Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) training
Zoom Meeting NYOn Zoom - pre-register here. A representative from the New York State Committee on Open Government will provide an overview of NY's FOIL law and news reporter Steve Brown will provide some tips on obtaining information through FOIL. Sponsored by the New York Coalition for Open Government.
Weaving for Justice – w/Christine Eber
On zoom. Riverside Salem hosts Christine Eber who’ll tell about her work along our border with Mexico. This Buffalonian anthropologist has worked with the Weaving for Justice women’s collective for many years. Come for inspiration- all are welcome!! Topic: Riverside Salem Weekly Gathering Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3639440486?pwd=Wnk2TVlQRWlZRXEyVW9zeklNaXNJZz09 […]
Festival of Hope – KBP7 – Patrick O’Neill
Zoom link for the virtual Festival of Hope for Patrick O’Neill. He is now beginning a prison sentence for the disarmament action at the Kings Bay Trident base in Georgia more than two years ago. He is scheduled to report to the federal prison in Elkton, OH on January 14 to serve the remaining 12 […]
WAT Fast for Justice
OnlineSee details below for various events throughout the week. Tuesday January 5: Meet to Plan Opposition to Biden Pick for Intelligence Chief Thursday January 7: Virtual Training on Virtual Lobbying Monday January 11 Events: 1:00 pm ET: Virtual vigil: 19 Years of Guantanamo: Remembering the Men Detained. RSVP and bring a candle or sign 5-6:30 pm ET: Rights […]
Witness Against Torture Vigil- Close Guantanamo
At Robert Johnson Federal Building (off Niagara Square), Buffalo. Vigil and press conference (with masks and physical distancing) to amplify the horrendous injustices being committed at Guantanamo. Justice Delayed is Justice Denied. Limited supply of Orange jumpsuits and black hoods will be used. All are welcome.
Jim Mang calling hours
At GINNANE FUNERAL HOME, 3215 Delaware Ave., Kenmore. Beloved Peacemaker Jim Mang (our director 1979-2000) passed Friday. Deep condolences, gratitude and love. Calling Hrs With Masks, physical distancing, capacity limits. (Funeral, burial private.)
Rights or Rightlessness? The Lives of Men Imprisoned at Guantánamo
Zoom Meeting NYOn Zoom - register here. join the #CenterForConstitutionalRights Justice for Muslims Collective, Amnesty International USA, and Witness Against Torture for a virtual conversation, Rights or Rightlessness? The Lives of Men Imprisoned at Guantánamo. This January marks 19 years that the prison at Guantánamo Bay has been open. Throughout the last two decades, hundreds of men […]
Quarterly Meeting
In this meeting we will be looking back at 2020, as well as an overview at some our success during the year. We also will be announcing some other important matters. WNY Peace Center is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: WNYPC First Quarterly Mtg 2021 Time: Jan 31, 2021 02:00 PM Eastern […]
Jim Mang’s service (livestream)
LivestreamLivestreamed via Ginnane Funeral Home's website. Featuring a mass from St. Joseph's University Church, Jim's home parish. Also included below is the wonderful write-up by another previous Executive Director - and current Chair of the Environmental Justice Taskforce - at the WNYPC, Dr. Charley Bowman, that speaks beautifully to Jim's devotion to the cause(s), […]
Riverside Salem Weekly Gathering
This was a webinar produced by folks from the national office of the UCC. I watched the live version and I think these women have something to teach us. We will watch most of it. We may cut away toward the end so that we can have a few minutes for our own discussion. Please […]
PPG 2021 Community Agenda Rollout
(Virtual event.) Join us for Partnership for the Public Good's (first virtual) 2021 Community Agenda Rollout. Each year, we invite our growing network of partners to develop proposals for ways to change local or state policies to advance equality, sustainability, and cultural vibrancy in the Buffalo Niagara region. The partners take a vote, and the […]
Join the People’s Campaign for Parole Justice
Zoom Meeting NYA grassroots coalition will launch the People's Campaign for Parole Justice: a statewide effort to pass both parole reform bills and fully staff the Parole Board in 2021. Our platform launch will include speakers currently incarcerated New Yorkers, victims/survivors advocates, and more than 25 New York State lawmakers who are championing the platform in Albany. Please […]
