The Western New York Peace Center

People's March Rochester, NY
2025-01-18 11:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Memorial Art Gallery, 500 Universiry Ave, Rochester, NY
People’s March – Defend Our Rights and Our Future
People’s March in Rochester, NY
Date: Saturday, January 18
Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
March Startup Location: Memorial Art Gallery — 500 University Ave — (on the sidewalk) corner of Goodman and University.Memorial Art Gallery (on the sidewalk) corner of Goodman and University
March down University Ave. and Atlantic to Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. for drinks and conversation
Bring your sign
Rochester is one of hundreds of Marches nation-wide
If you believe that decisions about your body should remain yours, that books belong in libraries, not on bonfires, that healthcare is a right, not a privilege for the wealthy; if you believe in the power of free speech and protest to sustain democracy; or if you want an economy that works for the people who power it—then this march is for you.
The People’s March is about one thing: our power.
*Please park on the street, not in the MAG parking lots*
This is a family friendly event, we hope to see you there.
Confirmed co-hosts : Roc SRJ and PSL FLX
11 minute walk at .5 miles

Our Work in the Days Ahead: a conversation for antiracist white people with Dr. Angela Davis
2025-01-16 20:00 - 22:00 | New York
On Thur 1/16/25 @ 8pm ET, just four days before the inauguration, Dr. Angela Davis will join SURJ in a conversation about white people’s work in the days ahead.
https://www.mobilize.us/surj/event/748825/?utm_source=20250114_nod_adrecruit_event1
What lessons from past freedom struggles can help us face our present political reality? How do we adapt to dire, shifting circumstances without losing sight of a long-haul vision for change? Where do we find hope?
Join SURJ to explore these questions and more with Dr. Angela Davis, a key leader in movements for racial, economic, and gender justice for the last 50 years. From prison abolition to Palestinian solidarity, Dr. Davis’ writing, activism, and teachings have shaped our modern movements for change. In this conversation, Dr. Davis will ground us in lessons from revolutionary movements around the globe and offer her assessment of where we go from here.
SURJ is the largest organization in the US that explicitly organizes white communities for justice. We work to undermine the power of the far right and mobilize majority-white communities into multi-racial movements for change. All are welcome to join this conversation.
Register to receive a recording. Live ASL and captions provided.
https://www.mobilize.us/surj/event/748825/?utm_source=20250114_nod_adrecruit_event1

Screening of Unheard Voices: The Tonawanda Senecas' Fight for their Way of Life
2024-12-11 18:30 - 19:30 | New York
Join us this Wednesday, December 11 at 6:30pm in Buffalo for a screening of the short film Unheard Voices: The Tonawanda Senecas’ Fight for their Way of Life. We’ll show the 10-minute film and share campaign updates and calls to action. See the attached flyer for details!
Can’t join us in Buffalo but still want to see the film? Email to schedule an in-person or virtual screening at alliesoftsn@gmail.com
And if you haven’t yet, read Tonawanda Seneca Nation Citizen Grandell “Bird” Logan’s fantastic piece “STAMP development violates Canandaigua Treaty between US and Tonawanda Senecas of Hodínöhšö:ni’ Confederacy.”
STAMP development violates Canandaigua Treaty between US and Tonawanda Senecas of Hodínöhšö:ni’ Confederacy

In solidarity,
Allies of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation
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LASC planning meeting at Canisius
2024-11-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Canisius University-Science Hall, 2001 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14208, United States
Hi, Right now we all need deeper understanding of practical and moral issues around
Migration and Asylum!
The Latin America Solidarity Committee (LASC) of WNY Peace Center is helping plan some
events for Spring, with voices from Central America, the
southern border, and local refugee resettlement. We hope for a large gathering
for Saturday afternoon April 5, with monthly coffeehouses before that.
Come join us at a LASC planning meeting next Monday (Nov.25) at 7pm at Canisius Science Hall (replacing our regular coffeehouse event for November).

