East Point Peace Academy

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  • Check out images from the graduation ceremony of our 2015 Peace Warriors inside San Bruno County Jail  Read More →

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  • Check out the cover article from The Street Spirit’s July issue, which highlights the graduation of our inmate training team. Read More →

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  • Part of our work inside the criminal justice system is to ensure that the voices of the men and women we work with are able to reach outside the prison walls.  Check out some recent artwork, poems, and messages from those inside. Read More →

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  • While Dr. King was a great leader, the Civil Rights Movement wouldn’t have happened without hundreds of other leaders.  Find out more about a few of the movement’s unsung heroes.  Read More →

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  • Help us keep the legacy of Dr. King alive but helping to fulfill his final marching orders.  Join us for a training in Kingian Nonviolence.  Check out upcoming trainings here. Read More →

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Latest From The Blog

Our first San Quentin workshop, upcoming Day of Peace!!!

Our first San Quentin workshop, upcoming Day of Peace!!!

We are thrilled to announce that last week, we completed our first ever Introduction to Kingian Nonviolence workshop led by incarcerated trainers!!! Since the founding of East Point in the fall of 2013, we have been working in several prisons and county jails throughout California, and have certified close to 100 incarcerated people as trainers in Kingian Nonviolence. These incarcerated … [Read More...]

East Point, the Climate Crisis, and the Yet-to-be-named Network

East Point, the Climate Crisis, and the Yet-to-be-named Network

East Point Peace Academy’s unwavering commitment to social justice, healing, and transformation can’t help but be deeply informed by the reality of the global climate crisis. We join countless organizations and initiatives that recognize that all of our social justice-oriented agendas — not to mention our very lives — depend on our planet’s life support systems. It is painful to do so, but we … [Read More...]

Leap and the Net Appears: East Point’s Continuing Journey with Gift Economics

Leap and the Net Appears: East Point’s Continuing Journey with Gift Economics

East Point Peace Academy’s commitment to gift economics often elicits praise from workshop participants and others we work with. Our organization’s refusal to place a price tag on our offerings, which would invariably exclude people, is experienced as a breath of fresh air by many who are uninspired, if not dismayed, if not furious, with the unjust impacts of winner-loser capitalism. In the … [Read More...]

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Upcoming Events

  1. Social Movement How-To: Intro to Momentum

    June 21 @ 5:00 pm - June 23 @ 2:00 pm
  2. Fierce Vulnerability Conference – Seabeck, WA

    June 28 @ 4:00 pm - July 1 @ 1:00 pm
  3. Dine Out w East Point & East Bay Eats! – Oakland

    July 21 @ 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
  4. Fierce Vulnerability – Oakland, CA

    August 24 @ 10:00 am - August 25 @ 5:00 pm
  5. Intro to Kingian Nonviolence – Oakland, CA

    September 14 @ 9:00 am - September 15 @ 5:00 pm

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