716-332-3904 2/14/2020
Dear Friends,
If you haven’t already heard our big news, Rev. Dr. Cornel West will keynote the WNY Peace Center’s Annual event Monday, November 9, 2020! That’s the Monday after the election of a lifetime! Our Beloved Brother Cornel will help us navigate from wherever we’re at, at that point. We couldn’t be more excited and grateful! Save the date! And of course, more details to follow …..
We’ll soon be snail-mailing reminders about re-upping – or becoming – a member of the WNY Peace Center. As a recipient of this Weekly News/Weekly Update, you know how hard we work and how much we offer the community through our rallies/marches/coffee houses and all kinds of events, campaigns, collaborations, coalitions, website, social media, and much more.
Moreover the vast majority of our offerings are free to you and all the community (while actually costing us to do it). This is your chance to make sure it all keeps happening – we need your support to ensure it does! So you can donate/become a member at wnypeace.org. Or wait for the mailing …. Either way, we can’t do it without you! Thanks in advance.
Please see much more below, including great events this week, regularly scheduled events & vigils, and more at wnypeace.org, and on our Facebook page, Twitter (@wnypeace), and Instagram (wnypeace)!
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
#Unite! #OneLove
Events this week:
Vigil Protest of VERY Dangerous Radioactive Liquid over Peace Bridge
February 14 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Environmental Justice Taskforce – Vigil to Protest the Shipments of VERY Dangerous Radioactive Liquid from Canada coming over the Peace Bridge. Every Friday 2-3pm, Front Park at Vermont & Busti, Buffalo. Signs welcome and also usually available.
Women In Black – Nonviolence vigil
February 15 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
At Bidwell and Elmwood. Saturdays, Noon-1pm. Signs also available. (And you don’t need to be a woman or dress in black!)
Riverside Salem
February 16 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
At Riverside Salem Environmental Cottage & UCC/DC, 3449 West River Road, Grand Island, NY 14072. – Various progressive spiritual activist and naturalist programs, Sundays, 4-6pm followed by a pot-luck.
Talking Peace w WNYPC, WBNY 91.3FM
February 17 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Call-in radio show with Vicki Ross hosting. Also streaming on-line at wbny.buffalostate.edu. Special Presidents’ Day show with League of Women Voters’ Barbara Gunderson. Re Voter Registration (apps?!), Electoral College, Impeachment, more.
WNY Poor People’s Campaign General Meeting
February 17 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
At Raq’s Solidarity, 322 Amherst Street, Buffalo 14207. Join the WNY Poor People’s Campaign to learn more about what we’re working on and how you can get involved! No worries potluck! Please bring a snack or drink to pass. For more information contact Sara Palmer at 716-427-4933 or saraleepalmer02@gmail.com
BULYPNY Black Restaurant Week
February 18 – February 23
February 18th – 23rd; please visit https://bulypny.wixsite.com/blackrestaurantweek/copy-of-2019-participating-restaura for participating restaurants. Visit a participating restaurant for breakfast, lunch, or dinner; then purchase a meal from their special Restaurant Week menu. The vision is to empower and highlight the great minority-owned restaurants here in Buffalo, NY. Organized by Buffalo Urban League Young Professionals.
Nekanehsakt
February 18 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
At Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Avenue, Buffalo 14213. Indigenous support group/allies (including Indigenous Women’s Initiatives, WNYPC). Every 1st & 3rd Tuesdays. Come help plan support for Indigenous rights, people, and the planet. Learn about – and help with – the NuclearFree Peace On and With the Earth Month (April), and the Walk For Life, Walk For Water, Walk for Mother Earth (April 3-26). See more on our website – or just come to the meeting!
Resist Militarism! Taskforce Meeting
February 19 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
At Isaías González-Soto Branch (formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201. Come be part of grounding the drones and ending the wars. Planning is in process for event(s) in Niagara Falls, with PeaceAction Niagara University and more; for moving toward having monuments for Peacemakers not just warmakers; retracting the AUMF, and more. All are welcome!
ECHC Vigil: NO MORE Deaths!
