Buffalo 5 – Motion to Vacate [Bogus] Indictment
In person w/masks and physical distancing (only 10 spectators allowed), the Buffalo 5 head back to NYS Supreme Court (25 Delaware Avenue/92 Franklin Street) in downtown Buffalo, for continuation of the Proceeding determining their Motion to Vacate Erie County Indictment 41-413. Due to COVID-19 social distancing guidelines, only a total of 10 individuals from amongst […]
Water Is Life: Connecting Indigenous Resistance to US Extractivism & Militarization
Remote. (At 6:30- 8pm EST; 5:30-7pm CT) for an event titled Nibi gaa-bimaaji'iwemagak, Mni Wiconi, Agua es Vida, Water is Life: Connecting Indigenous Resistance to US Extractivism and Militarization featuring two frontline Indigenous leaders protecting the sacred land, water and way of life. Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres is the general coordinator of the Council of Popular […]
Our City’s State of OUR CITY
On Facebook Live - see invite below. This event is an annual rebuttal to the mayor's State of the City address. It flips the script and instead of centering the mayor and his (faux) accomplishments, it centers the most directly impacted, organizers, and activists who are working on the intersectional policy platform that you can […]
Interfaith Climate Justice Community
On zoom. Please click on this link to register: https://forms.gle/wAKQY41WvX9vcZ7Y9 Zoom Link for Thursday’s meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86458177327 (or type in the meeting code: 864 5817 7327) It’s been over a year that we last gathered at St. Joseph’s University Parish to chart our course as an interfaith group. We want to update everyone on our recent actions […]
WNY Refugee Film Festival: Seadrift
Zoom Meeting NYOn Zoom - register at tinyurl.com/SEADRIFT3. Journey's End WNY Refugee Film Festival's screening of Seadrift includes a director's talkback. JERS has a memorable evening planned with very special guest speakers: dir. Tim Tsai, program dir. of Ujima Company Inc. Maria Ta, and Refugee Congress CO delegate Nga V'u'ong-Sandoval. Questions or concerns? Contact: volunteer@jersbuffalo.org
EVENT CHANGED. CLICK FOR DETAILS (Women’s March WNY: Spring into Action)
Zoom Meeting NYPlease note that the Women’s March event scheduled for Saturday is being transformed – please use that time to support our Burmese sisters and brothers as they protest and rally against the violence going on in their country. 10:00 am - 12:00 pm at Bidwell and Elmwood Meanwhile, please support other Women and Women’s Events […]
BTRU General Meeting
On zoom. To share the facts, stories, and plans to turn the ship around. Bus riders have sacrificed enough through this pandemic with multiple rounds of cuts--the last one being only a week before Congress gave NFTA-Metro another relief grant--this one amounting to $79 million. We demanded federal grants to offset the loss of fares […]
The Iran Nuclear Deal or No Deal
On zoom. Join at http://bit.ly/3x0aiSL . Grassroots organizations from across the country are joining together to present the most recent developments surrounding the JCPOA and what they may mean for the future of Iran and the rest of the Middle East. For those who care about preventing a future war as well as addressing […]
#StopLine3 & #NoDAPL Runners Solidarity Rally – NO PIPELINES!!
At Niagara Square, Buffalo NY. Come out - with masks and physical distancing - in solidarity with Indigenous runners/Standing Rock youth who have run from Lakota/Ojibwe/Anishinaabe territory to Washington DC to urge President Biden to #StopLine3 and #NoDAPL. Banners and signs are welcome. We'll have an opening Gnonyoh, speakers, and deep support for the environmental […]
Vigil Against Human Executions & Assassinations
On zoom: on Good Friday (and on April 20, when a State execution is scheduled to take place in Huntsville, Texas - see 4/20) - To show solidarity with others around the world who are against such executions and other forms of violence in our world. “Thou shalt not kill” (Torah, Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17, […]
Immigration under the Biden Administration
Zoom Meeting NYOn Zoom - register here. On the occasion of "Comunidades Visibles: The Materiality of Migration," join the Albright-Knox and Journey’s End Refugee Services for a free virtual conversation about changes to immigration policy under the Biden Administration. Hear from the organization’s legal team, resettlement director, and refugees to learn about the United States’ immigration process […]
Festival of Hope – KBP7, Mark Colville
On zoom. We invite you to celebrate the third anniversary of the King Bay Plowshares disarmament action with a Zoom Festival of Hope on Monday evening. It will be in the form of a webinar on the Codepink zoom platform and also livestreamed on the KBP Facebook and Codepink’s YouTube channel. For the KBP Facebook […]
