• Racial Justice/Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce Meeting

    On zoom. Joint meeting to plan upcoming Speakout on Erie County Holding Center; and to explore other criminal justice and racial justice issues and campaigns. All are welcome. WNY Peace Center is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Racial Justice Taskforce Mtg Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime Join Zoom Meeting […]

  • Webinar: Coronavirus Vaccine Distribution in the African American Community

    Zoom Meeting NY

    On Zoom - register here. Join Buffalo Center for Health Equity chair and African American Health Equity Task Force convener Pastor George Nicholas and task force member Dr. Alan Lesse for this engaging roundtable discussion on Coronavirus vaccine distribution in the African American community. Free and open to the public!

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  • Making the Case: Why The U.S.-Saudi Relationship Needs to Change

    Zoom Meeting NY

    On Zoom - register here. Washington is witnessing a strong push to elevate human rights in U.S. policy toward Saudi Arabia. Most notably, President-elect Joe Biden has said that the United States should "reassess" ties with the kingdom and hold Saudi Arabia accountable for human rights violations. This POMED conference, which follows the October 2020 […]

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  • JFMF Annual Holiday Card-Making Party (Zoom)

    Zoom Meeting NY

    On Zoom - register here. Justice For Migrant Families is holding annual holiday card making party on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9TH from 5PM to 6:30PM! JFMF will be making cards to send to those currently detained in the Buffalo Federal Detention Center in Batavia, New York. The holidays can be a hard time to be by […]

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  • Webinar: Disarmament and Human Rights

    Zoom Meeting NY

    On Zoom - register here. From the conditions of workers in arms production to the implications of the arms trade, to the use of weapons themselves, the impact of the global arms trade on human rights is extensive. The worst-affected countries in the Covid-19 pandemic are also those with the largest military budgets, showing that […]

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  • LASC monthly planning meeting

    Zoom Meeting NY

    On Zoom - please email LASC task force chair Dr. Terry Bisson at bisson@canisius.edu for the link. Possible agenda items include: planning Chiapas LASC-ROCLA event, Jan.6, lead by Bill Jungels planning Bolivia LASC-ROCLA event, Feb. 3, lead by Bolivia Quaker Education Fund and Vickey Kaiser (Fredonia) investigating (with Roswell-Park) how to bring Cuba item before […]

  • Talking Palestine with Zohran Mamdani

    Zoom Meeting NY

    On Zoom - register here. A significant and expanding section of American society—young, diverse, and working class—has become increasingly aware of US support for Israel’s occupation, and is rapidly drawing the connections between Palestine, mass incarceration, austerity, and the immigration crisis. These new shifts are indicative of a larger trend of left voices putting forward […]

  • “My Octopus Teacher” screening w/Riverside-Salem (zoom)

    Watch and discuss  “My Octopus Teacher”  —a 1 hr. 25 minute documentary, in a zoom meeting. Links below. Storyline After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months […]

  • CODEPINK call about Avril Haines nomination & drones

    Zoom Meeting NY

    Via Zoom - RSVP here. Please join Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd, and anti-drone activists for a call focusing on the upcoming confirmation hearings for Biden Intelligence nominee Avril Haines and her connection to drone warfare.

  • LASC/ROCLA: Update on Chiapas (Mexico) & the Zapatistas’ Continuing Struggles

    Zoom Meeting NY

    7 PM, Wed. Jan 6, 2021. “Update on Chiapas and the Zapitista’s Continuing Struggles”      Bill Jungels and Tom Potts reporting on Chiapas, COVID, dental projects, and autonomous communities there. No need to register in advance, publicity & link to join meeting at: https://rocla.org/events/update-on-chiapas-and-the-zapatistas-continuing-struggles/ Or Zoom (Meeting ID: 861 3900 6249 and Passcode: 217290). Bill […]

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