57th Annual Dinner: The Restoration of Our Sacred Mother Earth
2024-11-15 17:00 - 21:00 | McCoy Convention Center, 653 Clinton St, Buffalo, NY, 14210, United States
The Western New York Peace Center
57th Annual Dinner
Visit our event website to purchase tickets!
The theme of our 57th Annual Dinner is the Restoration of Our Mother Earth and will feature keynote speaker Elder Tom Porter.
We will also honor four individuals with awards: Alberto O. Cappas will receive our Lifetime Achievement Award; Jerome R. Wright will receive our “Alt”-imate Activist Award; Craig Mokhiber will receive our Stellar Media award; and Gabriella Lynn Jamieson will receive our Emerging Leaders Award.
You will have the opportunity to shop at various vendors and we encourage you to participate in one of our raffles or auctions!
This year’s dinner will be catered by our friends at Sunshine Vegan Eats, so come enjoy some delicious plant based food!

Friday, November 15, 2024
McCoy Convention Center
653 Clinton Street, Buffalo
Catering by Sunshine Vegan Eats

Cash Bar provided by Mint Mojito

Visit our event website to purchase tickets!
Click here for Vendor/Advertising Information!

About Tom Porter
Thomas R. Porter (Sakokwenionkwas-“The One Who Wins”) has been the founder, spokesperson and spiritual leader of the Mohawk Community of Kanatsiohareke (Ga na jo ha lay gay) located in the Mohawk Valley near Fonda, New York since 1993. He is the author of And Grandma Said … Iroquois Teachings as Passed Down Through the Oral Tradition.

Read more about And Grandma Said …
Learn more about the Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community.
About Our Awardees
Lifetime Achievement Award: Alberto O. Cappas
Alberto Cappas is a publisher, poet, author, journalist, and community activist well known as the founder and publisher of The Buffalo Latino Village, a prominent publication in Buffalo, NY. The publication is highly regarded for its effective advertising and marketing within the Puerto Rican/Latino community. Among the three Latino publications in Buffalo and Western New York, it stands out as a progressive voice for the Latino population. Its positive reputation is reflected through strong social media engagement, especially on Facebook. The Buffalo Latino Village plays a key role in advocating for and representing the Latino community in the region. Alberto is also a writer and poet. His latest book Back to the Twilight Zone: A Puerto Rican Colony in Buffalo, NY is available now.
“Alt”imate Activist Award: Jerome R. Wright
Jerome Wright is the Co-Director of the #HALTsolitary Campaign and the Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement. He was incarcerated for 30 years and has dedicated himself to advocacy and community service since his release. He worked with Back to Basics Outreach Ministries, advancing to Program Director of their Youth Intervention Program. At the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), he served as a Site Supervisor and Life Enrichment Class facilitator, providing job training, guidance, and supervision to people on parole and probation. In Buffalo and Rochester, Wright has mentored and trained at-risk youth, focusing on behavior modification. As an ordained Deacon at Elim Christian Fellowship, he continues his outreach and advocacy work, and is also a facilitator and trainer in the church’s Restorative Justice initiative. Jerome’s activism and advocacy has been key to the No New Jails Campaign, and he is the bold new Chair of the Erie County Corrections Specialist Advisory Board.
Stellar Media Award: Craig Mokhiber, Esq.
Craig Mokhiber is an international human rights lawyer and activist, as well as a former senior official at the United Nations. He began his career as a human rights activist in the 1980s and went on to serve at the UN for over 30 years, with assignments in Switzerland, Palestine, Afghanistan, and New York. During his tenure, he conducted numerous human rights missions across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. In October 2023, Mokhiber resigned from the UN, writing a widely circulated letter criticizing the organization’s human rights failures in the Middle East. He warned of an unfolding genocide in Gaza and called for a new approach to the Palestine-Israel conflict grounded in international law, human rights, and equality. He has appeared in many venues (in person and virtually) including the WNY Peace Center’s own Talking Peace radio/YouTube show. His guidance is vital to the movement.
Emerging Leaders Award: Gabriella Lynn Jamieson
Gabriella Jamieson is from Buffalo, New York and is a member of the Cayuga tribe. Since childhood, she has worked with her grandpa, Allan Jamieson, at his nonprofit organization Neto Hatinakwe Onkwehowe (Neto). Neto is the Cayuga word for location. Neto’s mission is to promote Native American culture through the arts and workshops. She has been making Native American jewelry for many years, and she performs Native American dances at pow-wows and other events. Gabriella enjoys educating others about her culture including those within her own community who may not have had much exposure to it. In addition to her work with Neto, she is also involved with other nonprofit organizations such as Youth Empowerment Leadership (YEL), 4-H, and Hype.
Visit our event website to purchase tickets!

