WNYPC Annual Mtg Sat 2-5; Poor People’s Campaign Updates; plus

Dear Friends! 716-332-3904; 716-931-3520 5/17/18

Please join us for the WNYPC’s Annual Membership Meeting this Saturday, 2-5pm, here at 1272 Delaware Ave (entrance & pkg round back of bldg). No worries snack-luck (means bring snacks/beverages to share if you like, if not convenient don’t let that stop your coming!). Come share in celebrating our great year during the onslaught, and some exciting plans for the future! Si, se puede!
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The historic Poor People’s Campaign is going beautifully!

The Monday kick-off went wonderfully well!! Many thanks to Kirk, Dennice, CEJ generally and the so many who worked and went! Turnout was good at ~450-500 people, and those who risked arrest were not even arrested!

This Sunday, 5/20 – 5:15-8pm Watch Party at Raqs (Thanks, Eve!!) 322 Amherst St. Debrief from Monday’s trip and watch Rev Barber and all livestreaming. Potluck.

This Monday 5/21 Virginia McIntyre is going on and looking to carpool (2 cars possible). Anyone who want to join can email her at vlmcintyre@outlook.com. Also they could register here for that week Click here to join us next Monday for Week 2 in Albany!

Tues, May 22 Nonviolent Direct Action Training – Poor People’s Campaign @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Come on out for shared learning of the principles, spirit, and practices for Nonviolent Direct Action training, especially for the Poor People’s Campaign and it’s 40 days of action to run starting Mothers’ Day. At Rafi Greene CAO Masten Resource Center, 1423 Fillmore Ave, Buffalo. Please register/RSVP: at 716-332-3904; or office@wnypeace.org. also see the Facebook

Tues, May 29 Bus to Albany, leaving at 3:45 from UB South Park & Ride. Stand against Militarism and the War Economy, and for Education. Coming back midnight or later if need be, waiting til those who risked arrest are free. Link – when available – will be on PPC-WNY FB page and the website and fb page of WNY Peace Center. You can let us know in the office (332-3904; office@wnypeace.org) to make a reservation.

As for June 4-5, we are mostly likely having some kind of bus trip tbd: could be an overnight, could include stops or not. To help us with the planning (Thanks, Kevin) Here’s a link to the Doodle poll “Day(s) of Action in Albany, NY June 4th and/or 5th 2018” https://doodle.com/poll/766qy7u82abc66z3 to help estimate how many will attend Monday, June 4th NYS PPC Day of Action “The Right to Health and a Healthy Planet: Ecological Devastation and Health Care” AND stay over for Tuesday, June 5th “Statewide Lobby Day & Rally for the New York Health Act”

June 11 & 18 in Albany, and June 23 in DC are still tbd.

Watch for our Watch Party that will include a re-launch of the #LoveisLove Campaign, Date tbd!

Just a little snapshot of the many things going on with this campaign. We look forward to our PPC-WNY next planning meeting MAY 24, 5pm, 1272 Delaware Ave (entrance & pkg round back).
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Please note the Global Days of Listening with the Afghan Peace Volunteers on Monday, March For Gaza on Friday (4pm at Niagara Square), and more ….

Don’t forget too to register if you’re interested in University, Community, & Gov’t Partnerships, R- Weds-Fri June 13-15: Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Ctr for Race, Equality & Mission; Niagara University niagara.edu/niagara-university-partnerships-for-race-and-equality/. Stacey Smith and Vicki Ross do a workshop on the Friday, comparing and contrasting different ways peace and justice advocates relate to the police force in particular and/or government in general.

#UnitetheStruggles

Many Thanks, Peace, Solidarity, and yes Love.

See our website including calendar for more details, as well as additional postings of our Weekly News homepage post:

#unitethestruggles

Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, Justice, and yes Love.

#PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver

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Register for Mon kick-off trip to Albany, Poor People’s Campaign; more

Dear Friends! 716-332-3904; 716-931-3520 5/12/18

Happy Mothers’ Day Eve! Remember it was started by mothers who lost sons in the Civil War to protest war and its carnage. Read the proclamation by Julia Ward Howe (1870) here.

