SUPPORT PORTLAND AND NONVIOLENT ACTION
July 24th, 2020
We hope you were able to join us this afternoon at Niagara/Liberation Square for the National Day of Action to Support Portland! Get out in the streets to gather – wherever your latest town gathering place – to stand up for the people and against state violence! The state exists to serve the people, not to attack them!
On Sunday afternoon, please join us for our Nonviolent Direct Action Study, also at Niagara/Liberation Square. Come for shared learning, deepening commitment and trust, and strengthening our collective abilities to deliver nonviolent direct action and improve our nonviolence literacy. (Also see this great Ted Talk by Alia Braley.) More details – including agenda items – on our website.
Next week at MLK Park, Free the People WNY Coalition is hosting a Community Speak Out where stories will be shared on how policing in Buffalo and Erie County has affected each of us, our families, and our communities. If you can’t make it, you can submit your stories anonymously here. See more details in our events listing below.
As we continue to report, the fight for racial justice is ongoing – daily – at Niagara Square thanks to the WNY Liberation Collective. Our own Racial Justice Taskforce continues to work independently while also connecting with those at the Square and elsewhere.
We are also happy to report that the second (and final) week of our 13thannual youth summer camp, Camp Peaceprints, was another success! We are so grateful for and to all who joined us this summer and look forward to seeing you next year!
Lastly, we want to remind you that through August, contributions of $100 or more to WNYPC gets you one of Amanda Besl’s beautiful limited edition pieces (while supplies last), plus your choice of the #RESIST or #LoveIsLove lawn sign, AND will have your donation matched by the Fr. Bissonette Fund! For more information and to contribute, please visit the fundraiser page on our website. We cannot say it enough – this work can only be done with your support, for which we are so grateful!
Please see details and much more below, including other special events this week, regularly scheduled events, campaigns, fundraisers, and more at wnypeace.org, on our Facebook page, Twitter (@wnypeace), and Instagram (@wnypeace)!
Peace, thanks, solidarity and yes – love.
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*** Please refer to our website for details on our *UPDATED* REGULARLY SCHEDULED (monthly/weekly) EVENTSand ‘Helping Hands’ resources. We also update our SPECIAL EVENT CALENDARoften as we learn of new events, so please be sure to check back regularly! ***
UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS
FRI, JULY 24TH @ 4:30 PM: WNY SUPPORTS PORTLAND!
At Niagara/Liberation Square, Buffalo. Please see above for details.
SUNDAY, JULY 26TH @ 3:00 PM: NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION STUDY
At Niagara/Liberation Square, Buffalo. Please see above for details.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29TH @ 6:30 PM: COMMUNITY SPEAK OUT
At MLK Park, Buffalo. Please see above for details.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH @ 1:00 PM: PRESS CONFERENCE FOR A NUCLEARFREE FUTURE: 75 YEARS SINCE HIROSHIMA
At the Japanese Gardens of the Buffalo History Museum, 25 Nottingham Court, Buffalo 14216. Join Indigenous Women’s Initiatives, Nekanehsakt, Peace Action NYS, and the WNYPC for a press conference pressing for a NuclearFree Future and full sovereignty and reparations for Indigenous Peoples. Public officials have been invited. Come out – with masks – to support progress on these vital issues in preparation for August 9th – United Nations International Day of World Indigenous Peoples and a day for a NuclearFree Future! More details here.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9TH: UN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WORLD INDIGENOUS PEOPLES & COMMEMORATING 75 YEARS SINCE US NUCLEAR BOMBING
Hybrid event on Zoom and at the Japanese Gardens of the Buffalo History Museum. Virtual programming will include Indigenous dance, songs, learning, and a market. Lantern ceremony and interfaith prayer service will be in-person (also to be streamed on Zoom) – please wear a mask and follow proper physical distancing guidelines.
#UNITE | #OneLove | #WeShallOvercome | #SiSePuede!