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  • Panel: Art as Political Action

    Buffalo Arts Studio 2495 Main Street, Suite 500, Buffalo, NY, United States

    Academics, artists, and activists will come together to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing frontline communities today, including gentrification, mass incarceration, racism, and the criminalization of immigration. Panelists will discuss the power of the arts to effect change and the ways the arts can become political action. The exhibition Attica NOW will be open to […]

  • Albany Advocacy Day: Protect Bail Reform!

    Bus to Albany

    Despite evidence that bail reform is keeping New Yorkers safe and not connected to the concerning increase in violence, there are current efforts to roll it—along with discovery reform and Raise the Age—back in the state's budget. These rollbacks would mean that thousands more people would be harmed by our criminal legal system and we simply can't […]

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    LASC Peace Coffeehouse: A new moment for Honduras: Solidarity after elections

    Canisius College-Science Hall 2001 Main St., Buffalo, United States

    Monday March 28, 7:00-9:00pm A new moment for Honduras: Solidarity after elections. Canisius College Science Hall, near Main and Jefferson and the metro. Street parking on Main or in parking lot by the M&T bank. Karen Spring has worked in Honduras for over 12 years as human rights defender & researcher, especially with the Honduras Solidarity […]

  • Prisoners Are People Too monthly meeting

    Rafi Green Masten Resource Center 1423 Fillmore Ave , Buffalo

    Prisoners Are People Too will be resuming regular monthly meetings on the last Monday of each month beginning this month on March 28th. While trips to various prisons have been curtailed, the work has never ceased, and daily conversations with people who have incarcerated loved ones have never diminished.   *** In-person and masks are […]

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    World Premiere: Never Forget Tibet

    Regal Theatres

    Over sixty years after China's Most Wanted Man the Dalai Lama escaped from occupied Tibet, this powerful documentary follows the Dalai Lama as he recounts his escape through the Tibetan borderlands into India to tell his remarkable escape story as he fled Tibet in 1959. This is the first time the historic story has been […]

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    WNYPC 2022 Annual Meeting

    Network of Religious Communities 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo , NY, United States

    Join the WNY Peace Center for our 2022 Annual Meeting on April 3rd @ 2pm EST in-person at the NRC or online via Zoom! Featuring a presentation by Kareema Morris, WNYPC Board Co-Chair and Founder of Bury the Violence, Inc.: "The Most Unprotected and Disrespected Species" In-person at the Network of Religious Communities, 1272 Delaware […]

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    Becoming the Beloved Community: A Celebration of the Feast of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Buffalo History Museum 1 Museum Ct, Buffalo, NY, United States

    Panel discussion at the Buffalo History Museum with local community activists - including Vicki Ross and Heron Simmonds - reflecting on Dr. King's legacy and the road ahead. The "Feast of Dr. King" honors him as a pastor and as a martyr each year on the day of his assassination. This event, which will be […]

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    Continental Theory Buffalo: David Castillo & Ewa Ziarek at FITZ

    Fitz Books & Waffles 431 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY, United States

     UB professors David Castillo and Ewa Ziarek will visit FITZ to discuss their newly published book Critical Theory Buffalo. Castillo and Ziarek will speak to the transatlantic dialogue that spawned the critical theory movement of the 60s and 70s. Buffalo has a special place in this story as it hosted leading French academics like Michel […]

  • Symposium: Today’s Socialism & Human Rights

    University at Buffalo 3441 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, United States

    In the United States, the term “socialism” has been widely misunderstood and used to discredit even modest reforms.  This symposium will explore achievements and missteps in implementing socialism in China, India, Scandinavia, and Latin America.  It will weigh socialism’s value in addressing global challenges of climate change, economic inequality, and human rights abuses. Registration is […]

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  • Historic Preservation & the Local Economy

    Buffalo History Museum 1 Museum Ct, Buffalo, NY, United States

    Historic preservation is rightfully valued for its aesthetic and cultural contributions to a city. But more and more the economic, social, and environmental contributions are being identified and measured. Join Donovan Rypkema for a presentation that will present evidence from a dozen recent city-level studies about preservation’s role in attracting knowledge and creative class workers, […]

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    Vigil for Peace in Ukraine!

    Bidwell Park (at Elmwood Ave) Elmwood & Bidwell, Buffalo, United States

    The WNY Peace Center, with the local Women in Black chapter hosting, is organizing in solidarity with a National Day of Action by CodePink. Some signs  are on hand, and yours are welcome. #Diplomacy #NegotiationNotEscalation

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    RSUCC Book Discussion: ‘The Hidden Life of Trees’

    Riverside Salem UCC Environmental Cottage 3449 West River Road, Grand Island, NY, United States

    Join Riverside Salem UCC Environmental Cottage for a discussion of the book The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben. We are going to watch a film based on the book to start the discussion and see where it takes us. Everyone is welcome.   Today's gathering is at the cottage, 3449 West River Rd. […]