Prior Events

MLK Jr. Day of Service on January 18th, 2021

• Pictures & video
• Opening ceremony with guest speakers
• Education Zoom session - "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
• Press coverage
• San Carlos Elms
• Details for Captains & Volunteers

Leaders of seven Bay Area interfaith councils and PMC commemorate UN Human Rights Day on December 10th

Multifaith Thanksgiving - shared thoughts and prayers of gratitude and thanksgiving on November 24th (Zoom Recording)

Standing up to Racism on October 19th (Zoom recording)

  Suggested reading materials:

• Don’t really get all the BLM stuff?
• Anti-Racism chart
• A fairly comprehensive list from Coalition Z
• Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America (Michael Eric Dyson)
• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Robin J. DiAngelo)
• The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness  (Rhonda V. Magee)
• Ain't I a Woman by Sojourner Truth
• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander 
• The Souls of Black Folks by W.E.B DuBois 
• NY Times Richard Rothstein article  "Black Lives Next Door"  also highlights Coalition Z
• American Christianity's White Supremacy Problem by Michael Luo
• White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones

Crop Walk on October 18th

Teen Beach Clean-up at Poplar Beach on October 12th

Real Talk San Mateo Ep. 5 – A Senior's Perspective on Policing (Jim Sell - PMC Vice-President appears on this video.

An Interfaith Discussion About Race and Racism Zoom Event on August 3rd 2020

7th Annual PMC Songfest on March 1st, 2020

•  pictures and video from this event

MLK Jr. Day of Service on Jan. 20, 2020

• Press coverage of this event
• pictures and video from this event
• Overall video showing the MLK Jr. community day of service experience

Interfaith Thanksgiving Dinner sponsored by Pacifica Institute & hosted by St. Andrews Lutheran Church on November 23rd, 2019.

Mosaic TV show – on March 10, 2019 on KPIX, channel 5, Interviewees:   Pastor Connie W-E., Rev. Kristi D. and Dick H.

• Video of this TV Show

Multifaith Songfest at Mercy Center on March 3rd, 2019

• Video & pictures from this event

PMC is honored at the JCRC "Behind the Scenes" Gala on February 27th.

• Video from this event
• Pictures from this event

MLK Jr. Day of Service 2019

• Pictures from this wonderful day of service (thank you to Ineko Tsuchida, Richard Mayer, Dilip Amin, Sam Herzberg & many others)

• BBQ at Safe Harbor - video (thank you Dilip Amin)

Welcoming the Stranger on December 1st - video (thank you Dilip Amin)

Prayers for Peace in the Park on Sept. 3rd - pictures

Prayers for Peace video:

  Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

   Bahai Faith of Mid-Peninsula

   Peninsula Sinai Congregation

  Sanatan Mandir San Bruno

   Shinnyo-En

  Sisters of Mercy

Interfaith Prayer Service Unites Traditions on May 20, 2018

PMC Songfest on March 4th, 2018 - Video

PMC Songfest - pictures.

Kyoko Sato from Shinnyo-en USA Head Temple (a PMC member) reflects on the 2018 MLK Jr. Day of Service

By the Numbers - 2018 MLK Day of Service

Pictures from the 2018 MLK Day of Service

Multifaith Women's Panel on September 17th, 2017  Thanks to Kyoko Sato & Vickie Sherman

Trinity Baptist Church Annual Picnic at Coyotr Point on  August 13th, 2017

2017 Peninsula Multifaith Song Fest on March 5th, 2017

Video from the 2017 Peninsula Multifaith Song Fest

Thank you to Dilip Amin

Even more video and pictures from the Peninsula Multifaith Song Fest

Thank you to Dilip Amin

Audio from the 2017 Peninsula Multifaith Song Fest

Pictures from the 2017 MLK Jr. Day of Service

 Thank you to: Richard Mayer, Dilip Amin, Ineko Tsuchida; Dana Izenson, Mujeeb Ijaz,          Maggie Timeus, Michelle Ishida & others

2017 MLK Jr. Day of Service Recap and Statistics

Press coverage of the 2017 MLK Day of Service from the Pacifica Institute

More Press Coverage of the 2017 MLK Day of Service from the Shinnyo-en Foundation

