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
Dear Friends! 716-332-3904; 716-931-3520 1/24/18
The #StillResisting Weekend was amazing!! Huge thanks to the 35 cosponsors for sharing, and to the ~5,000 who participated!!
We had
– a wonderful time with our friends Science Demands Action (/Buffalo March for Science) at great sign-making parties on Friday and Sunday, with scores of participants;
– a day to remember gathering and going on the #StillResisting Bus to Women’s March in Seneca Falls, the birthplace of the US Women’s Movement (on this 100th year after we women won the right to vote!). Many thanks to Maureen Milligan and the stalwart bus-full!! What a time!;
– 4,500-5,000 –yes!!- at the Sunday Women’s Solidarity March!! (police estimate). Not only was the turnout record-breaking, the Spirit and principles very evident, the speakers fantastic, and the support overwhelming, but the message also came through loud and clear – Equality, Empowerment and SOLIDARITY!!
Attendees and reporters seemed crystal clear the we were there to #UnitetheStruggles in Truth and Love.
What an inspiring #StillResisting Weekend!!! Amazing to have had you all – us all – together for people and the planet!! #UnitetheStruggles #PowertothePolls #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver!!
Some 4,500-5,000 came out to stand up and march for Each Other, for human rights, gender justice, racial justice, – immigrants and refugees, trans and Muslim – the poor, the oppressed and the prisoners of every injustice.
THAT is who and what we were marching for, and that is WHY We Shall Overcome.
We did not come out for hate but for Love, not to blame but to inspire, not to curse but to develop the courage and the faith to know that we can change the world, we can make a difference, and together, si, se puede!!!
Those who think it’s just about women’s rights – well seems they didn’t read our plan or hear our speakers. However imperfectly, we are trying to #unitethestruggles
We also couldn’t be more grateful to our more-than-wonderful speakers, singers, drummers, helpers of every kind, and last but especially cosponsors. Thank you/Asanti/Gracias/Tashakor/Sucran/Moracozay/Sukriya/Polikalal/ShehSheh/Merci from the bottom of our hearts!!!! #UnitetheStruggles!!!!
