Gandhiji’s Birthday
Celebrate Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi's Birthday - peruse our Collective Nonviolent Action resources on the carousel on our home page! And let's all keep striving every day to "Be the Change" we want to see in the world. Including not hating or blaming, and pursuing Truth (Satyagraha) and of course Love.
Freedom Summer
In the tradition of Sher Fanny Lou Hamer..... Save the date - check out OpenBuffalo.org for details.
Stitch Buffalo’s Sewing Machine-a-Palooza
Stitch Buffalo 1215 Niagara St, Buffalo, NY, United StatesStitch Buffalo has been hard at work reconditioning an army of high-quality sewing machines—and now they are ready to make their way out into the world (at prices that make them irresistible). To reserve your one-on-one shopping appointment, visit stitchbuffalo.org/calendar/sewing-machine-a-palooza-2021 Do you have an unloved sewing machine taking up space in a closet or […]
Climate Consequences of Crypto-Currency: Speaking Out Against the Greenridge Fracked Gas Power Plant
Zoom Meeting NYLet us help you prepare to speak at the DEC Public Hearing on Greenidge's Title V Air Permit Renewal! Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, Seneca Lake Guardian, Food & Water Watch and Earthjustice are hosting a webinar, the Climate Consequences of Crypto-Currency: Speaking Out Against the Greenridge Fracked Gas Power Plant. This webinar will provide tips and […]
PPG’s Proactive Rental Inspection workshop 1/2: Impact on Landlords
Zoom Meeting NYDo you rent out a single or double property in the City of Buffalo? Do you know landlords who do? The City of Buffalo is starting a new inspection program that will impact some landlords. It’s called the Proactive Rental Inspections (PRI) program. What does this mean for those landlords? What are their responsibilities in […]
Clean Slate Resolution press conference
Steps of Buffalo City HallThe Buffalo Common Council will vote on supporting the Clean Slate resolution during Tuesday, 10/5 meeting at 2 p.m. Last week, the Council's Legislation Committee unanimously passed the resolution, with four councilmembers—Wyatt, Wingo, Pridgen, and Rivera—showing support as sponsors. A press conference will be held in front of City Hall at 3 p.m. tomorrow to […]
Abolition, Cultural Freedom, Liberation
Zoom Meeting NYThe Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize for 2020 was awarded to Angela Y. Davis for her lifetime achievements as a public intellectual advocating for racial, gender, and economic justice; to Mike Davis for his life’s work as a public intellectual who encourages critical analysis of society in the service of constructing an alternative, post-capitalist future in both theory and practice; […]
Zoom Vigil Stop Executions, Torture, Murders & Assassinations
Zoom Meeting NYInvitation to 30-minute Silent Meditation/Prayer Vigils (Sept.28, Oct.5, Oct.12, Oct.21, Oct.27, & Oct.31) to Stop Executions, Torture, Murders & Assassinations & Promote Peace in the World You are invited to attend an upcoming series of 30-minute silent meditation/prayer vigil sessions against human executions, torture, murders & assassinations—these sessions are aimed at bringing more peace to […]
The Eight Trillion Dollar War w/ Dr. Heidi Peltier
Zoom Meeting NYAt the beginning of September, The Cost of War Project at Brown University released its report showing that the costs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the other post-9/11 wars was a staggering $8 Trillion dollars. And these trillions of dollars are only the extra money the U.S. has paid specifically for those […]
Communities Not Cages coalition kickoff
Zoom Meeting NYOn Zoom; register here. Communities Not Cages is a new statewide campaign building the power of people and families impacted by mass incarceration to overhaul New York's racist and draconian sentencing laws. Together, we're taking on mandatory minimums, two- and three-strike laws, opportunities for re-sentencing, and good/merit time laws with the goal of decarcerating state […]
Moving BEYOND “White Fragility”: Honest, Effective Conversations About Race
Burchfield-Penny Art Center Buffalo State College, Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NYRobin DiAngelo coined the phrase "white fragility" to describe many white people's insistence that race conversations be comfortable and non-threatening for them. Black writer Nanette D. Massey of Buffalo believes we are way beyond holding hands when it comes to talking about race. Massey presents her take on the book's ideas in very practical terms. […]
ROCLA/LASC: Mapudungun Ideologies in Chile
Zoom Meeting NYMapudungun Ideologies in Chile: race, indigenousness, nation, and language Gabriel Alvarado is a linguist, lexicographer, translator, and educator based in Santiago, Chile. He holds a Masters degree in Hispanic Linguistics from the University of Chile (2011), and a Doctorate in Latino, Latin American and Iberian Cultures from the City University of New York (2020). Dr. Alvarado’s […]
