Free palestine

Over the past year, a powerful shift has taken place across the San Gabriel Valley. What began as scattered calls for a permanent ceasefire in Palestine has grown into a coordinated regional movement grounded in community care, moral clarity, and the belief that local voices matter in global struggles.

Seven cities in the SGV have now adopted ceasefire resolutions: Alhambra, El Monte, La Puente, Montebello, Monterey Park, Pasadena, and Pomona. These decisions did not happen quietly or automatically. They happened because residents organized, educated one another, mobilized, and filled City Council chambers in ways many cities have never seen before.

SGV Progressive Action supported and helped lead some of these efforts with coalition building, canvassing, public comment coordination, multilingual outreach, and connecting residents across neighborhoods. Alongside partner organizations and community members, we worked city by city, sometimes late into the night, to ensure local leaders heard the call for peace and accountability.

For many people in the SGV, this work is personal. Our region is home to immigrant, refugee and displaced communities, including families who have experienced war, occupation, and loss firsthand. Those lived histories created a foundation of empathy and solidarity across cultures, faiths, and generations.

These ceasefire resolutions carry real meaning. They show that people in our region refuse to normalize genocide, ongoing violence, and the use of public dollars to cause harm. They also send a message beyond city limits to congressional representatives who pay attention to local leadership: residents are demanding a permanent ceasefire and an end to U.S. military support that enables further loss of life.

While these victories represent major progress, the work continues. We will keep organizing until Palestine is Free.