Contact Us: 310.399.1631
235 Hill Street, Santa Monica
Built on a progressive past, forging a just and inclusive future. Hosted by the United Methodist Church
Volunteer Opportunities
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1. Committee For Racial Justice
The Committee for Racial Justice has 4 Teams. (Please contact the facilitator for more information or to join)

1. White Christian Nationalism (Rev. Janet G McKeithen: Minister@CIOP4Justice.org)
2. Housing (Tara Barauskas: TBarauskas@communitycorp.org)
3. Reparations: (Hajar Muqtasid St. Claire: mrshstclaire@gmail.com)
4. Education (Craig Ali: Craigalicw@gmail.com)
2. Immigration Task Force: (Rev Janet G McKeithen: Minister@CIOP4Justice.org)
3. Yard Work/ Gardening at 245 Hill (Rev. Janet G McKeithen: Minister@CIOP4Justice.org)
4. Fundraising Team (Rev. Janet G McKeithen: Minister@CIOP4Justice.org)
5. Disaster Preparedness (UMC Training is in Ontario, August 30)
Please Join Justice 4 Palestine – LA
on the Third St Promenade
​Every Sunday – from 1-2:30 PM
3rd Street Promenade @ Broadway
Leaflet and Talk With People
Call your congresspeople and senators:
End the Genocide in Gaza
Immediate/Permanent Ceasefire
Arms Embargo of Israel
WEEKLY RALLY AT THE ISRAELI CONSULATE
To Stop Ethnic Cleansing
Every Tuesday – 11AM – 2PM
At the Israeli Consulate
11766 Wilshire Blvd, LA 90025
Between Granville and Stoner
Organized by Code Pink
Every Saturday: Tesla Takedown Santa Monica!
1-3 pm - 395 Santa Monica Pl Unit 120, Santa Monica, CA 90401 US
Tesla Takedown is a peaceful protest movement. We oppose violence, vandalism and destruction of property. This protest is a lawful exercise of our First Amendment right to peaceful assembly.
https://actionnetwork.org/events/teslatakedown-santa-monica
Host Contact Info: takedowntesla@gmail.com
Poor People's Campaign
Poor People's Campaign for a Moral Budget. As you know, Congress is being pressured by the Trump administration to cut MediCal, SNAP, and other social safety net programs so that it can give tax cuts to billionaires.
Instead, we want Congress to deliver a moral budget that will have NO cuts to any social safety net program and will instead have an expansion of these programs! Congress needs to hear from you and your family, neighbors, and co-workers too!
Making calls to my US Representative and US Senators was so simple! No experience is needed. Will you join me at the next training? RSVP today: https://actionnetwork.org/events/breaking-the-silence-power-hour-4?source=direct_link&&
Together, we can break the silence! We can ensure that we have done our part to make sure that Congress has heard from all of us who are hurting the most from this budget process in Washington, DC.
Community Resources
To help individuals and families deal with the disastrous policies from the White House, we have compiled a list of resources for folks in need and for those who want to take action. It's a very local and emergent list. We hope it will be helpful to you and to folks in our community and beyond. Please share it with others as you see fit. And if you have ideas or changes or corrections, please let us know (gentilesylvia1@gmail.com). Huge thank you to all who helped put the list together and to those who circulate it. Together, we can make things change!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-zXA2E4yzjIl8t_CF0XVDpTv59bjcxFTDSgp2Y_mynI/edit?usp=sharing
​Fire Response Team
The Church in Ocean Park
We have been building a coalition that consists of people from The Church in Ocean Park, the Santa Monica Area Interfaith Council, Bahala, The Human Relations Council, Providence St John's Health Center, Salaam Islamic Center, WLA Buddhist Temple, SMMUSD CTA, The SM League of Women Voters & more.
This Coalition's Response efforts are currently focused on:
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Supporting agencies leading emergency response
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Identifying Opportunities for medium and long-term impact
Including housing, employment, accompaniment, etc.
Getting involved: Our next meeting is Tuesday, January 28 at 1pm on Zoom
If you would like to get involved, don't hesitate to get in touch with our volunteers at fireresponsecoalition@gmail.com and they will put you on the email list. You will receive updates and invitations to be involved.
After the Elections: Community Workshops and Current Actions
The damage from the results of the National Election is already happening. This new reality threatens health care, education, social services and people's lives. The Church in Ocean Park held workshops for the Community. This resulted in 3 Break Out Groups who are now actively working to provide some safety for vulnerable communities and to try to mitigate the damage.
1. What we can do now, before Jan 20?
One group is focused on actions to take before the new administration comes into office. The actions are divided into Local, State, and National categories. This group is collaborating with other groups doing similar work and compiling a list of organizations already providing help or information. This group is working on a variety of issues, including threats to the trans community, the black community, the undocumented- health care, education earth care, people who are unhoused, women, etc.
2. Immigration
One group is focused on how to protect those at risk of being deported. Actions are local and regional at this point. There are personal and communal actions.
3. White Christian Nationalism
One group is focused on addressing this issue that has been a problem for centuries, but has now become more blatant.
If you would like to learn more or perhaps join one of these groups, please send an email to: Office@CIOP4Justice.org with "Action" in the subject line.