716-332-3904 11/24/18
Dear Friends,
The Senate is set to vote this week on SJR 54, joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.
Join us outside Sen. Schumer’s office, 130 S. Elmwood Avenue, MONDAY 12pm-1:30pm, to encourage him to co sponsor the resolution. Demand an end to US involvement in Yemen which has directly contributed to the humanitarian crisis that exists today.
The United States began supporting the Saudi and United Arab Emirates war on Yemen during the Obama administration, providing weapons, mid-air refueling of Saudi bombers, logistical support via surveillance drones to the Saudi-led collation, and has engaged in targeted drone strikes.
The US backed, Saudi blockade of Yemen’s main ports prevent lifesaving aid from consistently entering the country. 18 Million Yemeni are food insecure, 2.9 million children and women are acutely malnourished, and 120,000 children have died due to malnutrition or malnutrition caused diseases. Many families are dependent on rations to survive.
In August, 2018 a 500lb laser guided missile manufactured in the USA by Lockheed Martin targeted a school bus full of children on a field trip. 34 children were killed and many more were wounded. According to a November Associated Press article, a third of all U.S. drone strike casualties in Yemen are civilians, many of them children.
With over 15,200 reported cases of Cholera, 16.4 Million Yemeni are without access to basic health care, while US backed Saudi Coalition bombers have attacked hospitals and Doctors Without Borders clinics on at least 6 occasions since 2015
Congress has never voted to go to war in Yemen. Although, the Senate has come withing three votes shy of stopping arms sales to Saudi Arabia that fuel the war, the House of Representatives voted twice against taking steps to stop the US’s illegal involvement in the war.
Many thanks, peace, solidarity, and yes – Love
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
More Event Listings:
Monday evening:
* LASC Coffeehouse, 7-9pm, Canisius College Science Hall. A Sandanista Point of View on the Crisis in Nicaragua.
* Prisoners Are People Too Monthly Meeting, 7-9pm, CAO Rafi Green Center, 1423 Jefferson Ave. Film Showing: Prison Song.
Many thanks, peace, solidarity, and yes – Love
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver The time is now, and we are the people we’ve been waiting for. 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.
716-332-3904 11/14/18
Dear Friends,
Please join us on Thanksgiving – yes Thanksgiving 9:30am – to ***mobilize for Yemen*** at the corner of Franklin St & West Mohawk (Buffalo NY).
We will hand out info sheets with small bags of rice to the public at large (including people there for the Turkey Trot) to remind/inform that in Yemen 14 million are at risk of starvation, facing as little to eat as the small bags of rice (or less); and to urge WNYers to call Sen Schumer to urge him to cosponsor SR#54, and to thank Sen. Gillibrand for her cosponsorship of same (Capitol Switchboard 202-224-3121 or get numbers from our Gov’t Contacts page).
You can also join us at 5:30-6:30pm tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov 21, at the WNYPC (NRC Bldg, 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo 14209) to prepare for the Thanksgiving outreach re Yemen.
Tonight, join us for an interfaith Thanksgiving Service of the Network of Religious Communities will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 145 Goodell Street (Corner Michigan Ave), Buffalo, NY 14203. You’re invited to also bring non-perishable food donations. Reception follows. All are welcome.
The Outer Harbor Access and Activation Project is also meeting tonight, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, at the KeyBank Center, Lexus Club (100 Level), One Seymour H. Knox Plaza, Buffalo, NY. The public will have an opportunity to comment on 3 ECHDC site-plan options, provide feedback and respond to a survey. Come participate – have a voice.
Don’t forget the LASC Coffeehouse at 7pm on Monday at Canisius College Science Hall, A Sandanista Point of View on the Crisis in Nicaragua. Dr. Matlin will have recently returned from a trip to Nicaragua where he will have conferred with citizens and Sandanista leadership.
Many thanks, peace, solidarity, and yes – Love
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS in the One Movement, One Struggle
Riverside-Salem UCC/DC – Progressive program followed by potluck. Sundays, 4-7pm. Environmental Cottage, 3449 West River Road, Grand Island. All are welcome.
