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!!!!
Dear Friends! 716-332-3904; 716-931-3520 1/13/18
Unbelievable – no, all too believable! Each day it’s the same old story. When you have an internet troll at the helm of the biggest Fear, Inc. corruption-collusion-teamocracy that ever rocked the 0.1%, – we have a problem. (It is a major employer in the area and has the resources available.) However,
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in Reality….” As our Beloved Rev Dr Brother Friend Martin said.
“That is why Good, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. “
We say it as seven activists, including Voices for Creative Nonviolence’s Kathy Kelly, were arrested Jan 11th for refusing to leave Rep. Steny Hoyer’s Washington DC office unless the Congressman (and House Minority Whip) committed to bring a vote on legislation to end the U.S.-Saudi war against Yemen. Under intense bombardment and naval blockade, Yemen is poised to become the new century’s worst case of epidemic and famine; in the worst global famine year in the history of the UN.
We need to follow our Principles and the Spirit – not allow rampant violence and war on People and the Planet by the 1% powered by our inertia, fear, and disbelief that another world, another way is possible. Yet ANOTHER WAY IS POSSIBLE! Crisis = Opportunity.
So don’t worry – but do Act. Stand. March. Speak. Vote. Resist. Believe. Win. #powertothepolls as we #unitethestruggles
That’s why we’re so excited about Buffalo’s #StillResisting Weekend! #wepersistBUF!! on Jan 19,20&21! More below!! Or for those of you who prefer, you can go to our website calendar.
