Come to LASC’s September Peace Coffee House for a screening of ‘Boricua Soy Yo‘, a new documentary on Puerto Rican history and cultural identity, introduced by its director, Rocco Anastasio.
This is a new 90 minute documentary which explores Puerto Rican history, the island’s relationship and status with the United States, and the cultural identity of Puerto Ricans living on the mainland.
Watch the trailer here.
Weds, 7/19 taping – hour 2: Featuring Lion Blyden, United Negro Improvement Association; Joel Lesses, Executive Director of Education Training Center, Inc.; Sameria Mbili, WNY Peace Center; with host Victory Ross, WNYPC Board Co-Chair.
Talking Peace Radio is taped for just under an hour by Think Twice Radio: Home of the Future (thanks to Richard Wicka, our wonderful producer). The Zoom recording, livestreamed on Facebook during the taping, will air on WBNY 91.3FM on the following Monday at 1pm EST. After airing, you can also find the video archived on the WNY Peace Center YouTube channel.
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!
