Fair Fines & Fees; Harriet Tubman Parade & Cultural Programme
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Dear Friends,
There are several events and opportunities for activism we’d like to highlight for you this week. First and foremost, the Fair Fines and Fees Coalition (FFFC) is collecting signatures for their current petition. Buffalo residents are welcome to sign this petition which aims to eliminate the thirteen new fines and fees that were passed by the city in 2018. It is wrong to fund the city’s budget on the backs of those who are too poor to pay! Why are we criminalizing poverty?? See our current campaigns page for more information. The link to the petition is below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZnv-e89bfDNUnMEepA96NsjyliODZZB5jZjjQWMsN2QWbLw/viewform
Next Saturday (3/7) a Harriet Tubman Parade and Cultural Programme is being held from 12-4pm. It will include a parade (which starts at Utica & Main), and a presentation at the Merriweather Library on Jefferson Ave from 2-4pm, with refreshments served. This free event will protest racism and poverty; and celebrate the life and legacy of Harriet Tubman. Don’t miss it!
Many thanks to any and all of you who’ve re-upped – or become – a member of the WNY Peace Center. Be on the lookout for our annual membership campaign, which includes information to renew your membership and highlighted events!
For regularly scheduled events, this week is our Environmental Justice Taskforce meeting! As usual it will be held on Thursday (3/ 5) at the Isaías González-Soto Branch (formerly Niagara Branch) Library. We’d love to see you there! Also from Charley Bowman, Taskforce Chair, Some good news….
Gov. Cuomo announced a speed up in the now 10-year+ long process of siting large clean energy projects in NY State. More details will be released soon, but all indications are this is a hugely good thing…perhaps the best news since he banned fracking in Dec. 2014.
https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-30-day-amendment-accelerate-renewable-energy-projects-and-drive
This legislation just received a bill number: Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth & Community Benefit Act S.7508-A/A.9508-A. Stay tuned…
…and by the way, Gov. Cuomo now proposes a bill to make the ban on hydrofracking permanent.
https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-legislation-make-fracking-ban-permanent-included-fy-2021-executive
Please see much more below, including great events this week, regularly scheduled events & vigils, and more at wnypeace.org, and on our Facebook page, Twitter (@wnypeace), and Instagram (wnypeace)!
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
#Unite! #OneLove
Events this week:
Rally: Gov. Cuomo – Resign Now
March 2 @ 12pm-1:30pm
On January 1st Cuomo sided against the workers of NY state by vetoing the SWEAT Bill. The SWEAT bill would have prevented employers who were accused of wage theft from hiding the money they owe their workers. Two out of three workers in Buffalo are victims of wage theft- Governor Cuomo stands between you and the money that was stolen from you by your employer. Join us during International Women’s Week to demand Cuomo’s resignation, and that SWEAT be immediately enacted to give us the protections we need!
Talking Peace w WNYPC, WBNY 91.3FM
March 2 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Call-in radio show with Vicki Ross hosting. Also streaming on-line at wbny.buffalostate.edu. Special show “in the Intersection.” With guests Betty Jean Grant and Jalonda Hill.
Nekanehsakt
March 3 @ 6:30-8pm
At Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Avenue, Buffalo 14213. Indigenous support group/allies (including Indigenous Women’s Initiatives, WNYPC). Every 1st & 3rd Tuesdays. Come help plan support for Indigenous rights, people, and the planet.
ECHC Vigil: NO MORE Deaths!
March 4 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
At the Erie Co Holding Center, Delaware between Church & Eagle Sts, Buffalo. Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce Vigil/protest Wednesdays 4-5:30pm at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church). The ECHC has significantly higher deaths than similar facilities. The Sheriff’s Dept has misreported, and been determined to have committed homicide by medical neglect per the DOJ! The Sheriff’s Administration is a Public Health Emergency!! All are welcome.
**Please bring signs. **
Also please call Gov Cuomo at (518) 474-8390 to urge him to remove Sheriff Howard as he clearly is not up to the job.
Environmental Taskforce Meeting
March 5 @ 6-7:30pm
At Isaías González-Soto Branch (formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201. Regular monthly meeting. Come learn, help plan and organize to move ourselves on to Renewable energy and off fossil fuels. Charley Bowman will summarize what NY State has to do to achieve the energy goals codified in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. Spoiler Alert: methane-based electrical energy generation will take a big hit as we make buildings more efficient, cars electric, and electricity generation clean.
