Budgeting is one governmental process that is typically opaque to the public. Erie County’s 2021 adopted budget is over $1.6 billion dollars, funding many activities that are critical to community including housing, childcare, health, and mental health.
At this workshop, learn more about what makes up the county budget and what spending changes are proposed for 2021-2022. The public hearing on next year’s proposed budget will be held on Monday, November 15. Ahead of the hearing, join PPG to learn more and consider sharing your budget priorities, feedback, and concerns with the County Legislature.
Communities across the U.S. and across the world have been devastated by military occupation, war, and state-sanctioned police violence. The U.S. military is also the single largest consumer of fossil fuels in the world and has served as the enforcer of the occupation of Indigenous sovereign lands while upholding violent resource extraction across the world. Addressing climate change requires ending the military-industrial complex. At the same time, increasingly militarized police forces perpetrate harm in Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, Arab, Pacific Islander communities, poor, and marginalized people, and violence against women, and gender non-conforming peoples.
A Just Transition to a Regenerative Economy must end wars, military culture, and the violence of militarized forces and police in our communities and across the world.
Anti-militarism and Abolitionist movements in the U.S. and delegates from our communities will convene in a virtual town hall with our international allies in the Global south while participating in the 2021 UNFCC in Glasgow, Scotland.
We will hear testimonies from communities resisting militarism and occupation in their communities both inside and outside the U.S. and ultimately call on U.S. elected officials to take action to move away from funding unending wars and military presence and prioritize investing in regeneration and repair for communities impacted by militarism in the U.S and all over the planet.
Speakers will include:
Participants at the COP26 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Glasgow:
- Alejandria Lyons – Southwest Organizing Project
- Ramon Mejia – GGJ Alliance
- Sheila Babauta – Micronesia Climate Change Alliance
- Sharif Zakout – Arab Resource & Organizing Center
Testimonies from international allies from the Global South and frontline community leaders in the U.S.:
- Seydi Sarr – African Bureau of Immigration and Social Affairs (ABISA)
- Kyle Kajihiro – Oahu Water Protectors
- Youkyoung Ko – WILPF, Korea Peace Now!
- Sha Merirei Ongelungel – Indigenous Environmental Network
Our speakers will discuss a just transition to a regenerative economy, alternatives to policing and military intervention, and a pledge for U.S. Members of Congress to sign on.
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Sunday Brunch is sponsored by the Bishop Holly Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians. We want to thank everyone who supported our organization in 2021. Let us know if you can attend, and if you have any dietary concerns!
- RSVP here.
- Please bring cash (or a check made payable to ‘Mosaic 659 Foundation’) to support our hosts, 5 Loaves Farm – learn more at https://5loavesfarm.org
- Volunteers are needed to help with set up/clean up and as servers.
- Questions? Contact Gabrie’l Atchison, host, at (203) 444-2179.
