racial justice
SURJ: United Vision Kick-off
Zoom Meeting NYJoin SURJ's first launch meeting of the United Vision project to join our work to fight the far-Right and organize white people away from white supremacy. At the kick-off we'll connect with SURJ members across the network, learn more about the work ahead, and collectively ground ourselves in the political moment and the history of the […]
Reflections on the Moment: From Covid to War in Space… & Lots In-Between
Zoom Meeting NYWith Bruce Gagnon & Regis Tremblay. Join Massachusetts Peace Action on Zoom. • Bruce Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. He was a co-founder of the Global Network when it was created in 1992. He is an author and has written many articles. Bruce is also has a […]
More Than One Month: Celebrating Black History
In recognition of Black History Month, we hope you will take some time to learn about the African-American women of the Western New York Peace Center: Fighting for Justice for All! Staff & Interns Coordinating Board & Task Force Chairs
ROCLA/LASC: Witness at the Border
Zoom Meeting NYJoin the Rochester Committee on Latin American (ROCLA) and Latin American Solidarity Committee of the WNY Peace Center (LASCwny) tonight for: #WitnessAtTheBorder featuring Joshua Rubin. Joshua Rubin, a software developer from Brooklyn, New York, is a member of the leadership team for Witness at the Border. He was a witness at the Tornillo, Texas […]
Talking Peace taping: Critical Race Theory (CRT)
Facebook LivestreamWith Professor Athena Mutua, JD, MA, LLM, UB Law School; Floyd H. & Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar, international CRT expert; Deidra EmEl, Executive Director, WNY Peace Center; and Vicki Ross, WNYPC Community Coordinator. Discussion: What is Critical Race Theory (CRT), and how has it developed? What is the current controversy over CRT about? […]
Talking Peace taping: The New Sheriff & Admin
Facebook LivestreamWith Alia Williams, VOICE Buffalo Live-Free Movement Building organizer; Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, VOICE Buffalo Board Member; Imam Myles Carter, Chaplain at Erie Co Correctional Facility at Alden; and Vicki Ross, WNYPC Community Coordinator. Discussion: the new Sheriff, John Garcia, has hired the old Sheriff (Buffalo News Editorial) under whose watch 32 died Timothy Donovan, […]
Parole Justice Is Racial Justice Advocacy Day
Zoom Meeting NYThe People's Campaign for Parole Justice is hosting Parole Justice Is Racial Justice Advocacy Day centering Black History. Gather via Zoom for rallies, legislative meetings, and a press conference to pass Elder Parole (S15A/A8855) and Fair & Timely Parole (S7514/A4231A) in 2022.
SURJ Buffalo Action Hour
Zoom Meeting NYCome take action with us! This SURJ Buffalo Action Hour is the chance to come together and learn more about decarceration and abolition, and then take action to support important Black and People of Color-led campaigns for policies seeking to create deeply needed change in the criminal legal system. We'll call and email decision makers, […]
Talking Peace taping: 1619 Project
Facebook LivestreamHour 1 of this week's live taping of Talking Peace with the WNY Peace Center. Featuring scholar, author, teacher, Eye-on-History columnist Dr. Eva Doyle; Deidra EmEl, Executive Director, WNY Peace Center; and Vicki Ross, WNYPC Community Coordinator. Discussion: What is the 1619 Project, and how has it changed our national conversation(s)? How did enslavement […]
Beyond the Knife: Anti-Racism & Health Equity
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 955 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, United StatesA continuing conversation about surgery's role in fighting systemic racism featuring Keynote Speaker: Deirdre Cooper Owens, PhD "What History Reveals in Our Understanding of U.S. Medicine" With Special Guest Speaker India Walton A Panel discussion to follow Alumni, Faculty, Residents, Students and Community are invited to join us! Register here. About our […]
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: Not “A Nation of Immigrants”
Zoom Meeting NYCleveland Peace Action hosts 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. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz will be joined in conversation with Detroit-based activist and writer Frank Joyce. Q and A with the audience will follow. […]
UB Distinguished Speaker Series: Nikole Hannah-Jones
Center for the Arts University at Buffalo 103 Center for the Arts, North Campus, Buffalo, New YorkPulitzer Prize-Winning Creator of "The 1619 Project" | New York Times Magazine Staff Writer| ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMEMORATION KEYNOTE SPEAKER Nikole Hannah-Jones is a MacArthur Genius for “reshaping national conversations around education reform.” This is but one honor in a growing list: She is the creator of the New York Times Magazine’s “The 1619 […]
