more events, plus TODAY Weds NOV 30 10:30am Stand wStanding Rock
* Weds, Nov *30* – TODAY – 10:30am-1pm, Army Corps of Engineers, 1776 Niagara St, Buffalo, NY. Please come out to Stand with Standing Rock after Army Corps of Engineers eviction threat, Police Brutality. Gather in solidarity, song, and prayer to support Standing Rock and stop the Dakota Access Pipeline (#NODAPL).
Please join us, too, for:
*Sat, Dec 3, Noon (11am lunch) Convening of the Elders. Rafi Greene CAO Masten Resource Ctr, 1423 Fillmore Ave., Buffalo. Sponsored by UMOJA.
*Mon, Dec 5, 1-4pm Network of Religious Communities Holiday Party (snackluck), 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo.
* Mon, Dec 5, 7-9pm. Join LASC and the WNY Peace Center for a December peace gathering, at El Buen Amigo, 114 Elmwood Ave. with reports on Standing Rock and on the Buffalo 25. (JUST ADDED)
*Sat Dec 10, 3-8pm. Human Rights Day Fundraiser for Oceti Sakowin at Standing Rock, family friendly event with no alcohol and no smoking. Trinity Episcopal Church, 371 Delaware Ave, Buffalo. $10 suggested donation. Live Music includes Parker Brothers; drumming, dancing, 50/50 raffles, and more.
*Weds, Dec 14, 7pm. Observe the 4th Anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, which claimed the lives of 20 first-graders and 6 educators, by seeing the recently released documentary film *Newtown*, at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo. Sponsored by New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, Stop The Violence Coalition and the WNY Peace Center.
We look forward to seeing you soon. Thank you for your own good work(s)!
Si, se puede!
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Dear Friends,
We say Nya Weh after graced by two wonderful events yesterday:
* with Lakota Spiritual Leader Chief Arvol Looking Horse (over 200 came);
* with Luz Rivera Martinez, Activist, Consejo Nacional Urbano y Campesino.
We are energized for the One Struggle, and ask you to try to help with the
following:
**For Standing Rock/#No Dakota Access Pipeline (#NODAPL)
* Tonight and every Tuesday, 6:30pm at Burning Books, 420 Connecticut
Ave., Buffalo Stands with Standing Rock Support Group.
* Weds, Nov 30, 10:30am-1pm, Army Corps of Engineers, 1776 Niagara St,
Buffalo, NY. Please come out to Stand with Standing Rock after ACE
eviction threat, Police Brutality. Gather in solidarity, song, and prayer
to support Standing Rock and stop the Dakota Access Pipeline (#NODAPL).
* Call to support Standing Rock, #NODAPL. Insist on our honoring treaties, stopping state-sponsored violence, and halting water-defiling pipeline construction:
Morton Co Sheriff’s Office (701) 667-3330
N Dakota Governor’s Office (701) 328-2200
President Obama (202) 456-1111 (Pres Obama promised treaty compliance)
Our Senators and Congresspeople (202) 224-3121
* Talk with your family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, people in line at the grocery store, and whoever you can to increase public awareness in the face of a news blackout. Donald Trump is an investor in the pipeline – please bear that in mind!!
*Sat Dec 10, 3-8pm Human Rights Day Fundraiser for Oceti Sakowin at Standing Rock, family friendly event with no alcohol and no smoking. Trinity Episcopal Church, 371 Delaware Ave, Buffalo. $10 suggested donation. Live Music includes Parker Brothers; drumming, dancing, 50/50 raffles, and more.
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** For WNY Peace Center: Give at Giving Tuesday
https://www.givegab.com/nonprofits/wny-peace-center
Your gift at the Giving Tuesday site (above) will help us get our new
campaign off the ground:
To fund our facilitating public gatherings on human rights, civil rights,
and nonviolence where participants will hear from experts and from each
other; share their own viewpoints; have small and large group discussion
to establish consensus on action plans, and see them through. Youth and a
diverse community will be vital elements for this effort. We need your
help to work toward a culture of justice and peace!!
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** For many other regular efforts in the One Struggle, One Movement:
*Fridays 6pm: Stop The Violence Coalition, United Way Bldg, Del& Summer Sts.
*Sats, Noon-1pm: Women In Black. Nonviolence vigil, Bidwell & Elmwood.
*Suns, 4pm-7pm: Riverside-Salem UCC/DC, Environmental Cottage, 3449 W
River Rd, Grand Island 14072. Various progressive programs and potluck
dinner.
*2nd and 4th Thurs of month: Resist Militarism! Anti-Weaponized-Drone
Vigil at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, 3:30-4:30pm. Call Russell
570-5200 for carpooling.
** Current Campaigns:
#Buffalo25 still need our support desperately! Three people are still in
ICE Detention in Batavia, one in the Erie County Holding Center, and all
the families in dire straits. Please send contributions to: Trinity
Episcopal Church (with #Buffalo25 in the memo line); 371 Delaware Ave.,
Buffalo NY 14202. Muchas Gracias! Si, se puede!!
Political Prisoner Seth Hayes Needs Us Again!
PLEASE CALL, WRITE AND FAX
WED., THURS. & FRI. NOV. 30, DEC. 1 & DEC. 2
Seth has been suffering from uncontrolled diabetes for over 15 years now.
We are asking that Seth be given an insulin pump/sugar monitor immediately
to avert these near fatal incidents. The NYS DOCCS is aware of the
situation and is moving in the right direction but it is not fast enough.
Please call, write and fax to demand immediate provision of an Insulin
Pump/Sugar Monitor to Robert Seth Hayes 74A2280. We are thankful that
DOCCS has been more responsive to Seth’s medical needs lately, but Seth
needs this device immediately!
PHONE, WRITE, FAX THIS DEMAND TO:
Carl J. Koenigsmann M.D.
Deputy Commissioner/Chief Medical Officer
NYS DOCCS Division of Health Services
Harriman State Campus, Building #2
1220 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12226-2050
Phone: 518-457-7073
Fax: 518-445-7553
Acting Commissioner Anthony J. Annucci
NYS Department of Corrections
and Community Supervision
Harriman State Campus, Building 2
1220 Washington Ave
Albany, New York 12226-2050
Phone: 518-457-8134
Fax: 518-457-0076
Thank You for Your Time & Effort. It has and continues to make a difference!
Write to Seth and let him know he is in our hearts and on our minds:
Robert Seth Hayes #74A2280
Sullivan Correctional Facility, P.O. Box 116, Fallsburg, NY 12733-0116
To contribute to ongoing efforts supporting Robert Seth Hayes, please
donate online at:
https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/810a58