April 30th, 2020
This is a special edition of the Weekly Update to remind you about the WNYPC 2020 Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday! We invite you all to gather virtually to review the past year, look forward to this upcoming critically important year, elect new board members, and more!
– All are welcome, though only members can vote. If you’re unsure whether your membership is current, call 716-332-3904 or email office@wnypeace.org. You can re-up your membership AND have the funds matched by donating to our GoFundMe Charity Match campaign.
– To join us on Zoom, use Meeting ID 921 863 476 with password 077319. If you’re calling in, first dial 1-646-558-8656.
Meet our amazing selection of 2020 WNYPC Board Candidates! (You can find additional details – including their vision statements – on our website here.)
– Oladipupo Daniel AJIROBA, Action Corps/Network rep and community worker, originally from Nigeria
– Valentino Dixon, artist, community activist, philosopher, and recipient of the WNY Peace Center’s 2019 Emerging Leaders’ Award, exonerated after 27 years of unjust incarceration
– Rosanna Granada, Chemical Engineer, researcher, activist, and artist
– Cariol Horne, former police officer and peace activist
– Kelly Ann Kowalski, Network of Religious Communities’ Food for All Director and food activist
– Franchelle Parker, Executive Director, Open Buffalo; and community leader
Also be sure to tune in to next week’s Talking Peace on WBNY featuring board candidate Franchelle Parker. And take special note of the May 9th event featuring great heroes, the Kings Bay Plowshares 7, before their May 28-29 sentencing. Together, they will speak with a panel of other amazing activists featuring WNYPC Annual Dinner Keynote Speakers Medea Benjamin (2019) and Dr. Cornel West (2020!).
Please see details and much more below, including special events this week, regularly scheduled events, campaigns, fundraisers, and more at wnypeace.org, on our Facebook page, Twitter (@wnypeace), and Instagram (@wnypeace)! *** And lastly, a reminder to pace yourselves – do only what you can without engaging in digital overload. No one call do it all. Let us know what kind of help you might need from the WNYPC; please feel free to reach out!
Peace, thanks, solidarity and yes – love.
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April 21st, 2020
This is a time of year with many holy days – Passover, Easter, and the start of Ramadan on Friday. It is a time to focus on reverence for life, fostering new life. Despite everything, this season is still going on, including our lives. In that spirit, we highlight the Helping Hands opportunities below:
– The WNYPC 2020 Annual Membership Meeting is now less than two weeks away! On Saturday, May 2nd, join our Zoom Meeting to gather virtually to review the past year, look forward to this upcoming critically important year, elect new board members, and more! All are welcome, though only members can vote. If you’re not sure whether your membership is current, call 716-332-3904 or email office@wnypeace.org. (You can also re-up your membership on our website’s home page or under the Get Involved drop-down menu.) To join, use Meeting ID 921 863 476 with password 077319. If you’re calling in, first dial 1-646-558-8656.
– From Wednesday, April 22nd (the 50th anniversary of Earth Day!) through Friday, April 24th, activists, performers, thought leaders, and artists will come together for an empowering, inspiring, and communal three day livestream mobilization, Earth Day Live. The fights against the coronavirus and the climate crisis go hand-in-hand, and as we work to flatten the curve of this pandemic, we must strive toward the longer-term goal of building a society rooted in sustainability and justice. Strike, divest, and vote for our future.
– The online World Conference to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Resist and Reverse the Climate Crisis, and for Social and Economic Justice will convene this Saturday from 9-11am EST. Register here – 1,000 people can join directly. Livestream to be posted at worldconference2020.org. The conference will be recorded. In the context of suffering and changes being wrought by the pandemic, the two-hour world conference will focus on the continuing urgent need to abolish nuclear weapons and its relationship to stanching the climate emergency and challenging injustices which have left so many people marginalized and vulnerable.
– A reminder that voting by mail and electoral integrity are more important than ever! The federal government must set aside money to cover mailing and ensure fair, safe, and accessible voting is available to all. We shouldn’t have to choose between voting and our health! We also always need a paper trail! Check out this call to action in NYS, and find more information about the push for vote-by-mail here. We also suggest watching this informative documentary film, Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America’s Elections – free on HBO only in April!
*** Please remember to pace yourselves – do only what you can without engaging in digital overload. No one call do it all! *** Please pick and choose from more below, including special events this week, regularly scheduled events, campaigns, fundraisers, and more at wnypeace.org, on our Facebook page, Twitter (@wnypeace), and Instagram (@wnypeace)! And let us know what kind of help you might need from the WNYPC – please reach out!
Peace, thanks, solidarity and yes – love.
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716-332-3904 12/4/18
Dear Friends,
Hello! It is great to be in community with everyone.
We’re looking forward to Human Right’s Day on Monday, December 10, declared by the UN. Let us all find a way to lift up this necessary reminder of human rights, and engage ourselves and our community.
We have begun planning for our sister Women’s March!! We’re looking for co-sponsors who uphold the principles of the Women’s March, and will help promote the event, to their membership and others. Please contact us at director@wnypeace.orgif you’re interested in being a part of the planning process and/or would like to co-sponsor. The sister Women’s March will be held on Sunday, January 20, 1:30pm, at Niagara Square. Those who are interested in rsvp-ing to the march can do so on our facebook page, the women’s march national rsvp page, or just plan on coming! It will be here before we know it, and we look forward to having everyone in solidarity towards women’s equity.
We have many great events this week that you won’t want to miss! See them below.
*Also, a huge Thank you to all who donated for Giving Tuesday and renewed your membership and investment in Peace through Justice! We always look forward to having your involvement in our events and campaigns. We are, of course, in our end-of-year membership drive, and encouraging everyone to renew your membership for the new year, which continues throughout 2019. Looking forward to another amazing year working towards change.
So we look to see you at the events this week!
Many thanks, peace, solidarity, and yes – Love
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
THIS WEEK:
Subversive Theatre will present staged readings of Guns of Christmas on Dec 5 and 6 at the Buffalo History Museum (Wednesday) and the Central Library (Thursday), originally written for Subversive Theatre to mark the 100thyear anniversary of the notorious “Christmas Truce”. 6pm.
Mark Dunlea of the Green Education and Legal Fund will be visiting us from Albany to discuss ways we can move to 100% clean energy. Thursday, Dec. 6, 6pm. Niagara Branch Library (Niagara and Porter). Co-sponsored by WNY Drilling Defense and the Environmental Justice Task Force of the WNY Peace Center.
Community members are encouraged to join in a Ring of Peace at Congregation Shir-Shalom to show solidarity with the Jewish community. This is an outside demonstration. Following the demonstration, community members are invited to join for the Hannukah program: Shedding Light on Hannukah. Thursday, Dec. 6, 6:30pm, 4660 Sheridan Dr, Williamsville NY 14221.
Stop the Violence Coalition meeting, Friday, Dec. 7, 5:30pm, United Way, Delaware and Summer St. All are welcome to work to stop the violence.
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 CT 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.
Interfaith Peace Network 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)
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