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Dear
Friends,
We are
having another Emergency, Rapid Response Rally re Iran, tomorrow 5pm &
Bidwell & Elmwood!
Also Medea Benjamin will join us on our Talking Peace Radio show on
Monday, to talk about the outrageous aggression being perpetrated by the
current administration. So, please note:
NO WAR ON IRAN!
January
9 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
At Bidwell & Elmwood. Please bring signs,
and your energy. Because we are not going allow it – not in our name! Please
also call our senators and congresspeople (202-224-3121) to urge them to do
everything in their power to stop our warring on Iran!! Sponsored by CodePink,
MoveOn, the WNYPC and more. #NOWARWITHIRAN!
And
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. Special guest: MEDEA BENJAMIN, CodePink. Topic:
#NoWarWithIran, #Unite, #WomenRiseUP
Also, and
again, please call your Congressperson (Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121 –
or Reps Higgins or Reed if you don’t have one) and our Senators to urge a stop
through the War Powers Act to any war on Iran, as well as any more troops to
the Middle East. They may vote tomorrow!
Remember the
January 11, 1:30pm membership meeting at the WNYPC, NRC Bldg, 1272 Delaware
Ave, Buffalo 14209 (entrance & parking round back); and the Women’s March
Sunday January 19, 1:30pm, part of a Weekend of Action! And much more at
wnypeace.org – events are added regularly.
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:
Resist Militarism! Taskforce Mtg
January 8 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
At Isaías González-Soto Branch Library (formerly Niagara Branch), 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo NY. Discuss ideas for what an interactive memorial in Buffalo that acknowledges all victims of war could look like. All are welcome!
NO WAR ON IRAN!
January
9 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
At Bidwell & Elmwood. Please bring signs,
and your energy. Because we are not going allow it – not in our name! Please
also call our senators and congresspeople (202-224-3121) to urge them to do
everything in their power to stop our warring on Iran!! Sponsored by CodePink,
MoveOn, the WNYPC and more. #NOWARWITHIRAN!
End the ICE Terror weekly vigil
January 9 @ 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!
WNYPC Membership Mtg
January 11 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
At WNYPC/NRC Bldg, 1272 Delaware Ave
(entrance & parking round back of bldg). Come on out and get connected with
the WNYPC’s vital taskforces, submit a membership survey, get info on past and
upcoming events and campaigns. And please re-up your membership for the year if
you haven’t already! That will enable to have a vote. Focus on Taskforces and
Committees.
Trip to Albany to lobby to #FreeOurElders
January 14 @ 5:30 am – 9:30 pm
Bring them home!! End
Death-by-incarceration sentences to promote parole justice. Free transportation
and food is provided. To rsvp, please go to: bit.ly/35ZDluL. Questions?
Contact Rosie Rios, rmr2198@columbia.edu. Parole Preparation Project; RAPP
(Release Aging People in Prison).
Women’s March WNY Sign-Making Gathering
January
18 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
At WNY Peace Center, 1272 Delaware Ave. Join
us as we prepare for the Women’s March 2020! We will be making signs and
viewing the film, ‘Doctrine of Discovery’, as part of the Weekend of Action.
All are welcome!
Women’s March – Buffalo/WNY
January 19 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
At Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY. #UNITE – as
part of the Weekend of Action! A rally and march with speakers, music, and the
Spirit, to celebrate Truth and Love. We will stand together for Women, Solidarity
with and Justice for People and the Planet, and #womenswave, #powertothepolls.
See our ~70 great cosponsors list on our website wnypeace.org or the facebook
event page.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Celebration
January 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
At Kleinhans Music Hall, One Symphony Circle,
Buffalo NY. Come join this beautiful community celebration of our beloved Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This African-American community celebration of the
life and legacy of Dr. King includes exciting music and dance performances from
throughout Western New York. Free and open to the public. All are welcome.