February 19 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
At the Erie Co Holding Center, Delaware between Church & Eagle Sts, Buffalo. Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce Vigil/protest Wednesdays 4-5:30pm at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church). The ECHC has significantly higher deaths than similar facilities. The Sheriff’s Dept has misreported, and been determined to have committed homicide by medical neglect per the DOJ! The Sheriff’s Administration is a Public Health Emergency!! All are welcome.
**Please bring signs. **
Also please call Gov Cuomo at (518) 474-8390 to urge him to remove Sheriff Howard as he clearly is not up to the job.
Immigrant & Refugee Justice (IRJ) Taskforce Mtg
February 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
At SPoT Coffee, 227 Delaware Ave. Join us every third Thursday from 6:00 – 7:00 PM for an IRJ taskforce meeting to discuss topics relevant to immigrant and refugee communities. We currently meet at SPoT Coffee just after and across the street from our weekly vigil (5-6pm) at Delaware North.
Global Days of Listening Call – APV streaming online
February 21 @ 10:30 pm – February 22 @ 10:30 pm
At http://globaldaysoflistening.org/. The Afghan Peace Volunteers will have their regular monthly international call. You can listing to it streaming on-line. You can also sign up for another month, especially if you are part of a group. Global Days of Listening has included many great peace, justice, climate, and especially nonviolence advocates and activists from all over the world. Don’t miss the call and/or the inspiration!
Peace Coffeehouse: Bolivia and struggles against corporate tactics
February 24 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Jim Schultz, on ways of resistance to corporations, from the Cochibamba Water Revolt in Bolivia to the present. 7pm – 9pm at Canisius College – Science Hall. Jim Schultz, author and executive director of the Democracy Center for 25 years, has worked with citizen activists on five continents, from indigenous communities in Bolivia to senior leaders in the United Nations. https://democracyctr.org/author/jim_shultz/. Event Sponsored by WNY Peace Center http://wnypeace.org/ and its taskforce, the Latin American Solidarity Committee
LAST DAY Today and Tomorrow! For Future Generations: A Plastic Pollution Study of Lake Erie’ Opening
At CEPA Gallery, 617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203. Opened January 17, 2020; exhibit is up through February 15, 2020. Artist Alexis Oltmer (b.1990) has spent 3 years creating For Future Generations : A plastic pollution study of Lake Erie, an environmental and conceptual body of artwork which elevates plastic pollution imagery.
REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS not already listed above:
The Environmental Show, with Jack Kanack, John Cunningham and Charley Bowman. Radio show every Monday at 9 AM – 10 AM on WBNY 91.3 FM. Also streaming online at wbny.buffalostate.edu.
Interfaith Peace Network – First and third Thursday of each month at 9:15am. Located at 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo NY 14209 entrance and parking round back.) Breakfast potluck, and discussion.
Environmental Justice Taskforce Mtg, every first Thursday of the month, 6-7:30pm. At Isaías González-Soto Branch (formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201. Regular monthly meeting. Come learn, help plan and organize to move ourselves on to Renewable energy and off fossil fuels. Bomb train resistance, No Nuclear Waste over the Peace Bridge and on public highways etc. also often included
End ICE Terror – Thursdays, 5-6pm, vigil in front of the ICE building on the corner of (@250) Delaware and Chippewa. Bring your signs and spirit of Solidarity. We will not stay silent! Taskforce meeting hosted at Spot Coffee across the street from the vigil location on the third Thursday of the month. (2/20/20 from 6-7pm) #EndICETerror #FamiliesBelongTogether #AbolishICE #CLOSETHECAMPS #NeverAgainIsNow.
Stop The Violence Coalition – 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month; 6pm, United Way Building, Delaware and Summer Sts.
Of note: Little Africa Culture Club, 356 S. Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY. African Drumming Sundays, 12-2pm.
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
More listings on calendar and in previous email posts.
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Please submit possible listings for consideration to weeklynews@wnypeace.org.
The time is now, and we are the people we’ve been waiting for!
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.
