716-332-3904 9/6/19 wnypeace.org
Dear Friends,
We at the WNY Peace Center are still open for applications for the Assistant position. If you are interested, please see the posting at the end of this email.
Lots is going on as always. Please pace yourself! We hope to see you at one or some of the following highlighted events:
Tonight is the opening of Subversive Theatre’s Catch-22, adapted for the stage by Joseph Heller himself. We as the proud sponsor of the production will frequently be tabling there – come join us for a vital and insightful production. It’ll be running every Thurs, Fri, and Sat from now till the end of the month, at 7:30pm 255 Great Arrow Avenue on the third floor.
We also hope to see you tomorrow:
– at the Jefferson Avenue Arts Festival, 10am-7pm. Come out for a wonderfully community-growing event – and please visit us tabling somewhere between East Ferry and East Utica! Come see our new bumper stickers!
– at the #ElPasoFirme action against white supremacy 6pm at Bidwell & Elmwood, organized by Buffalo IAC, Workers World, Buffalo Antiwar, & more.
– Rahama’s fundraiser with Imam Zaid Shakir, 5pm at Classics V Banquet Hall, 2425 Niagara Falls Blvd, Amherst.
– or of course at Subversive Theatre’s Catch-22 production.
Lou DeJesus of PUSH Green will join us Talking Peace with the WNYPC on Monday. Tune in 1-3pm, at 91.3FM, streaming on line at wbny.buffalostate.edu.
Save the date: Saturday, Sept 14, we’ll see 18 years of the Authorization of the Use of Military Force. Terrible supposed kill license! Times up! Please join us at 2pm at the Buffalo & Erie Co Naval & Military Park. Check website for more info on this next week.
Don’t forget the Youth Climate Strike/#Unite/Int’l Day of Peace coming up on Sept 20, 2-5pm at Niagara Square, with a whole Week for the Future. Again, more to follow.
Also re the Annual Dinner on Nov. 8 with Medea Benjamin of Code Pink!
Tickets available on the website. Please let us know (see above) if you
are interested in volunteering to help get raffle baskets, auction items,
etc., together.
Please go to our website (wnypeace.org) calendar for 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:
Catch-22 (Subversive Theatre)
September 6-28, every Thurs, Fri, Sat @ 7:30 pm
Subversive Theatre unapologetically presents CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller September 6th – 28th (and we at the WNY Peace Cente are proud to sponsor this superb version of a truly compelling piece). At Subversive’s home venue, the Manny Fried Playhouse at 255 Great Arrow Avenue on the third floor of North Buffalo’s historic Great Arrow Building. (Kicking-off Subversive’s 17th season of radical theatre, part of Curtain Up 2019.)
A deadly serious comedy of explosive proportions, CATCH-22 is an anti-war, anti-authority, anti-stupidity masterpiece. This stage adaptation of Joseph Heller’s incendiary 1961 Novel was crafted by Heller himself back in 1971, but couldn’t be needed more in Trump’s America. With its bizarre blend of farce, wry jibes, and Keystone Cops silliness amidst a whirlwind of death, destruction, and betrayal, this smirkingly ironic World War II tale offers audiences a beautiful way to laugh and cry at the evils of our world all at once.
This rendition is sponsored by the Western New York Peace Center and is directed by Subversive Theatre’s Founder and Artistic Director Kurt Schneiderman*. Up and coming young star Connor Maxwell heads up the cast as the Kafka-esque anti-hero “Yossarian” opposite Jack Agugliaro* as “the Chaplain”, Jacob Chester Sauer* as “Major Major”, Lawrence Rowswell* as “Doc Daneeka”, John Kehoe as “Colonel Cathcart”, and Leon Copeland, Jr* as “Milo Minderbinder.” The ensemble also features J. Tim Raymond*, Mikyla Fisher, Shakora Purks, Jessie Miller, Bryan Figueroa*, Andrew Zuccari, Leonardo LiPomi, and Michael Mottern*.
CATCH-22 runs September 6th – 28th with performances Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30pm. 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!
Jefferson Ave Arts Festival
Sat, Sept 7 @10am-6pm
On Jefferson between E Utica & E Ferry. Enjoy visual arts, crafts, live music, vendors, and youth activities. Last but not least, please come find us tabling – we might even have a new lawn membership sign you might want! Anyway, don’t miss this great community gathering!
