In honor of UN Holocaust Remembrance Day, please join the Permanent Chair of Polish Culture at Canisius College, Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo, and Buffalo Jewish Federation for a Book Talk and Q&A with #1 New York Times best-selling author Sharon Cameron, who wrote The Light in Hidden Places.
AtCanisius College Regis Room / Richard E. Winter ’42 Student Center on Hughes Avenue. Off street and street parking available.
About The Light in Hidden Places:
A historical novel based on the experiences of Righteous Among the Nations Stefania Podgorska, a Polish teenager who chose bravery and humanity by hiding thirteen Jews in her attic during WWII with the help of her younger sister, Helena Podgorska.
Reception and book signing (with books to purchase) to follow.
You are invited to join the WNY Peace Center on Sunday, March 26th for our WNY Women’s March beginning at 1:00PM at Niagara Square (downtown Buffalo). After marching to the Buffalo Erie County Public Central Library, we’ll have speakers and performers share in the library’s Ring of Knowledge while themed activities are available for children in the kid’s area.
This year, we hope to bring awareness to international women’s rights, environmental sustainability, and peaceful negotiations in war-torn countries. Please join our efforts to uplift these important social justice discussions.
Interfaith Communities United for Justice & Peace (ICUJP) is having a Friday Forum on Guantanamo, and why it is still open. Joining longtime ICUJP member and “Close Guantanamo” event organizer Jon Krampner are the Rev. Ron Stief of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Mohammad Tajsar of the ACLU of Southern California, and Michael Rapkin, a member of the Guantanamo Bar. They would like to have as many of our friends in the Close Guantanamo movement join us on Friday, so please repost on your websites and social media.
