716-332-3904 10/8/19 wnypeace.org
Dear Friends,
Thanks to the many who came out for the Erie County Holding Center (ECHC) Vigil on Wednesday at 4-6pm in front of the ECHC, on Delaware between Church & Eagle. We of course invite you again this week – and to the many regularly scheduled events (see below) such as the Thursday 5-6pm End ICE Terror vigils in front of the Delaware North Building where ICE has local offices. Please bring signs – and determination for real change to systemic violence and racism!
Please register now for the World On Your Plate Conference! The conference, at Daemen College on Fri & Sat, Oct 11-12, is a great opportunity to learn more about food, food politics, and our current issues, with great food and equally great company! Don’t miss it. The conference is free to students, and the low price is also accompanied by scholarships as needed.
We will be hosting a workshop, “Biodiversity, Onenes, and the 99%,” that will be an eye-opener for many, based on info gleaned from environmental activist Dr. Vandana Shiva and her Women’s Biodiversity Conference that Vicki Ross (WNYPC Director) attended in India. Student Valerie Juang will assist. Come see us there.
More news on our 52nd Annual Dinner – besides Medea Benjamin of CodePink as keynote; and WNY Resistance Revival Chorus getting the Alt-imate Activist Award, we will also be giving Valentino Dixon the Emerging Leaders Award! As most of you know, Valentino was just released when exonerated after 27 years of outrageous, unjust incarceration. Tickets are available on our website!
We also hope you can donate items for the basket raffle and silent auction! Please contact us at info@wnypeace.org, and/or call the office 716-332-3904. The dinner is a main source of support for our operations. We appreciate you, your membership, and all your support – needed now more than ever. This is not a practice round – our political, economic, and social issues need the WNYPC principles and spirit. Another world is possible!
Please also make a quick call to your congressperson at 202-224-3121 (or go to our Get Involved drop-down menu, Gov’t Contacts) and urge your House Representative to co-sponsor H. Res. (House Resolution) 152: Calling for a formal end to the Korean War. The Korean War — now 70 years-old — is the longest continuing US conflict in the world. It’s time to end it, and we need your help!
Please join our Friends of Democracy Now! campaign. To keep it on WBNY, we must raise funds. Please contribute to WNYPC – online or with a check sent (and made out) to WNY Peace Center, 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14209, and write in the memo line: Friends of Democracy Now! (or in a note with the online submission). Truth-telling is needed, and Democracy Now! is the one to do it!
And of course, tune in to DEMOCRACY NOW! BROADCAST Live MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY 91.3FM. or streaming live at wbny.buffalostate.edu.
Please go to our website (wnypeace.org) calendar for plenty more listings, campaigns in the website posts, and info on our facebook page.
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
#Unite! #OneLove
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Events this week:
No More Deaths! – Vigil at Erie Co Holding Center
Weds, Oct 2 @ 4:00 pm – 6 pm
Please join with the WNYPC’s Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce at this regular Wednesday vigil at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church). Sheriff Howard is (yet another) elected official who needs to be impeached. Come ahead – All are welcome. Grieving families will be joining us, and people with related lived experience are more than welcome! Please, too, bring signs. Cosponsored by Brothers Doing Better, Buffalo AntiRacism Coalition (BARC), Prisoners Are People Too, and more in process.
Erie Co Leg: Public Safety Committee
October 10 @ 5:30 pm
At Old County Hall, Franklin St between Church & Eagle, 4th Fl (legislative session room). On the agenda is the new Corrections Advisory Board.
World On Your Plate – Restore The Earth!
October 11 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
16th Annual Conference focusing on food, nutrition, the environment, farming and politics. More at http://www.worldonyourplate.org/ Friday, October 11th, 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. and Saturday October 12th, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Daemen College, Wick Student Center, 4380 Main Street, Amherst, NY 14226 Tickets include all meals and activities. Pre-Registered Fri. & Sat. or Sat Only: $35 | Fri. Only 10$ | At Door Add 5$
students pre-registered & with ID are free.
REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS in the One Struggle, One Vision, One Love:
Talking Peace with the WNY Peace Center Radio Show on 91.3FM, WBNY. Mondays, 1-3pm. Call-in show with Vicki Ross hosting. Also streaming on-line at wbny.buffalostate.edu.
Postcard Tuesdays –9:30-11am, at the Daily Planet Café on Hertel Avenue, just east of Starin. Come to write your viewpoints on current issues to your Congressional reps and various bank presidents about current injustices. Organized by StandUpWNY (writing materials/postcards provided).