And don’t forget to support it to keep it on the air: donations should go to the WNY Peace Center with a memo to us (on the check or with a note on the on-line contribution) the Friends of Democracy Now in Buffalo! Many Thanks!
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One Struggle, One Vision, One Love!!
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716-332-3904 1/31/20 wnypeace.org
Dear Friends,
Today is a sad day for the American People, when an out-of-control authoritarian has bullied the first branch of government; turned a matter of principle into a matter of partisanship; and succeeded in turning his own impeachment trial into a sham, with witnesses and documents rejected while more information is still clearly available. (Yes, in a largely partisan vote, the Senate voted down the calling of witnesses and examination of documents in the Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump.)
We will continue to stand up for principle and for the Spirit of Justice and Peace, and to care for people and the planet. Just pace yourself so we can do what we need to do – locally, nationally, and in a world-wide movement that unites us, our struggles, and our visions.
As discussed by Mike Niman in Truthout (11/24/15 – yes!), the Republican party has become a hate group. Moreover, behaviors such as zealous commitment, subservience to a leader who is not held accountable, absence of questioning and/or dissent, lead one to suggest that it has become a cult.
We must work to uphold our principles, and the Spirit that embodies our values of Truth and Love. And with that, we shall overcome…. Si, se puede …. !
We are glad to report that the House voted on Thursday to end the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (Thank you, Congressman Higgins, and all of you who came out to our various events and/or called our reps) and to block all funding for a war with Iran. It must be noted too that a few Republicans voted for the bills – so perhaps there’s hope that the cult-like direction can be changed.
Please call our Senators with encouragement for standing up for both democracy and for the cessation of military aggression and/or occupation. Again, you can thank them for supporting the War Powers Act stopping any war on Iran, (Gillibrand: 202-224-4451; Schumer: 202-224-6542) and urge them to support both the Kaine and the Sanders resolutions (SJ69 and S3159 respectively).
As always, more below, including regularly scheduled events & vigils, and more at wnypeace.org, and on our facebook page, twitter (@wnypeace), and Instagram (wnypeace)!
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
#Unite! #OneLove
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Events this week:
Saturday Academies at Lafayette Community School
February 1 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Free activities for the whole community (running 9-noon with free breakfast & lunch)! Join the WNY Peace Center at 10:30 in the cafeteria for a PeaceJam activity. Additional 2020 dates: 02/01/2020 02/08/2020 03/07/2020 03/21/2020 04/04/2020 04/18/2020 05/19/2020 05/16/2020 06/06/2020
Chinese New Year Celebration
February 2 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
At Riverside-Salem Environmental Sanctuary/Cottage, 3449 West River Road, Grand Island, NY 14072. We invite you to jump into Chinese culture with us for a day as we celebrate Chinese New Year—the Year of the Rat. Shirley Chan, a UCC minister working in the healing arts, will guide us through the calendar’s 12-year cycle.
Talking Peace w/ WNYPC on WBNY 91.3FM
February 3 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Call-in show on 91.3FM and streaming on-line at wbny.buffalostate.edu. With Jim Anderson and Vicki Ross co-hosting. Special guest: Prof Mike Niman, author and political commentator, Buff State Communications Dept, on Impeachment.
Nekanehsakt
February 4 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
At Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Ave. Indigenous support group/allies (including Indigenous Women’s Initiatives, WNYPC). (1st & 3rd Tuesdays) Come help plan support for Indigenous Rights, and People and the Planet. Learn about – and help with – the Nuclear-Free Peace On and With the Earth Month, and the Walk For Life, Walk For Water, Walk For Mother Earth! All are Welcome!
ECHC Vigil: NO MORE Deaths!
February 5 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
At the Erie Co Holding Center, Delaware between Church & Eagle Sts, Buffalo. Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce Vigil/protest Wednesdays 4-5:30pm at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church). The ECHC has significantly higher deaths than similar facilities. The Sheriff’s Dept has misreported, and been determined to have committed homicide by medical neglect per the DOJ! The Sheriff’s Administration is a Public Health Emergency!! All are welcome. **Please bring signs. **
Also please call Gov Cuomo at (518) 474-8390 to urge him to remove Sheriff Howard as he clearly is not up to the job.
