716-332-3904 7/16/19 wnypeace.org
Dear Friends,
Consider signing the petition to cosponsor S.1039, the Prevention of Unconstitutional War with Iran Act of 2019. The bill prohibits the U.S. from expending funds for war with Iran without express approval from Congress, as required by Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. War or military action against Iran would result in the killings of large numbers of civilians, include a high financial bearing and subject the United States to international condemnation. A war with Iran would be devastating. This is not a conflict we can afford to begin. Sign the petition here: https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/letters/sign-and-send-a-petition-cosponsor-the-prevention-of-unconstitutional-war-with-iran-act-of-2019-s1039?detail=emailaction&link_id=0&can_id=b680b13b07403c67bb89e5c4e2420e97&source=email-sign-and-send-a-petition-to-your-us-senators-dont-fund-trumps-war-with-iran&email_referrer=email_579032&email_subject=sign-and-send-a-petition-to-your-us-senators-dont-fund-trumps-war-with-iran
Tomorrow, July 17th, join us at 5 pm for the monthly Resist Militarism meeting! We will be working on ways to Resist Militarism! Will include our Speak Verse to Power event on July 29 as part of the Infringement Festival; and more. At the Niagara Porter Library. All are welcome.
Camp Peaceprints is running! Camp Peaceprints, for children aged 8 to 13, uses the arts and educational experiences to get its participants involved in social justice and peacemaking, while still having fun. This is the Camp’s 12th year.! Drivers are needed for Tuesdays and especially Fridays camp for the swimming field trips! And we’re happy to have more adult volunteers (daily through July 26, 9:30am-3:30pm at St. Mary’s School for the Deaf, 2253 Main – call 716-931-3520. Please also join Camp Peaceprints for our Families Belong Together Protest, July 24 @ 10:30 am – 10:45 am, in Niagara Square. Children will be making their own signs in camp – and you can brings your own, too. Or just join us for the children’s experiencing activism first-hand!
Continue to support the Move the Nuclear Weapons Money campaign. It is a global campaign which highlights actions that individuals and organizations can take to cut nuclear weapons budgets, end investments (by their city, university, religious institution, bank, pension fund or government) in nuclear weapons, and shift these budgets and investments to peace and sustainability. To endorse the campaign, please send your supporting quote plus a photo of yourself to Move the Nuclear Weapons Money <info@nuclearweaponsmoney.org?subject=Endorsing%20quote%20for%20Move%20the%20Nuclear%20Weapons%20Money%20campaign>*. We will turn your quote into a meme for social media use.
Also coming up, come sing movement songs with us on July 25th at 6 pm at Raqs Solidarity! The Poor People’s Campaign, the Civil Rights Movement, the Disability rights movement, the Union Movement, the Women’s Rights Movement and so many others… they all have songs that go with them. Songs lay the basis for our understanding of politics, religion and our lives. Come and sing songs with the Poor People’s Campaign and share a potluck meal with us! All are welcome and welcome to bring the songs that move them! Questions email Kirk @ Kirk@cejbuffalo.org If people like it we will continue doing it!
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
Events this week:
Adult Volunteers Welcome at Camp Peaceprints
MF July 15 @ 10:00 am – July 26 @ 3:00 pm
CAMP PEACEPRINTS is a summer camp designed to introduce youth to social justice, while providing them with peaceful conflict resolution skills and exposure to a broader community. It is a two-week long alternative education program for participants ages 8 – 13, with older youth serving as Youth Assistants, running Monday through Friday, 10am – 3pm. CAMP IS FULL – but adult and older teen youth assistants are welcome. Please call 716-931-3520.
Resist Militarism/Vets for Peace #128 Monthly Meeting
July 17 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Come out for the regular monthly meeting, working on ways to Resist Militarism! Will include our Speak Verse to Power event on July 29 as part of the Infringement Festival; and more. At the Niagara Porter Library (cnr of Niagara & Porter Sts). All are welcome.
