Dear Friends! 716-332-3904; 716-931-3520 5/12/18
Happy Mothers’ Day Eve! Remember it was started by mothers who lost sons in the Civil War to protest war and its carnage. Read the proclamation by Julia Ward Howe (1870) here.
Join us for the historic Poor People’s Campaign kick-off trip to Albany on May 14 – Theme: “Somebody’s Hurting My People, & It’s Gone On Far Too Long!” (It’s also a great song!) Special attention will also be paid to child poverty, Women, LGBTQIA, people with disabilities, and the Green Light Program (especially important for immigrants and refugees; and which is also rallying in Albany). The bus leaves 4:30am from the LaSalle Metro/Park&Ride. Please contact kirk@cejbuffalo.org and register on line as well at
https://bit.ly/2G2F6cM
(there’s also a facebook event page fyi). And please text MORAL to 90975 to join the Campaign.
See our website including calendar for more details, as well as additional postings of our Weekly News homepage post:
– Sat May 12: Muslim Public Affairs Council Dinner, 6pm Hyatt Regency ($80; $40 for NRC/Students) – support this great organization & Millenials!
– Mon May 14: Poor People’s Campaign Kickoff in Albany; 4:30am sharp bus leaves LaSalle Sta NFTA Park&Ride, 3030 Main St, Buffalo 14214. Register at bit.ly/BuffaloPPC5-9
– Tues May 15: Honduran Musicians/Activists, 7-9pm; Latin American Solidarity Committee, Pilgrim-St Luke’s, 335 Richmond Ave (cnr W Utica);
– Tues May 15 sundown: Ramadan Mubarak to all our dear Muslim friends and families, on this the beginning of the holy and auspicious month of Ramadan!
– Sat May 19: WNYPC Annual Membership Meeting, 2-5pm, 1272 Delaware Ave (entrance & pkg round back behind bldg.) No worries snack-luck. Renew your membership on our wnypeace.org/membership, or just come ahead. All are welcome! (and members vote 😉
– Tues May 29: PPC bus to Albany with Veterans, War Economy and Stop Militarism themes.
– Weds-Fri June 13-15: Univ, Community, & Gov’t Partnerships, Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Ctr for Race, Equality & Mission; Niagara University niagara.edu/niagara-university-partnerships-for-race-and-equality/
#unitethestruggles
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, Justice, and yes Love.
An Apology to the People of Iran – Thank You, CodePink.org
And a Statement by the WNY Peace Center
We are sad, angry, and not at all surprised that Donald Trump and his administration continue to act in an aggressive, arbitrary, untrustworthy, immoral, and destructive manner.
Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal has
– shown the USA to be unreliable (see also Paris Climate Accords);
– created more instability in a region already rife with conflict (Middle East/South Asia);
– worked against a regime that has had a verified record of upholding its end of the agreement;
– implicitly supported regimes that have clearly been committing war crimes (Saudi Arabia and Israel; not too surprising as we are also committing war crimes)
– causing strife amongst the Iranian people who have shown good will to the USA through their compliance and diplomacy.
Make no mistake, however: although Donald Trump as President has egregiously withdrawn the US from the agreement on his own authority, his administration is rife with war-mongering, hate-mongering, and working against the common good.
We applaud our colleagues and collaborators who are standing up for peace, harmony, and justice – such as Code Pink (see and sign on to the beautiful Apology to the People of Iran), Voices for Creative Nonviolence, PeaceAction, the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars, and many more who are committed activists working for People and the Planet.
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JOIN Poor People’s Campaign against War-Racism-Poverty-Ecological Devastation:
Tonight 5:30-8:30pm, Nonviolent Direct Action Training, Rafi Greene Ctr, 1423 Fillmore Ave – come ahead (see previous post for more info)
Trips to Rally in Albany
Monday, May 14 @ 4:00 am – 9:00 pm (the Kick-Off!) – note corrected link
Get on the bus to Albany with the Poor People’s Campaign
Register here bit.ly/nyppcweek1 so that the event organizers can ensure you have the proper information NFTA LaSalle Station Park&Ride 229 Lasalle Ave, Buffalo, NY 14214 GET ON THE BUS TO ALBANY MAY 14TH BECAUSE SOMEBODY’S HURTING OUR PEOPLE, AND IT’S GONE ON FAR TOO LONG.
May 29 ~@ 3:00 am – May 30 ~@ 3:00 am
Bus trip ~ details tbd. This week’s Moral Monday will be on Tuesday so as not to generate more conflict with Veterans on Memorial Day. Indeed, Veterans – our government not supporting our troops; Poor Man Fighting a Rich Man’s War – will be a topic at Albany, as will stopping militarism and transforming the War Economy to a sustainable peaceful and just economy. Call 332-3904 for more details; or email office@wnypeace.org.
#UnitetheStruggles
Dear Friends! 716-332-3904; 716-931-3520 3/6/18
We are so excited about the FreeNY campaign, working to right the injustices in the criminal “Just-us” system. Please join us on Weds, March 14 to bus to Albany (no payment needed) to lobby for Bail reform and more! The bus will leave on the morning of March 14, at 4am at PUSH office, 4:30 am at South Campus UB Park & Ride. We expect to have returned by ~4pm from Albany. Please call Heron Simmonds, the WNYPC Racial Justice Taskforce Chair and organizer for Voice Buffalo, for details and to reserve a seat on the bus. See you there!!
– Poor People’s Campaign event planning Thurs, March 8 at 4pm at the WNYPC (1272 Delaware Ave, entrance & pkg round back near bldg.) – plan for Sharing Stories event to build the Beloved Community and prepare for the Poor People’s Campaign national kick-off Mothers’ Day plus 40 days of Action.
– Native American Community Services social at Medaille College, Friday, March 9, 5-9pm.
– Major Progress Program: Benefit for the WNYPC by the Dooleys and Hearsay, at DHU Strand Theatre, 540 Oliver St., North Tonawanda. 5:30 doors open (and best time to come if you didn’t already buy your $10 tickets here). BYOB and potluck!! A real happening – don’t miss it!!
Again, please go to our website wnypeace.org and facebook page for info on more events and campaigns, including
– MARCH FOR OUR LIVES, WNY Local and bus(es) to DC, March 24 (bus funded by Mayor Brown).
– Women’s Ways ~ Peace Ways
– Resist Militarism
– West Valley Nuclear Waste: Clean-up NOW!
– and more!
#unitethestruggles We shall overcome – Together!/Harambe!!
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, Justice, and yes Love.
#PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