PMC Press Release for the 2016 MLK Day of Service

Pictures from the Prayer for Peace Event on Sept. 5th

Thank you to Lisa Striebing of St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Video from the Prayer for Peace

Thank you to Dilip Amin of Sanatan Mandir

More pictures from the Prayer for Peace Event

Thank you Claire Felong of St. Matthias

More Video from the Prayer for Peace

Thank you Claire Felong of St. Matthias

Video from the 2016 MLK Jr. Community Day of Service

Thank you to Dilip Amin of Sanatan Mandir

Press Coverage from the 2106 MLK Jr. Day of Service

More Press Coverage from the San Jose Mercury

Pictures from our 2016 MLK Jr, Day of Service

Thank you to Matt Schulman, Richard Mayer, Micki Carter, MLK Day Project Captains and others.

Thank you notes from North Shoreview school children

Thank you from CALL Primrose  

Thank you from Lucile Packard Foundation

Survey for 2016 MLK Jr. Day of Service volunteers

Red Lentil Soup recipe (hundreds made for the MLK Jr. Day of Service)

Video from the Ramadan Iftar Event at PTBE 

Thank you to Fatih Ates from the Pacifica Institute

Press release covering Ramadan Iftar Event at PTBE on June 28th 2015

Pictures from the Ramadan Iftar Event at PTBE on June 28th, 2015

Thank you to Matt Schulman

Additional pictures from the Ramadan Iftar Event

Thanks again to Matt Schulman

Video from the 3rd Annual Songfest held on April 19th, 2015

Thank you to Arleigh Grossman from PTBE

Additional Video from the Multifaith Song Fest

Pictures from the Multifaith Song Fest  

Thank you to Kyoko Lee and the AV team at Shinnyo-en Temple

2015 Multifaith Day of Service: - Thank You Notes 1    Thank You Notes 2  Thank You Notes 3

2015 Multifaith Day of Service Recap Presentation - thanks to Karen Wisialowski

Publicity regarding our 2015 Multifaith Day of Service

  -  from the San Mateo Daily Journal on Jan. 26th 2015

 -   from J.Weekly.com on Jan 22nd 2015

 -   from San Jose Mercury News on Jan. 30th 2015

A volunteer's personal reflection on her experience at the 2015 Multifaith Day of Service

Pictures from the 2015 Multifaith Day of Service (Set 1) - thanks to Richard Mayer, Evan Reader, Jennifer Jacobson, Katie Felong, Kingsley Leong, Bill Sherman and others.

Pictures from the 2015 Multifaith Day of Service  (Set 2)-

The following picures were taken on the 2015 Multifaith Day of Service at the North Shoreview Montessori School project -  all thanks to Maggie Timeus

•  Flower Garden 
•  School Overview
•  Gardening 
•  Food 
•  Cleaning Carpets  
•  Window Washing  

Pictures from the Multifaith Picnic and Community Cleanup Event on Sept. 1st

More Pictures from the Labor Day Picnic and Cleanup Event - thanks to Karen Wisialowski

Pictures from the Ramadan Iftar Dinner Event held at PTBE on July 26th.

Pictures from the Freedom Seder -  on Sunday, March 23rd.

Multifaith Day of Service on January 20th, 2014

Pictures from the 2014 Multifaith Day of Service  These pictures were taken by a number of photographers including     Richard Mayer, Joel Miller, Drew Sherman, Michael Glass and others.

Thank You notes from students at Hoover Community School. Hoover was a major classroom cleanup project on our Day of  Service.

Pictures from the Ukrainian Orphanage showing craft projects created by volunteers on our Day of Service  Thanks to Debbie Grewal of the LDS Church

Publicity regarding the 2014 Multifaith Day of Service

•   from the San Mateo Daily Journal
•   from the Belmont Patch

Beresford Potluck Community Potluck Event on August 25th, 2013

Pictures from the  from the August 25th, 2013 Beresford Park Community Potluck Event. 

Freedom Seder held on March 10th, 2013

Multifaith Day of Service on January 21st, 2013

Publicity about the Multifaith Day of Service on January 21st, 2013:

• From the Belmont Patch
• From the San Mateo Daily Journal
• From the Redwood City Daily News

Pictures from this event - thanks to Richard Mayer of PTBE.

Interfaith Potluck Event at Beresford Community Center in San Mateo on Aug. 26th 2012

•     Pictures from the Potluck Event