#FamiliesBelongTogether&Free Rally Sat 10am, Niagara Sq; more

Above photo: Mom being searched & crying child @ border; John Moore/Getty Images

716-332-3904 716-931-3520 6/27/18

Dear Friends,

Please join us for the Families Belong Together Rally & March at 10am Saturday, June 30. Rally at Niagara Square, with Music and Speakers; then march up to ICE at Delaware North, 250 Delaware Ave. (cnr w Chippewa). Please wear yellow (color for amnesty)!! Signs are welcome. And all are welcome!! Asylum is a human right. #familiesbelongtogether; #SiSePuede. See wnypeace.org/familes-belong-together-rally-and-march/ Continue supporting immigrants & refugees at Taste of Diversity and the Burmese Water Festival on Grant from

Many thanks to the many who’ve joined us for the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Thousands have been active in NYS and the US (and internationally). There’re have also been over 100 arrests over the period in Albany, with many more nationally and in DC. Meanwhile the campaign has only just begun. Join us for the Celebration For Change: a Poor People’s Campaign Event Thurs, July 12, 5:30 til 7:30pm at MLK Park. Music will include a Community Jam Session with Ismail & Co, food (hot dogs and potluck), and great information and inspiration from supporting groups. #UnitetheStruggles.

Also, if you haven’t already, please register for the Poor People’s Campaign: a National Call for Moral Revival, at https://www.actionnetwork.org/events/new-york-delegation-poor-peoples-campaign-global-day-of-solidarity-and-mass-rally-in-dc

Lastly don’t forget to sign your 8 to 13 year olds for Camp Peaceprints, now in its 11th year, July 16-27, M-F 10am-3pm; with swimming (4 times); field trips to new Underground Railroad Museum in/and Niagara Falls, as well as Tifft’s Nature Preserve. We’ll also meeting with Mayor Brown. Sign them up with registration form accessible at wnypeace.org/education&humanrights

IF YOU ARE A LIFEGUARD AND ARE WILLING TO WORK 1-2PM ON TUES & THURS, IE, JULY 17, 19, 24, & 26, PLEASE CONTACT US AT 716-931-3520 (CALL OR TEXT)!

Many Thanks, Peace, Solidarity, and yes Love.

See our calendar for more details! as well as the rest of this post (click below).

#UniteTheStruggles #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver

Remember to tune in: DEMOCRACY NOW! IS NOW BEING BROADCAST MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY 91.3FM. Hear it over the radio or streaming live at wbny.buffalostate.edu or http://tunein.com/radio/WBNY-913-s27549/.

Below are
– more event listings (see also calendar & facebook page);
– Taskforce items and campaigns; and
– regularly scheduled events – all in that order.
And be sure to go to wnypeace.org/calendar for more event listings – there’s plenty more and additions are frequent! …..

No hate, no fear as we are #StillResisting. #UnitetheStruggles !
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love. #loveisloveBUF <3

716-332-3904 716-931-3520 6/21/18

Dear Friends,

Yes!! Desperately needed and We Shall Overcome! Si, se puede! There’ll be a Families Belong Together Rally & March at 10am Saturday, June 30, starting at Niagara Square, with Music, Speakers, and a march up to ICE at Delaware North, 250 Delaware Ave. (cnr w Chippewa). Numerous groups and individuals have flocked to support. See wnypeace.org/familes-belong-together-rally-and-march/

Please join us for the free bus going to Washington DC for the 40th-day-of-action kickoff period of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival! It’s a Sat, June 23 – Bus trip to DC (Leaving Fri/Sat Midnight from UB South Park & Ride). Register today to ensure you save your seat on the bus! Sign up at https://goo.gl/n6jyUh

Also please register at https://www.actionnetwork.org/events/new-york-delegation-poor-peoples-campaign-global-day-of-solidarity-and-mass-rally-in-dc

And the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival has only just begun. Join us for the Celebration For Change: a Poor People’s Campaign Event Thurs, July 12, 5:30 to Dusk at MLK Park. Music will include a Community Jam Session with Ismail & Co, food (hot dogs and potluck), and great information and inspiration from supporting groups. #UnitetheStruggles.

