Poor People’s Campaign Trips, Mtgs, More; Univ/Com/Govt Partnerships studied @NU Conf

Written by Victoria Ross on June 9, 2018. Posted in Resist Militarism!, Talking Peace News

716-332-3904; 716-931-3520 6/9/18

Dear Friends,

The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival continues to pick up steam during the 40 days of action which is our kick-off phase. Choose from the following:

– Mon, June 11, Everybody’s Got a Right to Live! Carpool w/Virginia McIntyre (716- 716-860-5286; vlmcintyre@outlook.com)
– Mon, June 18, A New Unsettling Force: Confronting the Distorted Moral Narrative. Contact Vicki, 716-931-3520; victoryross9@gmail.com to carpool from Buffalo to Albany this week.
– Sat, June 23 – Bus trip to DC, Register today to ensure you save your seat on the bus! Sign up at https://goo.gl/n6jyUh and also please register at https://www.actionnetwork.org/events/new-york-delegation-poor-peoples-campaign-global-day-of-solidarity-and-mass-rally-in-dc

We’ll also have watch parties for those who don’t get a seat on the bus – or can’t go (TBA).

Please join us Tuesday, June 12 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm for Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, Collaborative Planning for a 7/12 Event. Partners in the Poor People’s Campaign and other community groups are invited to come help plan an event to be held July 12, 5:30pm at MLK Park, that will help us continue to #UnitetheStruggles. At 1272 Delaware Ave (entrance & pkg round back of bldg).

And don’t forget the JUNE 13-15, 2018 ROSE BENTE LEE OSTAPENKO CENTER FOR RACE, EQUALITY, AND MISSION and co-sponsor NASW New York State Chapter present UNIVERSITY, COMMUNITY, AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS CONFERENCE “Reconciliation and System Changes” Niagara University You can view the Schedule of Events and Register at https://www.niagara.edu/niagara-university-partnerships-for-race-and-equality/. Keynote Speaker “Reconciliation and System Changes” David Anderson Hooker, PhD, JD. The WNY Peace Center will also facilitate a workshop on Friday focusing the various approaches one might use when one partner presents obstacles; the various and differing roles partners might have with each other, etc.

Announcing again:
–The WNY Peace Center is hiring an Assistant Director!

Assistant Director: A great opportunity for someone who cares about “Peace Through Justice at Home and Abroad” (our mission). Approximately 10 hours/week (good room for growth!) at $15/hour. Candidates should be detail oriented, have good communication and computer skills, and a cooperative spirit. Weekend and evening hours are not unusual. (Some college preferred but not required.)

Duties include:

Work closely with the Executive Director, as variously directed, on:

–Communicating with the staff, board, and members;

–Assist in media and publicity outreach, including press releases, media advisories and follow-up;

–Planning and promoting WNYPC’s 51^st Annual Dinner (Nov. 10)

–Participate in designing, publicizing and implementing strategic campaigns (again, includes Annual Dinner);

–Assist in planning, publicizing and executing meetings, speakers, fundraisers, rallies and other events;

–Assist in fundraising through grant-writing, membership appeals and events;

–Conduct research on legislation, grants, social issues and potential services;

–Assist in outreach and work with other peace and justice organizations;

Assisting the Office Manager as needed (answering phones; fielding requests; helping with mailings, office publications etc.)

Working cooperatively with above staff, board, taskforces, membership, allies and the general public.

Please send resume to: victoryross9@gmail.com.

#UnitetheStruggles

Many Thanks, Peace, Solidarity, and yes Love.

See our calendar for more details! as well as the rest of this post (click below).

#PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver

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Below are
– more event listings (see also calendar & facebook page);
– Taskforce items and campaigns; and
– regularly scheduled events – all in that order.
And be sure to go to wnypeace.org/calendar for more event listings – there’s plenty more and additions are frequent! …..

No hate, no fear as we are #StillResisting. #UnitetheStruggles !
Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love. #loveisloveBUF <3

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EVENT LISTINGS

Dignity for All Students Act – Needs and Goals

June 10 @ 9:30 am – 10:20 am

Join Patricia Alinda Elliott-Patton, Chair of the Education & Human Rights Taskforce of the WNYPC, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (1080 Main St, Buffalo ) for an adult education/shared learning session on the Dignity for All Students Act, and what we need to do to see it truly and well implemented.

RS Sunday: Microbes R Us

June 10 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Professor Daniel Haeusser will present a talk this Sunday, June 10, 2018, from 4-6 p.m. (+ optional potluck) at Riverside-Salem UCC/DC environmental cottage, 3449 West River Road, Grand Island, NY 14072. His presentation is called “You Are Not Just You: The Human Microbiome.”