Environmental Justice Taskforce Mtg
February 6 @ 6:00 am – 7:30 pm
At Isaías González-Soto Branch (formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201. Regular monthly meeting. Come learn, help plan and organize to move ourselves on to Renewable energy and off fossil fuels. Bomb train resistance, No Nuclear Waste over the Peace Bridge and on public highways etc. also often included in the mix of topics.
Community Solar is for Everyone!
February 6 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
At the Crane Library, 633 Elmwood Ave., 2nd Floor. The Sierra Club Niagara Groupo has three Community Solar experts coming to speak about local opportunities to participate in community solar. There are no costs, only savings for those that get in on the projects. This can work for everyone, renter and owner
Rev Wm Barber & Rev Liz Theoharis, Poor People’s Campaign, Rochester
February 7 @ 5:00 pm
The WNY Poor People’s Campaign invites you to get on the bus for a lifetime opportunity to listen to Rev William Barber and Rev Liz Theoharis on Friday, February 7th beginning at 7:00pm in Rochester. Transportation will be provided, and more details will be provided as the date nears. To register for your seat on he bus, please RSVP here. For more information, help with registration or transportation getting to the bus location, please contact Sara Palmer via call or text at 716-427-4933 or email saraleepalmer02@gmail.com
Live Remote Skype Session with Ajamu Baraka
February 8 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
At Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson, Buffalo.. Human Rights Activist and National Spokesperson for Black Alliance for Peace, Ajamu Baraka will speak on “The Interests of People of Color at Home and Abroad.” Live remote presentation on a big screen (in the auditorium), with Q&A following presentation. Mr. Baraka has been honored for his human rights work. Event sponsored by US Peace Council in Buffalo NY.
For Future Generations: A Plastic Pollution Study of Lake Erie’ Opening
At CEPA Gallery, 617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203. Opened January 17, 2020; exhibit is up through February 15, 2020. Artist Alexis Oltmer (b.1990) has spent 3 years creating For Future Generations : A plastic pollution study of Lake Erie, an environmental and conceptual body of artwork which elevates plastic pollution imagery.
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REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS in the One Struggle, One Vision, One Love:
Talking Peace with the WNY Peace Center Radio Show on 91.3FM, WBNY. Mondays, 1-3pm. Call-in show with Jim Anderson and Vicki Ross co-hosting. Also streaming on-line at wbny.buffalostate.edu.
Buffalo Nekanesakt. Indigenous support group/allies. 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm. At Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Ave. All are welcome!! Reading group for the Great Law of Peace will meet on the last Tuesday of January for its final session on the Kayanerenko:wa as put forth by Kayanesenh Paul Williams.
Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce – NO MORE Deaths! Vigil/protest Wednesdays 4-5:30pm at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church). The Sheriff’s Administration is a Public Health Emergency!! All are welcome. Please bring signs.
Resist Militarism! Taskforce – Regular monthly planning meeting third Weds of the month, Jan 15; 5-6:30pm. at Isaías González-Soto Branch (formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201.
Interfaith Peace Network – in January only, 4th Thursday of the month, ie, January 23, with special presentation on Sufism; 9:15am at 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo NY 14209 entrance and parking round back.) Breakfast potluck, and discussion.
End ICE Terror – Thursdays, 5-6pm, vigil in front of the ICE building on the corner of (@250) Delaware and Chippewa. Bring your signs and spirit of Solidarity. We will not stay silent! #EndICETerror #FamiliesBelongTogether #AbolishICE #CLOSETHECAMPS #NeverAgainIsNow. On 1/23 will be followed by Immigrant & Refugee Justice Taskforce Meeting at Spot Coffee (kitty-corner to Vigil site of Delaware North Bldg) at 6pm. All are welcome!
Environmental Justice Taskforce – Vigil to Protest the Shipments of VERY Dangerous Radioactive Liquid from Canada coming over the Peace Bridge. Fridays 2-3pm, Front Park at Vermont & Busti, Buffalo. Signs welcome and also usually available.