Camp Peaceprints Families Belong Together Protest
July 24 @ 10:30 am – 10:45 am
Niagara Square
Join Camp Peaceprints in Niagara Square for the Families Belong Together protest. Signs are encouraged!
Come, sing movement songs!
July 25 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM at Raqs Solidarity – A Community Space 322 Amherst Street, Buffalo, New York 14207 https://www.facebook.com/raqs322/ Join us singing movement songs with the Poor People’s Campaign, the Civil Rights Movement, the Disability Rights Movement, the Union Movement, and the Women’s’ Rights Union along with others.
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
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716-332-3904 7/13/19 wnypeace.org
Dear Friends,
Many thanks to all who joined together for extreme activism over the past two days to #CLOSETheCAMPS, share #LightsForLiberty, and #EndICEterror!!
Our best estimates put the total for 5 events on July 11-12 at 960 people. And nine yes 9 of them got arrested to make their point even pointier – we can’t have business as usual when children are being abused and neglected by the US Gov’t and its agents (read ICE and more) in our names!
Special thanks to a few individuals – the nine arrested, Jennifer Page and Juweria Dahir organizers and cohosts with us at the Bidwell Lights for Liberty, and the children who read at that vigil. Also of note, Congressman Brian Higgins has supported activism on the issue, and called out the administration on the illegal and immoral policies on immigration.
Sandra Steingraber, sustainability farmer, activist, and shero, came to Buffalo from her farm at the Finger Lakes, and was arrested (picture above – Thanks, Activists of Buffalo!!) at Buffalo protest in front of the DHS office. Sandra, who is a 59-year old biologist and author, stated,
“I’m risking arrest today because
I’m a biologist who knows that climate change causes crop failures that turn
farmers into refugees. I’m risking arrest today because my father fought Nazis
in Europe and taught me not to be a good German. I’m risking arrest today
because I’m a mother who knows that children are not criminals.”
-thanks to Whitney Arlene Crispell for the quote.
We encourage
all to contact all of our representatives – local, state, and especially
Congressional (Reps & Senators) to stress that this maltreatment of
refugees, immigrants and asylum-seekers must stop. It is contrary to the Declaration
of Human Rights, which is, under Article 6 section 2, the Supreme Law of the
Land, equal in force to the Constitution. #ClosetheCamps #Neveragainisnow!!
Feel free to call them every day! (Numbers are on our website, wnypeace.org,
under Get Involved; Organizing in WNY – Govt’l Contacts.) Top of Form
Bottom of Form
Also please come out to the regular weekly vigil 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
More events on the calendar and the previous weekly news. (Of note, Camp
Peaceprints starts on Monday. Please contact us if you can help bring children
swimming on Fridays, 12:30-2:30pm, 7/19 & 26. Call 716-931-3520.)
Many thanks, peace, solidarity,
and yes – Love
REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS in the
One Movement, One Struggle:
Riverside-Salem UCC/DC –
Progressive program followed by potluck. Sundays, 4-7pm. Environmental Cottage,
3449 West River Road, Grand Island. All are welcome. This week, Prof Mike
Ziolkowski on US Foreign Policy.
Talking Peace with the WNY Peace Center Radio Show on 91.3FM, WBNY. Mondays, 1-3pm. Call-in show! Go to wbny.buffalostate.edu. Upcoming Jim Anderson hosting, with Jon Rainwater, Peace Action, National Exec Director, on current situation with Iran and victory in Congress, and more!
Buffalo Nekanesakt. Indigenous support group/allies. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm; last Tuesday reading group re Kayanerenko:wa The Great Law of Peace. At Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Ave. All are welcome!!
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. Will include update re Speaking
Verse to Power (Infringement Festival event July 29, 7-9pm at Burning Books),
and more.
Interfaith Peace Network, August
8 (ltd summer sched), 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
Youth Climate Strike – Fridays, 2-3pm in Niagara Square. All are welcome – youth and all ages – to register our concern for People and the (whole) Planet!
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: West African Drumming Sundays, 12-2pm, Little Africa Culture Club, 356
S. Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY.
