racial justice
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 […]
There are Stories to Tell: Colored Musicians Club & Museum – Preserving, Presenting & Promoting the legacy of African American Music in Buffalo since 1917
Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Branch Library 1324 Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United StatesSpeaker: George Scott, Danny Williams, & Craig Steger. This lecture will provide an in-depth look at the history of the Colored Musicians Club and Local 533 during the Jazz Age and beyond. The Black History Month Talks take place on Tuesdays from 6 - 7 PM at the Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library. Talks are […]
Music for Migrant Families
Fitz Books & Waffles 431 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY, United StatesA fundraising event for Justice for Migrant Families. With live music: Tyler Westcott Little Cake City Fiddle Phil with Jean Dickson Nickel City String Band ...and a tamale community dinner (con carne or vegan -- preorders available online). $20 suggested donation or pay what you can at the door.
Deadline to apply for IFCO’s 33rd Friendship Caravan to Cuba
Apply here and experience it for yourself! Applications are limited! Don't miss your chance to experience to travel in some of the Cuban revolution's footsteps, visiting the mountainous rural area known as the Second Front during the revolutionary war, as well as the final resting place of Fidel Castro in Santiago! If you have any questions, email […]
Community Responders for Erie County Coalition General Body Meeting
Renovation Church 567 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United StatesAlternatives to Policing Mental Health Crisis: A Community Response Model for Erie County! Please join the Community Responders for Erie County Coalition at a general body meeting for organizations and community members interested in helping to inform and create a community responder program in Erie County. Community responders are first responders who respond to low-risk […]
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: Reimagining Public Safety in Erie County
Facebook LivestreamWeds, 7/19 taping - hour 2: Featuring Lion Blyden, United Negro Improvement Association; Joel Lesses, Executive Director of Education Training Center, Inc.; Sameria Mbili, WNY Peace Center; with host Victory Ross, WNYPC Board Co-Chair. Talking Peace Radio is taped for just under an hour by Think Twice Radio: Home of the Future (thanks to Richard […]
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 […]
LASC: ‘Boricua Soy Yo’ screening
Canisius College-Science Hall 2001 Main St., Buffalo, United StatesCome to LASC's September Peace Coffee House for a screening of 'Boricua Soy Yo', a new documentary on Puerto Rican history and cultural identity, introduced by its director, Rocco Anastasio. This is a new 90 minute documentary which explores Puerto Rican history, the island's relationship and status with the United States, and the cultural identity of Puerto […]
LASC: Rejecting the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’
Canisius College-Science Hall 2001 Main St., Buffalo, United StatesJoin LASC for its October Peace Coffeehouse featuring Dr. Agnes Williams and Audrey Mang on rejecting the 'Doctrine of Discovery' that justified colonization.
WNYPC 56th Annual Dinner ft. Rima Vesely-Flad, PhD
McCoy Convention Center 653 Clinton St, Buffalo, NY, United StatesSOLD OUT! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Join us to celebrate 56 years of the WNY Peace Center! Featuring Keynote Speaker, Rima Vesely-Flad, PhD, on The Dharma of Racial Justice: Contemplative Practices & Collective Liberation. SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM TO ORDER YOUR TICKETS NOW online or call 716-603-0015 to Reserve your tickets at the door! **NO TICKETS WILL […]