Talking Peace Circle-November
2024-11-07 19:00 - 21:00 | 1272 Delaware Ave. Buffalo, NY, 1272 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States
Talking Peace Circle-first Thursday each month for Fall 2024
7pm at the WNY Peace Center Carriage House, 1272 Delaware Ave. Buffalo
Working toward peace in the world and our community and ourselves.

Stop Arming Israel - Petition Launch
2024-10-30 15:00 - 17:00 | 726 Exchange Street, Buffalo, NY, 726 Exchange Street, Buffalo, NY, United States
Stop Arming Israel – Petition Launch
When: Wednesday, October 30th, 3pm
Where: 726 Exchange Street
Join with Jewish Voice for Peace outside the offices of U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Rep. Tim Kennedy at 726 Exchange Street in Buffalo to launch our “Stop Arming Israel” petition. We will be delivering hundreds of petitions from constituents demanding that the lawmakers support Congressional resolution to block $20B in US arms sales to Israel and calling for an arms embargo until Israel ends its year-long genocidal siege against Palestinians in Gaza.
Please come and bring your signs as we make our voices heard to our elected representatives.

LASC Oct.28 Cuba doc at Hallwalls
2024-10-28 19:00 - 21:00 | New York
Latin American Solidarity Committee Special October Coffeehouse:
Monday October 28, at HALLWALLS, 341 Delaware Avenue Buffalo; 7pm
(doors open at 6:30).
Screening & Discussion of Belly of the Beast’s “Uphill on the Hill” :
Why has the US continued Trump’s Cold War-era policy toward Cuba, devastating the island’s economy and fueling unprecedented migration to the U.S. border with Mexico?
Award-winning Afro-Cuban journalist Liz Oliva Fernández went to Washington to find out.
Belly of the Beast is a collaboration among Cuban and U.S.-based journalists and filmmakers, working to reveal the complex realities of Cuba and U.S.-Cuba relations through documentary journalism and films.
Also – helping two humanitarian aid campaigns by Pastors for Peace (www.ifconews.org):
“Cuba Kids Count Too” & “Let Cuba Live: Bread for Our Neighbors”.

Tashlich Ritual & Action to Mark One Year of War - Hoyt Lake
2024-10-06 17:30 - 20:00 | New York
Tashlich Ritual & Action to Mark One Year of Genocide
When: Sunday, October 6th, 5:30 pm
Where: Hoyt Lake