Trip to Albany to Pass #HALTsolitary Act
January 21 @ 5:30 am – 9:30 pm
WNY chapter
of the Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement (CAIC) is going to be
joining various chapters across the state in Albany on Tuesday, January 21
(https://www.facebook.com/events/564954490972330/) to advocate for legislators
to pass the #HALTsolitary act. It is so important to passing the act. More than
2 weeks in solitary is torture per international standards, and tremendously
harmful and traumatic to people. We need more voices coming to Albany with us
to make sure this time it gets passed! Please join us!
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.
Come find out more. All are welcome. Light refreshments.
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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. Special
guest: MEDEA BENJAMIN, CodePink. Topic: #NoWarWithIran, #Unite, #WomenRiseUP
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, 2nd & 4th Thursdays
of the month, ie, January 9 and January 23, with special presentations on
Congregation of Israel and Sufism respectively; 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
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. Celebrate Epiphany on
Sunday, 1/5.
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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Si, se puede! We shall overcome. #Unite
Peace,
Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
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Dear Friends,
Happy New Year! This is going to be a really important year, and hopefully our best yet!
Hope you enjoyed all the holidays, and are refreshed and ready. We really have our work cut out for us this year, but that is nothing new! Si, Se Puede …. We Shall Overcome! Harambe/Together! and as always, pace yourself!
Please come out this Saturday to join Women In Black for a special National Day of Action: U.S. Troops out of Iraq! this Saturday, January 4, Noon to 1pm at Bidwell & Elmwood. The US military under Trump’s direction is escalating harm to all. It is illegal (not covered by the AUMF) and immoral. To quote our dear Pete Seeger, iconic folk singer/activist, “When will we ever learn? …” Signs are on hand, or bring your own.
Or call your senators or rep in Congress (switchboard is 202-224-3121) and urge them to vehemently oppose US strikes in Iraq, on Iran, and the looming outrageous and counterproductive troop increase.
We hope you’ll join us for our membership meeting on January 11, 1:30pm at the WNYPC, NRC Bldg, 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo 14209 (entrance & parking round back). All are welcome, though only current members get to vote. (You can also become a member at the meeting.) We’ll have a special review of taskforces and committees. (You can join those too 😉
And please plan to come out for the Women’s March Sunday January 19, 1:30pm, with spoken word and music, part of a Weekend of Action! We’ll specially recognize Indigenous Women, and stand – and march – in solidarity for People and the Planet! There’ll be sign-making and a showing of the Doctrine of Discovery documentary on Saturday (3:30-5:30pm at the WNYPC, see above); and the wonderful Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration later on Sunday (6-8pm at Kleinhans). See more on our website at wnypeace.org.
We want you to give special attention to Criminal Justice reform. Please come out on January 7 for a community discussion on #HALTSolitary (7pm at the Crucial Center). There are also two lobby trips to Albany – all day (~5:30am to late evening), fully funded. Dates, focus, and links for reserving a seat are:
– Tues, Jan 14, to Release our Aging People from Prison (go to bit.ly/35ZDluL to #FreeOurElders);
– Tues, Jan 21, (https://www.facebook.com/events/564954490972330/) to advocate for legislators to pass the #HALTsolitary act.
Of note, there are two advisory committee meetings on January 14, 10am-ish, if you can better do that than a whole-day trip. Please see our website.)
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:
National Day of Action: US out of Iraq
January 4 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
At Bidwell & Elmwood. Come out with or without signs. “When will we ever learn? …” as Pete Seeger says. Special Women In Black vigil. The US government’s escalating aggression in Iraq continues to worsen the situation for all. We cannot allow our government to keep on exacerbating the situation. And of course it’s all about the oil! It is illegal and immoral. Enough is enough!
Celebrate Epiphany
January 5 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
At Riverside Salem, 3449 West River Road, Grand Island. Epiphany– a sudden and profound understanding of something, or the day Christians celebrate the incarnate Christ. It will be a day of conversation with our hopes and ideas for the coming year and our reflections on the preceding year. Everyone will have a chance to select a cutout star with a word on it that may provide some guidance for spiritual practice during the coming year. Epiphany was a favorite celebration day for our dear friends Bob and Bobbie Grimm. Please join us at 4:00 with a potluck to follow around 6:00. Everyone is welcome! #449 West River Road, Grand Island.
