PPG’s Proactive Rental Inspection workshop 2/2: Impact on Tenants

Zoom Meeting NY

Do you work with tenants who live in one- or two-unit homes? The City of Buffalo may be contacting them to inspect their apartments. They’re starting a new program to make sure apartments are safe to live in within the City of Buffalo. How will this work? What do tenants need to know? What are […]

Free

SURJ Abolition Action Hour

Zoom Meeting NY

Join Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)'s monthly Action Hours to take action together to close jails and detention centers, defund police, invest in communities, and protect Indigenous rights to land and water. You'll receive education and training in community, and then be supported to participate in frontline racial justice campaigns. (If you can't make […]

Free

Exploring Hate: Truth of the Matter

Online

A town hall about understanding and confronting racist conspiracy theories that threaten diverse communities and the nation at large. About this event Exploring Hate Presents: THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER: Grievance, Greed & Conspiracy Theories What motivations and beliefs explain the racist conspiracy theories that threaten diverse communities across the U.S. and the nation at […]

Free

ECBOE Deadline for Registration for General Election

Erie County Board of Elections 134 W Eagle St, Buffalo, NY, United States

Today is the last day to postmark your application for the general election; it must also be received by board of elections by October 13th. If submitting in person, your application must be received today by the BOE to be eligible to vote in the upcoming general election. (If honorably discharged from the military or […]

“Sacred America: Breaking 500 Years of Silence”

Niagara Falls Public Library 1425 Main St, Niagara Falls, NY, United States

Speaking engagement at the Niagara Falls Public Library. Following a brief Invocation by Chief Bear Cross, Chase Iron Eyes will discuss the power of Indigenous culture, sovereignty and lessons from Standing Rock. This event will be free and open to the public.

The Border Crossed Us: The Case for Opening the US-Mexico Border

Zoom Meeting NY

Join Haymarket Books for a discussion about how re-building the international labor movement requires solidarity with migrant workers and opening borders About this event Join Justin Akers Chacón, Yanny Guzmán, and Magally “Maga” Miranda Alcázar for a discussion about the history and function of the US-Mexico border, why we should fight to open it, and […]

$25

Niagara Falls’ 1st Annual Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration

Niagara Falls, NY

11-11:15 AM: Official press conference at the Veterans Monument at Hyde Park (3200 Pine Ave, Niagara Falls 14301). Chase Iron Eyes will briefly speak on the history of Wounded Knee and plight of the Lakota People. Media Interviews will follow.   2-4 PM: V.I.P. Meet & Greet with Chase Iron Eyes and Chief Bear Cross at […]

$40

MAP: Raising the Roots for Food Equity

Massachusetts Avenue Project 387 Massachusetts Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States

Join Massachusetts Avenue Project's annual fall fundraising event, Raising the Roots for Food Equity! Raising the Roots for Food Equity is a fun Farm-to-Fork event featuring local, seasonal food and drinks to support MAP's mission. Your participation in this fun food and education-based event will support MAP's mission to increase access to fresh, local, affordable, […]

$75

Deadline for public comments on Digihost purchase of Fortistar

Online

The NY State Public Service Commission is Accepting Comments on whether to allow bitcoin miner Digihost to purchase the Fortistar frack-gas power plant located in North Tonawanda, NY. Deadline for comments is October 12, 2021. The Sierra Club is providing talking points here. Given the immense amount of CO2 and raw methane the will escape […]

CANY: Breaking the Cycle (session 1/2)

Zoom Meeting NY

This workshop will be done in two sessions, on Tuesday, October 12th and Wednesday, October 13th from 6:00-8:00pm. You can join both by using this Zoom link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82877901666 In this workshop, Citizen Action of NY explores the motivations and drivers of the criminal legal system, including policing and mass incarceration. We pay special attention to the […]

Free

Women for peace: Greenham Common

Online

Cardiff, 1981. A group of women with hand-made banners embark on a march of over one hundred miles to Greenham Common military base – all in the name of nuclear peace. This protest against nuclear missiles led to the establishment of camps that, for nearly two decades, drew women from all over the world, provided […]

$15