MOURN THE DEAD, FIGHT FOR THE LIVING – On October 6th, 2024 JVP Buffalo will be taking part in a nation-wide mass public ritual-action for the 5785 High Holy Days season, to channel grief into action to stop the genocide in Palestine.
On October 6th, we will grieve 76 years of Palestinian death and dispossession by the Israeli regime. We will grieve the Israelis killed and taken hostage on 10/7. We will grieve the tens of thousands of Palestinians killed, tortured, displaced, kidnapped, and starved this year.
The only way to end the violence is to stop sending arms to the Israeli military, which is putting everyone’s life at risk. We call on the U.S. government to stop sending weapons and funding to the Israeli military. For the survival of everyone in the region, we need an arms embargo now.
This year, our spiritual crisis demands attending to for the sake of our movements’ spiritual health. Our pain has only multiplied over the past year; it is coupled by rage that the Israeli and US governments’ claim that Jewish grief and fear is justification for genocide. Repair requires action and the Tashlich ritual is the perfect container for the marriage of this work.
Tashlich means to cast away and in this ancient ritual we cast away our transgressions in preparation for the New Year. This year casting away our transgressions requires casting away our complicity in the Israeli military’s genocide. We call on the U.S. government to implement an immediate arms embargo now. We demand: STOP ARMING ISRAEL.
To make this ritual-action visually powerful and in keeping with the tradition of wearing white for the High Holy Days, please wear all white.
We will have banners and signs with our key message – “We mourn for the dead and fight for the living.” And “Arms embargo now”.
Please leave signs and other apparel at home until the next protest!
We will meet at Hoyt Lake at 5:30PM.

Art Build for 10/6 Ritual & Action
When: Sunday, September 29th, 3-5pm
Where: 89 Plymouth Ave

Come help us paint banners, pick songs, and phone bank to encourage folks to attend the 10/6 ritual and action. Kids are welcome, snacks and supervision will be available!

This October represents one year of the fight for a ceasefire and to stop arming Israel in light of the current genocide, at a time when we are all feeling the need for support and community. One way you can help us keep up this work is by becoming an official member of our JVP Buffalo pod. If you are not already a member, please consider joining Jewish Voice for Peace through our Buffalo pod: https://act.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/a/buffalo-donate (making a donation of $18 yearly or more will make you a member). If you are already a member, please make sure that you if you have recurring payments they are going to the Buffalo pod, as this counts towards our membership numbers as well as the funds we can use to support events, actions, and community donations.

Talking Peace Circle-October
2024-10-03 19:00 - 21:00 | 1272 Delaware Ave. Buffalo, NY, 1272 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States

Community Rosh Hashanah Celebration - Hoyt Lake
2024-10-03 17:30 - 20:00 | New York
Community Rosh Hashanah Celebration
When: Thursday, Oct 3 at 5:30 pm
Where: Hoyt Lake

Are you looking for a High Holy Days gathering that does not center zionism but instead centers community, solidarity, and flourishing in the diaspora? Then this gathering is for you! It’s once again Rosh Hashanah time and time for all of us to gather, greet the new year, and cast off into running water our transgressions and those things we want to leave behind.

Please join us at Hoyt Lake on Thursday, 10/3 at 5:30pm for our annual tashlich observance. Bring shofars and other noisemakers, a thought/poem/reading you’d like to share, apples, honey, and anything else sweet. Please also invite anyone who I accidentally left off or you think would like to join.

Looking forward to seeing all of you lovely people soon.

Please note that this is not a JVP connected event. There will be a JVP Ritual Action on Sunday 10/6, and if you were only to go to one and you’re JVP inclined or curious, please, please come to that one. And I love all of you and Tashlich, so I’m excited to be part of two different events that welcome in the new year and celebrate our radical, awesome Buffalo Jewish community.

Sept. LASC Coffeehouse: First-Hand Views of Cuba and the Embargo
2024-09-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Canisius University-Science Hall, 2001 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14208, United States
Sept.23, Mon. 7-9 pm,
LASC Peace Coffeehouse, in person Canisius University, Science Hall near the corner of Main and Delevan. Parking on Main or in lot.
Speaker Dr. Richard Reitsma, on the Canisius student trip from last January. On Cuba as he has seen it in his visits since 1992, and the reality as experienced by our students and by his friends there.
Also – helping two humanitarian aid campaigns by Pastors for Peace: “Cuba Kids Count Too” & “Let Cuba Live: Bread for Our Neighbors”.

