hopes for modern jail features are waning | Cascadia Daily News
Bellingham leaders weigh jail design amid budget gap | Bellingham Herald
Bellingham leaders weigh jail design amid budget gap | Bellingham Herald
Attend Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force (IPRTF) Meetings and Access Agendas
Attend JPOP's virtual meetings
Attend JPOP's virtual meetings
Review FFAB's financial reports
Attend FFAB's meetings
Write to Whatcom County Council
Participate in council meetings
Pen-pal Program – UNCHAIN WHATCOM
Pen-pal Program – UNCHAIN WHATCOM
No New Jail In Whatcom County Zine
New behavioral care center likely to be built in Bellingham, accessible to broader community - My Bellingham Now
New behavioral care center likely to be built in Bellingham, accessible to broader community - My Bellingham Now
Review JPOP’s behavioral health site test fits
See JPOP’s presentation before the council meeting

Take Action

Text - S.J.Res.90 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Text - S.J.Res.90 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Tell Congress to Pass War Powers Resolution to Prevent War on Venezuela - RootsAction
Tell Congress to Pass War Powers Resolution to Prevent War on Venezuela - RootsAction
We Need Arms Control! Re-Start NewSTART!
Public Survey to Inform Updating of the Whatcom Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)
Public Survey to Inform Updating of the Whatcom Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)
Stop Trump’s Rigged Trade Deal from Further Hurting Working People
Stop Trump’s Rigged Trade Deal from Further Hurting Working People
Tell Washington Officials: Cut Ties With Genocide!
Tell Washington Officials: Cut Ties With Genocide!
Petition for the continuation of WWU's Intensive English Program
Petition for the continuation of WWU's Intensive English Program
URGENT: Stop arming Israel (call now) - JVP
URGENT: Stop arming Israel (call now) - JVP
Petiton - No Nukes in the Salish Sea - Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
Petiton - No Nukes in the Salish Sea - Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
Home- Community Coalition for WA Interpreters (TerpsWA)
Urge Local Government: Divest From War, Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Petition for Larsen to urgently support a ceasefire in Israel and occupied Palestine
Petition for Larsen to urgently support a ceasefire in Israel and occupied Palestine
Tell Congress: CEASEFIRE NOW!
Tell Congress: CEASEFIRE NOW!
URGENT: Stop genocide against Palestinians in Gaza (call now) - JVP
Action Alerts Archives - JVP
Action Alerts Archives - JVP
Support Truth and Reconcili-ACTION in Bellingham
Support Truth and Reconcili-ACTION in Bellingham
Petition - Support to Truth and Reconciliation in WA
Sign the #BoycottChevron Pledge and tell CEO Mike Wirth to stop funding genocide
Sign the #BoycottChevron Pledge and tell CEO Mike Wirth to stop funding genocide
Learn More AFSC Boycott Chevron
Learn More AFSC Boycott Chevron

Media/Learning Opportunities

Liberals are catalysts to catastrophe, again | Politics | Al Jazeera
Liberals are catalysts to catastrophe, again | Politics | Al Jazeera
From Laos to Gaza to Ukraine, we must confront the war beneath our feet - Salon.com
From Laos to Gaza to Ukraine, we must confront the war beneath our feet - Salon.com
Honor changemakers at WPJC's peace event in Bellingham | Bellingham Herald
Honor changemakers at WPJC's peace event in Bellingham | Bellingham Herald
Award honors community organizer, rights advocate
The People, not Congress, will free Palestine
The People, not Congress, will free Palestine
Support the TPNW Resolution - Moving Back from the Brink Article by Gene Marx
Support the TPNW Resolution - Moving Back from the Brink Article by Gene Marx
Progressives Introduce “Block the Bombs Act” as Israel Escalates Gaza Genocide
Progressives Introduce “Block the Bombs Act” as Israel Escalates Gaza Genocide
Mahmoud Khalil’s release: ‘I believe that we will win’
Mahmoud Khalil’s release: ‘I believe that we will win’
watson.brown.edu
watson.brown.edu
Systematic Starvation: Genocide and the Engineered Collapse of Gazan Society | Common Dreams
Systematic Starvation: Genocide and the Engineered Collapse of Gazan Society | Common Dreams
On the Frontlines: Hospitalists in Bellingham, WA Strike for Patients, Not Pay | Common Dreams
On the Frontlines: Hospitalists in Bellingham, WA Strike for Patients, Not Pay | Common Dreams
Dr. Megan Asaka, “Coastal Intimacies: A Multiracial History of the PNW”
Dr. Megan Asaka, “Coastal Intimacies: A Multiracial History of the PNW”
Project Esther and the Neuroscience of Solidarity • KKFI
Project Esther and the Neuroscience of Solidarity • KKFI
“An Attack on Labor”: Washington Farmworker Organizer “Lelo” Detained in Trump Immigration Crackdown
“An Attack on Labor”: Washington Farmworker Organizer “Lelo” Detained in Trump Immigration Crackdown
ICE Detained Activist Farmworker Alfredo Juarez Zeferino
ICE Detained Activist Farmworker Alfredo Juarez Zeferino
01/18/25 "New Nuclear, same as Old Nuclear"
01/18/25 "New Nuclear, same as Old Nuclear"
Pro-Palestinian supporters interrupt Rep. Rick Larsen town hall in Ferndale | Cascadia Daily News
Pro-Palestinian supporters interrupt Rep. Rick Larsen town hall in Ferndale | Cascadia Daily News
We warned you that Gaza would define the US elections
We warned you that Gaza would define the US elections
Free Khalida Jarrar, free all Palestinian political prisoners
Free Khalida Jarrar, free all Palestinian political prisoners
The Far Right, the Tech Bro Oligarchy, and Zionism
The Far Right, the Tech Bro Oligarchy, and Zionism
Piers Morgan - Normalizing Israel’s Genocide
Piers Morgan - Normalizing Israel’s Genocide
Netanyahu and Trump: The fascist tag team from hell
Netanyahu and Trump: The fascist tag team from hell
Project Esther: A Trumpian blueprint to crush anticolonial resistance
Project Esther: A Trumpian blueprint to crush anticolonial resistance
Project Esther: A Trumpian Blueprint to Crush Anticolonial Resistance / Yoav Litvin
Project Esther: A Trumpian Blueprint to Crush Anticolonial Resistance / Yoav Litvin
Why are North American synagogues selling West Bank real estate?
Why are North American synagogues selling West Bank real estate?
In Gaza, Israel trials new face of America's imperial laboratory
In Gaza, Israel trials new face of America's imperial laboratory
Liberal Zionism and The Toke Facade of Israeli genocide
Liberal Zionism and The Toke Facade of Israeli genocide
The anatomy of Zionist genocide
The anatomy of Zionist genocide
A Walk in Remembrance Blog Post
A Walk in Remembrance Blog Post
Whatcom Peace and Justice Board: Herald targets students protesting Israeli aggression
Whatcom Peace and Justice Board: Herald targets students protesting Israeli aggression
What You Should Know About Ukraine
Yoav's Interview with Aisha and Alia of Falastiniyat
The post-9/11 wars have intensified police militarization in the U.S.
Environmental/Climate Costs of War Report
Community Forums: War in Ukraine, War in Washington
Resources on Militarism and Environmental Harm

Abolition

IDP'23: Transforming Justice
IDP'23: Transforming Justice
IDP '22 Peacemakers Award and Keynote w/ Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz

Timeline of Peace and Justice

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