Stop The Violence Coalition – 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month; 6pm, United Way Building, Delaware and Summer Sts.
Women In Black – Nonviolence vigil, Bidwell and Elmwood. Saturdays, Noon-1pm. Signs also available. (and you don’t need to be a woman or dress in black) Special gathering on Jan 4 for National Day of Action: US out of Iraq!!!
Riverside Salem Environmental Cottage & UCC/DC – Various progressive spiritual activist and naturalist programs, Sundays, 4-6pm followed by a pot-luck. 3449 West River Road, Grand Island, NY 14072.
Of note: Little Africa Culture Club, 356 S. Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY. African Drumming Sundays, 12-2pm.
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
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More listings on calendar and in previous email posts.
To subscribe, write to weeklynews@wnypeace.org with “subscribe” in subject line.
To unsubscribe, write to weeklynews@wnypeace.org with “unsubscribe” in subject line. (Sorry for delays!)
Please submit possible listings for consideration to weeklynews@wnypeace.org.
The time is now, and we are the people we’ve been waiting for!
And remember to tune in: DEMOCRACY NOW! IS NOW BEING BROADCASTMONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY 91.3FM. Hear it over the radio or streaming live at wbny.buffalostate.edu.
And don’t forget to support it to keep it on the air: donations should go to the WNY Peace Center with a memo to us (on the check or with a note on the on-line contribution) the Friends of Democracy Now in Buffalo! Many Thanks!
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Si, se puede! We shall overcome. #Unite
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
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Below are
– more event listings (see also calendar & facebook page); and
– Taskforce items and campaigns.
716-332-3904 1/22/20 wnypeace.org
Dear Friends,
Many, many thanks to the well over 300 who came out in wind chills of ~15 as #WomenRiseUp for People and the Planet, and of course to Defend the Sacred. You all were truly inspiring! And that means the wonderful Onondawaga Protectors, our Indigenous mothers and sisters, our great speakers and singers, chanters and marchers, sign-makers and participants – including a special shout-out to the men who came! We need all of us! We also got excellent media coverage. Many thanks to newspeople and interviewees alike! See lots of pictures on our Facebook page!
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday Celebrations were also awesome. And so – onward! We Shall Overcome!
IRAN
We need to remain proactive re No War With Iran. are grateful to Congressman Higgins and others for Congress’s passing the War Powers Act, and grateful that the Administration has backed off at least for the moment. However, War with Iran still looms ….
Please be sure to call our Senators to thank them for supporting the War Powers Act stopping any war on Iran, (Gillibrand: 202-224-4451; Schumer: 202-224-6542) and urge them to support both the Kaine and the Sanders resolutions (SJ69 and S3159 respectively).
Please join us too at Noon on Sat, 1/25 for No War With Iran at NFTA’s Main & Perry station near Canalside. You can also go to codepink.org to sign an apology to the People of Iran/Trump does not represent us!
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#HALTsolitary Act – many thanks to all who went on the exhilarating/exhausting trip to Albany to urge the act’s adoption. For those who didn’t go, please call your state assemblypersons and state senators (see our website wnypeace.org, and you’ll find Gov’tal Contacts on the dropdown menu Get Involved!), as well as Gov Cuomo at (518) 474-8390, and urge them all to support the #HALTSolitary!
Please call Prosecutor Sara Rosborough at 202-252-6837, and urge her to drop the charges against the four defenders of the Venezuelan Embassy in DC. They were merely trying to get our government to follow the law (I.e., civil resistance), and should be thanked rather than charged. See full info on longer post on our website, or go to DefendEmbassyProtectors.org.
Other very significant events this week:
– Tomorrow, Thurs, 1/23, 5:30pm, there’ll be a Town Hall Meeting with Councilman Wingo at the Delavan-Grider Community Center, 877 E. Delavan, on a police shooting in the Masten District on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, at Northland Avenue and Lonsdale Road.
