KingsBay 7; Kashmir Sun; Puerto Rico, Mon; pls buy Dinner Tix now

716-332-3904 10/26/19 wnypeace.org

Dear Friends,

By now you are likely to have heard the sad news that the Kings Bay Plowshares have been found guilty on all counts – three felonies and a misdemeanor associated with a possible 25 year sentence. Please offer your support as it will be sorely needed, and sign the petition for – their website is kingsbayplowshares7.org.

We remind you that

– on Sunday (tomorrow, 5-6:30pm) there’s a Prayer Vigil for Kashmir at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, 724 Delaware Ave, Buffalo;

– on Monday, we’ll have
-Talking Peace with the WNY Peace Center (1-3pm at WBNY 91.3FM, and streaming onlne at wbny.buffalostate.edu) – This Monday, Special Guest Valentino Dixon, winner of the WNYPC Emerging Leader’s Award, will talk about his 27 years of unjust incarceration, the process that lead to his full exoneration and release, his art, his work to change the Criminal (In)Justice System, and more.

– our Gender Justice Taskforce meeting, 6:30-7:45 pm. At the Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson (at E Utica), Buffalo. Come out to discuss the Women’s March, intersectionality, and much more. All are welcome!
-our Peace Coffeehouse: The Journey of Puerto Rico, a colony of the USA. 7-9pm
At Canisius College – Science Hall (convenient parking on Main near Delavan). Speakers Alberto O. Cappas (Poet, Writer, Publisher, and Community Activist; Co-publisher of the Buffalo Latino Village), and Christian Parra (community activist and Field Organizing Manager for PUSH Buffalo), will share info and inspiration re colonialism, Puerto Rico and the current political climate. Organized by our LASC (Latin American Solidarity Committee) with PeaceAction Canisius College.

Peace Action Canisius College just won an award from PeaceAction NYS! We – as a PANYS chapter as well – will host their receiving the award at our Annual Dinner – yet another reason not to miss this special event!

The 52nd Annual Dinner is now only 14 days away! Please get your tickets now by buying them on our website – and choosing one of the 3 menu options [yes we do have vegetarian after all – it’s Eggplant Rollatini] or by calling the office at 716-332-3904. (Free parking is included as always, and as usual rather than an actual physical ticket your name(s) will be listed for check-in.)

CodePink’s Medea Benjamin will illuminate: No Green New Deal Without Peace; Growing Our Peace Through Justice Economy. See a clip of Medea that went viral on the Real News Media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peJGmeg6ZE8.

The WNY Resistance Revival Chorus will sing and receive the Alt-imate Activist Award; and Valentino Dixon the Emerging Leaders Award! !

Of course, we are still welcoming ads, and donations for silent auction or baskets (or items for a basket). We’d really appreciate it! You can make monetary donations on the website towards student/ltd income tickets; and/or drop items off at the WNYPC at 1272 Delaware Ave (entrance & pkg round back behind the building).Please contact Nicole (thanks so much, Nicole!) at assistant@wnypeace.org with any questions.

We will also draw your attention to

-an 11am hearing Tuesday on campaign finance reform at the Burchfield Penney Art Museum (Buff State, Elmwood Ave),

-the regular Weds 4-6pm NO MORE! [Deaths, maltreatment] Vigil and protest at the Erie County Holding Center (ECHC, on Delaware between Church & Eagle). Please bring signs – and donations for Joseph Bialkowski’s family to pay the funeral home for his ashes (it is the height of irony that tho the Sheriff’s Dept. was responsible for his death the family is responsible for his ashes. We hope you will join us in this fundraising: either by bringing a donation to the vigil and or by clinking on the link to give $30 TODAY.) 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.

See more below, and even more on our website!!

Lastly, again, please join our Friends of Democracy Now! in Buffalo campaign. To keep it on WBNY, we must raise funds. You can 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.

Please go to our website (wnypeace.org) calendar for plenty more listings, campaigns in the website posts, and info on our facebook page.
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.

#Unite! #OneLove
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Events this week:

Prayer Vigil for Kashmir
October 27 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
At Westminster Presbyterian Church, 724 Delaware Ave, Buffalo 14209. Cosponsored by Interfaith Peace Network, Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), Riverside Salem UCC/DC, Westminster Presbyterian, the WNY Peace Center and many more.

Peace Coffeehouse: The Journey of Puerto Rico, a colony of the USA
October 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
At Canisius College – Science Hall (convenient parking on Main near Delavan). Speaker Alberto O. Cappas (Poet, Writer, Publisher, and Community Activist; Co-publisher of the Buffalo Latino Village) on colonialism, Puerto Rico and the current political climate. Sponsored by PeaceAction-Canisius, and www.lascwny.org/ and WNY Peace Center http://wnypeace.org/ Free and open to the public.

