Averting Climate Catastrophe: No New Arms Race!
Zoom Meeting NYEvery year on April 22nd, people celebrate and honor Earth Day through neighborhood clean-ups, community festivals, and projects to educate the public about the need to reduce our carbon footprint. Veterans For Peace has honored Earth Day by discussing how militarism impacts the environment. We hope to spread the message about the environmental costs of […]
BTV Prayer Vigil for Jaylen Griffin
Buffalo Central Terminal 495 Paderewski Dr, Buffalo, NY, United StatesPlease join Bury the Violence for a prayer vigil and birthday celebration in honor of Jaylen Griffin. Please bring a prayer candle. Learn more about Jaylen and Bury the Violence here. Please email questions to Kareema at btvbuffalo@gmail.com. #BringingJaylenHome
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: Not “A Nation of Immigrants”
Zoom Meeting NYCleveland Peace Action is hosting acclaimed historian and author, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz for a virtual discussion of her 2021 book, Not "A Nation of Immigrants": Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion. register on Zoom Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz will be joined in conversation with Detroit-based activist and writer Frank Joyce. Q and A with […]
Sister Karen Annual Event: HERSTORY ft. Cariol Horne
SS. Columba-Brigid Church 75 Hickory Street, Buffalo, United StatesThe SSJ Sister Karen Klimczak Center for Nonviolence is excited to announce their annual fundraising event, "Herstory: The Cost of Nonviolence," which will once again be live and in-person. This year's speaker is Cariol Horne. A reception will follow. Cariol is a former Buffalo police officer who was the inspiration for the Duty-to-Intervene law passed by […]
Concert for a Cause
University Presbyterian Church 3330 Main Street, Buffalo, NYThe Buffalo State Jazz Chamber Ensemble (trumpet, saxophone, guitar, bass and drums, plus vocalist, under the direction of Dr. Mark Filsinger) will perform a fundraising concert to assist migrant services provision on the Douglas AZ / Agua Prieta SONORA Mexico border. All funds raised will go to Frontera de Cristo, the Presbyterian Border Outreach Program […]
LASC Peace Coffeehouse: Recent refugee situations on the Arizona / Mexico Border
Canisius College-Science Hall 2001 Main St., Buffalo, United StatesMonday April 25, 7-9pm. Migration situations on the Arizona / Mexico Border. Canisius College Science Hall, near Main and Delevan and the metro. Street parking on Main or in parking lot by the M&T bank. Speakers: Lee Ann Grace and Howard Henry, have volunteered for 30+ years with Frontera de Cristo, the Presbyterian Border Outreach Program at the Douglas AZ […]
MAPA: “Militarism or Survival?”
Zoom Meeting NYKatrina vanden Heuvel, publisher and editorial director of The Nation magazine, will be the keynote speaker and will address the Russia/Ukraine war and US/NATO's conflict with Russia and assess the first year of Biden's presidency. Kevin Martin, president of National Peace Action, will address key peace movement issues, including the Ukraine and Yemen wars, Afghanistan, tension with […]
IIB Fundraiser: “I Stand for Peace”
Soho Buffalo 64 W Chippewa, Buffalo, NY, United StatesJoin the International Institute of Buffalo for a family-friendly fundraising event at Soho Buffalo. All proceeds will go toward IIB programs, which include resettlement and integration services for our community's refugee population from around the world. Tickets are $30 online pre-sale or $40 at the door. Kids under 13 free. Tickets include champagne wall, […]
11th Annual “I Love My Park” Day
Join Parks & Trails New York – and thousands of volunteers across the state – on Saturday, May 7 in celebrating and enhancing New York's parks and public lands. Sign up for an I Love My Park Day event to clean up parks and shorelines, plant trees and gardens, restore trails and wildlife habitat, remove invasive species, and […]
Women’s March WNY 2022
Broderick Park (Foot of Ferry) 1170 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY, United StatesAll members of the WNY community are invited for solidarity, healing, inspiration, and shared learning and perspectives. This event is organized/presented by the WNY Peace Center and hosted by Riverside Salem UCC/DC. The community will meet at Lafayette Avenue & Niagara Street at 12:45 PM, then at 1 PM march together to Broderick Park (foot […]
LASC dental clinic celebration and fundraiser
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 341 Delaware Ave. , Buffalo35th anniversary celebration and fundraiser for the LASC/WNY Peace Center free dental clinic serving a Maya community in Chiapas, Mexico. Monday May 23, 7-9pm, Hallwalls at Babeville, 341 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY Please join us for an evening of live music by La Marimba, good company and powerful art as we celebrate and secure the continued […]
Building Bridges Community Clean-Up & Food Distribution
Frederick Douglass Community Center 238 Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United StatesJoin us for a day of of outreach, community cleanup, and solidarity at the Frederick Douglass Community Center (234 Jefferson Ave., in the Jefferson/Clinton neighborhood) on Thursday, May 26 from noon to 3 PM! The day will include community clean-up efforts, a needs assessment survey conducted door-to-door, and distribution of hot meals, groceries, home supplies, […]
