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Camp Peaceprints – Week 1

REGISTRATION 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 a two-week long alternative education program for participants ages 8 – 13, with older youth serving as Youth Assistants.
Participants take weekly fieldtrips and hear from local organizers daily. The lesson plans expose them to alternatives to violence exercises, historical movements to end oppression and modern day efforts in community organizing. Music, art, theater, dance, and recreation are significant facets of the program.
Our 2023 theme will be “Healthy Lives Matter.” We will explore what personal and community health is and how to maintain it. We will consider fundamental components of health: fresh air, clean water, sunlight, mindfulness/meditation or connecting to a higher power, sleep, exercise, whole foods, and rest. We will learn how a healthy environment benefits us, other living creatures, and the earth.
We will explore justice issues around health equity that various communities face and why impoverished communities face major health challenges. Campers will learn what resources people need in order to have a healthy community. They will understand that their own physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health matters in creating a healthy community.
LEARN ABOUT nonviolence, activities, community, and social change.
GET TO DO games, art projects, music, and swimming.
Monday through Friday, 10 am – 3 pm
July 17-21 and July 24-28, 2022
WNY Peace Center
1272 Delaware Avenue, Carriage House
Buffalo, NY 14209
Seeking youth assistants and adult volunteers!
Contact:
Sister Karen Center: 716-893-0808 or info@sisterkarencenter.org
WNY Peace Center: 716-603-0015 or director@wnypeace.org

Bistro Bookers: “City of My Heart: Buffalo, 1967-2020”

Book 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 his extensive engagement in some of the most important local public policy debates of our times, has provided him with unique insights into the recent history of our city. In addition to detailed accounts of Black Rock, the Italian West Side, North and South Buffalo and Central Park, the book also discusses the origins of the preservation movement, the Buffalo school desegregation case, the story of Chippewa Street, Calumet Arts Café, Bass Pro Controversy, and so much more.

 

RSVP required. You MUST reserve your seat by 3 pm on Friday, February 24, 2023 for this event by calling 716-636-3051 and provide your name and phone number.

  • Suggested donation of $2 per person is greatly appreciated. Your donation helps Bistro Bookers to continue to hold these reviews and donate back to our community literacy programs. Your donation allows us to purchase the reviewers book if necessary and give them a gift for their time.
  • Masks are encouraged at this time; please make sure to bring yours just in case.
  • Books will be sold at this event for $20. Cash/Check and credit cards will be accepted.

Sierra Club Niagara Environmental Series: Status of the Erie County Climate Action Plan

Speaker: Tracy Skalski, Sustainability Coordinator for the Erie County Department of Environmental Planning (erie.gov/climateaction)
The proposed plan is nearly complete. Tracy Skalski will provide an overview of climate change impacts in Western New York, Erie County’s Climate Action Plan (and its status), and the engagement of the community.

Register for the Zoom details here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtce6urjwrHtN9NK3EZn6zFPvMDXngVXdN You will receive the link for the Zoom invitation approximately one half hour before the presentation.