Also,
It’s Time to call the Governor: Declare a Climate Emergency!
“Governor Cuomo, please declare a climate emergency for the state of New York
which means an immediate ban on all new fossil fuel infrastructure.
I’m calling from zip code xxxxx.”
Phone: 518-474-8390,
press 1 when the recording begins.
March 6 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Environmental Justice Taskforce Vigil to Protest the Shipments of VERY Dangerous Radioactive Liquid from Canada coming over the Peace Bridge. Every Friday 2-3pm, Front Park at Vermont & Busti, Buffalo. Signs welcome and also usually available.
Subversive Theatre: ECLIPSED opening night
716-332-3904 2/15/2020 wnypeace.org
Dear Friends,
So sorry to write again so soon (we do try to
keep it to once a week), but we invite you to rally to support the Wet’suwet’en
who are defending the Sacred. A transCanada pipeline is being forced on them,
endangering pristine land, despite there
being other solutions. #NoMorePipelines!
Please join our Wet’suwet’en Support Protest tomorrow, Sunday, 2/16, at 2:30pm,
on the US side of the Niagara Falls Rainbow bridge. We’ll be there in
solidarity with a big protest on the Canadian side.
For more info on this, please go to our wnypeace.org/events (and/or see entry
below). Yes there are also other events added …. frequently!
Many thanks to any and all of you who’ve re-upped – or become – a member of the WNY Peace
Center.
Please see much more below, including great events this week, regularly
scheduled events & vigils, and more at wnypeace.org, and on our Facebook
page, Twitter (@wnypeace), and Instagram (wnypeace)!
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
#Unite! #OneLove
Events this week:
Wet’suwet’en Support Protest – No More Pipelines!
February
16 @ 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
On/by Rainbow Bridge, Niagara Fall, US side.
Let’s thank and support the heroes and sheroes defending the Sacred! Nya wëh
Wet’suwet’en First Nation! Please bring signs and banners, and dress warmly!
We’ll have our love to keep us warm!! #NoMorePipelines
#ClimateEmergency From our friends at Democracy Now!
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/2/13/wet_suwet_en_territory_pipeline_opposition?fbclid=IwAR1hkmaCEcqRFuh9m5OeWK3amZPcPk1Og-6Ko8QxFWTNFRuA33z_hvFIa04
Riverside Salem
February
16 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
At Riverside Salem Environmental Cottage
& UCC/DC, 3449 West River Road, Grand Island, NY 14072. – Various
progressive spiritual activist and naturalist programs, Sundays, 4-6pm followed
by a pot-luck.
Talking Peace w WNYPC, WBNY 91.3FM
February 17 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Call-in radio show with Vicki Ross hosting.
Also streaming on-line at wbny.buffalostate.edu. Special Presidents’ Day show
with League of Women Voters’ Barbara Gunderson. Re Voter Registration (apps?!),
Electoral College, Impeachment, more.
WNY Poor People’s Campaign General Meeting
February 17 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
At Raq’s Solidarity, 322 Amherst Street,
Buffalo 14207. Join the WNY Poor People’s Campaign to learn more about what
we’re working on and how you can get involved! No worries potluck! Please bring
a snack or drink to pass. For more information contact Sara Palmer at
716-427-4933 or saraleepalmer02@gmail.com
BULYPNY Black Restaurant Week
February 18 – February 23
February 18th – 23rd; please visit
https://bulypny.wixsite.com/blackrestaurantweek/copy-of-2019-participating-restaura
for participating restaurants. Visit a participating restaurant for breakfast,
lunch, or dinner; then purchase a meal from their special Restaurant Week menu.
The vision is to empower and highlight the great minority-owned restaurants
here in Buffalo, NY. Organized by Buffalo Urban League Young Professionals.
Nekanehsakt
February 18 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
At Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Avenue,
Buffalo 14213. Indigenous support group/allies (including Indigenous Women’s
Initiatives, WNYPC). Every 1st & 3rd Tuesdays. Come help plan support for
Indigenous rights, people, and the planet. Learn about – and help with – the
NuclearFree Peace On and With the Earth Month (April), and the Walk For Life,
Walk For Water, Walk for Mother Earth (April 3-26). See more on our website –
or just come to the meeting!
Resist Militarism! Taskforce Meeting
February 19 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
At Isaías González-Soto Branch
(formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201. Come be part
of grounding the drones and ending the wars. Planning is in process for
event(s) in Niagara Falls, with PeaceAction Niagara University and more; for
moving toward having monuments for Peacemakers not just warmakers; retracting
the AUMF, and more. All are welcome!