Buffalo Nekanesakt. Indigenous support group/allies. 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm. At Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Ave. All are welcome!! Reading group for the Great Law of Peace meets on the last Tuesday of the month.
Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce – Wednesdays 4-6pm protest/vigils at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church). All are welcome. Please bring signs.
Resist Militarism! Taskforce – regular monthly planning meeting third Weds of the month, at Isaías González-Soto Branch (formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201; 5-6:30pm.
Interfaith Peace Network, 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month, 9:15am at 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo NY 14209 entrance and parking round back.) Breakfast potluck, planning/publicizing, & discussion.
Vigil for Victims of ICE Terror – Thursdays, 5-6pm, ICE building on the corner of (@250) Delaware and Chippewa. Bring your signs and spirit of Solidarity. We will not stay silent! #EndICETerror #FamiliesBelongTogether #AbolishICE #CLOSETHECAMPS #NeverAgainIsNow
Buffalo Youth Climate Strike – all are welcome 2-3pm at Niagara Square for a youth-led rally to stand up for People and the Planet, and radical change to mitigate and avert climate catastrophe. Bring signs! See you there! This week runs 2-5pm (see above!)
Environmental Justice Taskforce – Vigil to Protest the Shipments of VERY Dangerous Radioactive Liquid from Canada coming over the Peace Bridge. Fridays 2-3pm, Front Park at Vermont & Busti, Buffalo. Signs welcome and also usually available.
Stop The Violence Coalition – 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month; 6pm, United Way Building, Delaware and Summer Sts.
Women In Black – Nonviolence vigil, Bidwell and Elmwood. Saturdays, Noon-1pm. Signs also available. (and you don’t need to be a woman or dress in black)
Of note: Little Africa Culture Club, 356 S. Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY. African Drumming Sundays, 12-2pm.
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
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716-332-3904 10/1/19 wnypeace.org
Dear Friends,
We hope you had a good week, as we continue on this work of Peace Through Justice at home and abroad.
–Holding Sheriff/Deputy Accountable
One justice victory was that a deputy sheriff was held accountable for reckless assault, official misconduct, and falsifying business records!
Thanks to DA Flynn’s office and the courageous, clear-headed people on the jury. No thanks to Sheriff Howard, who hung around the courtroom in uniform conferring with the defense; and the police union whose knee-jerk blaming of the DA seems unethical and immoral. Right and wrong should matter; guilt should matter. Ironically, in defense of the union’s criticizing the prosecutor, the DA reminded them of a history of defending the police and having gotten an officer cleared of a shooting in Springville.
So we once again invite you to the Erie County Holding Center (ECHC) Vigil on Wednesday at 4-6pm in front of the ECHC, on Delaware between Church & Eagle, Please bring signs – and determination for real change to systemic violence and racism! Too many deaths, too much brutality, too terrible an administration – Sheriff Howard is yet another elected official who needs to be impeached.
–52nd Annual Dinner – Medea; and Women’s Resistance Revival Chorus!
Now that it’s October, our 52nd Annual Dinner is right around the corner. We will also be making some very special awards! The Women’s Resistance Revival Chorus of WNY will get the Alt-imate Activist Award, named for WNY Peace Center lifelong stalwart member, organizer, and activist, Wayne Alt. The WNY Resistance Revival Chorus has generously shared their joy of music, kindled by founder Drea D’Nur, and always shows up when most needed! Come hear them and honor them. Tickets are available on our website!
–The Anne Frank Project holds it social justice conference at Buff State starting tomorrow evening, with full days of experiential learning on collaboration and activism on Weds & Thurs, Oct 2nd (Gandhi’s Birthday) and 3rd, (most sessions in Campbell Student Union). Please register for this wonderful, fun, and free event at annefrankproject.com (info and link also on our wnypeace.org website). We’ll be PeaceJamming with Roc Da Mic/Lonnie & Co. on Weds at 3:30-5pm in the Social Hall of the Student Union, Buff State. Bring an instrument if you play, and your free and adventurous spirit if you think you don’t!
–And don’t forget to register for the World On Your Plate Conference, held at Daemen College on Fri & Sat, Oct 11-12. It will be an even-better-than-ever smorgasboard – all about food: nutrition, food politics, and actual great food! Don’t miss it.
–Our Talking Peace radio show (on WBNY 91.3FM, streaming at wbny.buffalostate.edu) on Monday, October 7th, when it’ll be 18 years of war on Afghanistan, we will have a very special guest – Kathy Kelly, of Voices for Creative Nonviolence. You’ll get updates on Afghanistan and the Afghan Peace Volunteers, and much more. Don’t miss it!