Rahama Fundraiser w Imama Z Shakir
Sept 7, 5pm
At Classics V Banquet Hall, Imam Zaid Shakir is co-founder of Zaytuna College, professor of law, theology, political science, among other subjects. Presaile tickets $55 (adults) and $35 (students). Come support Rahama’s transitional housing program and other supportive services for survivors of domestic violence.
#ElPasoFirme Action against white supremacy
September 7 @ 6:00 pm
At Bidwell & Elmwood, Buffalo. A call went out from El Paso to stand in solidarity Sept 7 w/our sisters and brothers who were victims of the racist massacre, and all who are targeted by Trump’s white supremacist anti-migrant and anti-people of color fascist rhetoric. Organized by Buffalo IAC, Workers World, Buffalo AntiWar, and more.
Born on the Move
September 10 @ 7:00 pm
At Burning Books, 420 Connecticut St, Buffalo. Mike Africa Jr. speaks.
18 years of the AUMF
September 14 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
At Buffalo & Erie Co Naval & Military Park. After 18 years of murderous atrocities supposedly okayed by the Authorization for the Use of Military Force, passed by Congress right after 9/11 and used since then as allowing unlimited war-making – enough is way way way too much!! Come recognize the many lives lost and/or wrecked, and what we can do about it!
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 Jim Anderson and Vicki Ross hosting. Go to wbny.buffalostate.edu. Special guest Lou DeJesus, PUSH Green.
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 Niagara Porter Library, 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!
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, Peace and Love Jam session (in honor of Ismail Johnson) Wednesdays, 8pm.
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
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More listings on calendar and in previous email posts.
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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.
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WNY Peace Center Assistant Job Description
The WNY Peace Center seeks a highly organized person who is passionate about peace and social justice issues to serve as an assistant working for our mission of “Peace Through Justice at Home and Abroad.”
The WNY Peace Center is a non profit, member driven organization founded in 1956. Our nine taskforces focus on particular issue areas and we stress the interconnectedness of our issues, Uniting in the Struggle and Movement-Building. We provide many opportunities to learn about, reflect, and act constructively to address issues of concern to our membership. As a force for progressive change, the WNY Peace Center serves as an incubator for new ideas and the promotion of activism.
The Assistant Position is for approximately 15 hours/week including nights and weekend flexibility for events at $15/hour.
Candidates should be detail oriented, have great verbal and written communication skills, computer skills (QuickBooks knowledge is a plus), and a cooperative spirit. Experience in the non-profit sector and/or community organizing is prefered.
Candidates would be working closely with the Executive Director and Office Manager/Coordinator.
Expectations:
● Working cooperatively and communicating with staff, board, taskforces, membership, allies and the general public;
● Assist in media and publicity outreach, including press releases, media advisories and follow-up;
● Assist in planning and promoting the WNY Peace Center’s Annual Dinner and other fundraising events throughout the year including membership appeals and grant writing;
● Participate in designing, publicizing and implementing strategic campaigns;
● Assist in planning, publicizing and executing meetings, speakers, fundraisers, rallies and other events;
● Assist in outreach and work with other peace and justice organizations in WNY and nationally;
● Assisting the Office Manager (answering phones; fielding requests; helping with mailings, office publications etc.)
● Stay current on relevant legislation, grants, social issues and potential services;
● Assisting in other ways as needed and feasible.
Please send your resume and a cover letter to victoryross9@gmail.com by Sept 13. Thanks!
716-332-3904
8/29/19
wnypeace.org
Dear
Friends,
First, another announcement: The WNY Peace Center is looking to hire an
Assistant. If you are interested, please see the posting at the end of this
email.
We are excited to enjoy the special Woodstock on the Niagara this Labor *Sunday*, 2pm to 6pm and/or
thereabouts, at Roger & June’s, 1515 West River Road, Grand Island 14072.
There’ll be music – including 2-4pm Doug Yeomans & Friends
NY Woodstock Band; and 4-6pm Sol y Sombra Latin Jazz. This potluck outdoor
party is not to be missed! See more below in listings.