Book Launch-Nothing's Easy...Jim and Audrey Mang's work for peace and justice
2024-09-22 14:00 - 16:00 | St. Joseph University School, 3275 Main St. Buffalo (parking behind the church), 3275 Main St., Buffalo, NY, United States
2-4pm, Sunday Sept.22, 2024, at St. Joseph University School, 3275 Main St. Buffalo (parking behind the church), Book launch for Nothing’s Easy, the story of the deep spirituality that guided the lives of Jim and Audrey Mang in the work for justice and peace.

15th Annual Walk of Abraham
2024-09-19 15:30 - 19:00 | New York
You are cordially invited to accompany the 15th Annual Walk of Abraham, a community event celebrating our shared values. Registration is free but required for the Walk and the dinner program at: wny@mpac.org
Full details of the event are attached
Brief Event Details:

Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024
Walk Time: The long walk (4 miles) starts at 3:30 PM at North Presbyterian Church (300 N. Forest Rd.)

The short walk (1 mile) starts at 5:00PM at Heim Middle School (175 Heim Rd.)
The endpoint of the Walk is the Islamic Center, Amherst (745 Heim Rd.)

Program: The program starts at 5:30 PM at the Islamic Center, Amherst (745 Heim Rd.)
Public Forum: “Threats to Democracy & Religious Freedom” Keynote Speaker

Rachel Laser, President & CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State

Dinner to follow

A minimum of $5 donation is suggested for the shared meal in advance or at the door (Checks payable to MPAC Foundation and mail to 6343 Transit Rd. Depew, NY 14043).
The evening proceeds to benefit the Second Annual Shower sponsored by Harvest House Buffalo. Baby items like diapers, wipes, lotions, towels, bottles, and socks will be graciously accepted at the event.

Talking Peace Circle-September
2024-09-05 19:00 - 21:00 | 1272 Delaware Ave. Buffalo, NY, 1272 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States

Resist Militarism taskforce meeting
2024-08-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Street, Buffalo, NY, 14213, United States
The Resist Militarism taskforce of the WNY Peace Center will have a meeting on Monday August 26, to plan for local events calling for “not another bomb”.
Place: Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Street
Time: 7pm Monday August 26

Living with the Land: Water and Sustainability
2024-08-08 19:00 - 21:00 | 1272 Delaware Ave. Buffalo, NY, 1272 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States
What Saving a Remote Pastoral Tribe in Ethiopia Can Teach Us About Our Own Humanity.
Guest Speaker, Jane Jacobson. Western New York Peace Center , at 1272 Delaware Ave. Network of Religious Communities. Please note: there is work being done on the driveway, so please park in the lot behind Unity Church, across the street at 1243 Delaware; but the event will be held in the Network of Religious Communities Building, 1272 Delaware Avenue (in the basement). Walk up the brick walkway to gain access to the back entrance of the building. The event will start at 7pm.
More info at
https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-a-vanishing-ethiopian-tribe-the-karo

LASC planning meeting
2024-08-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Canisius University-Science Hall, 2001 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14208, United States
LASC planning meeting for August, 7-9pm at Canisius University Science Hall
(entrance near the Griffin stature along Main Street)
We are planning Cuba events for this Fall., in connection with IFCO/PfP fund-raising for campaigns: “Cuba Kids Count Too” & “Let Cuba Live: Bread for Our Neighbors” see www.ifconews.org
Cuban Kids Count Too!: IFCO/Pastors for Peace and the Hatuey Project are partnering with Cuban doctors to fight childhood cancer in Cuba. Cuba has the most doctors per capita in the world, but the blockade doesn’t allow for the purchase of vital saving medicines for them to provide the necessary life-saving care. It’s on us to make a difference. Although aid is not enough, it will have a major impact in these children’s lives.
Bread For Our Neighbors: What would you do if your neighbor was starving? This is not a hypothetical. Right now the U.S. government is deliberately starving the Cuban people 90 miles to our South. We all must act now. As the food crisis is unfolding on the island of an unprecedented scale. A country where hunger had been made a thing of the past is now running out of bread and other essential food items. IFCO/Pastors for Peace has partnered with The People’s Forum to launch an emergency campaign — Let Cuba Live: Bread for Our Neighbors

