MAPA: “Militarism or Survival?”
Zoom Meeting NYKatrina vanden Heuvel, publisher and editorial director of The Nation magazine, will be the keynote speaker and will address the Russia/Ukraine war and US/NATO's conflict with Russia and assess the first year of Biden's presidency. Kevin Martin, president of National Peace Action, will address key peace movement issues, including the Ukraine and Yemen wars, Afghanistan, tension with […]
IIB Fundraiser: “I Stand for Peace”
Soho Buffalo 64 W Chippewa, Buffalo, NY, United StatesJoin the International Institute of Buffalo for a family-friendly fundraising event at Soho Buffalo. All proceeds will go toward IIB programs, which include resettlement and integration services for our community's refugee population from around the world. Tickets are $30 online pre-sale or $40 at the door. Kids under 13 free. Tickets include champagne wall, […]
11th Annual “I Love My Park” Day
Join Parks & Trails New York – and thousands of volunteers across the state – on Saturday, May 7 in celebrating and enhancing New York's parks and public lands. Sign up for an I Love My Park Day event to clean up parks and shorelines, plant trees and gardens, restore trails and wildlife habitat, remove invasive species, and […]
Women’s March WNY 2022
Broderick Park (Foot of Ferry) 1170 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY, United StatesAll members of the WNY community are invited for solidarity, healing, inspiration, and shared learning and perspectives. This event is organized/presented by the WNY Peace Center and hosted by Riverside Salem UCC/DC. The community will meet at Lafayette Avenue & Niagara Street at 12:45 PM, then at 1 PM march together to Broderick Park (foot […]
LASC dental clinic celebration and fundraiser
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 341 Delaware Ave. , Buffalo35th anniversary celebration and fundraiser for the LASC/WNY Peace Center free dental clinic serving a Maya community in Chiapas, Mexico. Monday May 23, 7-9pm, Hallwalls at Babeville, 341 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY Please join us for an evening of live music by La Marimba, good company and powerful art as we celebrate and secure the continued […]
Building Bridges Community Clean-Up & Food Distribution
Frederick Douglass Community Center 238 Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United StatesJoin us for a day of of outreach, community cleanup, and solidarity at the Frederick Douglass Community Center (234 Jefferson Ave., in the Jefferson/Clinton neighborhood) on Thursday, May 26 from noon to 3 PM! The day will include community clean-up efforts, a needs assessment survey conducted door-to-door, and distribution of hot meals, groceries, home supplies, […]
March for Our Lives – WNY
Jefferson Ave at Glenwood Ave NY, United StatesWhat: A March for Peace, a Cry for Our Lives - a local March For Our Lives in solidarity with DC & marches nationwide. When & Where: Saturday, June 11th 2022, 10:30am-12pm. The community will meet on Jefferson at Glenwood, and proceed with solemn recognition down Jefferson Ave. toward the site of the Buffalo Massacre; then on […]
Buffalo Juneteenth 2022
Martin Luther King Jr. Park Fillmore Avenue and Best Street, Buffalo, NY, United StatesJoin the WNYPC at the Buffalo Juneteenth Festival! Buffalo's Juneteenth Festival is back in the park! After 2 years online, we are coming together under the summer sun to enjoy each other's love, strength, and solidarity. Enjoy the parade, music, dancing, food, and more at MLK Park Saturday and Sunday, June 18th - 19th. Be sure […]
FLOmingo Day
Front Park Vermont & Busti, Buffalo, NY, United StatesBuffalo isn’t BFLO without FLO. The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy (BOPC) is taking part in Olmsted 200, a national campaign honoring Frederick Law Olmsted’s legacy and his profound influence on community and connection through public parks. Help BOPC reclaim the Guinness World Records title for longest line of garden flamingos at Front Park. Learn more and […]
Pastors for Peace zoom event for Upstate New York
A few weeks ago Biden announced (but hasn’t yet implemented) some concessions to ease the blockade - to make travel to Cuba easier and to make getting visas for Cubans to legally enter the US easier. A door has opened slightly; we need to push it wide open! For 30 years IFCO/Pastors for Peace has […]
Breath & Water is Our Medicine
City Honors School 186 E. North Street, Buffalo, NY, United StatesBlue-Mindfulness Training: Introduction to mind-body medicine and the healing power of breath, movement, and water. Reduce anxiety and stress Increase safety and comfort in and around water Improve health and fitness See Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer, Cullen Jones. With Center for Mind Body Medicine, including Thaddeus Gamory, Dena Adler, and Dr. Carol Penn. […]
Camp Peaceprints 2022-Registration Now Closed!
S.S. Columba-Brigid Church 75 Hickory Street, Buffalo, NY, United StatesANNOUNCING CAMP PEACEPRINTS 2022! JULY 18-29, M-F 10 AM - 3 PM SS. COLUMBA-BRIGID CHURCH, 75 HICKORY STREET, BUFFALO 14204 Our 2022 theme will be “Justice for All.” We will explore such questions as: What is Justice? What makes a person a citizen? What are our rights and responsibilities as citizens? How do we change laws […]