The Latin American Solidarity Committee will also meet at the Woodstock on the
Niagara celebration, 4pm.
We do also want to give you a heads up on bad but unsurprising news: the Court
denied the Kings Bay Plowshares’ (KBP) motion to dismiss, so the case will go
to trial in Georgia on Oct 21. The brave and beloved truth-tellers are facing
25 years for symbolic resistance to the nuclear madness/reign of terror. We
were blessed to interview Clare Grady, one of the KBP, in this past Monday’s
Talking Peace radio show. Look for that on our website soon.
This week we’ll interview Kurt Schneiderman on Labor Day and the new Catch-22
Subversive Theatre production. Tune in 1-3pm, at 91.3FM, streaming on line at
wbny.buffalostate.edu.
Don’t forget the Environmental Justice Taskforce session Sept 5, 6-7:30pm
Please go to our website (wnypeace.org)
calendar for more listings (this weekend ICE off our Buses; Elmwood Festival;
the Eid Carnival), 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:
Woodstock
on the Niagara (@June & Roger’s)
September
1 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
At June
License & Roger Cook’s place, 1515 West River Road, Grand Island, NY 14072.
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. Potluck and outdoor party
including music (2-4pm, Doug Yeomans & Friends NY Woodstock Band; 4-6pm,
Sol y Sombra Latin Jazz). Enjoy the new West River Trail across the road, boats
at the river’s edge, bicycling, badminton, lots of gardens and
greenery, ponds, spots to sit and chat, great food (potluck; we’ll have a grill
with corn and one for other items), great people to meet & greet (often
“people’s music” in the back yard), memories of Woodstock!
Catch-22
(Subversive Theatre)
September
6-28, every Thurs, Fri, Sat @ 7:30 pm
Subversive Theatre unapologetically presents
CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller September 6th – 28th (and we at the WNY Peace Cente
are proud to sponsor this superb version of a truly compelling piece). At
Subversive’s home venue, the Manny Fried Playhouse at 255 Great Arrow Avenue on
the third floor of North Buffalo’s historic Great Arrow Building. (Kicking-off
Subversive’s 17th season of radical theatre, part of Curtain Up 2019.)
A deadly serious comedy of explosive
proportions, CATCH-22 is an anti-war, anti-authority, anti-stupidity
masterpiece. This stage adaptation of Joseph Heller’s incendiary 1961 Novel was
crafted by Heller himself back in 1971, but couldn’t be needed more in Trump’s
America. With its bizarre blend of farce, wry jibes, and Keystone Cops
silliness amidst a whirlwind of death, destruction, and betrayal, this
smirkingly ironic World War II tale offers audiences a beautiful way to laugh
and cry at the evils of our world all at once.
This rendition is sponsored by the Western
New York Peace Center and is directed by Subversive Theatre’s Founder and
Artistic Director Kurt Schneiderman*. Up and coming young star Connor Maxwell
heads up the cast as the Kafka-esque anti-hero “Yossarian” opposite Jack
Agugliaro* as “the Chaplain”, Jacob Chester Sauer* as “Major Major”, Lawrence
Rowswell* as “Doc Daneeka”, John Kehoe as “Colonel Cathcart”, and Leon
Copeland, Jr* as “Milo Minderbinder.” The ensemble also features J. Tim
Raymond*, Mikyla Fisher, Shakora Purks, Jessie Miller, Bryan Figueroa*, Andrew
Zuccari, Leonardo LiPomi, and Michael Mottern*.
CATCH-22 runs September 6th – 28th with
performances Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30pm. 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!
Jefferson Ave Arts Festival
Sat, Sept 7 @10am-6pm
On Jefferson between E Utica & E Ferry. Enjoy visual arts, crafts, live
music, vendors, and youth activities. Last but not least, please come find us
tabling – we might even have a new lawn membership sign you might want! Anyway,
don’t miss this great community gathering!
Rahama Fundraiser w Imama Z Shakir
Sept 7, 5pm
At Classics V Banquet Hall, Imam Zaid Shakir is co-founder of Zaytuna College, professor
of law, theology, political science, among other subjects. Presaile tickets $55
(adults) and $35 (students). Come support Rahama’s transitional housing program
and other supportive services for survivors of domestic violence.