– Mon, 1/27, at 7pm, don’t miss the Peace Coffeehouse with Rev. Nancy Rosas, pastor at Pilgrim St. Luke’s UCC, the one actively Sanctuary church in Buffalo. Her leadership in defending immigrants and refugees is inspiring and awesome. Come on out to Canisius College Science Hall Lounge for a very special evening. Light refreshments.
As always, more below, including regularly scheduled events & vigils, and more at wnypeace.org, and on our facebook page, twitter (@wnypeace), and Instagram (wnypeace)!
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
#Unite! #OneLove
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Events this week:
End the ICE Terror weekly vigil
January 23 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Join the Immigrant & Refugee Taskforce every Thursday from 5:00-6:00 PM for an End the ICE Terror vigil in front of the ICE Field Office at the Delaware North Building (250 Delaware Ave at the corner of Chippewa). Bring your signs and spirit of solidarity. We will not stay silent!
Immigrant & Refugee Justice (IRJ) Taskforce Mtg
January 23 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
At SPoT Coffee, 227 Delaware Ave. Join us every third Thursday from 6:00 – 7:00 PM for an IRJ taskforce meeting to discuss topics relevant to immigrant and refugee communities. We currently meet at SPoT Coffee just after and across the street from our weekly vigil at Delaware North.
Town Hall Meeting about Police Shooting
January 23 @ 5:30 pm
At Delavan-Grider Community Center, 877 E Delavan Ave, Buffalo, NY 14215. Masten District Councilperson Ulysses Wingo will hold a town hall meeting about the incident below that happened in the Masten District. From the Buffalo News: Police shot a man following a traffic stop late Sunday night…, Two Northeast District police officers pulled over a vehicle at about 10:40 p.m. Sunday on Northland Avenue, near Lonsdale Road, Buffalo Police Capt. Jeff Rinaldo said in a statement released Monday. The scene Monday morning of a police-involved shooting that took place Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, at Northland Avenue and Lonsdale Road. The driver, identified only as a 30-year-old Buffalo man, got out of the vehicle and became involved in “some type of altercation” with the police officers “resulting in the suspect being shot,” Rinaldo said in the statement.”
Buffalo Organizing Boot Camp
January 24 @ 5:00 pm – January 25 @ 4:30 pm
At 1199 SEIU, 2421 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14214. You are invited to join the VOICE Buffalo and VIBE regional boot camp. MUST REGISTER FOR FOOD AND CHILDCARE AT: http://voicebuffalo.org/event/bootcamp/ With our partners at 1199 SEIU and The Healthcare Education Project we will have this safe space to talk about local issues
Global Day of Protest: No War on Iran, US Out of the Middle East
January 25 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
At NFTA Special Events Station (Main & Perry Streets, Buffalo 14203). Rally against the US war threats against Iran. Co-Sponsored by WNY Peace Center, Green Party of Erie County, Workers World Party Buffalo, US Peace Council in Buffalo, Veterans for Peace Chapter 128. Initiators for this call include CODEPINK, United National Anti-War Coalition (UNAC),
Sanctuary for Refugees (LASC Coffeehouse)
January 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
At Canisius College (Main & Jefferson), Science Building Lounge. Speaker Rev. Nancy Rosas is the pastor at Pilgrim St Luke’s UCC, the only active sanctuary church in Buffalo. The church has hosted numerous families who are threatened with deportation. The families are afforded a comfortable and safe place to stay while they need one.
Great Law of Peace Reading Group – last session
January 28 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
At Burning Books, 420 Connecticut St, Buffalo. The reading group on the Great Law of Peace, the Kayanerenko:wa as put forth by Kayanesenh Paul Williams, will have its final session.
Justice for Migrant Families Visitor Training
January 29 @ 5:30 am – 7:30 pm
At Pilgrim St. Luke’s Church, Richmond @W Utica, Buffalo 14222. Immigrant Detention and Volunteer Opportunities training (snow date of January 30th). In this training you will learn how to be an effective and ethical volunteer in the immigrant detention system.