–Please join our new campaign to support the very important local airing of Democracy Now! on WBNY. To keep it going, we need to do some fundraising. So we ask you to send your most generous contribution to WNYPC – online or with a check sent (and made out) to WNY Peace Center, 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14209, and write in the memo line: Friends of Democracy Now! (or in a note with the online submission). We need to keep it on the air here in WNY for our youth, our neighbors, and ourselves!
And remember to tune in to DEMOCRACY NOW! BROADCAST Live MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY 91.3FM. Hear it over the radio or streaming live at wbny.buffalostate.edu.
–We have a great new staff member here at the WNY Peace Center: Nicole our Assistant! Nicole has a broad background in advocacy, activism, organizing, fundraising – we’re thrilled to have her on board! We also have a new consultant, helping with graphics and outreach: Shalese Foster! Shalese has lots of event planning, desktop publishing, and community involvement experience. Both these women will be a huge help as we work to #Unite! Please give them a warm welcome!
–Please go to our website (wnypeace.org) calendar for plenty more listings, campaigns in the website posts, and info on our facebook page.
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
#Unite! #OneLove
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Events this week:
Anne Frank Project: Social Justice Festival
October 2 @ 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
At SUNY Buffalo State, Campbell Student Union, Social Hall. You’ll be glad if you come out for any part of this free 2-day festival on Collaboration and Activism for Social Change! Registration & Schedule link(s) below. (Of note, WNYPC’s PeaceJam will collaborate with Roc da Mic is at 3:30pm on Oct 2 in the Social Hall. The organic music creation by all attendees will be collaboration in action through music-making and jamming together. If you play an instrument, please feel free to bring it!)
To register:
https://buffalostate.wufoo.com/forms/m1w2cl8l0cv9t3z/
No More Deaths! – Vigil at Erie Co Holding Center
Weds, Oct 2 @ 4:00 pm – 6 pm
Please join with the WNYPC’s Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce at this regular Wednesday vigil at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church). It will be bigger than usual as there’s been yet another death – reportedly a suicide – at the Alden Facility also under the auspices of Sheriff Howard’s Dept. Furthermore, as reported by by the Buffalo News on Sunday 9/22/19 (front page), dear brother Connell Burrell died due (about a month ago) due to medical malpractice.
Sheriff Howard is (yet another) elected official who needs to be impeached. Come ahead – All are welcome. Grieving families will be joining us, and people with related lived experience are more than welcome! Please, too, bring signs. Cosponsored by Brothers Doing Better, Buffalo AntiRacism Coalition (BARC), Prisoners Are People Too, and more in process.
Myanmar/Burma – Peace & Justice Issues
October 2 @ 6:00 pm
At First Presbyterian Church, Symphony Circle, Buffalo. Rev. Thang Van Lian, a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Myanmar, as an “international peacemaker” and witness to the power of nonviolence, will speak. General public forum with panel discussion involving academics, community, and faith leaders on Myanmar/Burma-related issues.
Anne Frank Project: Social Justice Festival
October 3 @ 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
At SUNY Buffalo State, Campbell Student Union, Social Hall. You’ll be glad if you come out for any part of this free 2-day festival on Collaboration and Activism for Social Change! Registration & Schedule link(s) below.
Communities across the world grapple with conflicts, challenging discussions, and injustices that often remain ignored. When these important stories fall silent, communities break apart, and individuals are left alone. There is an opportunity within this struggle to unite and rebuild. AFP 2019 will examine unique ways in which people solve problems through the art of collaboration. In the Anne Frank Project there is a specific philosophy that relates to this year’s theme: We agree we cannot do it alone. Whether we work across disciplines, neighborhoods, or countries, we need each other to manage conflicts, embrace challenges and stand strong in the face of injustice. In honor of Anne Frank’s would-be 90th birthday this June, we encourage activists, artists, performers, and community leaders to share methods, practices, and experiences that ask people to come together to engage for change.