Poor People’s Campaign – Carpool to Albany

June 11 @ 4:00 am – 10:00 pm

Join in the Poor People’s Campaign, week 5: Everybody’s Got a Right to Live! (and to Education, Living Wages, Jobs, Income, Housing, etc.) Contact Virginia, 716-860-5286; vlmcintyre@outlook.com, to carpool from Buffalo to Albany this week. Times are approximate.

PPC Collaborative Planning for 7/12 Event

June 12 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Partners in the Poor People’s Campaign and other community groups are invited to come help plan an event to be held July 12, 5:30pm at MLK Park, that will help us continue to #UnitetheStruggles. At 1272 Delaware Ave (entrance & pkg round back of bldg).

The Radical King Book Club Meeting

June 13 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Place: WNYPC/NRC Bldg, 1272 Delaware Ave (Entrance & Pkg round back of bldg). Stacey Smith, UBSSW advanced student, WNYPC Intern, will lead the discussion. Join The Radical King Book Club Meeting to discuss the book The Radical King by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Author), Cornel West (Editor)

JUNE 13-15, 2018 ROSE BENTE LEE OSTAPENKO CENTER FOR RACE, EQUALITY, AND MISSION and co-sponsor NASW New York State Chapter present UNIVERSITY, COMMUNITY, AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS CONFERENCE

“Reconciliation and System Changes” Niagara University You can view the Schedule of Events and Register at https://www.niagara.edu/niagara-university-partnerships-for-race-and-equality/ Keynote Speaker “Reconciliation and System Changes” David Anderson Hooker, PhD, JD,

Juneteenth

June 16 @ 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

MLK Park (Fillmore by North Parade, one block north of Best). Come find us tabling near the Arts & Cultural Stage – it’s always a great time!! Free and open to all – all are welcome. The 43rd Juneteenth parade will be held on June 16 @ 11:00am. The parade will begin at Genesee Street

Support Peace In, With, and For Korea

Support the work of Peace Action and the Korea Peace Network as we go to DC on Monday/Tuesday, while the Korea talks go on in Singapore to lobby for Peace in Korea. Thunderclap for Peace in Korea! Do it! Now! And tell your friends, colleagues, and family too by FB, twitter and email. https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/70379-peace-with-north-korea You can also contact your senators and representative today to urge them to support the brilliant diplomatic process led by South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Please

1) Call our dedicated Capitol Hill switchboard number at 1-844-735-1362.

2) Follow the prompts to be connected to your senators’ and representative’s offices.

3) When connected, say –

Hello, my name is _____________ and I am a constituent from (your address*). I am calling to urge Representative/Senator ____________ to speak out on the floor and in the media in support of diplomacy with North Korea without preconditions in order to work toward eventual nuclear and peace agreements. I want you to do everything in your power to push for both sides to remain at the negotiating table. I look forward to hearing how you’ll act on this important issue. Thank you.

Thank you for your support.

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EDUCATION & HUMAN RIGHTS TASKFORCE

Dignity for All Students Act – Needs and Goals

June 10 @ 9:30 am – 10:20 am

CAMP PEACEPRINTS 2018, “The Language of Peace”

M-F July 16 – July 27 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Announcing the eleventh annual Camp Peaceprints, brought to you by the Interfaith Peace Network, the SSJ Sister Karen Klimczak Center for Nonviolence, and the WNY Peace Center. The Camp, for youth ages 8 to 13, provides exposure to a diverse community while introducing and exploring communication, social justice issues, peaceful conflict resolution – and did we say swimming (4x), field trips (2x), and learning signing? At St. Mary’s School for the Deaf, 2253 Main St.

We learn how to listen, express ourselves, cooperate, deal with feelings, and problem-solve; as well as exploring and hopefully being inspired toward Nonviolence. Students from St. Mary’s School for the Deaf will join us in camp activities and teach us American Sign Language, sharing their universal language of peace with the entire Camp Peaceprints community. We’ll have wonderful guest presenters – activists and artists from the Buffalo area. We’ll also play games, have recreation (yes swimming!), do art projects and go on field trips.

Registration is $125 per week (discount $240 for the two-week period), with sliding scale and scholarships available. For registration forms and further info, please go to sisterkarencenter.org or click here–> CPP18+Registration+and+Consent (3).

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TASKFORCE

Film: Reinventing Power (re future of energy)

June 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Reinventing Power, an inspiring film about the future of energy Schenck Hall Auditorium, Daemen College (4380 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14226) Sierra Club Niagara Kickoff Event for “Clean Energy For All” nationwide campaign.

