prisoners' rights
Erie County 2021 Budget Hearing (Zoom)
Zoom Meeting NYOn Zoom (Meeting ID: 847 7914 7342 and Passcode: 996568): public hearing on the 2021 County budget. The proposed budget again allocates over $100 million of county tax dollars to fully staff both jails, even though the jail population could be housed in either facility and the other could be completely closed. Please review this […]
Talking Peace on WBNY 91.3 FM
WBNY 91.3 FMOn WBNY 91.3 FM (or streaming online at wbny.buffalostate.edu). Talking Peace, WNYPC'S weekly radio show, has new episodes! From 1-3 PM on Mondays, tune in for insights on peace and justice. At the moment, the show is being pre-recorded (so graciously by Think Twice Studios!). Hosted by Vicki Ross, WNYPC Executive Director. This week’s episode […]
24-HOUR ACTION TO #HALTSOLITARY
Zoom Meeting NYSign up to join: https://bit.ly/24HourHumanRights. On December 10, the #HALTsolitary Campaign will mark International Human Rights Day with a twenty-four hour series of protests, teach-ins, celebrations, and more to call attention to the torture of solitary confinement and the broader racist carceral system, as well as the essential humanity, rights and dignity of incarcerated people. […]
Speak-Out on Erie County Holding Center
Zoom Meeting NYOn Zoom (Meeting ID: 843 4514 5004 and Passcode: 023625). Please join us for an opportunity to share your lived experience and/or perspective on the Erie County Holding Center, and to hear from authorities. Superintendent – Jail Division, Thomas Diina will be attending, as will Miles Gresham, Esq., and Heron Simmonds, members of the Corrections […]
Free the People WNY Meeting
Zoom Meeting NYOn Zoom. Please join us for the Free the People WNY monthly meeting. At this meeting we will hear updates and priorities for 2021 from our County Working Group, discuss ongoing work and share information and resources with each other.
Abolition, Cultural Freedom, Liberation
Zoom Meeting NYThe Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize for 2020 was awarded to Angela Y. Davis for her lifetime achievements as a public intellectual advocating for racial, gender, and economic justice; to Mike Davis for his life’s work as a public intellectual who encourages critical analysis of society in the service of constructing an alternative, post-capitalist future in both theory and practice; […]
Zoom Vigil Stop Executions, Torture, Murders & Assassinations
Zoom Meeting NYInvitation to 30-minute Silent Meditation/Prayer Vigils (Sept.28, Oct.5, Oct.12, Oct.21, Oct.27, & Oct.31) to Stop Executions, Torture, Murders & Assassinations & Promote Peace in the World You are invited to attend an upcoming series of 30-minute silent meditation/prayer vigil sessions against human executions, torture, murders & assassinations—these sessions are aimed at bringing more peace to […]