(WNYPC) Gender Justice Taskforce Mtg
October 28 @ 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm
At the Merriweather Library, 1324 Jefferson (at E Utica), Buffalo. Come out to discuss the Women’s March, intersectionality, and much more. All are welcome!

No More Deaths! – Vigil at Erie Co Holding Center
Weds, Oct 30 @ 4:00 pm – 6 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.

Hearing re Fair Elections for New York
October 29 @ 11:00 am
At Burchfield Penny on Elmwood near Buff State. The members of New York’s Public Campaign Finance Commission are holding hearings around the state to gather input from residents about how to set up a public campaign finance program. They need to hear from us about why it is important
52nd Annual Dinner with Medea Benjamin
November 8 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Join us to celebrate our 52nd Annual Dinner, with special guest, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK and the co-founder of the human rights group Global Exchange. She has been an advocate for social justice for more than 40 years!

The event, Nov 8, 5-9pm at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, is not to be missed. Not only is Medea and her perspective vital for people and the planet (more on Medea directly below), but we will also be giving out two very important awards:
— The WNY Resistance Revival Chorus, a wonderfully committed & progressively-minded women’s chorus, will be getting the Alt-imate Activist Award (named for WNY Peace Center lifelong stalwart member, organizer, and activist, Wayne Alt);
— Valentino Dixon will receive the Emerging Leaders Award! As most of you know, Valentino was just released when exonerated after 27 years of outrageous, unjust incarceration.

http://wnypeace.org/wp/52nd-annual-dinner-with-madea-benjamin/

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 Vicki Ross hosting. Also streaming on-line at wbny.buffalostate.edu. This week with special guest Emerging Activist Awardee, Valentino Dixon!

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 meets on the last Tuesday of the month.

Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce – Wednesdays 4-6pm protest/vigils at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church). Another Death! 4 in 4 months! The Sheriff’s Administration is a Public Health Emergency!! All are welcome. Please bring signs.

Resist Militarism! Taskforce – Postponed: regular monthly planning meeting third Weds of the month, now date tba. at Isaías González-Soto Branch (formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201; 5-6:30pm.

Interfaith Peace Network, 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month, 9:15am at 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo NY 14209 entrance and parking round back.) Breakfast potluck, planning/publicizing, & discussion.

Vigil for Victims of ICE Terror – Thursdays, 5-6pm, 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

Buffalo Youth Climate Strike – all are welcome 2-3pm at Niagara Square for a youth-led rally to stand up for People and the Planet, and radical change to mitigate and avert climate catastrophe. Bring signs! See you there! This week runs 2-5pm (see above!)

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)

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, Jim Antal’s book, Climate Church Climate World.

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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– Taskforce items and campaigns.
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ECHC Vigil Tomorrow. & Get Nov 8 Dinner Tickets Now!

716-332-3904 10/15/19 wnypeace.org

Dear Friends,

Once again, it’s all hands on deck to vigil and protest at the Erie County Holding Center (ECHC) on Wednesday at 4-6pm (in front of the ECHC, on Delaware between Church & Eagle). There was yet another death at the ECHC – 4 under the Sheriff’s watch in 4 months. Outrageous and heartbreaking. Please bring signs – and determination for real change to systemic violence and abysmal neglect!

Also, our 52nd Annual Dinner is only three (yes! 3) weeks away! Please get your tickets (easy to order on the website – including 3 menu options). Medea Benjamin of CodePink will be energizing as always on the topic: No Green New Deal Without Peace; Growing Our Peace Through Justice Economy. We are also looking forward to hearing WNY Resistance Revival Chorus sing and get the Alt-imate Activist Award; and to giving Valentino Dixon the Emerging Leaders Award! As most of you know, Valentino was just released when exonerated after 27 years of outrageous, unjust incarceration. Dinner tickets are available on our website!

So it’s also all hands on deck to support your WNY Peace Center. We do need the funds to continue organizing and offering vital services to the community. Please donate items for the basket raffle and silent auction! Or put an ad or message in the dinner program book. Please contact us at info@wnypeace.org, and/or call the office 716-332-3904.

Please join our Friends of Democracy Now! campaign. To keep it on WBNY, we must raise funds. Please contribute to 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! (or in a note with the online submission). Truth-telling is needed, and Democracy Now! is the one to do it!
And of course, tune in to DEMOCRACY NOW! BROADCAST Live MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY 91.3FM. or streaming live at wbny.buffalostate.edu.

