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Love to Afghanistan – WNY

Join the WNY Peace Center and Women In Black for a vigil (signs welcome!) in solidarity with the long-suffering people of Afghanistan, now facing the worst crisis ever!

After 20 years of war in Afghanistan, the Afghan people are suffering more than ever. Hunger could kill more now than in 20 years of war. We urge all pressure members of Congress to call on the administration to **unfreeze the frozen funds, relax sanctions, and increase humanitarian aid**.

We and our senators & reps must lobby the Biden Administration to release the Afghan money supply, stop sanctions, and provide humanitarian relief for the millions facing starvation this winter. As of this writing, the main focus is getting Senators to support the Merkley Letter on the looming Afghanistan famine and the economic collapse driving the suffering.

If you can’t come, please at least call Senators Schumer’s & Gillibrand’s offices (Capitol Switchboard 202-224-3121).

Talking Peace taping: The New Sheriff & Admin

With 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, who was president of the Erie County Sheriff’s Police Benevolent Association (the deputy sheriffs’ union/collective bargaining unit), will now head up the Internal Affairs Division
Michael Phillips, who oversaw Federal Detention (ICE) Facility in Batavia, is new Superintendent of Jail Mgmt Div (BNews, 12/31/21).
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Humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

Starvation and hunger is sweeping across Afghanistan due a collapse in the economy. What has led to this catastrophic crisis is primarily the fault of the U.S. government by freezing Afghan assets in U.S. banks, and U.S. policies that are in place.