We shall overcome
#Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
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716-332-3904 7/9/19 wnypeace.org
Dear Friends,
Please join us July 12th for Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to end Human Detention Camps, a few different local gatherings as part of a national effort to bring together thousands of people of conscience across the country to protest the inhumane conditions faced by refugees at our borders and at holding centers, particularly children. There are at least 3 local events: at 7 pm Near the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia; at 8 pm at Bidwell & Elmwood; and also at 8 pm at North Presbyterian Church (front lawn if not raining), 300 North Forest Rd, Amherst. At 9 pm, there’ll be a candlelight silent vigil as in locations around the world.
Our training with Kairos Blanket Training is now open to all members! Please sign up! Kairos Blanket Training, on July 13th, is an interactive lesson in history. The participants are guided by Indigenous Elders as well as trained facilitators who take on the roles of European explorers and settlers. The training is $30 with possible scholarships available. Contact Nate Buckley at 716 881 079. In the conclusion of the event, participants can discuss and ask questions. You can view the website here: https://www.kairosblanketexercise.org/ . A video can also be viewed on the event here: https://www.kairosblanketexercise.org/about/#history .
Also, Camp Peaceprints will be running in July! Camp Peaceprints in Buffalo uses the arts and educational experiences to get its participants involved in social justice and peacemaking, while still having fun. The camp will run for its 12th year from July 15 to 26. The camp is for children aged 8 to 13. We are still accepting applications for camp! Drivers are needed for Tuesdays and especially Fridays camp for the swimming field trips!
Consider endorsing the Move the Nuclear Weapons Money campaign. It is a global campaign which highlights actions that individuals and organizations can take to cut nuclear weapons budgets, end investments (by their city, university, religious institution, bank, pension fund or government) in nuclear weapons, and shift these budgets and investments to peace and sustainability. To endorse the campaign, please send your supporting quote plus a photo of
yourself to Move the Nuclear Weapons Money <info@nuclearweaponsmoney.org?subject=Endorsing%20quote%20for%20Move%20the%20Nuclear%20Weapons%20Money%20campaign>*. We will turn your quote into a meme for social media use.
Also, the Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan has returned without problems at the border!
No hate, no fear as we are #StillResisting. Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
Events this week:
Interfaith Peace Network
July 11 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 pm
At the Network of Religious Communities Bldg, 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo (entrance & parking round back behind bldg). Come for potluck breakfast, planning, and sharing info on initiatives and events for/from the various faith communities and our larger community.
Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps
July 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Peaceful gatherings as part of a national effort to bring together thousands of people of conscience across the country to protest the inhumane conditions faced by refugees at our borders and at holding centers, particularly children. There are (at least) three local events: (at 7pm) Near the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, NY. 7-9pm.(at 8pm) At Bidwell & Elmwood, 8pm. Please bring signs and more. (at 8pm) At North Presbyterian Church (front lawn if not raining), 300 North Forest Rd, Amherst. At 9pm, there’ll be a candlelight silent vigil as in locations around the world.
No War on Iran
July 13 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Join Buffalo Antiwar against yet another US war for oil in Iran. At Lafayette Square (on Main by train tracks/recruiting station(s)). Buffalo Antiwar is a coalition of activist representatives from Workers World/Buffalo IAC, Erie County Green Party, BB of USFSP, Buffalo DSA, Veterans for Peace and the WNY Peace Center.
Blanket Training
July 13 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Now open to all members. An interactive history lesson with trained facilitators and Indigenous Elders, using blankets to represent the land of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. If you are interested in having such a training for your group, please let us know! 716-332-3904
Camp Peaceprints
July 15 @ 10:00 am – July 19 @ 3:00 pm
CAMP PEACEPRINTS is a summer camp designed to introduce youth to social justice, while providing them with peaceful conflict resolution skills and exposure to a broader community. It is a two-week long alternative education program for participants ages 8 – 13, with older youth serving as Youth Assistants, running Monday through Friday, 10am – 3pm.
We shall overcome
#Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
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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.
