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SUMMARY:Harmony in Diversity: Music & Dance Fundraiser with the WNY Peace Center's Gender Justice Taskforce!
DESCRIPTION:The horrors persist but so do we! Join us to celebrate our collective work and DANCE at our Gender Justice Taskforce’s [fun]draiser! \n$10 suggested donation; all are welcome. \nCash bar available. \nOur incredible local acts include: \n\nPocketship: Future-Funk/Disco dance collective!\nNew Finch: Alternative/Indie Rock!\nPhenomenal Ladies of Rhythm: Drumming/Singing duo!\nBuffalo Gay Men’s Chorus & Nickel City Treble Makers!\nSinging Resistance Buffalo!\n\nWe hope to see you for a day of joy\, community\, and music!
URL:https://www.wnypeace.org/event/harmony-in-diversity-music-dance-fundraiser-with-the-wny-peace-centers-gender-justice-taskforce/
LOCATION:Ukranian American Civic Center\, 205 Military Rd.\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:in person
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SUMMARY:Teach-In & Toolkit Launch: Sanctions Undermine Children's Right to Health
DESCRIPTION:Register here for webinar link!\nSanctionsKill Campaign
URL:https://www.wnypeace.org/event/teach-in-toolkit-launch-sanctions-undermine-childrens-right-to-health/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting\, NY
CATEGORIES:webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T090000
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SUMMARY:Partnership for the Public Good's Advocacy in Action Annual Summit - registration now open!
DESCRIPTION:Register here!
URL:https://www.wnypeace.org/event/partnership-for-the-public-goods-advocacy-in-action-annual-summit-save-the-date/
LOCATION:Hayes Hall\, UB South Campus\, 250 Hayes Rd\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:in person
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SUMMARY:WNY Peace Center & Power to the People De-escalation Training
DESCRIPTION:This training will prepare you for protest marshaling/peacekeeping at actions and protests. We ask that all our volunteers take this course before attending other classes that we offer.\nIn-person trainings will be in the carriage house at 1272 Delaware Ave\, Buffalo\, NY 14209 at the WNY Peace Center. Free parking is available – please drive AROUND the carriage house to the back lot belonging to the Network of Religious Communities.\nREGISTER HERE.
URL:https://www.wnypeace.org/event/wny-peace-center-power-to-the-people-de-escalation-training-10/
LOCATION:WNY Peace Center\, 1272 Delaware Avenue (Carriage House)\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14209\, United States
CATEGORIES:in person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260427T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260427T210000
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SUMMARY:Peace Coffeehouse: Ending Complicity with I.C.E. - a report from Buffalo Human Rights Center
DESCRIPTION:LASC presents it’s April Peace Coffeehouse: Ending Complicity with I.C.E.\nA report on the harms of local & state collusion with federal immigration enforcement \nScreenshot \nSpeaker: Paul Linden-Retek\nco-director\, Buffalo Human Rights Center\, UB School of Law \n7-9 pm Monday April 27\, 2026\nCanisius University – Science Hall\nconvenient parking along Main\, north of Delavan \nThe Buffalo Human Rights Center and students at the UB School of Law recently released a report\non how ICE operations in Buffalo inhibit access to health care\, education\, work\, and everything.\nSince December 2025\, hard copies of the report have been distributed to elected officials\nhere and in Albany\, with plans for further printings in the future. \nPaul Linden-Retek is Associate Professor of Law\, co-director of the Buffalo Human Rights Center\,\nand faculty head of the UB team that drafted the report.\nCome hear about the report\, it’s stories\, and how to help advance NY4all. \n“This report is the result of … dozens of extended structured interviews conducted by\nstudents at the University at Buffalo School of Law’s Human Rights Practicum over the\ncourse of late 2024 and 2025. … The stories assembled here testify to an expansive\nculture of fear and isolation; and they speak to how state and local authorities\,\nsometimes by design and sometimes by failures to take adequate care or by mistake\,\ncontribute to that culture and its expansiveness … while our key recommendation to New\nYork policy-makers is to support the adoption of the New York for All Act\, we include …\nframeworks for monitoring and holding accountable those public institutions that are\ntasked with protecting the rights of all people who call New York home.” \nHere is a link to a 120 page on-line file of the report:\nhttps://www.law.buffalo.edu/content/dam/law/content/research/bhrc-report-dec2025.pdf \nLASC is the Latin America Solidarity Committee\, a task force of the WNY Peace Center.
URL:https://www.wnypeace.org/event/peace-coffeehouse-ending-complicity-with-i-c-e-a-report-from-buffalo-human-rights-center/
LOCATION:Canisius University-Science Hall\, 2001 Main Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14208\, United States
CATEGORIES:in person
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SUMMARY:SAVE THE DATE: May Day - Workers Over Billionaires Strike - No Work\, No School\, No Shopping!
DESCRIPTION:ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE ARE STANDING UP\nTo tax the rich so our families\, not their fortunes\, come first\,\nto demand ICE Out and end the private army serving authoritarian power\,\nto expand democracy\, not corporate rule\,\nit’s up to us to organize and act together.
URL:https://www.wnypeace.org/event/save-the-date-may-day-workers-over-billionaires-strike-no-work-no-school-no-shopping/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:in person
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SUMMARY:Evict ICE Campaign Launch + May Day Rally!
DESCRIPTION:Uniland leases 250 Delaware to DHS for New York State ICE operations. That lease expires on March 31\, 2027. \nWe’re calling on Uniland to not renew the lease. \n\n\n\n\nStand With Us. We need people on the ground. Sign up for weekly pickets + the May Day action!
URL:https://www.wnypeace.org/event/evict-ice-campaign-launch-may-day-rally/
LOCATION:250 Delaware Ave. Buffalo\, NY 14202\, 250 Delaware Ave.\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14202\, United States
CATEGORIES:in person
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SUMMARY:Stand Up for Justice May Day Rally with WNY Lawyers Defending Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 1\, 2026\n3-4pm\nNiagara Square\, Downtown Buffalo\nJoin WNY Lawyers Defending Democracy\, lawyers and legal professionals speaking out against the federal government’s assault on our democratic rights and the impartial administration of justice.
URL:https://www.wnypeace.org/event/stand-up-for-justice-may-day-rally-with-wny-lawyers-defending-democracy/
LOCATION:Niagara Square\, Delaware Ave and Court St\, Buffalo \, NY\, 14202\, United States
CATEGORIES:in person
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SUMMARY:5th Annual Community Health & Advocacy Conference: Refugee & Immigrant Health
DESCRIPTION:Register for free by April 30th! 
URL:https://www.wnypeace.org/event/5th-annual-community-health-advocacy-conference-refugee-immigrant-health/
LOCATION:Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences\, 955 Main Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:in person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T170000
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SUMMARY:Communities Not Cages Advocacy Day - ALBANY
DESCRIPTION:Sign up to organize and get on the bus to Albany!
URL:https://www.wnypeace.org/event/communities-not-cages-advocacy-day-albany/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:in person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T110000
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SUMMARY:Gail V. Wells Day of Community & Celebration - save the date!
DESCRIPTION:Currently seeking volunteers\, sponsors\, donations\, community vendors\, food and beverage vendors\, food trucks\, giveaways\, arts and crafts!\nContact Buffalo Freedom Gardens for more info or to help! (716) 717-4781 or buffalofreedomgardens.org
URL:https://www.wnypeace.org/event/gail-v-wells-day-of-community-celebration-save-the-date/
LOCATION:JFK Park\, 114 Hickory Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14204\, United States
CATEGORIES:in person
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