Justice for Migrant Families Organizing Team Meeting
Zoom Meeting NYJoin Justice for Migrant Families for their next Organizing Team Meeting where they'll be celebrating some wins, making decisions about upcoming campaigns and doing some outreach to support the launch of the FOIA campaign (Freedom of Information Act). This team will focus on community education, relationship building and developing our leadership & organizing skills so […]
Remembering Daniel Prude: Community Gathering & Teach-in
Zoom Meeting NYOn March 23rd, 2020, Daniel Prude was killed by members of the Rochester Police Department while he was experiencing a mental health crisis. Following his murder, a movement was built to transform the way we support people experiencing mental health and substance use crises. Join the Prude family and community members from across the state […]
Western NY Drilling Defense Meeting: Bitcoin Mining Issues in New York State
Zoom Meeting NYSpecial Guests: Yvonne Taylor, Co-founder of Seneca Lake Guardian The Honorable Austin J. Tylec, Mayor of North Tonawanda, NY Over the past 4 years, computerized bitcoin mining has taken hold in unused power plants across NY State such as Somerset Coal plant, Fortistar Plant in North Tonwanda and the Greenidge Plant on the shores […]
Panel: Art as Political Action
Buffalo Arts Studio 2495 Main Street, Suite 500, Buffalo, NY, United StatesAcademics, artists, and activists will come together to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing frontline communities today, including gentrification, mass incarceration, racism, and the criminalization of immigration. Panelists will discuss the power of the arts to effect change and the ways the arts can become political action. The exhibition Attica NOW will be open to […]
AAPF: Her Dream Deferred
Zoom Meeting NYAt the end of each March, in honor of Women's History Month and the UN’s International Decade for People of African Descent, AAPF hosts #HerDreamDeferred, a weeklong series of activities focused on elevating the crisis facing Black women and girls. AAPF has hosted Her Dream Deferred to amplify the voices and narratives of Black […]
Albany Advocacy Day: Protect Bail Reform!
Bus to AlbanyDespite evidence that bail reform is keeping New Yorkers safe and not connected to the concerning increase in violence, there are current efforts to roll it—along with discovery reform and Raise the Age—back in the state's budget. These rollbacks would mean that thousands more people would be harmed by our criminal legal system and we simply can't […]
Virtual Press Conference: No Reform Rollbacks!
Zoom Meeting NYThe Partnership for the Public Good will join Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, NYCLU, #HALTsolitary Campaign, and others on Monday, March 28 at 10 a.m. via Zoom for a virtual press conference ahead of New York State's April 1 budget deadline in opposition to Governor Hochul's proposed reform rollbacks. We will also discuss misconceptions about the 2019 […]
Voice Buffalo’s Live Free meeting
Zoom Meeting NYDuring this meeting we will be saying see you later to our amazing Executive Director, Whitney Walker and have some major updates to share, including introducing our new organizer! We can't wait to see you then.
Live Free Meeting
Zoom Meeting NYWe will be celebrating Whitney Walker's time with VOICE Buffalo and wishing her well, and say "see you around soon," as she embarks on her next journey. We will also be introducing our NEW Live Free Lead Organizer! Finally, we will be sharing some exciting upcoming improvements we are making at VOICE. Tune in […]
LASC Peace Coffeehouse: A new moment for Honduras: Solidarity after elections
Canisius College-Science Hall 2001 Main St., Buffalo, United StatesMonday March 28, 7:00-9:00pm A new moment for Honduras: Solidarity after elections. Canisius College Science Hall, near Main and Jefferson and the metro. Street parking on Main or in parking lot by the M&T bank. Karen Spring has worked in Honduras for over 12 years as human rights defender & researcher, especially with the Honduras Solidarity […]
Prisoners Are People Too monthly meeting
Rafi Green Masten Resource Center 1423 Fillmore Ave , BuffaloPrisoners Are People Too will be resuming regular monthly meetings on the last Monday of each month beginning this month on March 28th. While trips to various prisons have been curtailed, the work has never ceased, and daily conversations with people who have incarcerated loved ones have never diminished. *** In-person and masks are […]
World Premiere: Never Forget Tibet
Regal TheatresOver sixty years after China's Most Wanted Man the Dalai Lama escaped from occupied Tibet, this powerful documentary follows the Dalai Lama as he recounts his escape through the Tibetan borderlands into India to tell his remarkable escape story as he fled Tibet in 1959. This is the first time the historic story has been […]
