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SAVE THE DATE for EPI’s Annual Fall Gathering,
Saturday, November 8, 5:00 pm,
St. John’s Presbyterian Church,
2727 College Ave., Berkeley,
 and via Zoom, although we encourage
all who can to attend in person.

PLEASE RSVP by Nov. 1st if you can attend in person.
THIS IS CRITICAL FOR OUR PLANNING: epicalc@gmail.com or (510) 990-0374


 



Ecumenical Peace Institute (EPI)  Fall Gathering
~In Person with Dinner and on Zoom~

<DOWNLOADABLE FLIER, CLICK HERE>

America Wake Up! We Are Not Powerless
Constitutional Crisis: What Can I Do?

Activism: The Antidote To Despair
Save Your Sanity And Our Humanity
Join Us To Explore Our Options

Know your rights!

It is the hope of EPI that you all find ways that you can take direct action
 in these troubled times. From letter writing and phone calls to elected officials, to joining in demonstrations or to accompany and stand up for immigrants living in fear in our community.

With these links, we hope to empower you with helpful information and resources.
Here are just a few:


 

 

 

 

Please take care of yourselves and each other. Stay hydrated, wear sunscreen, and stay aware of your surroundings.
Your safety and your voice both matter.



Saturday, November 8, 2025
5:00pm – 7:00pm
5:00 Dinner (Provided by Food not Bombs)
5:30pm Program In Person at
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
2727 College, Berkeley

Join Zoom Meeting  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87974778056?pwd=CaqZBOluaCoF9bauHbMHfu4nNjSs8i.1

+16694449171
Meeting ID: 879 7477 8056 xx
Passcode: 459699

You are invited to bring a dessert to share (optional)

In the midst of our nation in crisis with an unlawful administration, so many people feel helpless.
The question on everyone's mind is;
  What can I do? How can we take back the United States?

This year the Ecumenical Peace Institute's Fall Gathering
will address this with a panel of experts. Our panel represents organizations that are organizing demonstrations, actions, service and other ways that we can all "do something,"
Feel empowered and make a difference.

Panel to include representatives from:

~Indivisible–Panelist TBA
~Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4H)
–Rev Deborah Lee
~Answer Coalition –Richard Becker
~Jewish Voice for Peace–Wynd Kaufmyn
~Haiti Action Committee–Judith Mirkinson
~National Lawyers Guild–Judith Mirkinson

Additional organizations will be tabling with
more action opportunities.

This our first year together with a dinner since 2019.
Please RSVP by November 1st!!! for the dinner
so we can plan to cover our expenses ahead of time.

Suggested donation $20-$50
No one turned away for lack of funds

Payment Options:

Mail check to
P.O. Box 9334, Berkeley, CA 94709
Pay on PayPal (epicalc@gmail.com) or at the door

Wheelchair accessible

Endorsers include: NorCalSabeel, St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Berkeley,
Western Institute for Social Research (WISR)

Ecumenical Peace Institute/CALC
PO Box 9334, Berkeley, CA 94709 • 510-990-0374
www.epicalc.org



Ecumenical Peace Institute / Clergy And Laity Concerned (EPI/CALC) is a prophetic voice and witness, embracing all faith and earth-based traditions bringing to life universal values as we seek truth, work for justice, nurture compassion and courage, reach out to each other and to our larger communities of faith and tradition, bridge the divisions that wound the human family, transform ourselves and our world through dedication to nonviolence in education, advocacy, witness and action.

Let us not tire of preaching love: it is the force that will overcome the world. Let us not tire of preaching love.
Though we see that waves of violence succeed in drowning the fire of Christian love, love must win out; it is the only thing that can.

—Archbishop Oscar Romero, July 23, 1978



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   State Assembly Passes Historic Declaration of California
as the first “Compassionate¯ State” in the Nation!
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         If you wish, you may send us your donation the old-fashioned way, and send us a check (Quelle idée!) to
EPI/CALC, P. O. Box 9334, Berkeley, California. 94709


EPI's Living Graveyard will be virtual for the foreseeable future.
You are urged to be risk-adverse. It could save your life!


We urge you to call on congress to end all sanctions

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has introduced HR 5879, legislation which would increase Congressional oversight over declarations of national emergencies and Presidential sanctions powers includes congressional oversight of  US sanctions. Additionally, the bill would require the President, when seeking to take action under IEEPA and levy sanctions, to report to Congress on a number of items. Sanctions are an act of war, which is prohibited by the United Nations charter.
Click HERE to read the full text.

Here is Rep. Omar's website.

To read about effects of sanctions, click HERE

Then call: US Congressional switchboard: 1-866-338-1015 



Links to connect with other prophetic voices:
If Americans Knew ^ Western States Legal Foundation ^ 350.org  ^  Christian Peacemaker Teams ^ Syria Solidarity Movement ^ East Bay Sanctuary Covenant  Friends of Sabeel  ^  Haiti Action Committee  ^  Haiti Relief  ^  Jewish Voice for Peace ^ Union of Concerned Scientists ^ Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center  ^  Tikkun  ^  Tri-Valley CAREs

Prophetic Voices Past:  Abe Zwickel  ^  Jean Zwickel  ^  Father Bill  ^  Joan McIntyre  ^  Pastor Lee Williason
Esther Ho  ^  Diane Thomas

Come join our Working Group and help EPI become even more vital and exciting!
 


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