immigrant refugee justice
The Border Crossed Us: The Case for Opening the US-Mexico Border
Zoom Meeting NYJoin Haymarket Books for a discussion about how re-building the international labor movement requires solidarity with migrant workers and opening borders About this event Join Justin Akers Chacón, Yanny Guzmán, and Magally “Maga” Miranda Alcázar for a discussion about the history and function of the US-Mexico border, why we should fight to open it, and […]
Exploring Hate: Disrupting Deceit
OnlineA town hall about exposing and opposing racist disinformation campaigns that erode trust in voting, vaccinations, and democracy. About this event Exploring Hate Presents: DISRUPTING DECEIT: Exposing & Opposing Disinformation Campaigns Why do orchestrated attacks on voting, vaccinations, and the Census target the same communities that are accused of plotting against the U.S.? Who benefits […]
What Does It Feel Like to be Targeted by ICE?
Zoom Meeting NYDespite the administration’s stated commitment to addressing racial justice, the DHS policy reinforces the role of policing and incarceration as a feeder into the deportation system. This forum features community members who remain at risk for deportation under the new ICE policy, or who were previously targeted due to ICE’s entanglement with the criminal-legal system. […]
Resistance Rooted in Love
175 Rano St. 175 Rano St., Buffalo, NY, United StatesResistance in the wake of Love: A conversation with Oscar Lopez Rivera. Please reserve your space now! Learn what people and organizations are doing about Puerto Rico's recovery, what Oscar Lopéz is doing, and how you can help! Watch this amazing promotional video El Batey put together! About this event Topics discussed: Recent examples of […]
WNYRFF: “We Are Not Princesses”
Zoom Meeting NYWe Are Not Princesses is a documentary film about the incredible strength and spirit of four Syrian women living as refugees in Beirut as they come together to tell their stories of love, loss, pain and hope through the ancient Greek play, Antigone. Using intimate footage and animation, this film follows this group of […]
Study & Stuggle: Abolition Must Be Green
Zoom Meeting NYA conversation about centering climate justice, land, food sovereignty, and fighting environmental racism in the struggle for abolition. About this event Study and Struggle organizes against criminalization and incarceration in Mississippi through mutual aid, political education, and community building. We provide a bilingual Spanish and English curriculum with discussion questions and reading materials, as well as financial support, to […]
Expanding Pathways to Citizenship Vigil
Sen Schumer's office, out front 130 South Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, New YorkAt Senator Schumer's Office, 130 South Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo 14202. Join the New York Immigration Coalition, Justice for Migrant Families, ACCESS of WNY and allies - including the Immigrant & Refugee Justice (IRJ) Taskforce the WNY Peace Center - for a vigil demanding that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer keep his promises to our communities […]
Social Justice Stitched Stories Workshop [Closed Session]
Stitch Buffalo 1215 Niagara St, Buffalo, NY, United StatesThis studio time is set aside for participants of the Social Justice Stitched Stories program.
Webinar: End Militarism to Stop Climate Change
Zoom Meeting NYCommunities across the U.S. and across the world have been devastated by military occupation, war, and state-sanctioned police violence. The U.S. military is also the single largest consumer of fossil fuels in the world and has served as the enforcer of the occupation of Indigenous sovereign lands while upholding violent resource extraction across the world. […]
LASC Peace Coffeehouse: Border Justice Issues in WNY
Canisius College-Science Hall 2001 Main St., Buffalo, United StatesPanel discussion with Justice for Migrant Families on local immigration issues - highlighting the Batavia Detention Center, essential Farm Workers, & Dreamers. Co-Sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the Immigrant & Refugee Justice taskforce of the WNYPC. This is the November L.A.S.C. Peace Coffeehouse. Join us the fourth Monday of each month from […]
Webinar: The Complex Motivations & Costs of Central American Migration
Zoom Meeting NYThe United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Organization of American States (OAS) will hold a virtual event for the launch of a new report from the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), the WFP, and the Civic Data Design Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on the factors that drive people in El Salvador, […]
ROCLA & LASC: Central America’s Forgotten History
Zoom Meeting NYJoin ROCLA & LASC for Central America’s Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence and the Roots of Migration – a discussion with Aviva Chomsky. Join ROCLA's mailing list here to be sent the Zoom details. Aviva Chomsky has published numerous books on Latin American history, labor and migration, co-edited several anthologies, and has been active in Latin […]