Northrop Grumman Action
2024-06-12 13:00 - 14:00 | Northrop Grumman facility at 1740 Wehrle Drive, Buffalo (/Amherst area), NY 14221-7032., Northrop Grumman facility at 1740 Wehrle Drive, Buffalo (/Amherst area), NY 14221-7032., Amherst, NY, 14221-7032., United States
WHAT: Northrop Grumman will be notified that it’s violating 6 U.S. laws through its providing manned aircraft missile systems, and (in collaboration with Lockheed Martin) F-35 Fighter Jets and Apache attack helicopters, all to a country credibly accused of war crimes; and that it must stop doing so. We’ll also urge transition to life-sustaining products rather than instruments of war and violence.
WHEN & WHERE: Wed, June 12, at 1pm; at the Northrop Grumman facility at 1740 Wehrle Drive, Buffalo (/Amherst area), NY 14221-7032.

WHO: WNY Peace Center is organizing and inviting the community to join us in celebration of Daniel Ellsberg week (June 10-16) by assembling outside Northrop Grumman – on the Wehrle Drive sidewalk – while a contingent goes inside to inform the company of its illegal acts, and tell them they must desist. We invite you to rsvp at 716-931-3520, or victoryross9@gmail.com.
Daniel Ellsberg, who passed away just a year ago, revealed to the U.S. public the truth about Vietnam and US Nuclear Weapons. Following his example, we’ll reveal and amplify the fact that Northrop Grumman are violating U.S. law, and that they must cease and desist. WHY: The U.S. has enacted laws to prevent our enabling war crimes through arming countries credibly accused of such crimes. However, those laws are not being observed, facilitating war, humanitarian crises, and civilian death of horrific proportions in Gaza. (Targeting civilians is a crime under international law.)
With annual sales of $39.3 Billion, NORTHROP GRUMMAN is now the world’s #3rd largest military company, and has broken said laws. While its sales and stockholder dividends are increasing (9% and 10% respectively this quarter), civilians continue to die as our laws to prevent war crimes complicity are ignored.
For more info: Victory Ross 716-931-3520
Deidra EmEl 716-603-0015Tom Casey 716-491-9172

Daniel Ellsberg Week:
2024-06-10 - 2024-06-16 | New York
You’re invited to join us in celebrating Daniel Ellsberg week!! Hero, whistle-blower, and stellar activist Daniel Ellsberg, who passed away just a year ago, revealed to the U.S. public the truth about Vietnam and US Nuclear Weapons. Learn more about Daniel Ellsberg here.
During Daniel Ellsberg Week:
· Weds, June 12, 1pm. Join us when we notify Northrop Grumman (at 1740 Wehrle Drive, Buffalo [Amherst area] NY 14221) of their illegal activities, tell them to stop breaking 6 U.S. laws forbidding the arming of a country credibly accused of war crimes, and urge them to move to producing life-sustaining items rather than instruments of war and violence. See details below. (If your group wants to cosponsor, please contact victoryross9@gmail.com;716-931-3520). Attached is a flyer we hope you’ll share!!
· Sunday June 16, 4pm. Come to Riverside Salem UCC/DC (3449 West River Rd, Grand Island NY 14072) for a conversation about Daniel Ellsberg and the Doomsday Machine. We’ll discuss whistle-blowers, the nuclear weapons systems aka the Doomsday Machine, the nuclear existential threat(s) and the need to pursue Truth and Love. Followed by a potluck. All are welcome!!
Last but not least:

