(photo from No Hate No Mandate; 1/20/17; taken by Activists of Buffalo)
Dear Friends, 50th year 716-332-3904; 716-931-3520 10/2/17
We are almost out of signs in the #loveisloveBUF campaign! (in which someone’s mean-spirited and dangerous sign-burning is igniting a movement) – so come out to get them while they last. More info here.
Please donate generously for hurricane and earthquake relief in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico. See below – and please note a number of new and worthwhile campaigns!
If you haven’t already, you’ll want to buy tickets for our 50th Annual Dinner with the renown
***************** AMY GOODMAN!!!! *******************
on Friday, Nov. 3. She’ll be talking about her 21 years at Democracy Now!, the best news show in the
Dear Friends, 50th year 716-332-3904; 716-931-3520 9/12/17
Please come out to Hallwalls (341 Delaware Ave, 14202) at 7:30 this evening for the exciting world premiere of Maya Voices from a Smoking Mirror, a film by the renowned Bill Jungels, videographer, and Christine Eber, Anthropologist. Bill will be on hand to introduce and answer questions about the inspiring Indigenous community in Chiapas, Mexico, that the film illuminates. maya-faces-in-a-smoking-mirror/
You’ll also really enjoy and be inspired by:
-From Trauma to Healing; Including Peacemaking work of the Abrahamic Reunion in the Holy Land, with Sheik Ghassan Manasra, 7pm Weds 9/13, at the WNYPC/NRC, 1272 Delaware Ave (entrance and parking
Many thanks to all who came out (est 225), and those many of you with us in spirit!! It was a wonderful event – community- and movement-building, which is what we need.
The event was put together in a matter of hours, with cosponsor Stronger Together WNY. People spread the word, and the community came out. (So did the TV news stations.) Thanks too to Johanna C. Dominguez – and her Activists of Buffalo site – for the above and so many great photos!!
For those of you who missed the rally (and/or march), you should know there’s been a call by Heather Heyer’s family for a candlelight vigil outside people’s houses at 10pm EST. For more info, https://www.facebook.com/events/1826424191020516/
Dr. King’s words come so much to mind in these times!
- Injustice Anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
- I believe that Unarmed Truth and Unconditional Love will have the final word in reality. That’s why Good temporarily defeated is stronger than Evil triumphant. And
- We Shall Overcome!!
We stand with the courageous and determined people in Charlottesville who stood for Caring and Justice; and against the White Supremacist Hate Groups including the KKK. We stand in grief and solidarity with Heather’s family, and with the counterprotesters who suffered injury and shock by the acts of terror wielded against their peaceful solidarity.
We also call #45 to account – his reluctance to name and/or chastise the hate groups and hate crimes shows his approval of racism and violence.
The people of Buffalo will not condone white supremacist violence.
