Every year, 500 corporate, business and non-profit leaders, philanthropists, elected officials and grassroots community leaders attend the PACT Luncheon to celebrate outstanding members of the community who have demonstrated civic leadership for the well-being of Silicon Valley.
2016 Honorees:
Honorary Hosts: Aart de Geus, John and Tashia Morgridge, Susan Packard Orr and Lynn Orr, John A. and Sue Sobrato.
How do racial profiling and unconscious bias affect you and our community?
Join us for:
BLACK & BROWN LIVES MATTER
Join our Santa Clara County Movement! Guided by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’ s principles of love and justice and responding to events in Ferguson, New York, North Carolina, Baltimore and our own community, faith leaders are bringing together community members, law enforcement officials, and elected officials to unite for the shared goals of safety, trust and justice for all.
SPONSORS: Bible Way Christian Center, Congregation Shir Hadash, Diocese of San Jose, Emmanuel Baptist Church, First Unitarian Church of San Jose, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Westminster Presbyterian Church, St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, SJ/SV NAACP, PACT: People Acting in Community Together
PACT (People Acting in Community Together) is an inter-faith, multi-ethnic grassroots organization that empowers everyday people to create a more just community. Our diverse faith traditions and values motivate us to overcome the apathy and resignation that often stands in the way of improving communities. Many of us find strength and guidance in our faith to take the risks necessary to act on behalf of ourselves and others. And in many of our neighborhoods, faith institutions hold together the fabric of community life and thus provide a strong social and financial basis for a broad-based community improvement effort.
Join us for a conversation with Carol Stephenson and Harriet Wolf of PACT. Find out what PACT is all about and learn about their Clergy Council and the new Beloved Community project connected to Black Lives Matter.
Bring your own lunch and join us!
Please let us know you plan to attend at rsvp@sivicouncil.org