ECHC Vigil: NO MORE Deaths!
February 19 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
At the Erie Co Holding Center, Delaware
between Church & Eagle Sts, Buffalo. Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce
Vigil/protest Wednesdays 4-5:30pm at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware
& Church). The ECHC has significantly higher deaths than similar
facilities. The Sheriff’s Dept has misreported, and been determined to have
committed homicide by medical neglect per the DOJ! The Sheriff’s Administration
is a Public Health Emergency!! All are welcome.
**Please bring signs. **
Also please call Gov Cuomo at (518) 474-8390
to urge him to remove Sheriff Howard as he clearly is not up to the job.
Immigrant & Refugee Justice (IRJ) Taskforce Mtg
February 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
At SPoT Coffee, 227 Delaware Ave. Join us
every third Thursday from 6:00 – 7:00 PM for an IRJ taskforce meeting to
discuss topics relevant to immigrant and refugee communities. We currently meet
at SPoT Coffee just after and across the street from our weekly vigil (5-6pm)
at Delaware North.
Global Days of Listening Call – APV streaming online
February 21 @ 10:30 pm – February 22 @ 10:30
pm
At http://globaldaysoflistening.org/. The Afghan Peace Volunteers will
have their regular monthly international call. You can listing to it streaming
on-line. You can also sign up for another month, especially if you are part of
a group. Global Days of Listening has included many great peace, justice,
climate, and especially nonviolence advocates and activists from all over the
world. Don’t miss the call and/or the inspiration!
Peace Coffeehouse: Bolivia and struggles against corporate tactics
February
24 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Jim Schultz, on ways of resistance to
corporations, from the Cochibamba Water Revolt in Bolivia to the
present. 7pm – 9pm at Canisius College – Science Hall. Jim Schultz, author
and executive director of the Democracy Center for 25 years, has worked with
citizen activists on five continents, from indigenous communities in
Bolivia to senior leaders in the United Nations. https://democracyctr.org/author/jim_shultz/. Event Sponsored by WNY Peace Center
http://wnypeace.org/ and its taskforce, the Latin American Solidarity Committee
LAST DAY Today and Tomorrow!
For Future Generations: A Plastic Pollution Study of Lake Erie’ Opening
At CEPA Gallery, 617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY
14203. Opened January 17, 2020; exhibit is up through February 15, 2020. Artist
Alexis Oltmer (b.1990) has spent 3 years creating For Future Generations : A plastic
pollution study of Lake Erie, an environmental and conceptual body of artwork
which elevates plastic pollution imagery.
REGULARLY
SCHEDULED EVENTS not already listed above:
The Environmental Show, with Jack Kanack, John
Cunningham and Charley Bowman. Radio show every Monday at 9 AM – 10 AM on WBNY
91.3 FM. Also streaming online at wbny.buffalostate.edu.
Interfaith Peace Network – First
and third Thursday of each month at 9:15am. Located at 1272 Delaware Ave,
Buffalo NY 14209 entrance and parking round back.) Breakfast potluck, and
discussion.
Environmental
Justice Taskforce Mtg, every first Thursday of the month, 6-7:30pm. At Isaías González-Soto Branch
(formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201. Regular
monthly meeting. Come learn, help plan and organize to move ourselves on to
Renewable energy and off fossil fuels. Bomb train resistance, No Nuclear Waste
over the Peace Bridge and on public highways etc. also often included
End ICE Terror – Thursdays, 5-6pm, vigil in front of the ICE building on the
corner of (@250) Delaware and Chippewa. Bring your signs and spirit of
Solidarity. We will not stay silent! Taskforce meeting hosted at Spot Coffee
across the street from the vigil location on the third Thursday of the month.
(2/20/20 from 6-7pm) #EndICETerror #FamiliesBelongTogether #AbolishICE
#CLOSETHECAMPS #NeverAgainIsNow.
Stop The Violence Coalition – 1st
and 3rd Fridays of the month; 6pm, United Way Building, Delaware and Summer
Sts.
Of note: Little Africa Culture Club, 356 S. Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY.
African Drumming Sundays, 12-2pm.
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
More listings on calendar and in previous
email posts.
To subscribe, write to weeklynews@wnypeace.org with “subscribe” in subject
line.