No Nuclear Waste over the Peace Bridge

June 15 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join us every Friday from 2 PM to 3 PM at the corner of Busti Ave and Vermont St. in Buffalo NY. Vigil against the shipment of high level LIQUID radioactive spent fuel from Chalk River Ontario to Aiken South Carolina. If any of it spills out, it will be next to impossible to clean.

Action Alert re Stone Dam Road Pipeline: go to wnypeace.org/environmental-justice/

GENDER JUSTICE TASKFORCE

If you believe that discrimination against all women should be eliminated, please support enacting the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in the city of Buffalo. Follow this link for more information: https://cities4cedaw-buffalo.org/ and contact your district’s councilperson to urge them to support this ordinance too.
Darius G. Pridgen- Ellicott District- 716-851-4980
Christopher P. Scanlon- South District- 716-851-5169
David A. Rivera- Niagara District- 716-851-5125
Joel P. Feroleto- Delaware District- 716-851-5155
Richard A. Fontana- Lovejoy District- 716-851- 5151
David A. Franczyk- Fillmore District- 716-851-4138
Joseph Golombek, Jr.- North District- 716-851-5116
Ulysees O. Wingo, Sr.- Masten District- 716-851-5145
Rasheed Wyatt- University District- 716-851-5165
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IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE JUSTICE TASKFORCE

Calls are still needed to your NYS Assembly Members to ask them to support NYS ASSEMBLY Bill #4050. IF SEAN RYAN IS YOUR ASSEMBLYPERSON, PLEASE CALL HIM! 716-885-9630! ALSO CO CLERK MICKEY KEARNS (716) 858-8785.

The GreenLight NY program restores access to drivers’ licenses to all community members, to avoid abusive immigration enforcement. For more info, please come out to above mentioned event, or go to
https://www.facebook.com/GreenLightNY/; Green Light Petition

Vive la Casa, shelter for people awaiting documents and/or sanctuary, still desperately needs personal hygiene products and of course, CASH.
jrchc.org/vive
(Checks to Jericho Road/VIVE) 50 Wyoming St., Buffalo, NY 14211, 892-4354.

LATIN AMERICAN SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE (LASC)

Dare to Dream, on scholarships to medical school in Havana

June 24 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Building Bridges, Tearing Down Walls: this summer’s Pastors for Peace Friendshipment to Cuba coming through Buffalo! With a documentary telling the story of the largest medical school in the world, the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Havana, Cuba.

Stand with Sen. Sanders: Rebuild Puerto Rico
The situation is still dire in Puerto Rico. Please go to the link below to see what you can do to Stand with Puerto Rico (and Sen Sanders).

https://act.credoaction.com/sign/sanders_puerto_rico?t=8&akid=26241%2E8770573%2Evra5l7

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As you know, people desperately need our help because of the continuing devastation caused by “natural” disasters (read fossil-fuel-burning-generated Climate Catastrophe) as well as other factors. You can contribute as follows:
Puerto Rico—Go to hispanicheritagewny.org for a full report on ways to help.
We also recommend:

Mutual Aid Community Soup Kitchens Paypal address: cdpecpr@gmail.com run by Giovanni Roberto, friend of MaryAnne Grady Flores (UpstateDroneAction.org and Puerto Rico activist].

The Mariafund.org is another fund governed by many grassroots community groups.
Cuba—Alliance for Global Justice/Irma Relief, 418 W. 145th St.. New York, NY 10031 (for tax deductible). Not tax deductible, IFCO/Irma Relief (same address) Phone: 212-926-5757 Please give generously – the situations continue to be terrible for many!!

Chenalhó, Chiapas—Humanitarian crisis
This article in the National Catholic reporter gives a brief overview of the situation.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/world/enough-deaths-mexican-clergy-reiterate-chiapas-crisis

If you would like to help, go to weaving-for-justice.org

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PRISONER’S RIGHTS TASKFORCE

Chuck Culhane is resuming 4-5pm protest/vigils at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church) on Wednesdays. All are welcome. Please bring signs.

Please join us in promoting the H.A.L.T. Solitary Confinement campaign. Please call your State Senators and Congresspersons and ask them to cosponsor and vote for the bills A. 3080 / S. 4784.
Ways you can help:
RSVP for the upcoming Advocacy Day, March 13, to demand passage of the HALT Solitary Confinement Act: https://goo.gl/z22oVf

Sign the petition to support the HALT Solitary Confinement Act: https://goo.gl/HLwqbK

Encourage your organization to endorse the HALT Solitary Confinement Act: https://goo.gl/forms/FM2F6DZAcPZp1co32

RACIAL JUSTICE TASKFORCE

The Radical King Book Club Meeting

June 13 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

THE CARIOL HORNE WHISTLEBLOWER FUND
The Western New York Peace Center has created a fund for the purpose of supporting police officers who face reprisals from their department from choosing to strictly uphold their oath to protect and serve the community. gofundme.com/cariol-horne-whistleblower-fund. The Peace Center has named this fund after Cariol Horne who saved the life of a citizen, but was fired just prior to earning her 20-year pension. Our goal is to encourage good police officers in following their moral conscience if and when it conflicts with the infamous blue wall of silence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_wall_of_silence
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Join the #BuffaloLLEP movement. It’s easy.