Our tabling at the World Refugee Celebration at LaSalle Park on Sat, June 23, will not be a watch party after all as the high probability of rain pre-empts use of our electronic equipment. We’ll still promote the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival! at the WNY Peace Center Table 10am-1pm. Please come out to that event 8am-8pm (soccer games, children’s activities, entertainment, food, and most of all Caring for People and the Planet! Now more important than ever!

You’ll want to save some energy for Sunday, 6/24, too, both for the Racial Justice Taskforce at 1-2:30pm at the WNYPC (1272 Delaware, entrance & pkg round back of building). Then two superb events take place at 4pm: (1) Dare to Dream – with film documentary and exploration re the famed excellent Cuban free medical school program, at Hallwalls (Delaware @Tupper); and Music in the Woods – inspirational musical experience with renowned musicians Nan Hoffman, Joe Tumino and friends at Riverside Salem, 3449 West River Road, Grand Island.

Lastly don’t forget to sign your 8 to 13 year olds for Camp Peaceprints, now in its 11th year, July 16-27, M-F 10am-3pm; with swimming (4 times); field trips to new Underground Railroad Museum in/and Niagara Falls, as well as Tifft’s Nature Preserve. We’ll also meeting with Mayor Brown. Sign them up with registration form accessible at wnypeace.org/education&humanrights

Many Thanks, Peace, Solidarity, and yes Love.

See our calendar for more details! as well as the rest of this post (click below).

#PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver

Remember to tune in: DEMOCRACY NOW! IS NOW BEING BROADCAST MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY 91.3FM. Hear it over the radio or streaming live at wbny.buffalostate.edu or http://tunein.com/radio/WBNY-913-s27549/.

Below are
– more event listings (see also calendar & facebook page);
– Taskforce items and campaigns; and
– regularly scheduled events – all in that order.
And be sure to go to wnypeace.org/calendar for more event listings – there’s plenty more and additions are frequent! …..

No hate, no fear as we are #StillResisting. #UnitetheStruggles !
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love. #loveisloveBUF <3

Let’s pass Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act (S2721/A4189)

ACTION ALERT!      ACTION ALERT!     ACTION ALERT!

We need your help tomorrow, June 15. We haven’t come this far without YOU!

Please contact Gov Cuomo with new message tomorrow, Friday/June 15
New message:   Apply pressure on the NYS legislat ure to pass the Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act (S2721/A4189) during this legislative session, which ends next week.
1.  Send text to 21333 and type the following message:  FARMWORKERS.          Follow the prompts to be connected to Gov’s office and leave message.
2. OR….call 518-474-8390 and leave message.
 
Thank you for continuing to walk this journey with NYS farmworkers!    
Marilu

#Justice4Farmworkers   #NY4Farmworkers   #TimesUp
 
Extracts from the NYCLU 2017-2018 Legislative Memorandum follow and full memo is attached.


“Farmworkers are the backbone of New York’s massive agricultural industry.  An estimated 80,000 to 100,000 migrant, seasonal and dairy workers labor on New York farms.  New York ranks among the top agricultural states in the country; it is the second largest producer of apples, snap beans and maple syrup, and is now the third largest dairy producer in the nation.”
 
“The denial of labor rights for farmworkers cannot be justified as a matter of law, nor as a matter of farm industry economics. Farming in New York is a multi-billion dollar industry, making the state one of the nation’s agricultural leaders. And agricultural industry growth in 21st century New York has been more vigorous than ever…”
 
“And yet, for those who do the work of harvesting vegetables, picking apples and grapes, and feeding, cleaning and milking herds of dairy cow, the pay is low, conditions are deplorable, and the work is grueling, dangerous and at times life-threatening.  But unlike other hourly workers, farmworkers are not entitled to fundamental labor protections due to a legacy of the Jim Crow era, farmworkers are excluded from the rights to overtime pay, a day of rest per week, and workers’compensation when injured on the job.  To make matters worse, farworkers to not even have the right to engage in collective bargaining to try to improve their conditions.”