To unsubscribe, write to
weeklynews@wnypeace.org with “unsubscribe” in subject line. (Sorry for 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 BROADCAST MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY
91.3FM. Hear it over the radio or streaming live at
wbny.buffalostate.edu.
And don’t forget to support it to keep it on the air: donations should go to
the WNY Peace Center with a memo to us (on the check or with a note on the
on-line contribution) the Friends of Democracy Now in Buffalo! Many Thanks!
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One
Struggle, One Vision, One Love!!
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716-332-3904 2/14/2020
Dear Friends,
If you haven’t already heard our big news, Rev. Dr. Cornel West will keynote the WNY Peace Center’s Annual event Monday, November 9, 2020! That’s the Monday after the election of a lifetime! Our Beloved Brother Cornel will help us navigate from wherever we’re at, at that point. We couldn’t be more excited and grateful! Save the date! And of course, more details to follow …..
We’ll soon be snail-mailing reminders about re-upping – or becoming – a member of the WNY Peace Center. As a recipient of this Weekly News/Weekly Update, you know how hard we work and how much we offer the community through our rallies/marches/coffee houses and all kinds of events, campaigns, collaborations, coalitions, website, social media, and much more.
Moreover the vast majority of our offerings are free to you and all the community (while actually costing us to do it). This is your chance to make sure it all keeps happening – we need your support to ensure it does! So you can donate/become a member at wnypeace.org. Or wait for the mailing …. Either way, we can’t do it without you! Thanks in advance.
Please see much more below, including great events this week, regularly scheduled events & vigils, and more at wnypeace.org, and on our Facebook page, Twitter (@wnypeace), and Instagram (wnypeace)!
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
#Unite! #OneLove
Events this week:
Vigil Protest of VERY Dangerous Radioactive Liquid over Peace Bridge
February 14 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Environmental Justice Taskforce – Vigil to Protest the Shipments of VERY Dangerous Radioactive Liquid from Canada coming over the Peace Bridge. Every Friday 2-3pm, Front Park at Vermont & Busti, Buffalo. Signs welcome and also usually available.
Women In Black – Nonviolence vigil
February 15 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
At Bidwell and Elmwood. Saturdays, Noon-1pm. Signs also available. (And you don’t need to be a woman or dress in black!)
Riverside Salem
February 16 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
At Riverside Salem Environmental Cottage & UCC/DC, 3449 West River Road, Grand Island, NY 14072. – Various progressive spiritual activist and naturalist programs, Sundays, 4-6pm followed by a pot-luck.
Talking Peace w WNYPC, WBNY 91.3FM
February 17 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Call-in radio show with Vicki Ross hosting. Also streaming on-line at wbny.buffalostate.edu. Special Presidents’ Day show with League of Women Voters’ Barbara Gunderson. Re Voter Registration (apps?!), Electoral College, Impeachment, more.
WNY Poor People’s Campaign General Meeting
February 17 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
At Raq’s Solidarity, 322 Amherst Street, Buffalo 14207. Join the WNY Poor People’s Campaign to learn more about what we’re working on and how you can get involved! No worries potluck! Please bring a snack or drink to pass. For more information contact Sara Palmer at 716-427-4933 or saraleepalmer02@gmail.com
BULYPNY Black Restaurant Week
February 18 – February 23
February 18th – 23rd; please visit https://bulypny.wixsite.com/blackrestaurantweek/copy-of-2019-participating-restaura for participating restaurants. Visit a participating restaurant for breakfast, lunch, or dinner; then purchase a meal from their special Restaurant Week menu. The vision is to empower and highlight the great minority-owned restaurants here in Buffalo, NY. Organized by Buffalo Urban League Young Professionals.
Nekanehsakt
February 18 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
At Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Avenue, Buffalo 14213. Indigenous support group/allies (including Indigenous Women’s Initiatives, WNYPC). Every 1st & 3rd Tuesdays. Come help plan support for Indigenous rights, people, and the planet. Learn about – and help with – the NuclearFree Peace On and With the Earth Month (April), and the Walk For Life, Walk For Water, Walk for Mother Earth (April 3-26). See more on our website – or just come to the meeting!
Resist Militarism! Taskforce Meeting
February 19 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
At Isaías González-Soto Branch (formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201. Come be part of grounding the drones and ending the wars. Planning is in process for event(s) in Niagara Falls, with PeaceAction Niagara University and more; for moving toward having monuments for Peacemakers not just warmakers; retracting the AUMF, and more. All are welcome!
ECHC Vigil: NO MORE Deaths!
