About once per month, Peace Action of San Mateo County holds meetings on the Zoom platform with either guest speakers, a video or sometimes both. Below are links to a few of these past meetings, with more to be added soon.
If you would like to hear about the meetings in advance (as well as important legislative alerts for contacting our elected representatives), send an email to smpa@sanmateopeaceaction.org to get on our email listserve.
April 29, 2025: Peninsula Peace and Justice Center Director Paul George on PPJC’s Other Voices program: “How's That Project 2025 Working Out for You?” A review, on its 100th day, of the second Trump administration’s blueprint for authoritarian rule.
Co-sponsored and co-hosted by PASMC.
December 16, 2024: Working for Peace After the Elections
Peace Action President Kevin Martin speaks and takes questions and comments about what is ahead for the organization and for activists.
July 9, 2024: Debunking Deterrence Theory and Pursuing Global Nuclear Disarmament
A webinar from the Peace Action Education Fund with Professor Elaine Scarry, Jackie Cabasso, Emma Claire Foley and Tad Akiba (former Mayor of Hiroshima, Japan); moderated by Kevin Martin and Joseph Gerson
April 14: War and Climate Change: Lisa Savage, board member for the Global Network on Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, discusses the state of the military’s effect on the environment.
March 24: Norman Solomon on “Make War Visible…and End It: A webinar in conjunction with the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, featuring the north bay-based author and activist.
January 14, 2024: Helen Jaccard of Veterans For Peace talks about “Sailing for a Nuclear-Free World” – a report-back on the 2023 voyage of the sailboat Golden Rule, making presentation about the dangers of nuclear weapons and war
November 19, 2023: PASMC presents a talk with Peace Action President Kevin Martin
October 22, 2023: An interview about China and Taiwan
Michael Wong of Veterans for Peace screens and discusses his interview with Professor Daiwie Fu about China and Taiwan
February 26, 2023: Greg Coleridge of Move to Amend: "We the People vs. Corporate Rule...It's Up to Us!
Greg is the Co-director of the national organization Move to Amend, dedicated to ending corporate rule and getting money out of politics.