Helpful Links

The organizations listed below are just a few of the non-profits vital to the Peace Movement on the national and local levels.

• Indigenous Women's Initiatives (IWI)

  Founded in 1985, and located at 1272 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo NY, IWI supports the self determination, public education and advocacy, the revitalization of indigenous languages and culture, the elimination of all forms of oppression, the attainment of self sufficiency and the protection of Mother Earth for future generations of Indigenous women, families, communities and Nations in the Americas and Pacific Basin.

• Syracuse Peace Council

  Syracuse Peace Council is celebrating its 75 year...congratulations! The Syracuse Peace Council (SPC), founded in 1936, is an antiwar/social justice organization. We are community-based, autonomous and funded by the contributions of our supporters. SPC educates, agitates and organizes for a world where war, violence and exploitation in any form will no longer exist. We challenge the existing unjust power relationships among nations, among people and between ourselves and the environment.

• Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace

  Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace is a nonviolent activist group, maintaining close contacts with national groups such as MoveOn, Peace Action, and Nicaragua Network. We are linked with peace groups in the following cities: Leningrad, Russia; Hungerford, Great Britain; Freetown, Sierra Leone; Nagano, Japan; and Dhaka, Bangladesh. Our members includes concerned individuals from Livingston, Genesee, Monroe, Ontario, and Wyoming counties. We extend membership to any person anywhere who believes in our goals and our methods

• Metro Justice of Rochester NY

  Located in Rochester, NY, Metro Justice, Inc. and Metro Justice Education Fund are multi-issue, progressive grassroots organizations working for a peaceful, fair and just future. Through our educational, organizing and lobbying efforts, Metro Justice enables people to join together to speak with a more powerful and effective voice. Learn more about our campaigns and task forces. Subscribe to our Action Alert email list and a free trial subscription of our newsletter. Visit our on-line calendar of events. Metro Justice has been synonymous with peace and social justice activism since 1964.

• Riverside-Salem UCC

  Riverside-Salem UCC in Grand Island, NY is the church whose amazing members helped create the Peace Center and continue to support the it in many ways.

• The World on Your Plate Food Forum

  The World On Your Plate Food Forum, cosponsored by the Peace Center's Visions Taskforce, is gearing up for it's 7th Annual Forum. See their website for more details.

• EndTheOccupation.org

  End The Occupation.org is committed to peace and justice for Palestine, and particularly for Gazans who have been devastated by the recent hostilities.

• The Peace, Justice, and Anti-War Coalition

  PJAW is a recently created coalition of peace, justice, and anti-war organizations in the Buffalo/WNY Area. As an active member organization, the Peace Center is proud of the extremely successful events PJAW has carried out, including the "5 Years Too Many" Protest & Caravan, the "No War, No McSame!" Protest, and the upcoming protest against Karl Rove (more details on this protest to follow).

• United for Peace and Justice

  United for Peace And Justice is "a coalition of more than 1400 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to protest the immoral and disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building." The Peace Center is a proud member organization of UFPJ.

• Peace Action

  The Peace Center is also a member organization of Peace Action, and has worked closely with Peace Action New York State. Peace Action currently organizes around ending the war in Iraq, preventing war with Iran, and nuclear abolition.

• Council for a Livable World

  The Council for a Livable World (CLW) was created to combat nuclear proliferation and increase national security in responsible ways. Their mission has expanded to include ending the war in Iraq and prevent aggression towards Iran, as well as other peace and justice issues. Their work at the legislative and congressional level is vital to the peace movement.

• The Friends Committee on National Legislation

  The Friends Committee on National Legislation is a Quaker lobby with a mission statement and legislative focus similar to CLW.

• School of the Americas Watch

  SOA Watch is "an independent organization that seeks to close the US Army School of the Americas, under whatever name it is called, through vigils and fasts, demonstrations and nonviolent protest, as well as media and legislative work." The Peace Center and especially LASC supports their efforts wholeheartedly.

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