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  • Historic Preservation & the Local Economy

    Buffalo History Museum 1 Museum Ct, Buffalo, NY, United States

    Historic preservation is rightfully valued for its aesthetic and cultural contributions to a city. But more and more the economic, social, and environmental contributions are being identified and measured. Join Donovan Rypkema for a presentation that will present evidence from a dozen recent city-level studies about preservation’s role in attracting knowledge and creative class workers, […]

  • Environmental Justice / WNY Drilling Defense Monthly Meeting

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    Zoom Meeting NY

    Featuring Mark Dunlea: IPCC Report, NY State Legislative (In)Action & April Albany Climate Rally Educated at RPI and Albany Law School, Mark teaches "Climate Change and Advocacy" at Bennington College. He's a co-founder of the Green Party in NY State, a co-founder of the NY Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), a community organizer for ACORN, […]

  • Attica NOW – Closing Day

    Buffalo Arts Studio 2495 Main Street, Suite 500, Buffalo, NY, United States

    April 8th is the last day to visit the Attica NOW exhibition at Buffalo Arts Studio! Attica NOW is the culmination of CALDODECULTIVO's four month research residency as part of the Displacement: Reclaiming Place, Space, and Memory exhibition program.   "Currently based in Buffalo, NY, CaldodeCultivo is a Spanish-Colombian art collective founded by Unai Reglero and […]

  • CEJ Virtual Town Hall: Health Equity in WNY

    Zoom Meeting NY

    Affordable, accessible, culturally competent, and comprehensive healthcare is crucial for the immediate and long-term pandemic recovery of our communities. More than 1 million New Yorkers remain uninsured and on average, 50% of New Yorkers with private health insurance struggle to access healthcare due to cost and barriers to care. If the U.S. had a public […]

  • War Industry Resisters Network – Week of Action

    Zoom Meeting NY

    War Industry Resisters Network - Week of Action! (April 17th-24th): Check out all the folks taking action during the Week of Action!  Join a group near you! Clearly, there are no winners in the terrible war in Ukraine — except one: U.S. and British military contractors who will carry all their increased profits all the […]

  • Averting Climate Catastrophe: No New Arms Race!

    Zoom Meeting NY

    Every year on April 22nd, people celebrate and honor Earth Day through neighborhood clean-ups, community festivals, and projects to educate the public about the need to reduce our carbon footprint. Veterans For Peace has honored Earth Day by discussing how militarism impacts the environment. We hope to spread the message about the environmental costs of […]

  • Sister Karen Annual Event: HERSTORY ft. Cariol Horne

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    SS. Columba-Brigid Church 75 Hickory Street, Buffalo, United States

    The SSJ Sister Karen Klimczak Center for Nonviolence is excited to announce their annual fundraising event, "Herstory: The Cost of Nonviolence," which will once again be live and in-person. This year's speaker is Cariol Horne. A reception will follow. Cariol is a former Buffalo police officer who was the inspiration for the Duty-to-Intervene law passed by […]

  • Concert for a Cause

    University Presbyterian Church 3330 Main Street, Buffalo, NY

    The Buffalo State Jazz Chamber Ensemble (trumpet, saxophone, guitar, bass and drums, plus vocalist, under the direction of Dr. Mark Filsinger) will perform a fundraising concert to assist migrant services provision on the Douglas AZ / Agua Prieta SONORA Mexico border. All funds raised will go to Frontera de Cristo, the Presbyterian Border Outreach Program […]

  • MAPA: “Militarism or Survival?”

    Zoom Meeting NY

    Katrina vanden Heuvel, publisher and editorial director of The Nation magazine, will be the keynote speaker and will address  the Russia/Ukraine war and US/NATO's conflict with Russia and assess the first year of Biden's presidency.   Kevin Martin, president of National Peace Action, will address key peace movement issues, including the Ukraine and Yemen wars, Afghanistan, tension with […]

  • Women’s March WNY 2022

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    Broderick Park (Foot of Ferry) 1170 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY, United States

    All members of the WNY community are invited for solidarity, healing, inspiration, and shared learning and perspectives. This event is organized/presented by the WNY Peace Center and hosted by Riverside Salem UCC/DC. The community will meet at Lafayette Avenue & Niagara Street at 12:45 PM, then at 1 PM march together to Broderick Park (foot […]

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  • Building Bridges Community Clean-Up & Food Distribution

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    Frederick Douglass Community Center 238 Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States

    Join us for a day of of outreach, community cleanup, and solidarity at the Frederick Douglass Community Center (234 Jefferson Ave., in the Jefferson/Clinton neighborhood) on Thursday, May 26 from noon to 3 PM! The day will include community clean-up efforts, a needs assessment survey conducted door-to-door, and distribution of hot meals, groceries, home supplies, […]

  • Buffalo Juneteenth 2022

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    Martin Luther King Jr. Park Fillmore Avenue and Best Street, Buffalo, NY, United States

    Join the WNYPC at the Buffalo Juneteenth Festival! Buffalo's Juneteenth Festival is back in the park! After 2 years online, we are coming together under the summer sun to enjoy each other's love, strength, and solidarity. Enjoy the parade, music, dancing, food, and more at MLK Park Saturday and Sunday, June 18th - 19th. Be sure […]