Join us for the historic Poor People’s Campaign kick-off trip to Albany on May 14 – Theme: “Somebody’s Hurting My People, & It’s Gone On Far Too Long!” (It’s also a great song!) Special attention will also be paid to child poverty, Women, LGBTQIA, people with disabilities, and the Green Light Program (especially important for immigrants and refugees; and which is also rallying in Albany). The bus leaves 4:30am from the LaSalle Metro/Park&Ride. Please contact kirk@cejbuffalo.org and register on line as well at
https://bit.ly/2G2F6cM
(there’s also a facebook event page fyi). And please text MORAL to 90975 to join the Campaign.

See our website including calendar for more details, as well as additional postings of our Weekly News homepage post:

– Sat May 12: Muslim Public Affairs Council Dinner, 6pm Hyatt Regency ($80; $40 for NRC/Students) – support this great organization & Millenials!

– Mon May 14: Poor People’s Campaign Kickoff in Albany; 4:30am sharp bus leaves LaSalle Sta NFTA Park&Ride, 3030 Main St, Buffalo 14214. Register at bit.ly/BuffaloPPC5-9

– Tues May 15: Honduran Musicians/Activists, 7-9pm; Latin American Solidarity Committee, Pilgrim-St Luke’s, 335 Richmond Ave (cnr W Utica);

– Tues May 15 sundown: Ramadan Mubarak to all our dear Muslim friends and families, on this the beginning of the holy and auspicious month of Ramadan!

– Sat May 19: WNYPC Annual Membership Meeting, 2-5pm, 1272 Delaware Ave (entrance & pkg round back behind bldg.) No worries snack-luck. Renew your membership on our wnypeace.org/membership, or just come ahead. All are welcome! (and members vote 😉

– Tues May 29: PPC bus to Albany with Veterans, War Economy and Stop Militarism themes.

– Weds-Fri June 13-15: Univ, Community, & Gov’t Partnerships, Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Ctr for Race, Equality & Mission; Niagara University niagara.edu/niagara-university-partnerships-for-race-and-equality/

#unitethestruggles

Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, Justice, and yes Love.

Bus (free) to Albany for Bail Reform; Sunday: Benefit Concert by Dooleys & Hearsay

Dear Friends! 716-332-3904; 716-931-3520 3/6/18

We are so excited about the FreeNY campaign, working to right the injustices in the criminal “Just-us” system. Please join us on Weds, March 14 to bus to Albany (no payment needed) to lobby for Bail reform and more! The bus will leave on the morning of March 14, at 4am at PUSH office, 4:30 am at South Campus UB Park & Ride. We expect to have returned by ~4pm from Albany. Please call Heron Simmonds, the WNYPC Racial Justice Taskforce Chair and organizer for Voice Buffalo, for details and to reserve a seat on the bus. See you there!!

– Poor People’s Campaign event planning Thurs, March 8 at 4pm at the WNYPC (1272 Delaware Ave, entrance & pkg round back near bldg.) – plan for Sharing Stories event to build the Beloved Community and prepare for the Poor People’s Campaign national kick-off Mothers’ Day plus 40 days of Action.

– Native American Community Services social at Medaille College, Friday, March 9, 5-9pm.

– Major Progress Program: Benefit for the WNYPC by the Dooleys and Hearsay, at DHU Strand Theatre, 540 Oliver St., North Tonawanda. 5:30 doors open (and best time to come if you didn’t already buy your $10 tickets here). BYOB and potluck!! A real happening – don’t miss it!!

Again, please go to our website wnypeace.org and facebook page for info on more events and campaigns, including
– MARCH FOR OUR LIVES, WNY Local and bus(es) to DC, March 24 (bus funded by Mayor Brown).
– Women’s Ways ~ Peace Ways
– Resist Militarism
– West Valley Nuclear Waste: Clean-up NOW!
– and more!

#unitethestruggles We shall overcome – Together!/Harambe!!

Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, Justice, and yes Love.

#PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver