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Talking Peace taping: Pete Seeger, Presente!

On the love-waging hero, folk-singer, activist, and national icon. With Bruce Jackson, SUNY Distinguished Professor, James Agee Professor of American Culture; and Chuck Culhane, Prisoners’ Rights vigil (WNYPC), – both dear friends of Pete’s; and Vicki Ross, WNYPC Community Coordinator.

 

Discussion:

  • Pete’s values and life of activism (5/3/1919 – 1/27/2014)
  • how he used his music & banjo (“this machine surrounds hate & forces it to surrender”)
  • personal experiences with Pete (including his last public concert at WNYPC 46th Annual Dinner 11/9/13)
  • ways people can remember Pete, and work on the causes he worked on

 

The show 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 (1/24) at 1pm EST. After airing, you can also find the video archived on the WNY Peace Center YouTube channel.

Teaching Truth: Putting Students First

To counter the wave of propaganda aimed at critical race theory (CRT) and to reinforce the importance of teaching inclusive history, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax (UUCF) is sponsoring a virtual teach-in. Organized by UUCF’s Racial Justice Steering Committee, the teach-in commemorates Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday and coincides with Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin’s first day in office, a day upon which he has vowed to “ban CRT” in the commonwealth. AAPF’s Critical Race Theory Associate Tanishia Williams will moderate the event, and will be joined by Neonu Jewell, Penny Edwards Blue, Dr. Andrea Kane, Rev. Dr. William Sinkford, and Dr. James Whitfield. For more information about the speakers and to register, visit this link.

The Black Alliance for Peace: Human Rights from an Anti-war & Anti-imperialist Perspective

Join Massachusetts Peace Action for a webinar discussion with Ajamu Baraka, the National Organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP). BAP was founded on April 4, 2017, 50 years after Martin Luther King, Jr’s historic Riverside Church anti-war speech. Baraka stated then that BAP’s purpose is ” to recapture and redevelop the historic anti-war, anti-imperialist, and pro-peace positions of the radical black movement.”

As we enter 2022, the US government remains committed to “full-spectrum global dominance”, ie, imperialism, with attempts to dominate Africa through the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) and aggression against China through the US Indo-Pacific Command. Additional evidence of US imperialism includes, of course, the 800 plus military bases it/we maintain around the world.

Ajamu Baraka will use an anti-imperialism lens to address 1) US involvement in Africa and the BAP ‘Shut Down AFRICOM’ campaign, 2) the US push for dominance of China and the threat of a cold, or hot, war, 3) the development of BAP since its founding nearly five years ago, as well as other issues and BAP campaigns. Ajamu Baraka was the 2016 Green Party candidate for Vice President, and is a long time activist and organizer for human rights, peace, and justice.