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“Don’t Look Away” Vigil: Ban the Killing by Drones of Innocent People!
Bidwell Park (at Elmwood Ave) Elmwood & Bidwell, BuffaloAll are welcome. Sponsored by the Resist Militarism Taskforce of the WNY Peace Center. "Studies of our drone strikes have suggested that maybe eight out of 10 times we are hitting the wrong target, we have killed thousands of civilians." - Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), September 21, 2021. Read more here. ...among the dozens of […]
Global 16 Days / Orange the World!
The UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women campaign (UNiTE campaign), managed by UN Women, is a multi-year effort aimed at preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls around the world. It calls on governments, civil society, women’s organizations, young people, the private sector, the media, and the entire UN system […]
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Women's rights activists have observed 25 November as a day against gender-based violence since 1981. This date was selected to honour the Mirabal sisters, three political activists from the Dominican Republic who were brutally murdered in 1960 by order of the country’s ruler, Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961). On 20 December 1993, the General Assembly adopts the […]