Category: News from the Social Justice Committee

Social Justice Book Read September 7, 2025

Ministry of the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson

From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a vision of climate change unlike any ever imagined.

Told entirely through fictional eye-witness accounts, The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, the story of how climate change … read more.

Social Justice Book Club Read August 3, 2025

Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship by Gregory Boyle

In a moving example of unconditional love in dif­ficult times, the Jesuit priest and bestselling author of TATTOOS ON THE HEART, Gregory Boyle, shares what three decades of working with gang members in Los Angeles … read more.

Social Justice Book Club Read July 6, 2025

James by Percival Everett

The novel is a re-imagining of Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain but told from the perspective of Huckleberry’s friend on his travels, Jim, who is an escaped slave. The novel won the 2024 Kirkus Prize, the National Book Award for Fiction, … read more.

Social Justice Book Club Read May 4, 2025

Learning True Love: Practicing Buddhism in a Time of War by Sister Chan Khong

Sister Chan Khong’s autobiography, Learning True Love, tells the story of her spiritual and personal odyssey through the many years of her life. The book’s centerpiece is her moving account of her return to … read more.

Tri Valley Bus Pass Program Donation

Our plate tithe partner for July to December of 2024 received a check for over $3,000 which will purchase 816 bus passes for our neighbors in need of transportation. Thank you so much for the generous donations!

Immigration & Refugee Know Your Rights Town Hall

Invitation from David G. Haubert, Alameda County District 1 Supervisor

My office is committed to ensuring that everyone in our community feels safe and informed. Both documented and undocumented persons have rights in the United States. It’s important to know your rights and access resources. 

Join us for an informative Immigration & … read more.

Giving Tree Success

The donations of clothing that you placed under our Giving Tree were delivered to Christi Williams of Open Heart Kitchen to be passed on to Vineyard Resource Center and those in the Emergency Shelter. Christi was shocked at the large amount given saying “This is amazing!” She … read more.

Social Justice Book Club Read April 6, 2025

The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende – please note new date

This story is a fable joined by today’s hard news. Allende disrupts the mainstream narrative about our southern border. She discovers something in Nogales, via El Salvador and Vienna: the human capacity for … read more.

Supporting Our Undocumented Neighbors Event

December 8, 2024 | Noon to 1:30 pm in sanctuary and on zoom

Immigration has been a defining issue in the 2024 national elections, and the incoming administration’s plans for mass deportations put the futures of over 11 million undocumented immigrants in jeopardy. In … read more.

Social Justice Book Club Read March 2, 2025

Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone

Same book, new date. We didn’t want to miss out on discussing this book. Please join us to discuss Active Hope on March 2, 2025.

Book Overview: … read more.