Unity Rally - Stand Against Hate

Join us in this CELEBRATION of diversity, acceptance and inclusion, as we gather to show the world that we will not accept any form of hate in our district.

WHY: A group called ACT FOR AMERICA has chosen Santa Clara as one of its locations across the country to stage an anti-Muslim demonstration. The group has been classified as a HATE GROUP, and has made it their mission to villainize Muslims, building a platform to perpetuate and promote the most hateful language imaginable.

WE WILL NOT ACCEPT HATE IN OUR COMMUNITY!

WHAT: We are calling on activists and allies from the region to come together for peaceful Unity Rally. We will show our support for people of every race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, color, ethnicity, and ability.

HOW:
- Wear white
- Wear flowers
- Bring flowers to give away
- Bring American flags!
- Make LARGE white signs with BOLD black letters
- Signs should be POSITIVE
- Signs should show what we believe IN

PLEASE visit the FB page and click the "GOING" button if you will come, and come back often for updates.


Vigil hosted by:

AMAAN Committee of the Arab American Cultural Center--Silicon Valley
ASATA - Alliance of South Asians Taking Action
Alum Rock United Methodist Church
American Muslim Voice
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus
Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)
Asian Law Alliance
Bangladeshi American Democratic Coalition
Bay Area Conference of Associates and Religious (BACAR)
Bay Resistance
Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice
Buena Vista United Methodist Church
California Immigrant and Religious Community Protection Coalition
Casa de Clara Catholic Worker
Center for New Community
Coalition for Justice and Accountability
Congregational Church of Sunnyvale
Congregation Shir Ami, Castro Valley
CAIR - San Francisco Bay Area
Counter-Friction Sunnyvale
Courage Campaign
Crisis Response Team (Bay Area Muslim Mental Health Professionals)
Ecumenical Peace Institute/CALC
Eden Area Interfaith Council
First Congregational Church of Palo Alto
First Congregational Church of Palo Alto, UCC
First Congregational Church of San Jose
First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto
First Unitarian Church of San José
Green Party of Santa Clara County
Healing Flower Energies
ICNA SF Bay Area Chapter
Indivisible East San Jose
Indivisible San Jose
Indivisible Sausalito
Indivisible South Bay (ISB)
Interfaith Center at the Presidio
Interfaith Committee and Social Action Committee, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Redwood City (UUFRC)
Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County
Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
International Socialist Organization - Northern California
Islamic Networks Group - ING
Japanese American Citizens League, San Jose Chapter
Jewish Voice for Peace
Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church, Oakland
Los Gatos United Methodist Church
Meet a Muslim
Mountain View Voices for Peace and Justice
Multifaith Voices for Peace & Justice
NAACP Youth Council of the San Jose/Silicon Valley Area
NIAC
Nihonmachi Outreach Committee (NOC)
Nikkei Resisters
OFA-East Bay Central
Orange Alert
Organizing For Action, East Bay Central
Our Developing World
Pangea Legal Services
Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
PACT South Bay: People Acting in Community Together
Priest of The Episcopal Church
Progressive Action - Mountain View
Ramallah Club of San Jose
Resource Center for Nonviolence
RISE UP FOR JUSTICE
San Jose Dharma Punx
San Jose Friday Peace Vigil
San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP
San Jose Peace and Justice Center
Santa Clara County Democratic Club
Santa Clara County Peace & Freedom Party
Santa Clara County Wage Theft Coalition
Santa Clara Valley chapter of the ACLU of Northern California
Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN)
Shomeret Shalom Global Congregation
Silicon Valley Interreligious Council
Silicon Valley Japanese American Citizens League (SVJACL)
Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom
Somos Mayfair
SOUTH BAY SANCTUARY COVENANT
South Bay Jewish Voice for Peace
St. Jude's Episcopal Church
St. Mark's Santa Clara
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Starr King Unitarian Universalist Church in Hayward
Stand UP! United Peninsula, Uniting Against Racism & Hatred
Students for Justice in Palestine
SURJ at Sacred Heart
Sunnyvale Democratic Club
Sunnyvale Presbyterian Pilgrims of Ibillin
Together We Will - San Jose
Together We Will Palo Alto/Mountain View
Tri-City Interfaith Council
Trinity Church in Menlo Park
TWW-Los Gatos
United Marin Rising
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Sunnyvale
West Bay Chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Westminster Presbyterian Church, San Jose

To join the list of event hosts and add your organization's name to this effort, complete this form: http://bit.ly/2s5V0jz.