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  • ROCLA/LASC: Witness at the Border

    Zoom Meeting NY

    Join the Rochester Committee on Latin American (ROCLA) and Latin American Solidarity Committee of the WNY Peace Center (LASCwny) tonight for: #WitnessAtTheBorder featuring Joshua Rubin.   Joshua Rubin, a software developer from Brooklyn, New York, is a member of the leadership team for Witness at the Border. He was a witness at the Tornillo, Texas […]

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    Talking Peace taping: The New Sheriff & Admin

    Facebook Livestream

    With Alia Williams, VOICE Buffalo Live-Free Movement Building organizer; Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, VOICE Buffalo Board Member; Imam Myles Carter, Chaplain at Erie Co Correctional Facility at Alden; and Vicki Ross, WNYPC Community Coordinator.   Discussion: the new Sheriff, John Garcia, has hired the old Sheriff (Buffalo News Editorial) under whose watch 32 died Timothy Donovan, […]

  • FLEE

    North Park Theatre 1428 Hertel Avenu, Buffalo, NY, United States

    Through the week of 2/4 - 2/10, at various show times, the North Park Theatre will be showing FLEE, a movie told mostly through animation, based on the true story of the extraordinary journey of Amin as a child refugee from Afghanistan.   FLEE tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a […]

  • JFMF: Excluded No More Call-In Day

    Facebook Livestream

    Join Justice For Migrant Families for #ExcludedNoMore Call-In Day! The Excluded Worker Fund has failed to reach many vulnerable workers in Upstate and Western New York during the pandemic. They ask you to join in contacting our state representatives and urge them to replenish this fund so that New York State residents that have been […]

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    Talking Peace taping: Afghan Crisis Intensifies

    Facebook Livestream

    Hour 2 of this week's Talking Peace taping features Mohammad, an Afghan refugee recently arrived in WNY; Sameria Mbili, Student Organizer, Peace Action Canisius College; Sarah Kirschner, WNYPC Intern from Fordham MSW program; and Vicki Ross, WNYPC Community Coordinator.   Discussion: Afghanistan's economic shutdown (money supply frozen by US in NYC) famine worsening; children starving, for […]

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    Love to Afghanistan – WNY

    Bidwell Park (at Elmwood Ave) Elmwood & Bidwell, Buffalo, United States

    Join the WNY Peace Center and Women In Black for a vigil (signs welcome!) in solidarity with the long-suffering people of Afghanistan, now facing the worst crisis ever! After 20 years of war in Afghanistan, the Afghan people are suffering more than ever. Hunger could kill more now than in 20 years of war. We […]

  • How U.S. Sanctions Starve Afghans

    Zoom Meeting NY

    Join Grannies for Peace and special guests Kathy Kelly and Phyllis Bennis for a Valentine's Day Webinar on how we can move from a place of love to end this continuing war. Hosted by World Beyond War: a global movement to end all wars.   Register here.

  • Black Immigrant Advocacy Day of Action

    Social Media

    February 17 is the Black Immigrant Advocacy Day of Action! Mark Black History Month by celebrating Black immigrant leaders + working to eradicate racism in the U.S. immigration system. Learn more at bit.ly/BIAFEB22

  • Working for Peace in the Middle East

    Zoom Meeting NY

    Join CND and guest speakers to discuss the current situation in the Middle East and how we can best campaign for peace in the region. Will the Middle East ever be nuclear-free? And what is the UK’s role in the region?   1pm – 2:10pm: Voices from the Middle East: can the region be nuclear-free? […]

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    LASC Peace Coffeehouse: West Side Promise

    Canisius College-Science Hall 2001 Main St., Buffalo, United States

    Featuring Talia Rodriguez, JD - WNYPC Gender Justice Taskforce Chair and Associate Director, West Side Promise Neighborhood - on leadership development in Buffalo’s Latinx and immigrant populations. Please note, LASC Peace Coffeehouses are in person with social distancing and masks required.

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    Conversations about the Middle East: How Women Can Be Vital Agents of Peace & Change

    Zoom Meeting NY

    Join the Western New York Peace Center for a special panel discussion episode of Talking Peace Radio, featuring: Dr. Anita C. Butera, Assistant Professor, Canisius College; Dr. Zaher Wahab, Professor Emeritus, Lewis & Clark College; Dr. Sawsan Tabbaa, Clinical Associate Professor and Research Coordinator, Jacksonville University With host Vicki Ross, moderator Sameria Mbili, plus a […]

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    Talking Peace taping: The Ukraine!

    Facebook Livestream

    People - especially of Buffalo and WNY - will have the opportunity to hear from International and Foreign Policy expert, Joseph Gerson, and Ukrainian American Yuri Hreshchyshyn, to get a better understanding of the conflict in the Ukraine, as well as how we've gotten to this point. They'll also discuss the existential dangers, current needs, […]