Ending Torture: A Solitary Confinement Community Discussion
January 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
At the Crucial Community Center, 230 Moselle St, Buffalo NY 14211. Join us for a discussion about the pervasive use of solitary confinement across New York, with firsthand accounts from solitary survivors. Learn more about #HALTsolitary (http://nycaic.org) and ways to get involved to end the use of solitary confinement across the state. Organized by Buffalo Urban League Young Professionals and WNYPC.
Resist Militarism! Taskforce Mtg
January 8 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
At Isaías González-Soto Branch Library (formerly Niagara Branch), 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo NY. Discuss ideas for what an interactive memorial in Buffalo that acknowledges all victims of war could look like. All are welcome!
End the ICE Terror weekly vigil
January 9 @ 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!
Saturday Academies at Lafayette Community School
January 11 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Free activities for the whole community! Join the WNY Peace Center at 10:30 in the cafeteria for a PeaceJam activity.
WNYPC Membership Mtg
January 11 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
At WNYPC/NRC Bldg, 1272 Delaware Ave (entrance & parking round back of bldg). Come on out and get connected with the WNYPC’s vital taskforces, submit a membership survey, get info on past and upcoming events and campaigns. And please re-up your membership for the year if you haven’t already! That will enable to have a vote. Focus on Taskforces and Committees.
Trip to Albany to lobby to #FreeOurElders
January 14 @ 5:30 am – 9:30 pm
Bring them home!! End Death-by-incarceration sentences to promote parole justice. Free transportation and food is provided. To rsvp, please go to: bit.ly/35ZDluL. Questions? Contact Rosie Rios, rmr2198@columbia.edu. Parole Preparation Project; RAPP (Release Aging People in Prison).
Corrections Advisory Board – Initial Mtg
January 14 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
At Old County Hall, 92 Franklin, 4th floor conference room. Initial meeting of the Corrections Advisory Board overseeing Sheriff Howard’s administration of the Erie Co Holding Center, Alden, etc. Public meeting.
Women’s March – DC
January 18 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
On January 18, 2020, the Women’s March on Washington will take the power back and so will you. In 2020, we have a chance to finish what we started three years ago and remove Trump from office. We can’t do it without you. Come to DC for the national march and/or go to our local the following day!
Women’s March – Buffalo/WNY
January 19 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
At Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY. #UNITE – as part of the Weekend of Action! A rally and march with speakers, music, and the Spirit, to celebrate Truth and Love. We will stand together for Women, Solidarity with and Justice for People and the Planet, and #womenswave, #powertothepolls. See our ~70 great cosponsors list on our website wnypeace.org or the facebook event page.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Celebration
January 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
At Kleinhans Music Hall, One Symphony Circle, Buffalo NY. Come join this beautiful community celebration of our beloved Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This African-American community celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. King includes exciting music and dance performances from throughout Western New York. Free and open to the public. All are welcome.
Trip to Albany to Pass #HALTsolitary Act
January 21 @ 5:30 am – 9:30 pm
WNY chapter of the Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement (CAIC) is going to be joining various chapters across the state in Albany on Tuesday, January 21 (https://www.facebook.com/events/564954490972330/) to advocate for legislators to pass the #HALTsolitary act. It is so important to passing the act. More than 2 weeks in solitary is torture per international standards, and tremendously harmful and traumatic to people. We need more voices coming to Albany with us to make sure this time it gets passed! Please join us!
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. Come find out more. All are welcome. Light refreshments.
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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. Topic: Criminal Justice and the need for transformation.
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.
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Dear Friends,
Many thanks to the some-200 people who came out to hear from shero Medea Benjamin of CodePink, Valentino Dixon, The WNY Resistance Revival Choruse, and more. Thanks too to the so many who made it happen (see more below).
Again, don’t miss the big events this week
– Armistice Day tomorrow/ Monday (please meet us at 10:30am at the Buffalo and Erie Co Naval and Military Park, at the Anchor). The day was meant to honor the peace, and the many victims of war.
