environmental justice
WNYPC’s 55th Annual Dinner ft. Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm
Hayes Hall, UB South Campus 250 Hayes Rd, Buffalo, NY, United StatesThe Western New York Peace Center is proud to announce our 55th Annual Dinner: "Planting Seeds of Justice, Harvesting Peace" Friday, 11/11/22 | 5 - 9 PM new location: Hayes Hall at UB South (Main St. campus) | 250 Hayes Rd, Buffalo 14214 in collaboration with UB Food Systems Planning & Health Communities Lab SOLD […]
Webinar: Climate Action Beyond Extraction Roundtable
Zoom Meeting NYJoin Winona LaDuke and others in this roundtable discussion reimagining what life would be like beyond harmful and unnecessary mining projects coming to Minnesota. RSVP here: https://buff.ly/3XmRI6O
Mutual Aid & Emergency Preparedness – Initial Response Training
Trinity Church 371 Delaware Ave - Marfield Room, Buffalo , NY, United StatesJoin Clean Air Coalition WNY for a free afternoon training on building mutual aid networks and for an emergency preparedness medical training from Erie County Department of Health. Participants will receive training on Stop the Bleed, Hands-only CPR, and administering Narcan, and will also receive an emergency car kit. Lunch and childcare included, and translation […]
Sierra Club Niagara Environmental Series: Status of the Erie County Climate Action Plan
Speaker: Tracy Skalski, Sustainability Coordinator for the Erie County Department of Environmental Planning (erie.gov/climateaction) The proposed plan is nearly complete. Tracy Skalski will provide an overview of climate change impacts in Western New York, Erie County's Climate Action Plan (and its status), and the engagement of the community. Register for the Zoom details here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtce6urjwrHtN9NK3EZn6zFPvMDXngVXdN You […]
Bistro Bookers: “City of My Heart: Buffalo, 1967-2020”
Amherst Senior Center Amherst Senior Center, Amherst, NY, United StatesBook Title: “City of My Heart" Discussed By: Mark Goldman – Author and Businessman For more than 50 years Mark Goldman's life has been intertwined with the life of the city of Buffalo. His work as an historian, teacher, and creator of the Calumet Arts Café and the Allen Street Hardware Café, in addition to […]
WNY Women’s March 2023: PEACE IS WORTH IT!
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library - Central Library 1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY, United StatesYou are invited to join the WNY Peace Center on Sunday, March 26th for our WNY Women's March beginning at 1:00PM at Niagara Square (downtown Buffalo). After marching to the Buffalo Erie County Public Central Library, we'll have speakers and performers share in the library's Ring of Knowledge while themed activities are available for children […]
Vigil for Remembrance of the Victims of the Lac Megantic Rail Disaster
Bidwell Park (at Elmwood Ave) Elmwood & Bidwell, Buffalo, United StatesIn the early hours of the morning of July 6, 2013, a train ferrying tankers full of Bakken crude oil rolled unattended down a 7 mile hill into the quaint town of Lac Megantic Quebec. The train was going 60 MPH in an area where it was supposed to traveling 3 MPH. Many tankers derailed […]
Camp Peaceprints – Week 1
WNY Peace Center 1272 Delaware Avenue (Carriage House), Buffalo, NY, United StatesREGISTRATION NOW CLOSED. If you would like to join a waiting list in case we have space open up, please send an email to assistant@wnypeace.org. Register here. CAMP PEACEPRINTS is a summer camp designed to introduce youth to social justice, while providing them with peaceful conflict resolution skills and exposure to a broader community. It is […]
Talking Peace Radio: Golden Rule for a Nuclear-Free Future!
Facebook LivestreamWeds, 7/19 taping - hour 1: Featuring Helen Jaccard, Golden Rule Project Director; Tom Casey, Veterans for Peace; Samaria Mbili, WNY Peace Center; with host Victory Ross, WNYPC Board Co-Chair. Learn more about VFP's Golden Rule visit to WNY (7/30-8/2) at bit.ly/vfpgoldenrulewny. Talking Peace Radio is taped for just under an hour by […]
Camp Peaceprints – Week 2
WNY Peace Center 1272 Delaware Avenue (Carriage House), Buffalo, NY, United StatesREGISTRATION NOW CLOSED. If you would like to join a waiting list in case we have space open up, please send an email to assistant@wnypeace.org. Register here. CAMP PEACEPRINTS is a summer camp designed to introduce youth to social justice, while providing them with peaceful conflict resolution skills and exposure to a broader community. It is […]
Talking Peace Radio: Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki for a Nuclear-Free Future
Facebook LivestreamJoin us for another taping of Talking Peace Radio! On "Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki for a Nuclear-Free Future" featuring Jim Anderson, President of Peace Action NYS, Steering Committee Member of Peace Action ( joining us from Japan, where he's working with the Hibakusha and community of Hiroshima/Nagasaki); Martha Hennessy, Kings Bay Plowshares, Catholic Worker, granddaughter of Dorothy […]
Renewable Heat Now! Campaign
OnlineDear Buffalo area friends, We are writing today to ask for your help to pass the NY HEAT Act - essential climate and energy affordability legislation in this year's budget. National Fuel has been bombarding local Legislators with robocalls against the bill, seeking to block New York's climate plan from moving forward (read more about […]
