716-332-3904 10/18/18
Friends,
We so appreciate and are inspired by your excitement and enthusiasm for our Annual Dinner! 51 years of peace through justice has been an awesome journey for the WNY Peace Center.
The dinner will take place on Friday, November 9 at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. The doors open at 5pm with a social hour, vendors, raffles and auctions. The dinner and program will begin at 6pm.
Kathy Kelly will speak on Uniting Our Struggles and Ending Our Wars, and is a highly regarded peace activist and author. We are so excited to have her with us this year!!
We hope you will get involved with our Annual Dinner! In addition to single tickets, there are also options of purchasing a dinner table, program book advertisement and/or vending/organization table. We are also accepting donations for basket raffles, silent auction items and ticket sponsorships. For more information, visit wnypeace.org, call us at 716-332-3904, or email us at annualdinnerorders@wnypeace.org. Connect with us!
COME CELEBRATE 51 YEARS OF WAGING PEACE WITH US!!! Buy your tickets today.
#UniteTheStruggles #ActivistAndCommunitySelfCare #Celebrate!! #PeaceThroughJustice #KathyKelly #WNYPeaceCenterAnnualDinner
716-332-3904 10/10/18
Friends,
We are SO excited to announce that tickets are for sale for our 51st Annual Dinner!!
We have an awe-inspiring program lined up for everyone, including our guest speaker – Kathy Kelly! If you saw Amy Goodman last year, you do not want to miss Kathy Kelly.
Peace activist and author Kathy Kelly has dedicated her life to ending U.S. military and economic wars. Her particular focus on learning from people in Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen helps expose the direct impacts of US policies including sanctions, war, drones, and military support for warring parties. She is a frequent guest on Democracy Now! and her writings are posted widely.
Kathy Kelly will speak on “Uniting Our Struggles and Ending Our Wars”. Friday, November 9, 2018. Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, 153 Franklin St., Buffalo, NY 14202. Free parking. Doors and Social Hour: 5pm. Program begins at 6pm.
The WNY Peace Center’s Annual Dinner is a time to gather together to celebrate peace through justice, network with community members and support an organization promoting activism for a better world.
COME CELEBRATE 51 YEARS OF WAGING PEACE WITH US!!! Buy your tickets today.
Also, there are many ways to get involved with our Annual Dinner! In addition to single tickets, there are also options of purchasing a dinner table, program book advertisement and/or vending/organization table. We are also accepting donations for basket raffles, silent auction items and ticket sponsorships. For more information, visit wnypeace.org, call us at 716-332-3904, or email us at annualdinnerorders@wnypeace.org. Get Involved! Connect with us!
#UniteTheStruggles #ActivistAndCommunitySelfCare #Celebrate!! #PeaceThroughJustice #KathyKelly #WNYPeaceCenterAnnualDinner
EVENT LISTINGS
Poor People’s Campaign Voter Registration Canvass
Thursday, October 11 @ 5:15pm
Leaves from Raq’s Solidarity, 322 Amherst St.
** Deadline to register to vote in the general election:**
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12: If you are mailing your Voter Registration, it must be post-marked by October 12, and received by the Erie County Board of Elections no later than October 17. *If you have moved or changed information, you need to complete a voter registration! Visit https://www.elections.erie.gov for more information.
Sierra Niagara Endorsed Challengers Meet&Greet Rally
Friday, October 12 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
UAW Region 9 Hall. 35 George Karl Boulevard #100. (just off wehrle, near transit) Sponsored by the Sierra Club Niagara Group. Free. Donations accepted. Food and drink provided.
Gender Oppression: Young women & LGBTQ activists discussion
October 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Pilgrim-St.Luke’s Church, 335 Richmond Ave, Buffalo (enter from the parking lot off West Utica). Showing of a video recording of a panel of younger women and LGBTQ activists in Workers World that will be held in New York City in mid-October regarding gender oppression. Discussion to follow.
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
The time is now, and we are the people we’ve been waiting for.
See our calendar for more details and events, or view the rest of the weekly update post!
And remember to tune in: DEMOCRACY NOW! IS NOW BEING BROADCAST MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY 91.3FM. Hear it over the radio or streaming live at wbny.buffalostate.edu or http://tunein.com/radio/WBNY-913-s27549/.
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love! 🙂
716-332-3904 10/4/18
Friends,
We greet you in celebration of an awesome week working collectively towards justice!
Thank you to all who came out yesterday to our sunrise Witnessing Vigil in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault and abuse. It was a powerful moment to stand in solidarity, lift up our voices to dismantle oppression and show others that this behavior, whether in our homes or highest courts, is absolutely unacceptable.
We continue our community work towards peace through justice, dismantling oppression and uniting the struggles towards equity, equality and a world where everyone is safe and celebrated.
We also want to acknowledge last week’s events, including An Evening with Aviva Chomsky at Trinity Church – which was a very powerful talk disrupting the myths around immigration and labor. We must be informed to achieve true justice and equality.
The 14th Annual WNY Environmental Summit at Daemen College was also a very important event in order to gain knowledge on how we can continue to respect the earth and the living beings on the earth, including us as human beings!
Looking forward, there are some really promising ways to get involved this week! We hope to see you at one or all of these events.
EVENT LISTINGS
SCREENING | THE BLACKNESS PROJECT: HELP REWRITE THE RACIAL NARRATIVE
October 4 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, New York 14222 Film screening and community conversation. The Burchfield Penney’s second screening of The Blackness Project, created by award-winning film producer Korey Green who seeks to rewrite America’s racial narrative. The film is a featured length educational documentary about culture and race from the African American perspective.
Tim DeChristopher at Burning Books
October 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Street, Buffalo, NY 14213. “Being serious about tackling the climate crisis means we have to be willing to confront corporate capitalism and the system that is driving that crisis.” – Tim DeChristopher, whose disruption of a 2008 Utah oil & gas lease auction cost him 21 months in prison.
15th Annual World On Your Plate Food and Sustainable Living Conference
October 6 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Wick Student Center, Daemen College, 4380 Main Street, Amherst, NY 14226 FOCUSING ON FOOD, NUTRITION, THE ENVIRONMENT, FARMING AND POLITICS. October 5-6, 2018. Friday, October 5, 5-9pm. Saturday, October 6, 8:30am-4:30pm. Free to students with pre-registration and ID. Otherwise, Pre-register at worldonyourplate.org.
Climbing Poetree; dual-voice spoken word with infectious beats and multimedia theater
October 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Matt Urban Center, 1081 Broadway, Buffalo, NY 14212. Dual-voice spoken word, with infectious beats and multimedia theater. Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman form the award-winning duo, exploring diverse themes such as healing from state and personal violence, human rights, and racial/social/economic justice.
Get In The Game Voter Registration Party!
October 7 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Community Beer Works, 520 7th Street, Buffalo, NY 14201. Registering to vote is fast and easy and helps you participate in the decisions that shape this country. The WNY Peace Center, Coalition for Economic Justice, Push Buffalo, and VOICE-Buffalo will throw a voter registration party complete with music, beer, food, and soft drinks (for voters under 21).
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
The time is now, and we are the people we’ve been waiting for.
Remember to tune in: DEMOCRACY NOW! IS NOW BEING BROADCAST MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY 91.3FM. Hear it over the radio or streaming live at wbny.buffalostate.edu or http://tunein.com/radio/WBNY-913-s27549/.
See entire post for: More event listings (see also calendar & facebook page);
- Taskforce items and campaigns; and
- regularly scheduled events – all in that order.
No hate, no fear as we are #StillResisting. Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
