716-332-3904 716-931-3520 7/4/18
Dear Friends,
What a wonderful Families Belong Together Rally & March we had last Saturday! Many thanks to all who supported and participated. An estimated 1,500-2,500 came out, because the City of Good Neighbors will stand up for Humanity over Oppression every time! Si, se puede!
If you want to sign a petition in support, you could sign this one calling on governors to refuse to send the National Guard to militarize the Mexican border.. at https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/dont-let-your-governor.
And as a next step, please plan to join us for the Celebration For Change: a Poor People’s Campaign Event Thurs, July 12, 5:30 til 7:30pm at MLK Park. We’ll celebrate the 40 Days of Action and the many more to come as we #UnitetheStruggles. Music will include a Community Jam Sessions with Ismail & Co, and with the Women’s Resistance Revival Chorus; food (hot dogs and potluck); and great information and inspiration from supporting groups. Voter registration also included, and our #LoveisLove signs will also be on hand as membership gifts.
At the Celebration For Change, we’re excited that you will also meet our new Assistant Director, Gabrie’l Atchison – a longtime activist and organizer. We are thrilled to have her on board! If you’re associated with a group that wants to cosponsor, that means to publicize and table, just let us know at 332-3904, silverlight143@ymail.com or staceysm@buffalo.edu. You can also join us for a planning meeting on Thursday, July 5, 3:15, at the WNYPC, NRC Bldg, 1272Delaware Ave, Buffalo (entrance & pkg round back behind building). #UnitetheStruggles.
On this 4th of July, let’s remember the message of renowned peace activist, author, and historian Howard Zinnprogressive.org/howard-zinn-s-july-4-wisdom-stands-test-time/?utm_source=THE+PROGRESSIVE+UPDATED+LIST&utm_campaign=579ea26c32-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_21_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_194f0c7083-579ea26c32-186688709&mc_cid=5
Also please go to our website to see another July 4th illumination, as well as a number (3) Environmental Justice Taskforce events in the next two days.
Camp Peaceprints is also fast approaching. IF YOU ARE A LIFEGUARD AND ARE WILLING TO WORK 1-2PM ON TUES & THURS, with travel time and expenses also covered, IE, JULY 17, 19, 24, & 26, PLEASE CONTACT US AT 716-931-3520(CALL OR TEXT)!
Lastly don’t forget to sign your 8 to 13 year olds for Camp Peaceprints, now in its 11th year, July 16-27, M-F 10am-3pm; with swimming (4 times); field trips to new Underground Railroad Museum in/and Niagara Falls, as well as Tifft’s Nature Preserve. We’ll also be meeting with Mayor Brown. Sign them up with registration form accessible at wnypeace.org/education&humanrights
Many Thanks, Peace, Solidarity, and yes Love.
Go to wnypeace.org to see our calendar for more details and events! as well as the rest of this 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/. #UniteTheStruggles #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver #LoveisLoveBUF
Below are
– more event listings (see also calendar & facebook page);
– Taskforce items and campaigns; and
– regularly scheduled events – all in that order.
And be sure to go to wnypeace.org/calendar for more event listings – there’s plenty more and additions are frequent! …..
No hate, no fear as we are #StillResisting. #UnitetheStruggles !
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love. #loveisloveBUF <3
Above photo: Mom being searched & crying child @ border; John Moore/Getty Images
716-332-3904 716-931-3520 6/27/18
Dear Friends,
Please join us for the Families Belong Together Rally & March at 10am Saturday, June 30. Rally at Niagara Square, with Music and Speakers; then march up to ICE at Delaware North, 250 Delaware Ave. (cnr w Chippewa). Please wear yellow (color for amnesty)!! Signs are welcome. And all are welcome!! Asylum is a human right. #familiesbelongtogether; #SiSePuede. See wnypeace.org/familes-belong-together-rally-and-march/ Continue supporting immigrants & refugees at Taste of Diversity and the Burmese Water Festival on Grant from
Many thanks to the many who’ve joined us for the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Thousands have been active in NYS and the US (and internationally). There’re have also been over 100 arrests over the period in Albany, with many more nationally and in DC. Meanwhile the campaign has only just begun. Join us for the Celebration For Change: a Poor People’s Campaign Event Thurs, July 12, 5:30 til 7:30pm at MLK Park. Music will include a Community Jam Session with Ismail & Co, food (hot dogs and potluck), and great information and inspiration from supporting groups. #UnitetheStruggles.
Also, if you haven’t already, please register for the Poor People’s Campaign: a National Call for Moral Revival, at https://www.actionnetwork.org/events/new-york-delegation-poor-peoples-campaign-global-day-of-solidarity-and-mass-rally-in-dc
Lastly don’t forget to sign your 8 to 13 year olds for Camp Peaceprints, now in its 11th year, July 16-27, M-F 10am-3pm; with swimming (4 times); field trips to new Underground Railroad Museum in/and Niagara Falls, as well as Tifft’s Nature Preserve. We’ll also meeting with Mayor Brown. Sign them up with registration form accessible at wnypeace.org/education&humanrights
IF YOU ARE A LIFEGUARD AND ARE WILLING TO WORK 1-2PM ON TUES & THURS, IE, JULY 17, 19, 24, & 26, PLEASE CONTACT US AT 716-931-3520 (CALL OR TEXT)!
Many Thanks, Peace, Solidarity, and yes Love.
See our calendar for more details! as well as the rest of this post (click below).
#UniteTheStruggles #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
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/.
Below are
– more event listings (see also calendar & facebook page);
– Taskforce items and campaigns; and
– regularly scheduled events – all in that order.
And be sure to go to wnypeace.org/calendar for more event listings – there’s plenty more and additions are frequent! …..
No hate, no fear as we are #StillResisting. #UnitetheStruggles !
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love. #loveisloveBUF <3
ACTION ALERT! ACTION ALERT! ACTION ALERT!
We need your help tomorrow, June 15. We haven’t come this far without YOU!
Please contact Gov Cuomo with new message tomorrow, Friday/June 15
New message: Apply pressure on the NYS legislat ure to pass the Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act (S2721/A4189) during this legislative session, which ends next week.
1. Send text to 21333 and type the following message: FARMWORKERS. Follow the prompts to be connected to Gov’s office and leave message.
2. OR….call 518-474-8390 and leave message.
Thank you for continuing to walk this journey with NYS farmworkers!
Marilu
#Justice4Farmworkers #NY4Farmworkers #TimesUp
Extracts from the NYCLU 2017-2018 Legislative Memorandum follow and full memo is attached.
“Farmworkers are the backbone of New York’s massive agricultural industry. An estimated 80,000 to 100,000 migrant, seasonal and dairy workers labor on New York farms. New York ranks among the top agricultural states in the country; it is the second largest producer of apples, snap beans and maple syrup, and is now the third largest dairy producer in the nation.”
“The denial of labor rights for farmworkers cannot be justified as a matter of law, nor as a matter of farm industry economics. Farming in New York is a multi-billion dollar industry, making the state one of the nation’s agricultural leaders. And agricultural industry growth in 21st century New York has been more vigorous than ever…”
“And yet, for those who do the work of harvesting vegetables, picking apples and grapes, and feeding, cleaning and milking herds of dairy cow, the pay is low, conditions are deplorable, and the work is grueling, dangerous and at times life-threatening. But unlike other hourly workers, farmworkers are not entitled to fundamental labor protections due to a legacy of the Jim Crow era, farmworkers are excluded from the rights to overtime pay, a day of rest per week, and workers’compensation when injured on the job. To make matters worse, farworkers to not even have the right to engage in collective bargaining to try to improve their conditions.”