Join the hundreds of Buffalonians who make up the #BuffaloLLEP movement, asking Mayor Byron Brown to make low-level marijuana arrests Buffalo’s lowest level enforcement priority (LLEP).
People across the U.S. recognize what a destructive failure the 40-year “war on drugs” has been. In Buffalo, the news hasn’t sunken in yet, though, as those living in communities of color & low-income areas are still disproportionately targeted by law enforcement for marijuana arrests. Join the #BuffaloLLEP movement to stop these unfair & harmful enforcement tactics!
Learn more.
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Each Police District has a Chief and Community Police Meeting. We encourage people to go to them and communicate freely on issues of concern. See wnypeace.org calendar for listings.

RESIST MILITARISM! TASKFORCE

Support Peace In, With, and For Korea

1) Call our dedicated Capitol Hill switchboard number at 1-844-735-1362.

2) Follow the prompts to be connected to your senators’ and representative’s offices.

3) When connected, say –

Thank you for your support.

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Please call your Senators and Congresspersons to urge them to vote in favor and cosponsor if possible Senator Markey’s Bill # 200 and House Bill, Rep Lieu # 669, to Restrict First Strike with Nuclear Weapons.

If you’d prefer to send an email to your senators, you can do so here.

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Our tax dollars are funding massive civilian casualties and the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in Yemen. The U.S. military is providing midair refueling to warplanes, sharing intelligence for targeting assistance, and selling U.S. bombs to the aggressors. U.S.-supported airstrikes target schools, hospitals, and water and sanitation infrastructure. As a result, millions of Yemeni people are on the brink of starvation and are facing the fastest-growing cholera crisis ever documented.

Every day that the war on Yemen continues, America is complicit in aiding war crimes. Call your U.S. Senators today at 1-833-786-7927 and urge them to stop fueling war on Yemen!

Please let us know if you’d like to be involved with our Infringement Festival activities which will be focused on Yemen. We’d love to have your help. Please call Russell Brown 716-570-5200 or email Marie Schuster mariemschuster@gmail.com.

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REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS in the One Movement, One Struggle

Riverside-Salem UCC/DC Sunday. Progressive program followed by potluck. Sundays, 4-7pm. Environmental Cottage, 3449 West River Road, Grand Island. June 3: Work Day and continued discussion on longer term planning. June 10: Daniel Haeusser, You Are Not Just You: The Human Microbiome. Historically microbes have been associated in the popular mind with disease, but we increasingly are realizing that the majority of microbes are not only harmless, but transformative and essential to all life, including humans. We typically think of Creation in terms of plants and animals, but microbes are far more wondrously varied and powerful than ever appreciated.

Talking Peace with the WNY Peace Center Radio Show on 91.3FM, WBNY. Mondays, 1-3pm. Jim Anderson & Vicki Ross co-hosting, with Live Broadcasting of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Call-in show! Go to wbny.buffalostate.edu or http://tunein.com/radio/WBNY-913-s27549/.

Buffalo Supports Standing Rock Water Protectors/Nekanesakt. Indigenous support group/allies. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month, 6:30-8pm. At Burning Books, 420 CT Ave. All are welcome!!

Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce. Wednesdays 4-5pm protest/vigils at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church). All are welcome. Please bring signs.

Interfaith Peace Network
1^st and 3^rd Thursdays of the month, breakfast pot-luck **9:30-11am**, NRC, 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo NY 14209 (entrance and parking round back).

Environmental Justice Taskforce
Protest the Shipments of VERY Dangerous Radioactive Liquid from Canada.
Fridays 2-3pm, Front Park, Buffalo. Email Charley Bowman renewableenergy@wnypeace.org with your phone number for him to call and let you know whether (weather 😉 the vigil will take place that particular Friday. Or just show up and bring your own sign if you’re not sure others will be there!!

Fridays – 1st and 3rd of the month; 6pm: Stop The Violence Coalition,
United Way Building, Delaware and Summer Sts.

Saturdays, Noon-1pm: Women In Black. Nonviolence vigil, Bidwell and Elmwood. Signs also available. (and you don’t need to be a woman or dress in black 😉

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Many thanks, peace, solidarity, and yes – Love. We shall overcome!!