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Day of Action for Afghan Humanitarian Parole
OnlineThe WNY Peace Center is one of more than 200 organizations who have joined Project ANAR in a letter to the Biden administration and key Members of Congress, calling for the government to adjudicate applications favorably until it creates a special parole program for Afghans, and maintain pathways for safe passage. We need your […]
PeaceJam Honoring Desmond Tutu
Social MediaFor 25 years Desmond Tutu has been an integral part of the PeaceJam Family, and he will be greatly missed. His memory and legacy will live on in the hearts of PeaceJam youth, Nobel Laureates and global community who have been profoundly inspired by his extraordinary spirit, compassion, wisdom and joy. A memorial service will […]
Talking Peace taping, hour 1: Happy Nuclear Ban-niversary
Facebook LivestreamWith Kevin Martin, President, Peace Action (national) and Peace Action Education Fund; and Mari Inoue, of Manhattan Project for a NuclearFree World - both longtime nuclear abolition experts; and Vicki Ross, WNYPC Community Coordinator Discussion topics: How Treaty for Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons went into effect 1/22/21 current worldwide danger and status of nuclear weapons […]
Talking Peace taping, hour 2: Holocaust Remembrance Day
Facebook LivestreamWith Sophia, Holocaust survivor, lecturer, and "up-stander"/human rights activist; Drew Kahn, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor and Founding Director of Buffalo State's AnneFrankProject.com; Jess Kent, alumna of NewGround: a Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change, and co-leader of Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom; and Vicki Ross, WNYPC Community Coordinator, and Consultant for the Interfaith Peace Network. Discussion topics: […]
JFMF: Excluded No More Call-In Day
Facebook LivestreamJoin Justice For Migrant Families for #ExcludedNoMore Call-In Day! The Excluded Worker Fund has failed to reach many vulnerable workers in Upstate and Western New York during the pandemic. They ask you to join in contacting our state representatives and urge them to replenish this fund so that New York State residents that have been […]
Peace with Russia – WNY
Bidwell Park (at Elmwood Ave) Elmwood & Bidwell, Buffalo, United StatesJoin the WNY Peace Center and Women In Black for a vigil (signs welcome!) to demand an end to the drumbeat of war with Russia over Ukraine! As part of a national CODEPINK Day of Action events around the country to resist the normalization of war and demand that not a single bullet or […]
Parole Justice Is Racial Justice Advocacy Day
Zoom Meeting NYThe People's Campaign for Parole Justice is hosting Parole Justice Is Racial Justice Advocacy Day centering Black History. Gather via Zoom for rallies, legislative meetings, and a press conference to pass Elder Parole (S15A/A8855) and Fair & Timely Parole (S7514/A4231A) in 2022.
Black Immigrant Advocacy Day of Action
Social MediaFebruary 17 is the Black Immigrant Advocacy Day of Action! Mark Black History Month by celebrating Black immigrant leaders + working to eradicate racism in the U.S. immigration system. Learn more at bit.ly/BIAFEB22
