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With your help, Western Justice Center (WJC) transforms conflict into opportunities for greater understanding through convening stakeholders, educating youth and adults and designing conflict resolution systems.  Every dollar you donate makes a difference in someone’s life. 

WJC uses your donations efficiently.  For every $1.00 donated, $0.76 goes directly toward our programs.

For example, with our youth programs, your gift supports:

  • $50      Peer mediation training materials for one classroom
  • $100    Art for Peace curriculum to one school
  • $250    One student’s participation in the annual Peer Mediation Invitational
  • $500    One student’s participation in the School Peacebuilders program
  • $1000  One training session for 20 educators to teach conflict resolution skills to their students    

Click here to make a donation

Your gift may qualify as an income tax deduction. Please consult with your attorney, financial planner or tax advisor regarding potential tax advantages and other aspects of charitable giving.

Other Ways to Give

      • By Check – WJC is a 501(c)(3) public charity.  Make your check payable to Western Justice Center Foundation.  Mail your gift to:

Western Justice Center Foundation
55 S. Grand Ave.
Pasadena, CA  91105
Attn:  Bethany Leal

  • Matching Gifts programs are available through many employers who will match or multiply a donor’s gift up to a certain amount.
  • Gifts of Marketable Securities provide donors with a charitable deduction for the fair market value of the security and, when appreciated, a capital gains tax savings.
  • A gift of Real Estate allows a donor to receive an income tax deduction based on the full market value of the gift, secure capital gains tax savings, and avoid certain costs associated with the transfer of real estate.
  • Planned Gifts can be made by leaving a gift to Western Justice Center in a will or a charitable remainder trust with tax and income benefits.

For more information, please contact Bethany Leal at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 

Western Justice Center Blog


  • Introducing Encompass's Creating Bias-Free Classrooms Preview
    Posted by Sarah Belknap on January 04, 2012 

    Western Justice Center and Encompass have formed a collaboration that allows us to expand our services to schools. WJC would like to introduce you to our partner’s educator training program, Creating Bias-Free Classrooms.  This interactive teacher-training program uses live, improvisational theater to equip educators to build safe and inclusive classroom environments.  During each training session, teachers learn the laws and relevant teaching standards for creating a safe classroom.  They assess their own comfort and competence in handling these issues, learn to identify various forms of bias, and get hands-on experience in the most effective techniques to use in a classroom. By watching realistic classroom scenes performed by teenage actors, the teachers get to see how bias affects every student in the classroom. Teachers can safely experiment with different strategies of addressing bias related to gender, race or sexual orientation by practicing on teenage actors who are trained in improvisational theater.

    The program was created by Encompass and is a project of a service-learning class at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.   Join us on January 19, 2012  from 5-7:30 p.m. for an overview and demonstration of the program. Please RSVP with This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • Judge Nelson in Pasadena Magazine
    Posted by Sarah Belknap on December 10, 2011 
    Judge Dorothy Nelson who founded WJC is profiled in this month's Pasadena magazine.  Judge_Nelson_Pasadena_Magazine_December_2011.pdf
  • Non-violence and Occupy LA
    Posted by Bethany Leal on December 02, 2011 

    As a long-time activist, I have understood the theory of non-violent action for many years.  I have studied the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins and the teachings of Cesar Chavez.  Only recently, however, have I come to understand and fully embrace the practice of non-violent action and conflict resolution.

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  • August Training Wrap-Up
    Posted by Emily Linnemeier on September 13, 2011 

    August was a training whirlwind for WJC program staff and the stakeholders we work with across the education spectrum: teachers, students, and security officers.  This approach of training stakeholders disperses conflict resolution knowledge throughout an educational institution so that all members of the school community can support one another in using conflict resolution skills.

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  • It Takes Strength to Compromise
    Posted by Sarah Belknap on August 01, 2011 
    Strong supporter Tanya Acker talks the debt ceiling, compromise, and what Congress can learn from elementary school students in her new blog piece on the Huffington Post. Click here to check it out and tell us what you think via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , facebook, or twitter.
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