Winter reminds us to rest, reflect, and keep the fire burning🔥

Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
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Dear friend,

As the days get colder and the daylight hours get shorter, our bodies remind us of our need to rest, to reflect, to breathe deeply. It is this period of stillness, of hibernation, that allows us to digest all that has happened this year. In this time of reflection, we have an opportunity to draw lessons from all we have experienced and witnessed, as we rebuild our fortitude to prepare for whatever comes ahead.

For many of us, this year has been particularly intense, and has left us with a lot to process. Especially for those of us with the sensitivity to feel deeply for the world around us, we may find ourselves feeling more tired or more drained than usual. This is okay. It is the wisdom of our bodies calling on us to rest, reflect, and digest.

These winter months offer us a beautiful reminder of our vulnerability, and our deeply human need for community and connection. The hyper-individualistic society can move us to forget how much we truly need one another; how much we are truly shaped and defined by our interdependence and interconnectedness.

At the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, we hold that we are strongest when we recognize the interwovenness of our needs and when we stand together to ensure our collective needs are met. As we look ahead to increasingly uncertain times, we find solace in the strength and support of our friends and allies, and we ground ourselves in the power of our collective movement ecosystem.

This year, the RMPJC has focused on coalition building, movement empowerment, and issue intersectionality as our primary areas of focus. We have served as a resource center for nonviolence trainings – helping to upscale our movement allies for whatever comes next. We have worked to beautify our coalitions’ events and actions through the transformational power of art. We have worked to empower new voices in the movement that have been historically excluded from discourse, by making tools and resources available for advocacy. We have worked in multiple coalitions at the local, state, and national level to uplift a unified call for the abolition of nuclear weapons and power plants, justice for our immigrant and Indigenous communities, and liberation for Palestine and all people suffering under colonial occupation and oppression.

Just as winter reminds us to rest, it also reminds us that it is vital to keep the fire burning and hold space for all to be warmed by it.

Help us keep the fire burning by becoming a monthly sustainer; even a monthly donation of $5-25 goes a long way for maintaining the sustainability of our organization and our efforts! This year, during Colorado Gives month (Nov. 1 - Dec. 9), any new sustaining donation will be matched 100%!

With deep gratitude and solidarity,

The RMPJC Staff & Spokes Council: Betty Ball, Sergio Atallah, Myrna Morales, Jim Nelson, Giselle Herzfeld, Chris Allred, Abby Powell, Adrienne Havey, Jennifer Shriver

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Thanks to your support this year, we:

Scaled up our nonviolence training program, by hosting multiple De-Escalation, Active Bystander, and Art and Activism Trainings!

Co-led a grassroots campaign of civic engagement with 9 local governments to establish informative warning signage at Rocky Flats and oppose the development of a public trail on radioactive land.

Worked closely with Longmont for Palestine to co-host over 10 events, build the local movement for Palestinian solidarity, and support families in Gaza.

Attended and co-organized the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability DC Days event, with 55 frontline organizers from nuclear sites around the U.S. participating in 85 meetings with Congressional staff and key government departments.

Collaborated with the Nuclear Free Colorado Coalition to organize the 4th annual Nuclear-Free Pueblo Day of Action, where we distributed hundreds of flyers to homes threatened by a proposed nuclear plant, and hosted a rally saying NO to nuclear!

Maintained a consistent presence at Colorado Palestine Coalition meetings, marches, and events throughout the year, including creating and bringing over 100 screen printed signs to Denver events calling for Palestinian liberation.