Environmental Justice Taskforce Mtg
Thurs, Sept 5 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
At Isaías González-Soto Branch Library
(formerly Niagara Branch Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201). Come plan
upcoming events and campaigns,
“bomb trains,” and what we can do to stop them, more. All are
welcome!!
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! Go to wbny.buffalostate.edu. Special guest on Labor Day: Kurt
Schneiderman, Subversive Theatre.
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 Niagara Porter Library, 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!
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, Peace and Love Jam session (in honor of Ismail Johnson)
Wednesdays, 8pm.
We shall
overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
***********
More listings on calendar and in previous
email posts.
To subscribe, go to
http://wnypeace.org/wp/weekly-news-sign-up/ or write to
weeklynews@wnypeace.org with “subscribe” in subject line.
To unsubscribe, write to
weeklynews@wnypeace.org with “unsubscribe” in subject line. (Sorry for occasional
delays!)
Please
submit possible listings for consideration to weeklynews@wnypeace.org.
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 8/21/19 wnypeace.org
Dear Friends,
First, a big announcement: **Medea Benjamin**! will be our keynote speaker at our 52nd Annual Dinner, Friday, Nov 8th at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. Medea is co-director and co-founder of Code Pink, a fantastic wonderfully active and creative women-led Peace & Justice organization.
You can already buy tickets on our website at wnypeace.org by selecting the banner heading that leads to the event page. Also check out one of her (typical) creative interventions to speak truth to power at TheRealNews/Medea . And go to CodePink.org to see the many great campaigns Medea is advancing. Plenty more to follow!!
Happy Global Day of Listening! The Afghan Peace Volunteers had their call earlier today. We encourage you to go on their website OurJourneyToSmile.com to read their essays, watch their video stories, and receive their inspiring witness and dedication to nonviolence in the face of extreme violence in a war zone.
Their next call will be Sept 21, the UN-declared International Day of Peace. We will have celebrated that the previous day with the Buffalo Youth Climate Strike.
So please put the Youth Climate Strike/Int’l Day of Peace Celebration for Sept 20th, 2-5pm at Niagara Square on your calendar(s), and let us know if you have a group that would like to cosponsor. It is being organized by the Buffalo Youth Climate Strike and WNY Peace Center.
Also tonight, we’ll gather at 280 Porter, the Isaías González-Soto Branch Library (formerly Niagara Branch), for a Resist Militarism! Taskforce Meeting. Please join us as we work on Sept. 20/ Int’l Day of Peace; as well as plan to recognize the atrocious 18-year AUMF – Authorization for the Use of Military Force – which has been used to enabled US military adventurism since Sept. 14, 2001.
Please note that Clare Grady, one of the
Kings Bay Plowshares, will be our special guest on the Talking Peace with the
WNY Peace Center radio show on Monday, Aug 26, 1-3pm, WBNY 91.3FM, streaming
on-line at wbny.buffalostate.edu. Don’t miss this courageous and compassionate
woman!
You can still sign the petition for human rights atrocities in Kashmir at http://chng.it/wM9vpdRSYz
Please go to our website (wnypeace.org) calendar for more listings (this
weekend ICE off our Buses; Elmwood Festival; the Eid Carnival), campaigns in
the website posts, and info on our facebook page.
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
Events this week:
ECHC Vigil
August 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
At the Erie Co Holding Center, (50 Delaware;
between Church & Eagle). Come out to protest the 26 lives lost in the
custody of Sheriff Howard’s administration; to stand vigil with Monica Lynch
for her brother Connell Burrell who just died after being at the ECHC; to draw
attention to the dire need for dramatic change; at the Holding Center and in
the Sheriff’s Dept. A weekly vigil of the WNY
Peace Center. Please brings signs.
Resist Militarism! Taskforce Mtg
August
21 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
At Isaías González-Soto Branch Library (formerly Niagara
Branch Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201). Come plan upcoming events and
campaigns, including (1) a walk on Sept 14 to remember and work against the
AUMF – Authorization for the Use of Military Force, which has been used to
allow US military interventions all over the globe since 2001; (2) the Youth Climate Strike/#UniteTheStruggles/Int’l
Day of Peace, all Friday Sept 20, 2-5pm at Niagara Square; and more.
