• William Sloane Coffin, Jr. Peacemaker Awards presented by PAFNYS

    Scandinavia House 58 Park Ave. (near 37th St.), New York, NY, United States

    Every year, Peace Action Fund of New York State (PAFNYS) holds the William Sloane Coffin, Jr. Peacemaker Awards. This is an important event for their organization where they honor outstanding individuals whose lives are models for current and future changemakers. The 2022 William Sloane Coffin Jr. Peacemaker Award will be presented to Katrina vanden Heuvel, […]

  • There are Stories to Tell: WUFO 1080 Radio Sounds of the Civil Rights Movement

    Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Branch Library 1324 Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States

    Join Sheila L. Brown, owner of WUFO Radio Station, and Lee Pettigrew, long-time WUFO MIX1080 AM and POWER 96.5 DJ, Lee Pettigrew, as they share the history relating to WUFO Radio Station and the Civil Rights Movement.   The Black History Month Talks take place on Tuesdays from 6 - 7 PM  at the Frank […]

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  • There are Stories to Tell: Colored Musicians Club & Museum – Preserving, Presenting & Promoting the legacy of African American Music in Buffalo since 1917

    Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Branch Library 1324 Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States

    Speaker: George Scott, Danny Williams, & Craig Steger. This lecture will provide an in-depth look at the history of the Colored Musicians Club and Local 533 during the Jazz Age and beyond.   The Black History Month Talks take place on Tuesdays from 6 - 7 PM  at the Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library. Talks are […]

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  • Talking Peace Visual radio

    Watch the Skies - and Beyond; See Weapons and Wars. With Norman Solomon, renown journalist, media critic, activist, Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, which works to provide alternative sources for journalists, and author of War Made Invisible How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine;  Brad Wolf, author, lawyer, and former prosecutor, Director of […]

  • Our Work in the Days Ahead: a conversation for antiracist white people with Dr. Angela Davis

    On Thur 1/16/25 @ 8pm ET, just four days before the inauguration, Dr. Angela Davis will join SURJ in a conversation about white people’s work in the days ahead. https://www.mobilize.us/surj/event/748825/?utm_source=20250114_nod_adrecruit_event1  What lessons from past freedom struggles can help us face our present political reality? How do we adapt to dire, shifting circumstances without losing sight […]

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