Please go to our website (wnypeace.org) calendar for plenty more listings, campaigns in the website posts, and info on our facebook page.
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.

#Unite! #OneLove
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Events this week:

No More Deaths! – Vigil at Erie Co Holding Center
Weds, Oct 16 @ 4:00 pm – 6 pm
Yet ANOTHER DEATH – 4 in 4 months! Sheriff Howard is (yet another) elected official who needs to be impeached. Please join with the WNYPC’s Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce 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), and more.

POSTPONED: Resist Militarism Taskforce Mtg
Originally schedule for October 16; now tba.
At Isaías González-Soto Branch (formerly Niagara Branch) Library, 280 Porter Ave, Buffalo 14201. Regular monthly planning meeting (third Weds of the month). Working to end the militarism at home and abroad. Re Iraqis, Kurds, Yemeni, more …. ground the drones, end the wars. #Unite

WNYPC Annual Dinner Committee Mtg
Thurs, October 17 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
At WNYPC, 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo (entrance & pkg round back of building). Come out and help us plan and publicize our 52nd Annual Dinner, with Medea Benjamin, CodePink, keynoting, and awards to WNY Resistance Revival Chorus and Valentino Dixon. Items for silent auction and basket raffle are also welcome!

‘More than a Word’: Film Screening & Discussion
October 17 @ 6:30 pm
At Burning Books 420 Connecticut St, Buffalo. Film Screening of ‘More than a Word’ – a film about Native American-based mascots, especially the Washington R_dskins, and their impact on real-life attitudes, issues, and policies. “More Than a Word” offers an inside look at these contentious issues through the campaign and legal cases against the Washington R*skins, and traces how racist terminology became embraced and beloved by sports teams and fans.
Facilitated by Pete Hill, All Our Relations Program Director at NACS. Immediately following the screening discussion surrounding possible rally at upcoming bills game versus the Washington team November 3rd.

Kings Bay Plowshares Trial (Brunswick, GA)
October 21 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
The trial for these wonderful and courageous, loving activists, our friends Carmen Trotta, Clare Grady, Liz McAlister, Mark Coville, Martha Henessey, Patrick O’Neil, and Steve Kelly will be in Brunswick, GA, where they are each facing up to 25 years for their vital witness to publicize the nuclear timebomb, threat, and usurping of resources. All are welcome to come and support them during their trial. It will begin with jury selection at 9 a.m. on Monday October 21 at the federal court house downtown. For more info on their action, etc. just click here.

Great White Hoax: Screening & Discussion
October 24 @ 7:00 pm
At Buffalo State, in Upton Hall 230 – Free Admission. The film is on Donald Trump and the politics of race and class in America; featuring Tim Wise; called “Timely and necessary” by Van Jones. The screening will be followed by a discussion moderated by Professor Dorothea Braemer featuring Professor Mike Niman and Community Activist and former Canisius College Professor Heron Simmonds. Sponsored by Buffalo State’s Communications Dept; and its Office of Equity and Campus Diversity, SURJ, and the WNY Peace Center.

Peace Coffeehouse: The Journey of Puerto Rico, a colony of the USA
October 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
At Canisius College – Science Hall (convenient parking on Main near Delavan). Speaker Alberto O. Cappas (Poet, Writer, Publisher, and Community Activist; Co-publisher of the Buffalo Latino Village) on colonialism, Puerto Rico and the current political climate. Sponsored by PeaceAction-Canisius, and www.lascwny.org/ and WNY Peace Center http://wnypeace.org/ Free and open to the public.

52nd Annual Dinner with Medea Benjamin
November 8 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Join us to celebrate our 52nd Annual Dinner, with special guest, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of the women-led peace group CODEPINK and the co-founder of the human rights group Global Exchange. She has been an advocate for social justice for more than 40 years!

The event, Nov 8, 5-9pm at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, is not to be missed. Not only is Medea and her perspective vital for people and the planet (more on Medea directly below), but we will also be giving out two very important awards:
— The WNY Resistance Revival Chorus, a wonderfully committed & progressively-minded women’s chorus, will be getting the Alt-imate Activist Award (named for WNY Peace Center lifelong stalwart member, organizer, and activist, Wayne Alt);
— Valentino Dixon will receive the the Emerging Leaders Award! As most of you know, Valentino was just released when exonerated after 27 years of outrageous, unjust incarceration.

http://wnypeace.org/wp/52nd-annual-dinner-with-madea-benjamin/

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 Vicki Ross hosting. Also streaming on-line at wbny.buffalostate.edu.