racial justice
Frederick Douglass – The Story, The Man, The Legend
Buffalo History Museum 1 Museum Ct, Buffalo, NY, United StatesWith the realization that untold stories leave voids in history, it becomes an inherent necessity for African Americans to possess the ideology that they have an Ancestorial Obligation to not only learn their history but to share it with their youth. Realizing that in order for youth to have a fair chance of succeeding at […]
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: Not “A Nation of Immigrants”
Zoom Meeting NYCleveland Peace Action is hosting acclaimed historian and author, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz for a virtual discussion of her 2021 book, Not "A Nation of Immigrants": Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion. register on Zoom Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz will be joined in conversation with Detroit-based activist and writer Frank Joyce. Q and A with […]
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 […]
Women’s March WNY 2022
Broderick Park (Foot of Ferry) 1170 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY, United StatesAll members of the WNY community are invited for solidarity, healing, inspiration, and shared learning and perspectives. This event is organized/presented by the WNY Peace Center and hosted by Riverside Salem UCC/DC. The community will meet at Lafayette Avenue & Niagara Street at 12:45 PM, then at 1 PM march together to Broderick Park (foot […]
Building Bridges Community Clean-Up & Food Distribution
Frederick Douglass Community Center 238 Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United StatesJoin us for a day of of outreach, community cleanup, and solidarity at the Frederick Douglass Community Center (234 Jefferson Ave., in the Jefferson/Clinton neighborhood) on Thursday, May 26 from noon to 3 PM! The day will include community clean-up efforts, a needs assessment survey conducted door-to-door, and distribution of hot meals, groceries, home supplies, […]
March for Our Lives – WNY
Jefferson Ave at Glenwood Ave NY, United StatesWhat: A March for Peace, a Cry for Our Lives - a local March For Our Lives in solidarity with DC & marches nationwide. When & Where: Saturday, June 11th 2022, 10:30am-12pm. The community will meet on Jefferson at Glenwood, and proceed with solemn recognition down Jefferson Ave. toward the site of the Buffalo Massacre; then on […]
Buffalo Juneteenth 2022
Martin Luther King Jr. Park Fillmore Avenue and Best Street, Buffalo, NY, United StatesJoin the WNYPC at the Buffalo Juneteenth Festival! Buffalo's Juneteenth Festival is back in the park! After 2 years online, we are coming together under the summer sun to enjoy each other's love, strength, and solidarity. Enjoy the parade, music, dancing, food, and more at MLK Park Saturday and Sunday, June 18th - 19th. Be sure […]
Camp Peaceprints 2022-Registration Now Closed!
S.S. Columba-Brigid Church 75 Hickory Street, Buffalo, NY, United StatesANNOUNCING CAMP PEACEPRINTS 2022! JULY 18-29, M-F 10 AM - 3 PM SS. COLUMBA-BRIGID CHURCH, 75 HICKORY STREET, BUFFALO 14204 Our 2022 theme will be “Justice for All.” We will explore such questions as: What is Justice? What makes a person a citizen? What are our rights and responsibilities as citizens? How do we change laws […]
Embracing Buffalo: Healing Opportunities
Buffalo, NYEmbracing Buffalo is a collaborative effort between two trios of women healers – three who live in Buffalo, and three who simply love the place that you call, “Home”. Embracing Buffalo is not only a response to the May 14th shooting– it is an attempt to address the horrors that preceded it, and to serve […]
Igniting Hope Conference 2022
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 955 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, United StatesIgniting Hope 2022: Advocating in a New Reality - Breaking Barriers, Maintaining Resilience, & Reconstructing a Community of Care Featured speakers: Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III, Founder, Black Church Food Security Network Ruth S. Shim, MD, MPH, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Associate Dean of Diverse & Inclusive Education, University of California, Davis Keeanga Taylor, PhD, […]
MOCHA Buffalo’s Latin Night ft. Alexandre Burgos
MOCHA Buffalo 200 S. Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States*This is a FREE community program* You don't wanna miss this MOCHA Buffalo is celebrating the days leading up to Hispanic Heritage Month with a BANG Pull up for a special edition of C U Next Tuesday (Latin Night) with special guest, but familiar face, Alex Burgos! •••••••••••• HERE'S THE TEA: Who: everyone is welcome! Where: […]
#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 […]