More info:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54206433e4b02b7c37f3dae7/t/5d6e63c768abb200013e1d4f/1567515592173/AFP+2019+Online+Program+EE+%28004%29.pdf
To register:
https://buffalostate.wufoo.com/forms/m1w2cl8l0cv9t3z/
Community Police Speakout
October 3 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
At Delevan Grider Community Center, 877 E Delevan Ave, Buffalo, NY 14215. Organized by WIN, Tapestry-4H Youth C.A.N. “Our goal is to improve the relationship and address misunderstanding between the police and the community. We plan on doing this by having a public speak out to inform people on both perspectives through art and interactive
REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS in the One Struggle, One Vision, One Love:
Talking Peace with the WNY Peace Center Radio Show on 91.3FM, WBNY. Mondays, 1-3pm. Call-in show with Vicki Ross hosting. Also streaming on-line at wbny.buffalostate.edu. Very Special Guest Kathy Kelly, Coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, with updates on Afghanistan and the Afghan Peace Volunteers, and much more!
Postcard Tuesdays –9:30-11am, at the Daily Planet Café on Hertel Avenue, just east of Starin. Come to write your viewpoints on current issues to your Congressional reps and various bank presidents about current injustices. Organized by StandUpWNY (writing materials/postcards provided).
Buffalo Nekanesakt. Indigenous support group/allies. 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm. At Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Ave. All are welcome!! Reading group for the Great Law of Peace meets on the last Tuesday of the month.
Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce – Wednesdays 4-6pm protest/vigils at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church). All are welcome. Please bring signs.
Resist Militarism! Taskforce – regular monthly planning meeting third Weds of the month, at Isaías González-Soto Branch (formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201; 5-6:30pm.
Interfaith Peace Network, 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month, 9:15am at 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo NY 14209 entrance and parking round back.) Breakfast potluck, planning/publicizing, & discussion.
Vigil for Victims of ICE Terror – Thursdays, 5-6pm, ICE building on the corner of (@250) Delaware and Chippewa. Bring your signs and spirit of Solidarity. We will not stay silent! #EndICETerror #FamiliesBelongTogether #AbolishICE #CLOSETHECAMPS #NeverAgainIsNow
Buffalo Youth Climate Strike – all are welcome 2-3pm at Niagara Square for a youth-led rally to stand up for People and the Planet, and radical change to mitigate and avert climate catastrophe. Bring signs! See you there! This week runs 2-5pm (see above!)
Environmental Justice Taskforce – Vigil to Protest the Shipments of VERY Dangerous Radioactive Liquid from Canada coming over the Peace Bridge. Fridays 2-3pm, Front Park at Vermont & Busti, Buffalo. Signs welcome and also usually available.
Stop The Violence Coalition – 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month; 6pm, United Way Building, Delaware and Summer Sts.
Women In Black – Nonviolence vigil, Bidwell and Elmwood. Saturdays, Noon-1pm. Signs also available. (and you don’t need to be a woman or dress in black)
Of note: Little Africa Culture Club, 356 S. Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY. African Drumming Sundays, 12-2pm.
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
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The time is now, and we are the people we’ve been waiting for.
And remember to tune in: DEMOCRACY NOW! IS NOW BEING BROADCASTMONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY 91.3FM. Hear it over the radio or streaming live at wbny.buffalostate.edu.
716-332-3904 9/18/19 wnypeace.org
Dear Friends,
Get ready for the Week for the Future – and especially Friday’s rally! With our youth and young adults – and older adults – stepping into high gear, please pace yourself while helping to spread the word.
Today, please join us for Resist Militarism! Taskforce meeting at Isaías González-Soto Branch (formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201; 5-6:30pm. We desperately need to stop the militarism at home and abroad that makes us more unsafe and unwell (the US military is the world’s #1 polluter).
Tomorrow – Thursday, Sept 19 – we hope you can:
– support wind energy either by coming out to the Erie County Legislature on at 1-2:30pm; and/or to call your county legislator (either today or tomorrow) to urge him or her to support Wind Energy and oppose the anti-wind resolution. More info below.
– come out to a rally 4-6pm at 65 Court St. for Gov Cuomo to sign the Wage Theft Bill that he’s holding up, which stops employers from hiding assets from employees. You can also call his office
We very much hope you’ll join us this Friday for the Youth Climate Strike/#Unite/Int’l Day of Peace, 2-5pm at Niagara Square. We remind you that the rally will support the youth and climate emergency action, #unite us, and inspire us! Enjoy and collaborate with the eloquent (and brief) speakers, and the super music with PeaceJam, Roc Da Mic, Tom Makar, and the Resistance Revival Chorus. (And again, Ismail Johnson, Presente!) And join in sharing snacks, too!
As you probably know, the Youth Climate Strike is called upon the verge of the UN Climate Change Summit. The US Military is the biggest polluter in the world. Anyone who goes to NYC for that should also know the US War Machine and Imperialism will be changed by many surrounding events. For more info, go to https://www.peoplesmobe.org/.