Talking Peace with the WNY Peace Center Radio Show on 91.3FM, WBNY. Mondays, 1-4pm. Call-in show! Go to wbny.buffalostate.edu.
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 4-5:30pm protest/vigils at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church). All are welcome. Please bring signs.
Interfaith Peace Network 9:15am at 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo NY 14209 entrance and parking round back.) Breakfast potluck, planning/publicizing, & discussion.
Vigil for Victims of ICE Terror – Thursdays, 5-6pm, ICE building on the corner of Delaware and Chippewa. Bring your signs and spirit of Solidarity. We will not stay silent! #EndICETerror #FamiliesBelongTogether #AbolishICE
Environmental Justice Taskforce – Vigil to Protest the Shipments of VERY Dangerous Radioactive Liquid from Canada coming over the Peace Bridge. Fridays 2-3pm, Front Park at Vermont & Busti, Buffalo. Signs welcome and also usually available.
Stop The Violence Coalition – 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month; 6pm, United Way Building, Delaware and Summer Sts.
Women In Black – Nonviolence vigil, Bidwell and Elmwood. Saturdays, Noon-1pm. Signs also available. (and you don’t need to be a woman or dress in black)
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More listings on website (wnypeace.org) and in previous email posts.
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Many thanks, peace, solidarity, and yes – Love
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
The time is now, and we are the people we’ve been waiting for.
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.
716-332-3904 11/14/18
Dear Friends,
Thank you to all who attended WNY PEACE CENTER’S 51st ANNUAL DINNER!! We so appreciate your continued involvement for peace and Justice, and your earnest support of the WNY Peace Center. For those who missed it, there’s always next year! In the meantime,
-individual membership,
-institutional/organizational membership,
-getting involved with the WNY Peace Center through our task forces and committees, and
-volunteering with the office
are all part of the continuing work we’re doing! Please consider getting involved or expanding your involvement with us. We’re all in this together!
Also, thank you to the many who came out for the #RuleofLaw march where approximately 1000 showed up on less than 24 hours’ notice.
Tomorrow at 7pm, we will be cosponsoring – along with Buff State and the Burchfield Penney Art Center, where the event will take place – a screening and discussion of the Award-winning Film: The Unafraid. THE UNAFRAID shows us what it means to grow up both American and undocumented in the United States. Winner of the Full Frame Film Festival 2018 Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights, THE UNAFRAID is a feature length documentary that follows the personal lives of three DACA students in their quest for education.Please join us for this poignant movie and great panel: Gabriela Quintanilla, Associated Western NY Coordinator for Rural & Migrant Ministry & Founder and Director of Adelante Student Voices; and Luis Jimenez & Servando Jiminez – both affiliated with Allianza Agrícola, the Worker Justice Center of New York. Our own insightful, informative, and engaging Prof. Mike Niman, syndicated columnist and Buff State Communications Professor, will facilitate.
On Friday, Winona LaDuke, Ojibwe, rural developmental economist, author,water protector, and former national VP candidate, will be on campus togive a lecture “The Need for Water Protectors,“ sponsored by UB’s Researchand Education in Energy, Environment, and Water initiative. **REGISTRATIONIS REQUIRED, and seating is limited.** FMI:https://www.buffalo.edu/renew/Lecture/Winona-LaDuke.html
See more at wnypeace.org – either ON our calendar for more details andevents, or the rest of the weekly update post! See you soon!
#UniteTheStruggles
EVENT LISTINGS
Regular Vigils:
Prisoners’ Rights protest/vigils at the Wednesdays 4-5:30pm, Erie County Holding Center (Delaware & Church).
Vigil for Victims of ICE Terror – Thursdays, 5-6pm, ICE building on thecorner of Delaware and Chippewa.
No Nuclear Waste over the Peace Bridge Vigil – Every Friday from 2 PM to 3PM at the corner of Busti Ave and Vermont St.
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
The time is now, and we are the people we’ve been waiting for.
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 or
Below are
– more event listings (see also calendar & facebook page);
– Taskforce items and campaigns; and
– regularly scheduled events – all in that order.
No hate, no fear as we are #StillResisting. Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
