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.
Dear Friends! 716-332-3904; 716-931-3520 1/2/18
Nekanesakt meeting tonight is cancelled due to weather.
We’re so excited about Buffalo’s #StillResisting Weekend! #wepersistBUF!! on Jan 20&21!
Sat, 1/20
– #StillResisting bus to WMinSF! [1/20/18] 7am-~6pm UB South Park&Ride. Get your seats now to this monumental event! (Parking problem are expected to be extreme at Seneca Falls – Join us and leave it to the bus driver!) Reservations & Pymt needed up front. Please email super re-Sister, Maureen Milligan mmilligan@tutorialsolutions.com your (1) name; (2) email address; (3) cell phone number – and she’ll give you details on how payments ($34 per seat) can be made. (Plus pls bring $3-5 for Driver Tip!) Hope you can join us!! Or if you can’t:
– Women In Black, Noon-1pm, Bidwell & Elmwood. Nonviolence vigil (weekly since 2001).
Sun, 1/21:
– Women’s Solidarity March. Staring at Buffalo City Hall Steps 2:30pm; Get information and inspiration at stops related to current issues and campaigns – e.g. women’s rights, voting rights, the vitally important Poor People’s Campaign – tba to 4pm. #wepersistBUF. Never fear – we’ll keep moving and we’ll have our love to keep us warm, to paraphrase Billie Holiday 😉
Below are
– event listings;
– 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! ….. May this be our best New Year yet!! And it will be, with ->
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love. #loveisloveBUF <3
Dear Friends! 716-332-3904; 716-931-3520 12/21/17
All the holidays (Hanukkah; Christmas; Kwanza; New Years, +) serve to remind us of what’s truly important – People and the Planet, the Spirit(s) and the Principles. May we find more strength and courage in the new year, more compassion and commitment, so that together, we can unite and Justice and Peace prevail…. Si, se puede! …. with Truth and Love.
Worried people have speculated that it’d be just like he-who-shall-not-be-named to fire Mueller on Friday to get a little attention on it as possible. So **IF** – and only if – that happens, Buffalo Stands with Mueller (including Move-On, Sister District, StandUpWNY, the WNY Peace Center, and more) will gather at Noon to 1pm, Sat 12/23, at Lafayette Presbyterian Church, for a short march. To receive event updates, and for related events (call tonight; sign-making tomorrow), RSVP at https://www.trumpisnotabovethelaw.org/event/mueller-firing-rapid-response/18063/signup/?akid=&zip=&source=
Heads up: Buffalo’s Still Resisting Weekend; #wepersistBUF!! on Jan 20&21. Save the dates, especially, Sun, 1/21:
– Women’s Solidarity March. Staring at Buffalo City Hall Steps 2:30pm; stops tbd to 4pm;
– Elsa Rassbach, internationally well-known author and speaker, will be speaking 7pm at WNYPC/NRC, 1272 Delaware Ave. Elsa Rassbach is a US citizen, filmmaker and journalist; and heads the “GIs & US Bases” working group in DFG-VK (the German affiliate of War Resisters International, WRI). She is active in Code Pink, No to NATO, and the anti-drone campaign in Germany.
More to follow!
Another Victory: Chuck Culhane (WNYPC Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce Chair), Nan Haynes, Karima Amin, and Rev. Eugene Pierce were granted standing in the Court with regard to events transpiring at the Erie County Holding Center. To be continued….
We are also looking forward to working hard with Partnership for the Public Good, Open Buffalo, partners and allies on Community Policing, Enhanced Training, Fix-It tickets, Law-Enforcement-Alternatives-to-Detention, stopping arrests or hassling over small quantities of marijuana, Bail Reform, and more in the New Year. We shall overcome!!
