716-332-3904 716-931-3520 7/29/18
Dear Friends,
Here comes another busy week with lots of opportunities to work for justice and peace.
Please join us today at the Racial Justice Taskforce meeting 1-2:30pm, again at the WNYPC, 1272 Delaware Ave (entrance & pkg round back of bldg).
Also today, is Stop The Violence Coalition Memorial Celebration of Lives Lost to Homicide, Noon- 7pm. Please join us at MLK Park, Best & Fillmore Aves, for the 8th Annual of this event, free for all the community, family, and friends. Food and prizes, fun and laughter. Unification is the only way we can stop gun violence. Many thanks to and for Nona Holman, main organizer. (Donations welcome to help cover expenses).
And of course on Monday, Kathy Kelly, Co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, renown peace activist and Nobel Prize Nominee, will speak at Focusing on Yemen, July 30, 7pm at Burning Books, part of the Infringement Festival. Kathy gives both peoples stories as well as the facts, figures, and policy framework for a deeper understanding and commitment to action!
Many thanks to those who came out to #FocusOnYemen yesterday, and directly afterwards, to rally for justice in Iraq, followed by Women In Black’s regular nonviolence vigil. To continue working to stop our government’s militarism, violence, and war crimes, please join us Weds, Aug 1 at 5:30-7:30pm at the Niagara Porter Library to start a roundtable for increased collaboration on same.
Please note too that we are having the first of a regular weekly Vigil for Victims of ICE Terror – Thursday(s) at 5-6pm in front of ICE at Delaware & Chippewa Sts. Please bring signs.
Also Wednesday, at 6-7:30, there’ll also be a meeting of the Poor People’s Campaign –WNY, at 1199 SEIU Bldg, This critically important effort will #UnitetheStruggles and pursue #PowertothePolls for #PowertothePeople!!
Go to wnypeace.org to see our calendar for more details and events! as
well as the rest of this post on the home page.
And remember to tune in: DEMOCRACY NOW! IS NOW BEING BROADCAST
MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY 91.3FM. Hear it over the radio or
streaming live at wbny.buffalostate.edu or
#UniteTheStruggles #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver #LoveisLoveBUF
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
716-332-3904 716-931-3520 7/25/18
Dear Friends,
There are many ways for us to work for justice and peace this week:
Today there’s a hearing at Old City Hall, 4th fl, 10am, of the Public Safety Committee that will concentrate on India Cummings and the Erie County Holding Center and egregious neglect and injustices in the system.
Also there’s the regular Wednesday Prisoners’ Rights Vigil at 4-5pm outside the Erie County Holding Center (ECHC, Delaware & Church). It is ongoing – happening every Wednesday. Please bring signs!
We also have the Radical King Reading group tonight at the WNYPC, 1272 Delaware Ave (entrance & pkg round back of bldg).
Tomorrow, Thursday, July 26, from 4-7pm, there’ll be another vigil today in front of City Hall, calling out District Attorney Flynn to prosecute persons responsible in India Cummings tragic death 2 ½ years ago, determined to be a homicide by the Commission of Corrections’ Medical Review Board due to extreme medical neglect by the Sheriff’s Department.
These issues and more will also be covered at the Racial Justice Taskforce meeting on Sunday, July 29, 1-2:30pm, again at the WNYPC, 1272 Delaware Ave (entrance & pkg round back of bldg).
This Saturday, starting at 10am at Bidwell & Elmwood, as part of the Infringement Festival, we’ll #FocusOnYemen, and directly afterwards, #FocusOnIraq. Women In Black will start at Noon (to 1pm) for the regular weekly nonviolence vigil. Our government’s militarism, violence, and war crimes in the area must be stopped, and humanitarian work and repair be undertaken.
Above all, don’t miss the opportunity to hear Kathy Kelly, Co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, renown peace activist and Nobel Prize Nominee, on at Focus on Yemen, July 30, 7pm at Burning Books, again part of the Infringement Festival. You’ll get both insight and inspiration, to help us change course for the sake of people and the planet!
Also this Saturday we’ll have the last of the Stars under Stars events honoring dear and courageous Father Bissonette, organized by our Latin American Solidarity Committee –7:30pm at home of Maxine Inserra, 74 Wellington Rd. (including the film “Missing,” re Chile), for discussion, networking, information, and inspiration. BYO lawn chair and any refreshments you’d like, too!
Go to wnypeace.org to see our calendar for more details and events! as well as the rest of this post on the home page.
And remember to tune in: DEMOCRACY NOW! IS NOW BEING BROADCAST MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY 91.3FM. Hear it over the radio or streaming live at wbny.buffalostate.edu or
#UniteTheStruggles #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver #LoveisLoveBUF
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
716-332-3904 716-931-3520 7/17/18
Dear Friends,
The Commission of Corrections Medical Review Board has deemed that India Cummings tragic death 2 ½ years ago from 17 days in the Erie County Holding Center was homicide due to extreme medical neglect. We hope Scott LaPoint, the Monroe County pathologist who deemed her cause of death “undetermined” has the courage to restate that based on the investigation done. Please join us on Wednesdays at 4-5pm outside the Erie County Holding Center, at Delaware & Church, to vigil and protest (bring signs, please). No more deaths – uphold human rights and reverence for life!
Also tomorrow, don’t miss the Resist Militarism! Taskforce Meeting, joint with Veterans For Peace #128. We’ll be preparing for Focus on Yemen, including a session with – yes – Kathy Kelly, Co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, renown peace activist and Nobel Prize Nominee (July 30, 7pm at Burning Books).
On Saturday, July 21, you can
– catch the Global Days of Listening (7:30am-10:30am livestreaming) with the Afghan Peace Volunteers (go to globaldaysoflistening.org/)
– Celebrate/Honor Iris Alexander at 11am at Bidwell & Elmwood. We’ll celebrate the installation of a bench honoring Iris right by her beloved Women In Black (to be followed by same). Light refreshments; music – and all – welcome! Iris was a local legend – let’s remember and inspire each other with her example!
– If you missed the Stars under Stars fundraising events of our Latin American Solidarity Committee – come out this or next Saturday at 7:30pm for discussion, networking, information, and inspiration. This week focuses on Guatemala, and will be at Terry and Mary Bisson’s, 372 Voorhees Ave. (El Norte). BYO lawn chair and any refreshments you’d like, too!
Many thanks to the some 150 people or so who came out – including especially Food for All, Ismail & Co, WNY Resistance Revivial Chorus, and cosponsors – to the Celebration For Change!: a Poor People’s Campaign Event. We will #UnitetheStruggles more and more as we work and partner in the Poor People’s Campaign: a National Call for Moral Revival! Next meeting August 1, 6pm, 1199 SEIU, 2421 Main St, Suite 100, Buffalo. #PowertothePollsMany Thanks, Peace, Solidarity, and yes Love. Go to wnypeace.org to see our calendar for more details and events! aswell as the rest of this post. And remember to tune in: DEMOCRACY NOW! IS NOW BEING BROADCASTMONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY 91.3FM. Hear it over the radio orstreaming live at wbny.buffalostate.edu orhttp://tunein.com/radio/WBNY-913-s27549/. #UniteTheStruggles #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver #LoveisLoveBUF
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
