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National Day of Service and Remembrance

Paying Tribute

Join us on September 11th to renew our community spirit of service inspired by those who came forward in service after the attacks. Through community volunteering, we can be reminded how working more closely together can improve our neighborhoods, our towns and our country.

We will kick-off the day with a fun and inspiring rally with hundreds of volunteers and community members at San Jose City Hall. Attendees will enjoy continental breakfast, musical entertainment, local speakers, and have a chance to win fabulous door prizes, including an Apple Watch. Volunteers will also receive specific details about their project assignment and pick up their event t-shirt.

After the rally, volunteers will be deployed to their project site. All projects are helping to build the capacity of local nonprofits that help families, seniors and veterans who are trying to make ends meet. Projects that include painting, gardening, and cleaning will leave a lasting impact and create visible change.

Whether you can help out the whole time or just join us for the rally, we look forward to seeing you there!

Interested in participating?
Complete the registration form and we will contact you with project options.

The kick-off event at San Jose City Hall (200 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose 95113) will begin at 8:00am. Following the kick-off, volunteers will be deployed to nearby project sites at non-profit partners. Street parking is free until 9:00 am.
Continental breakfast and lunch provided.
Age Requirement: Children over the age of 12 are welcome if accompanied by their parent or guardian.
Registration: Fill out the form to register for this event.

Sponsored by United Way in conjunction with Texas Instruments, Bank of America, AMD, Tivo, Comerica, Sue & Dick Levy, Western Digital.

Honorary Host Committee: Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, Senator Bob Wieckowski, Senator Jim Beall, Assemblymember Mark Stone, Assemblymember Nora Campos.

SBIA Ramadan Open House

As you may know, the Islamic holy month of Ramadan has commenced, and Muslims all over the world are observing this time through abstaining from food, drink and other worldly pleasures during the daylight hours, spending time and money to help those less fortunate, and focusing on how they can improve themselves.
It’s also a time where friends get together to meet one another over a meal. SBIA (the South Bay Islamic Association), the oldest Muslim Organization in the South Bay area, traditionally hosts an Open House during Ramadan. You are cordially invited to our Ramadan Iftar (fast-breaking dinner) Program, as our guest.

7:40 pm – Welcome by Emcee
7:45 – Overview of Ramadan/Q&A by Imam Tahir Anwar
8:20 – What Ramadan means to me by a young community member
8:33 – Iftar (Fast-breaking)
8:45 – Evening Prayer
8:55 – Dinner

Please RSVP by email (rsvp@sbia.info) so we can make the appropriate arrangements.  We do hope you will be able to join us and very much look forward to seeing you on July 12.

SBIA Ramadan Open House Committee

Memorial Service for Carolina shooting victims

Grace Baptist Church in San Jose will hold a memorial service for the victims of the shootings in South Carolina. All are welcome to come and honor those who were killed last month at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.

Standing Witness

Standing Witness commemorates the 150TH anniversary of the ending of the American Civil War, abolition of slavery and assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The weekend events begin with a symposium in the new Student Union Theater at San Jose State University. The program traces advances and struggles in civil rights and civil liberties of Californian pioneers of color from Emancipation to the turn of the 20th century, from San Francisco Bay to San Jose.

The Standing Witness Symposium will include Keynote presenter Professor Herbert Ruffin, Syracuse University Department of African American Studies, a San Jose State University alumnus and author of Uninvited Neighbors: African Americans in Silicon Valley 1769-1990 (University of Oklahoma Press). With Prof. Ruffin will be a presenter from the Muwekma tribe, Stan Yogi of the ACLU, an expert on the actions of activists in California during the Civil War, Fr. Jerry Drino, who will describe the work of Rev. Cassey, Bonnie Montgomery on anti-Chinese racism in California, Jean Libby presenting the story of John Brown’s family who settled in Saratoga, and discussion of prejudice against Latinos in the state from the end of the Civil War into the 20th Century.

The symposium is  sponsored by Canterbury-Bridge student organization, the Rev. Kathleen Crowe, Chaplain.