Later Friday, you could:
– stay after the rally for a vigil for the victims of Hurricane Maria, organized by PUSH;
– go to Brothers Doing Better’s fun(d)raiser – yes this event open to all – at 6-10pm at Pilgrim St Luke’s, at Richmond & W Utica;
– attend the opening night of Ujima’s production of Pipeline, at the former school #77, about the school to prison pipeline (running thru Oct 13);
– go see the stunningly apt Subversive Theatre production of Catch-22, adapted for the stage by Joseph Heller himself. (WNYPC, as sponsor of the production, will be facilitating a brief discussion after the play on Saturday, Sept 21, and Friday, Sept 27 – come join us! Again, catch a showing any Thurs, Fri, and/or Sat from now till the end of the month, at 7:30pm 255 Great Arrow Avenue on the third floor.
At our 52nd Annual Dinner on Nov. 8, Medea Benjamin of Code Pink will keynote on “Growing Our Peace Through Justice Economy)! See our website for more info.
Lastly, the WNY Peace Center is still accepting applications for the Assistant position. If you are interested, please see the posting at the end of this email.
Please go to our website (wnypeace.org) calendar for plenty more listings, campaigns in the website posts, and info on our facebook page.
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
#Unite! #OneLove
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Events this week:
Resist Militarism! Taskforce
September 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
At Isaías González-Soto Branch (formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201– regular monthly planning meeting third Weds of the month. We will be discussing actions for Armistice Day and developing our strategic plan as a Taskforce into the next year! Hope to see you there!
Support Wind Energy to Erie Co Leg
September 19 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
At Erie County Hall 92 Franklin Street 4th Floor Legislative chamber. Give Wind Energy a Chance! The Erie County Legislature is considering a hostile anti-wind resolution sponsored by Legislators Dixon and Mills and supported by Chris Collins to preemptively oppose wind development “along the shores of Lake Erie”. Come testify, or if you can’t, please contact your county legislator to ask him/her to oppose the anti-wind energy resolution. If you don’t know who that is from the map below, please call Mr. Meyers who chairs the Energy & Environment Committee, and/or Legislature Chair Ms. April Baskin.
• District No. 1: Hon. Howard J. Johnson, Jr.
o Phone: 842-0490; Howard.Johnson@erie.gov
• District No. 2: Hon. April N.M. Baskin (Chair of the Legislature)
o District Office: 792 – Phone: 895-1849; April.McCants-Baskin@erie.gov
• District No. 3: Hon. Lisa Chimera
o Phone: 832-0493; Lisa.Chimera@erie.gov
• District No. 4: Hon. Kevin R. Hardwick
o Phone: 858-8672; Kevin.Hardwick@erie.gov
• District No. 5: Hon. Thomas A. Loughran
o Phone: 836-0198; Thomas.Loughran@erie.gov
• District No. 6: Hon. Edward A. Rath, III
o Phone: 858-8676; Edward.Rath@erie.gov
• District No. 7: Hon. Timothy Meyers
o Phone: 833-3054; Timothy.Meyers@erie.gov
• District No. 8: Hon. John Bruso (Majority Leader)
o Phone: 858-8856; John.Bruso@erie.gov
• District No. 9: Hon. Lynne M. Dixon
o Phone: 858-8671; Lynne.Dixon@erie.gov
• District No. 10: Hon. Joseph C. Lorigo (Minority Leader)
o Phone: 858-8922; Joseph.Lorigo@erie.gov
• District No. 11: Hon. John J. Mills
o Phone: 858-8850; John.Mills@erie.gov
Support the NYS SWEAT Bill – No Wage Theft!
September 19 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
At NYS Dept of Labor Bureau, 65 Court St, Buffalo. Please come out and/or call Gov Cuomo – 518-474-8390 – to get him to sign this bill!! >Wage theft is a huge issue for NYS workers: we lose $1 Billion > annually to wage theft– more than any other kind of theft combined
Catch-22
Thurs, Fri, Sat through Sat. Sept 28, 7:30pm
With brief post-performance discussions on Sat, 9/21, and Fri, 9/27.
At Subversive Theatre’s Manny Fried Playhouse, 255 Great Arrow Ave, Buffalo (3rd Floor). Don’t miss this superb play (created by original author Joseph Heller!) that provides compelling and alarming insights into today’s bizzaro political climate, where lies are “alternative facts” and climate change is a theory. Compelling and captivating, you won’t forget it! Great performances that will spur us on! Tickets are $30 general admission or $25 for students, seniors, and Subversive Theatre members. As always, admission for all Thursday shows is pay-what-you-can. Purchase tickets online at www.subversivetheatre.org or call 716-462-5549. Where else but at… SUBVERSIVE THEATRE: where DISSENT takes center stage!
