We hope you’ll join us. We’ll use the occasion to look at the state of human rights in Berkeley and beyond. We will commemorate the generations of movements that we have supported and learned from. But our main focus is to look ahead. We’ll discuss the importance of having a peace and justice commission in the 21st century, and how we can together transform the city and its government to put human rights first.
We are proud of our expansive mandate to act on all issues of social justice. We will highlight the commissions’ accomplishments and challenges the city faces in areas such as:
* Racial justice
* Women’s and girls’ rights
* Nuclear weaponry
* Socially responsible investing, banking, and procurement
* Militarization and peace
* Public education
* Indigenous rights in Berkeley
* International solidarity and the Pacific Rim
* National security state and police accountability