· Hear (or watch) our Talking Peace on Daniel Ellsberg week and the Northrup Grumman Accountability Rally. Airing on WBNY 91.3FM on Monday June 3 at Noon; and Monday June 10 at 1pm. Video permanently housed at the WNY YouTube channel. With Derek Seidman (with Truthout and Little Sis), and Prof. Joe Hall, both researchers, writers, and members of Jewish Voice for Peace Buffalo; India Walton, Senior Strategist at RootsAction/Progressive Hub, political activist and nurse; and Victory Ross, daughter of a German Jewish Holocaust Survivor (who fled to then-Palestine), with WNYPC’s Resist Militarism Taskforce. Topics: values; Daniel Ellsberg Week; Merchants of Death tribunal; war profiteering including in WNY by Northrop Grumman; WNYPC members & community will visit Northrop Grumman Weds 6/12, 1pm at its 1740 Wehrle Drive facility to notify the company of the 6 U.S. laws it is breaking by arming a country credibly accused of war crimes (rsvp encouraged to victoryross9@gmail.com or 716-931-3520); ways people can get more involved.

Resist Militarism Monthly Mtg
2024-05-28 19:00 - 21:00 | WNY Peace Center, 1272 Delaware Avenue (Carriage House), Buffalo, NY, 14209, United States
Every Fourth Tuesday of the month @ The WNY Peace Center 1272 Delaware Ave. The Carriage House. All are welcomed!

WNYPC Membership Meeting
2024-05-20 18:00 - 19:00 | WNY Peace Center, 1272 Delaware Avenue (Carriage House), Buffalo, NY, 14209, United States

Resist Militarism Monthly Mtg
2024-04-23 19:00 - 21:00 | WNY Peace Center, 1272 Delaware Avenue (Carriage House), Buffalo, NY, 14209, United States
Resist Militarism Taskforce Mtg every last Tuesday of the Month at the WNY Peace Center . All welcomed!

LASC Peace Coffeehouse: Food Sovereignty vs Climate Change
2024-04-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Canisius University-Science Hall, 2001 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14208, United States
LASC Peace Coffeehouse, 7-9 pm Monday, April 22: Food Sovereignty vs Climate Change
Agroecology partnerships across Central and North America.
Canisius University Science Hall, on Main, near Delevan metro

Speaker: Rebecca Day Cutter, with www.gardensedge.org
Started after the 1980-1983 genocide at Rabinal, Baja Verapaz Guatemala The Garden’s Edge is a small non-profit in solidarity with Maya Achi Communities, working on permaculture, climate resilience, traditional medicine, and community seed banks – sharing skills, knowledge and traditions across Central and North America, from Guatemala to community farms and gardens in the Haudenosaunee Territory and the desert Southwest.

Eastside Service day-Spring Cleaning (Open Buffalo)
2024-04-20 08:00 - 14:00 | New York
Become part of a transformative community effort with Open Buffalo as we dedicate ourselves to nurturing the East Side’s neighborhoods. The CS53 Outdoor Classroom, a once vibrant but now deteriorated area, holds the promise of revival through our collective action. By removing trash, clearing gutters, and recycling, we can breathe new life into this space. Our initiative extends beyond beautification; we’re planting flowers and collaborating with residents of Kingsley and Masten Park.

Our goal is to cultivate fresh produce that resonate with the community’s cultural heritage, while also offering stewardship and climate education programs directly from the garden. Join us in reinvigorating this space and its surrounding communities. We thank our partners, The Tool Library, for lending tools, and WNY Trash Mob for providing trash bags and gloves. We are supporting Councilwoman Everhart’s Masten District Clean Up.
RSVP: bit.ly/observice420

Bingo Not Bombs "Edu-tainment"
2024-04-15 19:00 - 21:00 | WNY Peace Center, 1272 Delaware Avenue (Carriage House), Buffalo, NY, 14209, United States