– Bail Reformed? What the New Law Means for Erie County, Weds, Nov 13, 6-7:30, At the Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library, 1423 Jefferson Ave (@ E Utica), Buffalo, New York. The WNY Peace Center will host a community discussion to break down the New York State criminal justice reform bill that passed, changes to cash bail beginning January 1, 2020, and what this reform means for the community. The evening will commence with a panel discussion followed by a Q&A. Panel participants include the office of Erie County District Attorney John Flynn, Vera Institute of Justice, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, The Partnership for the Public Good, VOICE Buffalo, and others.
At the County Legislature, please come out to Old County Hall, 92 Franklin, 4th floor, on Weds, 11/13, at 10-10:30am to hear the Sheriff’s explanation of an 11% increase in their budget.
Also on Thurs, Nov 14, at about 2:30pm, Old County Hall, 92 Franklin, 4th floor, the Erie Co Leg Public Safety Committee will cover Legislator Baskin’s Resolution for the Corrections Advisory – for which we have nominated Heron Simmonds. Please come out to support!
Pllease sign the WNY Youth Climate Council’s petition to Buffalo Common Council to declare a Climate Emergency! Please
Sign Now
(if link doesn’t come through, you can go to our posting of this email and click on “Read More” – it’ll be under Environmental Justice!) They’ll be submitting it to the Buffalo Common Council in about a week.
Again, please don’t forget to support our Friends of Democracy Now! in Buffalo campaign. Democracy Now! gives people the info needed to build a movement/ #unite, and we need the funds to keep it on WBNY. Please contribute via the WNYPC – online or with a check sent (and made out) to WNY Peace Center, 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14209, and write in the memo line: Friends of Democracy Now! in Buffalo (or in a note in the online submission). We need to keep DEMOCRACY NOW! BROADCAST Live MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY 91.3FM. and streaming live at wbny.buffalostate.edu.
As always, more below, and lots more at wnypeace.org, and on our facebook page, twitter (@wnypeace), and instagram!
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
#Unite! #OneLove
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WNYPC 52nd AnnDin-Thanks!
We couldn’t be more grateful after a beautiful 52nd Annual Dinner last night!
The thanks need to go all round
• To Medea Benjamin – so insightful, creative, intelligent, and truly loving and committed spirit! Her keynote rocked the house, and will energize our work! Firedrill Fridays, here we come! No Green New Deal Without Peace!
• To Valentino Dixon – an amazing man who after 27 years of unjust incarceration, is as open-hearted, caring, compassionate, devoted artist, exoneree and community activist. We are proud and grateful to work with you on Criminal Justice Reform.
• Drea D’nur and the WNY Resistance Revival Chorus – what inspiration! We couldn’t appreciate these wonderful women and their rousing, rising music more than we do. More music in the movement – amen/amein/alhumdulillah/om shanti.
• Peace Action Canisius College – an imaginative, hard-working, and dedicated group of young leaders, movers, and shakers, that we’re privileged and eager to work with!
• Our Great Coordinating Board, and Taskforce Chairs – who make it all happen all year long.
• Likewise our great Staff – amazing women – Deidra EmEl, Nicole, and (intern) Hidy – their patience, persistence, and loving cooperative spirits make all the difference.
• Special Thanks to Lisa Jo Schaeffer who did the program book with short notice and additions etc right up to the last minute!
• And to the Dinner Committee, especially co-chairs Mary Bisson and Marty McGee, and Basket Queen Ellen Moomaw (you too our dear Peg Price) – !
• And of course the Convention Center, endlessly flexible and hospitable
• And last but not least our dear devoted Members, Friends, Allies and Partner, and especially the some 200 of whom came out last night with steadfast support and dedication to Peace Through Justice at Home and Abroad!
This year we’ll be able to work even harder on our annual dinner and make it even better, since for a truly remarkable change we already have our keynote for next year. Mark your calendars to save the date: Monday (yes Monday), November 9, when Rev. Dr. Brother Cornel West will be our keynote speaker!