Forum on eliminating suspensions in NYS
January 30 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
At Northland Workforce Training Center, 683 Northland Avenue, Buffalo 14211. An event of the WNYPC Education & Human Rights Taskforce and Community Action Organization (CAO) of WNY. This event is open to the public; more information to come.
For Future Generations: A Plastic Pollution Study of Lake Erie’ Opening
At CEPA Gallery, 617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203. Opened January 17, 2020; exhibit is up through February 15, 2020. Artist Alexis Oltmer (b.1990) has spent 3 years creating For Future Generations : A plastic pollution study of Lake Erie, an environmental and conceptual body of artwork which elevates plastic pollution imagery, data &
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REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS in the One Struggle, One Vision, One Love:
Talking Peace with the WNY Peace Center Radio Show on 91.3FM, WBNY. Mondays, 1-3pm. Call-in show with Jim Anderson and Vicki Ross co-hosting. Also streaming on-line at wbny.buffalostate.edu.
Buffalo Nekanesakt. Indigenous support group/allies. 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm. At Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Ave. All are welcome!! Reading group for the Great Law of Peace will meet on the last Tuesday of January for its final session on the Kayanerenko:wa as put forth by Kayanesenh Paul Williams.
Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce – NO MORE Deaths! Vigil/protest Wednesdays 4-5:30pm at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church). The Sheriff’s Administration is a Public Health Emergency!! All are welcome. Please bring signs.
Resist Militarism! Taskforce – Regular monthly planning meeting third Weds of the month, Jan 15; 5-6:30pm. at Isaías González-Soto Branch (formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201.
Interfaith Peace Network – in January only, 4th Thursday of the month, ie, January 23, with special presentation on Sufism; 9:15am at 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo NY 14209 entrance and parking round back.) Breakfast potluck, and discussion.
End ICE Terror – Thursdays, 5-6pm, vigil in front of the ICE building on the corner of (@250) Delaware and Chippewa. Bring your signs and spirit of Solidarity. We will not stay silent! #EndICETerror #FamiliesBelongTogether #AbolishICE #CLOSETHECAMPS #NeverAgainIsNow. On 1/23 will be followed by Immigrant & Refugee Justice Taskforce Meeting at Spot Coffee (kitty-corner to Vigil site of Delaware North Bldg) at 6pm. All are welcome!
Environmental Justice Taskforce – Vigil to Protest the Shipments of VERY Dangerous Radioactive Liquid from Canada coming over the Peace Bridge. Fridays 2-3pm, Front Park at Vermont & Busti, Buffalo. Signs welcome and also usually available.
Stop The Violence Coalition – 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month; 6pm, United Way Building, Delaware and Summer Sts.
Women In Black – Nonviolence vigil, Bidwell and Elmwood. Saturdays, Noon-1pm. Signs also available. (and you don’t need to be a woman or dress in black) Special gathering on Jan 4 for National Day of Action: US out of Iraq!!!
Riverside Salem Environmental Cottage & UCC/DC – Various progressive spiritual activist and naturalist programs, Sundays, 4-6pm followed by a pot-luck. 3449 West River Road, Grand Island, NY 14072.
Of note: Little Africa Culture Club, 356 S. Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY. African Drumming Sundays, 12-2pm.
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
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More listings on calendar and in previous email posts.
To subscribe, write to weeklynews@wnypeace.org with “subscribe” in subject line.
To unsubscribe, write to weeklynews@wnypeace.org with “unsubscribe” in subject line. (Sorry for delays!)
Please submit possible listings for consideration to weeklynews@wnypeace.org.
The time is now, and we are the people we’ve been waiting for!
And remember to tune in: DEMOCRACY NOW! IS NOW BEING BROADCASTMONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY 91.3FM. Hear it over the radio or streaming live at wbny.buffalostate.edu.
And don’t forget to support it to keep it on the air: donations should go to the WNY Peace Center with a memo to us (on the check or with a note on the on-line contribution) the Friends of Democracy Now in Buffalo! Many Thanks!
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Si, se puede! We shall overcome. #Unite
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