Renewable Heat Now! Campaign
2024-04-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
Dear Buffalo area friends,
We are writing today to ask for your help to pass the NY HEAT Act – essential climate and energy affordability legislation in this year’s budget. National Fuel has been bombarding local Legislators with robocalls against the bill, seeking to block New York’s climate plan from moving forward (read more about National Fuel’s dirty dealings here). We need your help counteracting those calls..
The NY HEAT Act, which has the full support of the New York State Senate and partial support of Governor Hochul, will allow us to begin to transition our buildings off of fracked gas and would benefit the 24% of Erie County households with high energy burdens could see their bills cut in half, saving an average of $109 per month. It would also halt subsidies you are paying now to continue to expand the gas system and would allow the utilities to invest in clean heating options and provide no cost equipment upgrades to you!
WNY Assemblymembers Peoples-Stokes, Burke, Conrad, Wallace and McMahon need to hear from you! Only Jon Rivera has sponsored NY HEAT and he needs calls and e-mails of encouragement.
As their constituents YOU can help loosen National Fuel’s grip on these legislators by calling and e-mailing them today. Use our handy tool to make the call and/or send an e-mail. To call, click the phone icon at the top of the blue section. To email, click the letter icon.
Or call their office and use this script:
“Hello, my name is ___ and I live in ____________and I’m a constituent of Assemblymember _____________. I’m calling to express my support for the NY HEAT Act bill number A.4592B and ask that it be passed in the budget. The Governor and the Senate are ready to lead on climate in this year’s budget, but the Assembly is standing in the way of climate progress and energy affordability. I’m asking Assembly Member ________________ to support the inclusion of the full NY HEAT Act in the budget. We deserve cleaner heat and lower bills.”
Do you have an hour or two to spare for climate action? Join Food and Water Watch for call banking your neighbors in Western New York and urging them to contact their Assemblymembers. We have a list of climate advocates to call.
For a deeper dive into the state of play with NY HEAT, tune in for our April Power Hour on Thursday, April 4th at 7PM for an update from Jessica Azulay of AGREE and Liz Moran of Earth Justice. They will be sharing their insight into the politics at play and their ideas for how we can help apply the right pressure to the right people in the Assembly.

Talking Peace Visual radio
2024-04-03 19:00 - 20:00 | New York
Watch the Skies – and Beyond; See Weapons and Wars. With Norman Solomon, renown journalist, media critic, activist, Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, which works to provide alternative sources for journalists, and author of War Made Invisible How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine; Brad Wolf, author, lawyer, and former prosecutor, Director of Peace Action Network of Lancaster PA, co-coordinator of the Merchants of Death Tribunal, and with a new book A Ministry of Risk on the writings of Phillip Berrigan; and Victory Ross, social worker, activist, and WNY Peace Center Board Chair.Topics: values; dangers in the skies – drones, surveillance, weapons systems, bombers; how war is made invisible in the US (media malpractice and embedding, remote fighting, proxy wars, etc); current arenas ranging from Gaza to the worldwide US “War On Terror”; nonviolent resistance (direct action, investigative media, etc); how people can get more info and get more involved.
Live on facebook.com- Think Twice Radio
Recordings: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDRI8Su7PBnhQcHzhZa9A3A , Mondays on 91.3 FM-WBNY

Peace Coffeehouse: Solidarity with farmworkers in WNY
2024-03-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Canisius University-Science Hall, 2001 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14208, United States
Mar.25, Mon. 7-9pm,Solidarity with farmworkers in WNY Canisius University Science Hall
Speaker Wilmer Jimenez, WNY Regional Coord. Rural Migrant Ministry
Join us at our Peace Coffeehouses,
fourth Monday of most months 7 -9 pm
at Canisius University Science Hall.
And we hold monthly planning meetings there
on first Mondays.

film screening: The Road to Justice
2024-03-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom Meeting, NY
Join WNYPC friend and former Board Member, Gabrie’l Atchison, for a film & discussion event!

Friday, March 15th, 7-8:30pm
The film is about 30 minutes. Then we will have a discussion.
Register here to register for a Zoom link.

The Road to Justice follows two groups on a Civil Rights tour through the American South as they reckon with the profound racial injustice of our recent past. The first, a group of predominantly Black middle school students from Chicago, and the second, a group of older Americans who lived through the 1960’s Civil Rights era. The film is a testament to the power of place and direct experience in creating transformational change.
It is also a call to action.
Watch the trailer!