We shall overcome – Si, se puede – Harambee/Together!
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Events this week:
Riverside Salem Environmental Cottage
November 10 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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. This week Session 3 (of 3) on Jim Antal’s book, Climate Church Climate World.
Armistice Day
November 11 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Reclaim Armistice Day as a somber day to remember all victims of war and be called to work for peace. We will gather at the Buffalo Naval Park at the Anchor (Marine Drive & Erie St.) at 10:30am. Please join us! Signs welcome. (Get white poppies at the WNYPC Annual dinner on Nov 8 – see separate listing)
Talking Peace w WNYPC on WBNY 91.3FM
November 11 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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. Special Armistice Day edition with Russell Brown, WNYPC Board (Co-)Chair, and Veterans for Peace Ch 128 President. Resist Militarism!
No More Deaths! – Vigil at Erie Co Holding Center
Weds, Nov 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – 4 DEATHS in 2 ½ months! Sheriff Howard is (yet another) elected official who needs to be impeached. Please join with the WNYPC’s Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce and our many allies at this regular Wednesday vigil at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church). Come ahead – All are welcome. Grieving families will be joining us, and people with related lived experience are more than welcome! Please, too, bring signs. Cosponsored by Voice Buffalo, Brothers Doing Better, Prisoners Are People Too, Buffalo AntiRacism Coalition (BARC), Black Love Resists in the Rust, SURJ, and more. 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.
Bail Reformed? What the New Law Means for Erie County
November 13 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
At the Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library, 1423 Jefferson Ave (@ E Utica), Buffalo, New York. The WNY Peace Center will host a community discussion to break down the New York State criminal justice reform bill that passed, changes to cash bail beginning January 1, 2020, and what this reform means for the community. The evening will commence with a panel discussion followed by a Q&A. Panel participants include the office of Erie County District Attorney John Flynn, Vera Institute of Justice, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, The Partnership for the Public Good, VOICE Buffalo, and others.
Erie Co Leg Public Safety Com – Corrections Advisory Bd Res’n
November 14 @ 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
At Old County Hall, 92 Franklin, 4th floor, the Erie Co Leg Public Safety Committee will cover Legislator Baskin’s Resolution for the Corrections Advisory – for which we have nominated Heron Simmonds. Please come out to support!
No Nuclear Waste over the Peace Bridge
November 15, 2-3pm
At the corner of Busti Ave and Vermont St. in Buffalo NY. Vigil against the shipment of high level LIQUID radioactive spent fuel from Chalk River Ontario to Aiken South Carolina. If any of it spills out, it will be next to impossible to clean>
Transforming Transportation – Panel
November 18 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
UB South Campus, Hayes Hall 402. This is a Sierra Club panel discussion that will dig in to the needs of our community, environmental justice as well as the CLCPA and the study that was just presented by the Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra Club, Transforming Transportation. Parking available at St. Joseph’s University Church; or the Park & Ride.
Peace Coffeehouse: Cuba & the US: Friendshipment Caravans
November 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
At Canisius College – Science Hall (convenient parking on Main near Delavan) Cuba and the United States: Friendshipment Caravans Speakers Vicki Ross and Marie Schuster: a report on their experiences with the Pastors for Peace Caravan which visited Cuba this July, organized by the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO). With IFCO, they challenged the travel restrictions imposed by the United States, which try to stop us from seeing the truth of Cuba for ourselves. Come learn about Cuba-US bilateral relations, reject the new activation of titles III and IV of the Helms-Burton Act, and call for the end of the US blockade against Cuba.
Sponsored by Peace Action-Canisius, and www.lascwny.org/ and WNY Peace Center http://wnypeace.org/ Free and open to the public
(WNYPC) Gender Justice Taskforce Mtg
November 25 @ 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm
At the Merriweather Library meeting room, 1324 Jefferson (at E Utica), Buffalo. Come out to discuss the Women’s March, intersectionality, and much more. All are welcome! (light snacks provided)
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