• RAPP Parole Justice Partners Meeting

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    The second Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP Campaign) Parole Justice Partners Meeting of 2022 will be Thursday, January 20th at 11am on Zoom. This meeting will include updates on PJP's work as the legislative session begins, and ways for your organizations to get further involved in the coming weeks, as well as collaborative strategizing […]

  • SURJ: Abolition Action Hour

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    Join SURJ for their first Abolition Action Hour of 2022! As usual, we'll gather en masse on Zoom to take collective action together to close jails, defund police, invest in communities, and protect Indigenous rights to land and water. You'll receive education and training in community, and then be supported to participate in frontline racial […]

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  • Virtual Community Forum: A Focus on the Refugee Experience

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    Presented by the Buffalo, NY Chapter of The Links, Incorporated. Featuring: Sophie Feal, Managing Attorney, WNY Regional Immigration Center on Myths and Facts Related to the Refugee Population Emily Riordan, Supervising Attorney, Journey's End Refugee Services on The Resettlement Process Kelly Diane Galloway, Founder, Project Mona's House on Human Trafficking Intervention

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  • Virtual Film Screening: Naila & the Uprising

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    Metro DC DSA invites all community members to take part in our virtual film screening and discussion of ????? ??? ??? ????????, an inspiring and educational documentary about the key role of women in the first Intifada. The first Intifada was a key part of Palestinian resistance during an important historical moment in the struggle […]

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  • Climate Change & Nuclear War: What We Can Do About the Twin Existential Threats

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    Asha Ashokan will address the growing impact of climate change on the people of South Asia. Zia Mian will focus on the current dynamic (level of tension) exacerbated by climate change. Ira Helfand will talk about the medical consequences both locally and globally. Organized by Massachusetts Peace Action.   REGISTER HERE.

  • The World Stands Up to Sanctions

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    Sanctions have been imposed on more than 40 countries by the United States in order to help create dissent and push for regime change. These sanctions primarily hurt the people of the sanctioned countries. This is especially true during the COVID pandemic as the US denies many of them vaccines and medical equipment.   But […]

  • NYS Jails Justice Network Meeting

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    Join the New York State Jails Justice Network for a statewide visioning session and community conversation as they attempt to address the "gateway" to incarceration and the biggest link to mass incarceration: JAILS!   Discuss ways to end the stranglehold that jails have in decimating our families and communities, while we collectively brainstorm was to […]

  • Meet the Big 5: How the Military-Industrial Complex Controls Politics

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    We talk a lot about the military-industrial complex, but what exactly is it, who makes it up, and why are they so important? A new coalition groups opposing their local war companies has joined together to form the War Industry Resisters Network, focused on corporate control over US foreign policy. The political influence of several weapons manufacturers […]

  • Webinar: Community-Driven Climate Solutions in Buffalo

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    As extreme weather events and disasters around the country make plain, the effects of climate change on human health are real and urgent. Communities are rapidly seeking solutions that address multiple problems at once, such as housing, health, climate change and equity. A local example of one such "triple-bottom line" solution is PUSH Green, a […]

  • Nuclear Colonialism in the Age of the Ban Treaty: From New Mexico to the Marshall Islands & across the Pacific

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    The Affected Communities Working Group of the Nuclear Ban Treaty Collaborative will host this seminar. Speakers and artists of affected communities and allies will weave together the history of nuclear colonialism from uranium mining, nuclear testing, production and use— to the deadly waste that will be with us for generations to come.   Moderator: Pam Kingfisher, […]

  • The Uyghurs of China: Who they Are, Human Rights Abuses, Implications for US Policy

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    A Panel Discussion with: Garner Bovingdon, author of The Uyghurs: Strangers in Their Own Land and professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University Kate Kizer, human rights advocate and columnist at Responsible Statecraft Alkan Akad, China Specialist, Amnesty International Register to attend.   The Chinese government’s treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority has become one of the most […]