716-332-3904 wnypeace.org April 24, 2019
Dear Friends,
Please join us this Friday, 4/26, for an Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Sri Lanka, 5-6pm, Niagara Sq.
It will be focused on prayer and solemn intention for condolences, safety, and relief for the people of Sri Lanka, in love and deepest concern.
In a devastating tragedy on Easter Sunday, simultaneous explosions in churches and hotels claimed the lives of nearly 400 people and injured hundreds more. Sri Lankans at home and around the world are in shock and grieving. We come together in solidarity and prayer with those affected, and pledge to work for a world of peace, nonviolence, and healing.
As we are not going for a permit (no need nor time – it is, however, fully legal), we will not have a PA system. There may be some music; and possibly communal prayer out loud with a people’s mike (people repeating short phrases said by the speaker/prayer).
Prayerful signs are welcome.
In case of rain, we’ll meet at Buffalo City Hall Steps – rain is predicted both before and after the vigil time, tho [currently] not during.
Organized by the WNY Peace Center, with the Interfaith Peace Network, Tasneem Hamead, and the Muslim Women’s Council of UB.
Cosponsors also include Lincoln United Methodist Church, Muslim Public Affairs Council, Pax Christi of WNY, PeaceJam Buffalo, Riverside Salem UCC/DC Environmental Cottage, Ss Columba-Brigid Parish, and St. Joseph’s University Parish Social Justice Committee.
If you would like to cosponsor, please contact victoryross9@gmail.com. And we appreciate your publicizing it whether you co-sponsor or not.
Peace/Salam/Shalom/Shanti/Saama/Camatanam.
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716-332-3904 4/22/19 wnypeace.org
Friends,
HAPPY EARTH DAY!! What an awesome opportunity we have to repair the harm we have done to our earth, our health and well-being, and our communities. We hope you have been busy this past week, and this week there are even more opportunities. Every little bit counts! Let’s continue to educate ourselves and each other, and to keep doing the work.
Tonight is our Latin American Solidarity Committee’s April Peace Coffeehouse: Industrial Agriculture vs. Indigenous Survival, 7-9pm, Canisius College Science Hall, Main and Jefferson.
Happy Dyngus Day! Enjoy.
Tomorrow, 4/23, join us for the “End Of The Earth” program by the Sunrise Movement for environmental justice at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 695 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY. Doors: 6:30pm. Program starts at 7:00pm.
Also, Save the date for:
Caring for our Earth, Caring for our Children and Future Generations: Where Do We Go From Here?
May 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
St. Joseph University Parish Community Room, 3269 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214. Listen to the voices of our youth. Get updates on current environment legislation and suggested actions. Pray together … Reflect together. Sponsored by St. Joseph University Parish Social Justice Committee, with the Interfaith Climate Justice Community. COME AND BRING A FRIEND!
Prisoners Are People Too Monthly Meeting, tonight, 7-9pm, CAO Rafi Green Center, 1423 Fillmore Avenue, Buffalo, NY.
Our PeaceJam Leaders After School program began on Tuesday, April 9 and continues on Tuesdays for 11 weeks (through 6/25), 3-5pm (except when school is out) at the CAO Rafi Green Center, 1423 Fillmore Avenue, Buffalo, NY. Parents are welcome to register their children for this program. wnypeace.org.
Many more events on the website!
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.
Talking Peace with the WNY Peace Center Radio Show on 91.3FM, WBNY. Mondays, 1-4pm. Call-in show! Go to wbny.buffalostate.edu.
Buffalo Supports Standing Rock Water Protectors/Nekanesakt. Indigenous support group/allies. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month, 6:30-8pm. 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.
Racial Justice Taskforce – 3rd Sundays, 1-2:30pm, Little Africa Culture Club, 356 S. Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY.
Interfaith Peace Network, 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 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 Delaware and Chippewa. Bring your signs and spirit of Solidarity. We will not stay silent! #EndICETerror #FamiliesBelongTogether #AbolishICE
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)
Many thanks, peace, solidarity, and yes – Love
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
No hate, no fear as we are #StillResisting. Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
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716-332-3904 716-931-3520 April 16, 2019
Dear Friends,
So very sad and sorry to tell you all that Bruce Beyer, War Resister and Peace Activist extraordinaire; father, grandfather, and husband; former WNY Peace Center Board Member; organizer of Peace Has No Borders; devoted supporter of many who left the armed services to stop the terror of all kinds, …. Bruce has passed away.
His wonderful and devoted daughter, Liz, wrote yesterday:
“It is with a heavy heart that I write this post. This morning, just after 2am my father left this earth. With epic thunderstorms, the earth and sky made way to accept all of his energy.
We thank everyone for all of the love we have felt from so many people. My dad asked that we do not hold a memorial service for him and our family is respecting those wishes. Those who know my father know how generous he is, and with that I want to share that he made the decision to donate his body to UB’s Anatomical Gift Program.”
Bruce was a courageous and compassionate man, never hesitating to stand up for his (also our) beliefs, and to call it like he saw it. As one of the Buffalo Nine, draft resisters during the war on Vietnam, Bruce was a high profile peace activist who paid a heavy price including leaving his home and country to stand up for Peace and Justice, as well as coming back to again stand up for his beliefs. His lifelong integrity is an inspiration and a joy to all who knew him.
Here is a link to an article he wrote for our friends at the Public: http://www.dailypublic.com/articles/10042017/bruce-beyer-reflects-50-years-activism
Here is his obituary – what a life well lived!!!! – from the Buffalo news: https://buffalonews.com/2019/04/15/bruce-beyer-anti-war-activist/?fbclid=IwAR1G7QMzRH1xQwXlJ4nidkeJ5YaZ3M0gjIr_0KNHs-wrCPl5EEN_BVCPF6M
He will be so sorely missed…. As, in accordance with his wishes, there will be no memorial service, we’ll remember Bruce in our hearts and when we need an inspiring example of Truth-Telling, Integrity, and Love.
Bruce Beyer, Presente …. Rest in Peace… In Gratitude, Solidarity, and Love. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
