peace education
Prospects for Peace and Justice in Israel & Palestine
Zoom Meeting NYBoston Review and Standing Together—one of the largest grassroots people's movements in Israel working to bring together Jews and Arabs—welcome Sally Abed, Noam Chomsky, Alon-lee Green, Congressman Jim McGovern and Dr. James Zogby, President of the Arab-American Institute, for a panel discussion on the prospects for peace and justice in Israel and Palestine. This event will be moderated by Omar Dahi. Panelists: […]
PANYS Peace & Justice Trivia Night!
Zoom Meeting NYYou are invited to join the first ever PANYS Peace and Justice trivia night! To attend as an audience member, register HERE. If you're interested in being a contestant, please fill out this form! This will be a jeopardy-style trivia night with contestants made up of PANYS student chapter organizers and student chapter alumni […]
Human Rights Day
Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December — the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR is a milestone document, which proclaims the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of race, color, religion, sex, language, […]
Coalition for Peace Action’s Celebration of 40 Years of Peacemaking
Zoom Meeting NYThe Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) invites you to a special CELEBRATION of 40 YEARS of PEACEMAKING on Sunday, December 12 at 2 PM. This will be a hybrid event; in person at Christ Congregation, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ, OR virtually via Zoom (click your choice at the bottom of this page). Hear about highlights of CFPA's four decades of accomplishments, and comments from a range […]
National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month
In 2011 President Barack Obama issued a Presidential Proclamation, designating each January to be National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. The anniversary of this proclamation became known as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Slavery was officially abolished in the USA by the Thirteenth Amendment in December 1865 however sadly human trafficking is growing at […]
PeaceJam Honoring Desmond Tutu
Social MediaFor 25 years Desmond Tutu has been an integral part of the PeaceJam Family, and he will be greatly missed. His memory and legacy will live on in the hearts of PeaceJam youth, Nobel Laureates and global community who have been profoundly inspired by his extraordinary spirit, compassion, wisdom and joy. A memorial service will […]
Talking Peace taping: The Carceral System
Facebook LivestreamWith Community Activists - Jerome Wright, CAIC (Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement), VOICE Buffalo; Monica Lynch, & Sister of Connell Burrell, died from medical malpractice at the Erie Co Holding Center; Myles Carter, Imam at Erie's Alden carceral facility, former Erie Co Sheriff Candidate; Deidra EmEl, Executive Director of the WNY Peace Center; and […]
Talking Peace taping: Afghanistan – Eyewitness Account
Facebook LivestreamWith Basir Bita, Afghan refugee relocated to Vancouver, CA; Doug Mackey, Fellowship Of Reconciliation; Ladaisha Williams, Community Outreach for Urban League's Young Professionals Program (focus includes Afghan refugees resettling in Buffalo); Deidra EmEl, Executive Director of the WNY Peace Center; and Vicki Ross, WNYPC Community Coordinator, and Consultant for the Interfaith Peace Network. values we […]
Human Trafficking Awareness Day
Human Trafficking Awareness Day is dedicated to raising awareness of sexual slavery and human trafficking worldwide. Today, there are between 21-30 million people enslaved in the world, more than at any time in human history. Every day, modern slavery can be recognized: children become soldiers, young women are forced into prostitution and migrant workers exploited in the workforce. Human Trafficking Awareness […]
Talking Peace taping: Rev. Dr. King Today
Facebook LivestreamWith Rev Dr James Lewis, Community Leader, founder and pastor of Miracle Missions Full Gospel Church; Dr. Rolanda Ward, social work professor and Director of Niagara University's Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Center for Race, Equity, and Mission; Rev. Mark Blue, President of Buffalo NAACP, pastor of Second Baptist Church of Lackawanna; Deidra EmEl, Executive Director […]
SURJ: Organizing White People to Stop Another January 6th
Zoom Meeting NYOne year later, we’re still asking ourselves, “How did January 6th happen? And what can we do to stop this kind of thing from happening again?” We know that the majority of actors in the insurrection were white and were motivated by a white nationalist and far-Right agenda. And these groups are continuing to recruit […]
Teaching Truth: Putting Students First
Zoom Meeting NYTo counter the wave of propaganda aimed at critical race theory (CRT) and to reinforce the importance of teaching inclusive history, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax (UUCF) is sponsoring a virtual teach-in. Organized by UUCF's Racial Justice Steering Committee, the teach-in commemorates Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday and coincides with Virginia Governor-elect Glenn […]
