Panel discussion with Justice for Migrant Families on local immigration issues – highlighting the Batavia Detention Center, essential Farm Workers, & Dreamers.
Co-Sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the Immigrant & Refugee Justice taskforce of the WNYPC.
This is the November L.A.S.C. Peace Coffeehouse. Join us the fourth Monday of each month from 7:00-9:00pm in the Canisius College Science Building (Main & Jefferson near the metro). Free; masks required.
On Zoom – register here. As Journey’s End proudly resettles LGBT refugees, we are delighted to screen this extraordinary feature-length documentary highlighting the poignant stories of LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers in the U.S. Unsettled follows four new arrivals, each of whom have escaped escaped persecution and even death in their native countries for being different. Having escaped death threats in Syria, beatings by a homophobic father, and a nation devastated by war, Subhi finds his voice as a leader for refugee rights in the U.S. Lesbian couple Cheyenne and Mari flee brutal harassment in their native Angola to face uncertain asylum through the American immigration courts while pursuing their dreams of becoming musicians. Junior, a gender non-conforming gay man from the Congo, struggles to create a livelihood and secure basic housing while exploring a more fluid gender identity. They’ve landed in the purported “gay mecca” of San Francisco, yet even there building a new life in an adopted nation is a precarious undertaking. Unsettled sheds light on a group about which few people know. What are the costs persecuted immigrants pay for seeking refuge? And how are everyday Americans stepping forward to help those most in need?
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Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary, Outfest
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Best LGBTQ Film, New York Cinematography Awards
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Audience Favorite Feature Film, Bent Film Festival
All films are shown online on Thursdays, 7pm, EST. Please visit and bookmark www.wnyrff.org to access details of your film and upcoming screenings. Zoom log-in info will be emailed to you prior to your screening. Questions or concerns? Contact: volunteer@jersbuffalo.org
The 2021 season is presented FREE OF CHARGE. However, we kindly ask for a donation to support the vital programs and services provided by Journey’s End to our refugee community in Western New York, which you can do upon registering.
Niagara Square, Buffalo. Join Justice for Migrant Families and Rochester Rapid Response to show the power of care not cages. They will be hosting a supply drive (see current needs below). Show up, bring a current needs item, a mask , and a friend!
JFMF & RRRN are advocating alongside Abolish ICE NY-NJ who will be in Foley Square, Manhattan to demand the end to deportations and detentions, while showing the power of care and community through a supply drive for those newly released.
Current supply needs:
- Trac phones and cards
- winter jackets – men’s large, men’s medium
- men’s winter hats/caps
- backpacks – can be used but good condition
- duffel bags, travel size (medium size)
- small, easily movable suitcases (basically, any medium-sized easily movable travel luggage)
- combs
- toothpaste
- men’s deodorant
- small reusable water bottles
- new socks
- unopened snack foods (nothing perishable) to eat during travel- granola bars, nuts, jerky, crackers
- novels in French