February 19 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
At the Erie Co Holding Center, Delaware between Church & Eagle Sts, Buffalo. Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce Vigil/protest Wednesdays 4-5:30pm at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church). The ECHC has significantly higher deaths than similar facilities. The Sheriff’s Dept has misreported, and been determined to have committed homicide by medical neglect per the DOJ! The Sheriff’s Administration is a Public Health Emergency!! All are welcome.
**Please bring signs. **
Also please call Gov Cuomo at (518) 474-8390 to urge him to remove Sheriff Howard as he clearly is not up to the job.
Immigrant & Refugee Justice (IRJ) Taskforce Mtg
February 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
At SPoT Coffee, 227 Delaware Ave. Join us every third Thursday from 6:00 – 7:00 PM for an IRJ taskforce meeting to discuss topics relevant to immigrant and refugee communities. We currently meet at SPoT Coffee just after and across the street from our weekly vigil (5-6pm) at Delaware North.
Global Days of Listening Call – APV streaming online
February 21 @ 10:30 pm – February 22 @ 10:30 pm
At http://globaldaysoflistening.org/. The Afghan Peace Volunteers will have their regular monthly international call. You can listing to it streaming on-line. You can also sign up for another month, especially if you are part of a group. Global Days of Listening has included many great peace, justice, climate, and especially nonviolence advocates and activists from all over the world. Don’t miss the call and/or the inspiration!
Peace Coffeehouse: Bolivia and struggles against corporate tactics
February 24 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Jim Schultz, on ways of resistance to corporations, from the Cochibamba Water Revolt in Bolivia to the present. 7pm – 9pm at Canisius College – Science Hall. Jim Schultz, author and executive director of the Democracy Center for 25 years, has worked with citizen activists on five continents, from indigenous communities in Bolivia to senior leaders in the United Nations. https://democracyctr.org/author/jim_shultz/. Event Sponsored by WNY Peace Center http://wnypeace.org/ and its taskforce, the Latin American Solidarity Committee
LAST DAY Today and Tomorrow! For Future Generations: A Plastic Pollution Study of Lake Erie’ Opening
At CEPA Gallery, 617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203. Opened January 17, 2020; exhibit is up through February 15, 2020. Artist Alexis Oltmer (b.1990) has spent 3 years creating For Future Generations : A plastic pollution study of Lake Erie, an environmental and conceptual body of artwork which elevates plastic pollution imagery.
REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS not already listed above:
The Environmental Show, with Jack Kanack, John Cunningham and Charley Bowman. Radio show every Monday at 9 AM – 10 AM on WBNY 91.3 FM. Also streaming online at wbny.buffalostate.edu.
Interfaith Peace Network – First and third Thursday of each month at 9:15am. Located at 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo NY 14209 entrance and parking round back.) Breakfast potluck, and discussion.
Environmental Justice Taskforce Mtg, every first Thursday of the month, 6-7:30pm. At Isaías González-Soto Branch (formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201. Regular monthly meeting. Come learn, help plan and organize to move ourselves on to Renewable energy and off fossil fuels. Bomb train resistance, No Nuclear Waste over the Peace Bridge and on public highways etc. also often included
End ICE Terror – Thursdays, 5-6pm, vigil in front of the ICE building on the corner of (@250) Delaware and Chippewa. Bring your signs and spirit of Solidarity. We will not stay silent! Taskforce meeting hosted at Spot Coffee across the street from the vigil location on the third Thursday of the month. (2/20/20 from 6-7pm) #EndICETerror #FamiliesBelongTogether #AbolishICE #CLOSETHECAMPS #NeverAgainIsNow.
Stop The Violence Coalition – 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month; 6pm, United Way Building, Delaware and Summer Sts.
Of note: Little Africa Culture Club, 356 S. Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY. African Drumming Sundays, 12-2pm.
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
More listings on calendar and in previous email posts.
To subscribe, write to weeklynews@wnypeace.org with “subscribe” in subject line.
To unsubscribe, write to weeklynews@wnypeace.org with “unsubscribe” in subject line. (Sorry for 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 BROADCAST MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY 91.3FM. Hear it over the radio or streaming live at wbny.buffalostate.edu.
And don’t forget to support it to keep it on the air: donations should go to the WNY Peace Center with a memo to us (on the check or with a note on the on-line contribution) the Friends of Democracy Now in Buffalo! Many Thanks!
********
One Struggle, One Vision, One Love!!
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