Youth Climate Strike & Int’l Day of Peace
September 20 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
In Niagara Square. Buffalo Youth Climate Strike is hosting a rally with the WNY Peace Center and we would like you to be there! Bring friends and family, signs, and energy and let’s make our voices heard! Agenda: Gathering 2-2:30pm Climate Strike 2:30-3:30pm #UniteTheStruggles/#UniteTheVisions – Interconnectedness 3:30-4:30pm Celebration of International Day of Peace 4:30-5pm Please go to https://actionnetwork.org/events/buffalo-youth-climate-strike-2?source=direct_link&
to register. There will be excellent musical jamming – bring your instrument if you play. Also, please bring signs – and friends! Spread the word, and see you there! Si, se puede! We shall overcome! Please go to our website listing for this event for a list of cosponsors (now including Indigenous Women’s Initiatives!) and the Week for the Future events!
Global [youth Peru] Leadership Adventure talk
September 22 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
At Riverside-Salem, 3449 West River Road, Grand Island, NY 14072. Maddy Buisch will tell us about her experience with Global Leadership Adventure (GLA) this past summer. GLA is a company that creates programs for high schoolers to volunteer, travel and learn about other cultures. Her trip in Peru was called Foundations of Global Health
Press Conf: Support Outer Harbor Park!
September 23 @ 10:00 am – 10:30 pm
“Buffalo’s Outer Harbor: the Right Place for a World-Class Park.” Bell Slip (Fuhrmann Blvd, just past the first exit off Route 5 (heading west from Buffalo). Please come out to support the initiative. All are welcome.
LASC Peace Coffeehouse: Mayan Guatemala, past & present
September 23 @ 7:00 pm
At Canisius College Science Bldg Lounge, cnr Main @Jefferson. Speaker Marilyn Anderson, with an update on the complex picture of Guatemala today: past conflicts, refugees and mass migration, the environmental situation,and the changing role of Mayan peoples and their traditional belief system. With photographs and pictures form her many years of work there
REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS in the One Struggle, One Vision, One Love:
Talking Peace with the WNY Peace Center Radio Show on 91.3FM, WBNY. Mondays, 1-3pm. Call-in show with Vicki Ross hosting. Also streaming on-line at wbny.buffalostate.edu. Guests this week include Eve Everette of the Anne Frank Project; and Marilyn Anderson, speaker at Mayan Guatemala
Buffalo Nekanesakt. Indigenous support group/allies. 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm. At Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Ave. All are welcome!! Reading group for the Great Law of Peace meets on the last Tuesday of the month.
Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce – Wednesdays 4-5:30pm protest/vigils at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church). All are welcome. Please bring signs.
Resist Militarism! Taskforce – regular monthly planning meeting third Weds of the month, at Isaías González-Soto Branch (formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201; 5-6:30pm.
Interfaith Peace Network, 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month, 9:15am at 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo NY 14209 entrance and parking round back.) Breakfast potluck, planning/publicizing, & discussion.
Vigil for Victims of ICE Terror – Thursdays, 5-6pm, ICE building on the corner of (@250) Delaware and Chippewa. Bring your signs and spirit of Solidarity. We will not stay silent! #EndICETerror #FamiliesBelongTogether #AbolishICE #CLOSETHECAMPS #NeverAgainIsNow
Buffalo Youth Climate Strike – all are welcome 2-3pm at Niagara Square for a youth-led rally to stand up for People and the Planet, and radical change to mitigate and avert climate catastrophe. Bring signs! See you there! This week runs 2-5pm (see above!)
Environmental Justice Taskforce – Vigil to Protest the Shipments of VERY Dangerous Radioactive Liquid from Canada coming over the Peace Bridge. Fridays 2-3pm, Front Park at Vermont & Busti, Buffalo. Signs welcome and also usually available.
Stop The Violence Coalition – 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month; 6pm, United Way Building, Delaware and Summer Sts.
Women In Black – Nonviolence vigil, Bidwell and Elmwood. Saturdays, Noon-1pm. Signs also available. (and you don’t need to be a woman or dress in black)
Of note: Little Africa Culture Club, 356 S. Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY. African Drumming Sundays, 12-2pm.
We shall overcome
#Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
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More listings on calendar and in previous email posts.
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