For the Students: 2020 Buffalo Education Equity Forum
OnlineOnline - register here. Come hear from Buffalo's leaders about current equity efforts in light of the "dual public health crises" of COVID-19 and systemic racism. The 2020-21 school year has already been one of the most challenging of our lifetimes. At the same time as the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the inequities that have […]
‘Talking Peace’ with the WNYPC on WBNY 91.3 FM
WBNY 91.3 FMOn WBNY 91.3 FM (or streaming online at wbny.buffalostate.edu). Talking Peace, WNYPC‘S weekly radio show, has new episodes! From 1-3 PM on Mondays, tune in for insights on peace and justice. At the moment, the show is being pre-recorded (so graciously by Think Twice Studios!). Hosted by Vicki Ross, WNYPC Executive Director. 1st hour: Dr. […]
Justice Roadmap Launch (Hybrid)
Erie County Holding Center 40 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY, United StatesAt Erie County Holding Center (40 Delaware Ave, Buffalo) and/or on Zoom (register at bit.ly/justice-roadmap-launch). Join the Center for Community Alternatives and 140 organizers - including the WNY Peace Center - for the launch of Justice Roadmap 2021. Together, we'll demand that New York dismantle systems that criminalize, incarcerate, and deport our communities and build […]
LASC monthly planning meeting
Zoom Meeting NYOn Zoom - please email LASC task force chair Dr. Terry Bisson at bisson@canisius.edu for the link. Possible agenda items include: planning Chiapas LASC-ROCLA event, Jan.6, lead by Bill Jungels planning Bolivia LASC-ROCLA event, Feb. 3, lead by Bolivia Quaker Education Fund and Vickey Kaiser (Fredonia) investigating (with Roswell-Park) how to bring Cuba item before […]
Talking Palestine with Zohran Mamdani
Zoom Meeting NYOn Zoom - register here. A significant and expanding section of American society—young, diverse, and working class—has become increasingly aware of US support for Israel’s occupation, and is rapidly drawing the connections between Palestine, mass incarceration, austerity, and the immigration crisis. These new shifts are indicative of a larger trend of left voices putting forward […]
COVID: A Case Study with Life & Death Stakes: Science, Epistemology, Conspiracy & Fascism
LivestreamStreamed on RefuseFascism.org / Youtube / Facebook / Twitter > > RSVP & share Nearly 300,000 people in this country have died from COVID under a science-hating, genocidally racist, lunatic fascist regime, with the virus now out of control and thousands more projected to die before Trump leaves office. The Trump/Pence regime, the Republi-fascists, […]
Speak-Out on Erie County Holding Center
Zoom Meeting NYOn Zoom (Meeting ID: 843 4514 5004 and Passcode: 023625). Please join us for an opportunity to share your lived experience and/or perspective on the Erie County Holding Center, and to hear from authorities. Superintendent – Jail Division, Thomas Diina will be attending, as will Miles Gresham, Esq., and Heron Simmonds, members of the Corrections […]
Memorial for Erie County Victims of COVID-19
Steps of Buffalo City HallOn the steps of Buffalo City Hall, 65 Niagara Square, Buffalo. Join us as we come together to remember the victims of this global pandemic here at home as we approach 1,000 deaths. We need to come together as a community and mask up. Bring a mask and cover your mouth and nose. Remember […]
“My Octopus Teacher” screening w/Riverside-Salem (zoom)
Watch and discuss “My Octopus Teacher” —a 1 hr. 25 minute documentary, in a zoom meeting. Links below. Storyline After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months […]
Global Days of Listening w/Afghan Peace Volunteers
LivestreamLivestreamed on Global Days of Listening. The Afghan Peace Volunteers invite everyone to say #Enough! "We’ll build a critical mass of nonviolent relationships for a green and equal world without war." APVs SEE SCHEDULE FOR YOUR TIME ZONE HERE: Monday/Tuesday, December 21/22, 2020 Time: 12/21/20 10:30pm - 1:30am (Pacific time), this will be: 12/22/20 8-11 am […]
CANCELED: Caroling at the ECHC
Erie County Holding Center 40 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY, United States*** THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. *** At the Erie County Holding Center, 10 Delaware Ave, Buffalo. Join the WNYPC’s Prisoners’ Rights task force and Queen City Feminist for a special vigil including caroling to our favorite holiday songs with special antifa lyrics. Lyric sheets will be available; masks and physical distancing are mandatory.
Virtual Buffalo Kwanzaa (7pm nightly)
Social MediaVirtual Kwanzaa 2020 will be broadcasting LIVE from Buffalo, New York at 7:00 PM nightly on all our Social Media Platforms @buffalokwanzaa - Join on every night and tell a friend locally and from around the country.
