Vital #PoorPeoplesCampaign Training May 9, 5:30; +…. ;-)

Dear Friends! 716-332-3904; 716-931-3520 5/4/18

Happy belated May Day, Spring, Renewal Happy Release of political prisoner Herman Bell!

Thanks to many of you for renewing your membership in the WNY Peace Center (and for those who haven’t, you can always renew/become a member on line at wnypeace.org/membership. Our Annual Membership Meeting is coming right up: Sat, May 19, 2-5pm here at 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo 14209 (entrance & pkg round back of bldg). All are welcome, and if you’re a member you can also vote. We’ll be reviewing the past year and preparing for the next one! Come ahead for solidarity, inspiration, organizing, and a no-worries potluck.

We also are almost upon the 40 Days of Action of the new Poor People’s Campaign (PPC). Please join us for a PPC Intro and Nonviolent Moral Fusion Direct Action Training, Weds May 9, 5:30-8:30 at Rafi Green Ctr, 1423 Fillmore Ave, Buffalo. Register at 716-332-3904; office@wnypeace.org; or on the facebook event page. Also it’ll be helpful for all, not just for those if risking arrest – although it is one of two required NDA trainings required if you are willing to risk arrest. The second is the day of in Albany at about 10:30am. It’s also another no-worries pot luck as well. Hope to see you there! #UnitetheStruggles.

And please register for the bus for the first day of action on May 14, leaving 4:30am from the LaSalle Metro/Park&Ride. Theme: “Somebody’s Hurting My People, & It’s Gone On Far Too Long!” Register at bit.ly/BuffaloPPC5-9

And on the facebook event page.

So to recap with some additions, significant events for your calendar may include (with more detail on website calendar & post):
– Sun May 6: Living with Nature in Your Yard, 1-3 St Timothy’s, Grand Island
– Tues May 8: NY Renews trip to Albany;
– Weds May 9: PPC Nonviolent Direct Action Training 5:30-8:30, Rafi Greene Ctr, 1423 Fillmore Ave;
– Sat May 12: Muslim Public Affairs Council Dinner, 6pm Hyatt Regency
– 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, Latin American Solidarity Committee, Pilgrim-St Luke’s, 335 Richmond Ave (cnr W Utica);
– Sat May 19: WNYPC Annual Membership Meeting, 2-5pm, 1272 Delaware Ave (entrance & pkg round back behind bldg.)
– 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/

The West Valley Nuclear Site’s comment period was extended to May 25. Please request full clean-up (and repeat as necessary/feasible)! Go to wnypeace.org/environmental-justice/

Anytime now, #45 may fire Mueller or Rob Rosenstein. If it happens, we’ll gather and the Marcy Casino for a march down and up Elmwood. Stay tuned, and/or text Text “ALERT” to 668-366 to get rapid response updates.

Our website wnypeace.org and facebook page have more events and campaigns, (Keep checking for additions! 😉 #unitethestruggles

Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, Justice, and yes Love.

#PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver

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Below are
– more event listings (see also calendar & facebook page);
– 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! …..

No hate, no fear as we are #StillResisting. #UnitetheStruggles !
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love. #loveisloveBUF <3

Free Bus TOMORROW 4am to Albany, FreeNY!; focus on Friday; more!

Dear Friends! 716-332-3904; 716-931-3520 3/13/18

Come ahead TOMORROW to stand for Justice from our Criminal “Just-Us” system!! There are still (free) seats left on the FreeNY bus to Albany tomorrow – Weds, March 14 – leaving 4AM from PUSH, 217 Grant St; and 4:30AM from UB South Campus Park&Ride. The campaign is so important, and it’ll be an inspiring and highly impactful time! Please join us to lobby for Bail reform and more! Again, we expect to have returned by ~4pm from Albany. Please JUST SHOW UP for the bus – there are enough seats left. We shall overcome! Si, se puede!

It’ll be a busy week – as always!

– Thurs, 6-7:30pm, Info re West Valley Nuclear Cleanup; prep for testimony on March 19, 20 (in Bflo), and/or 21;

– All on Fri, March 16:
-With Kelly Maracle, Mohawk, Nadia Sharam, Esq. and Diana Lynn Patton on March 16, again Noon hour at the Central Public Library, Ring of Knowledge.
-at 4pm on March 16 at Bidwell & Elmwood to vigil for Rachel Corrie, Presente!, and Ahed Tamimi, both fearless young activists for Palestinian rights.
-at 5pm see a film at Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Ave, on Ahed and another even younger Palestinian activists “Radiance of Resistance.”

On Sat, March 17
Come to make kites for our Fly Kites Not Drones event – in Solidarity with Our Journey To Smile and Afghan Peace Volunteers. After making kites at Lafayette High School, come on March 21, the very special Now Ruz holiday (biggest Afghan holiday of the year), to Niagara Branch Library and we’ll go fly kites at LaSalle Park (4:30-6pm on Weds, March 21).

Again, please go to our website wnypeace.org and facebook page for more info on events, and campaigns, including
-March For Our Lives, WNY Local and bus(es) to DC, March 24 (bus funded by Mayor Brown). Stop Gun Violence – and all violence!!
#unitethestruggles We shall overcome – Together!/Harambe!!

Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, Justice, and yes Love.

#PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver

Bus (free) to Albany for Bail Reform; Sunday: Benefit Concert by Dooleys & Hearsay

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