prisoners' rights
Attica NOW – Closing Day
Buffalo Arts Studio 2495 Main Street, Suite 500, Buffalo, NY, United StatesApril 8th is the last day to visit the Attica NOW exhibition at Buffalo Arts Studio! Attica NOW is the culmination of CALDODECULTIVO's four month research residency as part of the Displacement: Reclaiming Place, Space, and Memory exhibition program. "Currently based in Buffalo, NY, CaldodeCultivo is a Spanish-Colombian art collective founded by Unai Reglero and […]
Sister Karen Annual Event: HERSTORY ft. Cariol Horne
SS. Columba-Brigid Church 75 Hickory Street, Buffalo, United StatesThe SSJ Sister Karen Klimczak Center for Nonviolence is excited to announce their annual fundraising event, "Herstory: The Cost of Nonviolence," which will once again be live and in-person. This year's speaker is Cariol Horne. A reception will follow. Cariol is a former Buffalo police officer who was the inspiration for the Duty-to-Intervene law passed by […]
#CommunitiesNotCages Rally (NYC)
Foley Square (Thomas Paine Park) Lafayette & Worth St, New York, NY, United StatesJoin Center for Community Alternatives for a rally and press conference to protest the anniversary of the infamous '94 crime bill and call for #CommunitiesNotCages. The '94 Crime Bill - passed on September 13, 1994 - decimated Black and brown communities, ballooned prison populations, and gave money to states for building jails and prisons in […]
WNY Refugee Film Festival: “Accept The Call” & Talkback with Director Eunice Lau & Yusuf Abdurahman
Zoom Meeting NYDirector Eunice Lau and film subject Yusuf Abdurahman will be Journey's Ends' special guests for this talkback! The event is FREE & virtual. To register: https://tinyurl.com/AcceptTheCall4 To watch the trailer: https://www.wnyrff.org/accept Twenty-five years after Yusuf Abdurahman left Somalia as a refugee to begin his life anew in Minnesota — which has the largest population of Somalis […]
Shabe Yalda: Solstice & Solidarity
The Meeting House 5856 Main Street, Williamsville, NY, United StatesShabe Yalda: A Celebration of the Winter Solstice in Solidarity with the Women & Revolution in Iran Light dinner served. Music - Poetry - Open Mic. Free to the public.
ICUJP Friday Forum: Why is Guantanamo Still Open?
OnlineInterfaith Communities United for Justice & Peace (ICUJP) is having a Friday Forum on Guantanamo, and why it is still open. Joining longtime ICUJP member and "Close Guantanamo" event organizer Jon Krampner are the Rev. Ron Stief of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Mohammad Tajsar of the ACLU of Southern California, and Michael Rapkin, a member […]
Witness Against Torture (WAT) Fast for Justice
OnlineJanuary 11, 2023 begins the third decade Guantanamo has been open. WAT remains in solidarity with the men who suffer in Guantanamo and those still suffering outside Guantanamo, calling out their names since 2005. Join WAT for their 21st Anniversary Virtual Rally: Building our Power to Close Guantánamo on Wed Jan 11, 4 - 5:30 […]
#HALTsolitary Meeting
St. Philip's Episcopal Church 22 Sussex Street, Buffalo, NY, United States#HALTsolitary will meet on Saturday, Jan 28 at 2:00pm. St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 22 Sussex St. Please enter from Sussex, rather than Fernhill (the usual entrance in past years). There will be a large group in the large upper parish hall, entering from Fernhill. On Sussex, you can park on Sussex, the northbound side of […]
Stopping Cycles of Violence: A Parole Justice & Survivor Justice Advocacy Day
Bus to AlbanyFrom our friends at Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP): Please RSVP today to join Stopping Cycles of Violence: A Parole Justice & Survivor Justice Advocacy Day, a day of action and advocacy in the New York State Capitol in Albany on Tuesday, February 14. We need YOU to help make it as powerful as possible. […]
Dastane Enghelaab: Stories of Revolution
The Meeting House 5856 Main Street, Williamsville, NY, United StatesSupport the Iranian uprising. Experience the tragedies and triumphs of the Iranian Revolution as told through the stories of its people, in music, theater, poetry, and movement. Featuring Gaitrie Subryan and the Masti World Music Ensemble. Free and open to the public. WOMEN - LIFE - FREEDOM
Buffalo Town Hall on Public Safety
Northland Workforce Training Center 683 Northland Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United StatesJoin Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes for a conversation about public safety with community leaders focused on solutions. Some discussion topics include: What can we do about rearrests? How do jails impact public safety? Can we have justice and peace? Register here. The event is co-sponsored by the Vera Institute of Justice, PPG, and Open Buffalo.
Community Responders for Erie County: Meet + Eat
Trinity Episcopal Church 371 Delaware Ave , Buffalo , NY, United StatesJoin Community Responders for Erie County for their general body meeting to call on Erie County to fund community responders NOW! Learn about the effort to bring a non-police community responder team to Erie County, and how you can get involved! At this meeting, you'll: Enjoy a meal together from Sunshine Vegan Eats Recap what […]
