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  • JFMF Green Light training

    Zoom Meeting NY

    Register here. Justice for Migrant Families will host a virtual volunteer training to share information about the NYS Green Light Law. After the training, volunteers should feel equipped to help folks with the process of applying for a license and to provide accompaniment to the DMV. The NYS Green Light Law, enacted June 17, 2019, […]

    Free

  • IRJ film screening: Minari

    Zoom Meeting NY

    On Zoom (Meeting ID: 850 5581 8012 Passcode: 475716). Join the Immigrant and Refugee Justice (IRJ/"urge"), a task force of the WNY Peace Center, for a special screening of this Golden Globe-awarded film written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung; starring Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Scott Haze, with Yuh-Jung Youn and […]

    Free

  • “Care Not Cages!” Supply Drive

    Niagara Square Delaware Ave and Court St, Buffalo , NY, United States

    Niagara Square, Buffalo. Join Justice for Migrant Families  and Rochester Rapid Response  to show the power of care not cages. They will be hosting a supply drive (see current needs below). Show up, bring a current needs item, a mask , and a friend! JFMF & RRRN are advocating alongside Abolish ICE NY-NJ who will […]

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    March for Awareness of High Crime Rate Against Asian Americans

    Bidwell & Elmwood Buffalo, NY

    Meet at the corner of Bidwell and Elmwood to march to City Hall (sidewalk only and COVID compliant: masks and physically distanced).   Violent crime towards Asian Americans and Asian immigrants has risen 1,900% in the past year. Join us in standing in solidarity with the diverse Asian community. 1. Make a sign and post […]

  • WNY Refugee Film Festival: Seadrift

    Zoom Meeting NY

    On Zoom - register at tinyurl.com/SEADRIFT3. Journey's End WNY Refugee Film Festival's screening of Seadrift includes a director's talkback.   JERS has a memorable evening planned with very special guest speakers: dir. Tim Tsai, program dir. of Ujima Company Inc. Maria Ta, and Refugee Congress CO delegate Nga V'u'ong-Sandoval.   Questions or concerns? Contact: volunteer@jersbuffalo.org 

    Free

  • Immigration under the Biden Administration

    Zoom Meeting NY

    On Zoom - register here. On the occasion of "Comunidades Visibles: The Materiality of Migration," join the Albright-Knox and Journey’s End Refugee Services for a free virtual conversation about changes to immigration policy under the Biden Administration. Hear from the organization’s legal team, resettlement director, and refugees to learn about the United States’ immigration process […]

    Free

  • WNY Refugee Film Festival: Unsettled

    Zoom Meeting NY

    On Zoom - register here. As Journey’s End proudly resettles LGBT refugees, we are delighted to screen this extraordinary feature-length documentary highlighting the poignant stories of LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers in the U.S. Unsettled follows four new arrivals, each of whom have escaped escaped persecution and even death in their native countries for being […]

  • Jericho Road: Bridging the Gap

    Livestream

    Livestreamed. Join us for a night of song, dance, storytelling, and community—all from the comfort of your couch—while supporting Jericho Road's lifesaving global health programs. Attendance is free (and free will donation welcome!) Help Jericho Road raise critical funds for their great global health programs in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nepal. […]

  • Cinema for Safe Haven ft. “E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial”

    Transit Drive-In 6655 S. Transit Rd, Lockport, NY, United States

    Join Jericho Road for a movie night fundraiser to benefit Vive Shelter! Tickets include entry into the movie, a boxed Chiavetta's dinner, and a voucher for a small popcorn and a small soda from the Transit Drive-In Theatre's snack bar. Enjoy a movie under the stars while supporting a program that serves over 1,000 asylum […]

    $30

  • Stitch Buffalo’s Sewing Machine-a-Palooza

    Stitch Buffalo 1215 Niagara St, Buffalo, NY, United States

    Stitch Buffalo has been hard at work reconditioning an army of high-quality sewing machines—and now they are ready to make their way out into the world (at prices that make them irresistible). To reserve your one-on-one shopping appointment, visit stitchbuffalo.org/calendar/sewing-machine-a-palooza-2021   Do you have an unloved sewing machine taking up space in a closet or […]

  • The Eight Trillion Dollar War w/ Dr. Heidi Peltier

    Zoom Meeting NY

    At the beginning of September, The Cost of War Project at Brown University released its report showing that the costs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the other post-9/11 wars was a staggering $8 Trillion dollars. And these trillions of dollars are only the extra money the U.S. has paid specifically for those […]

    Free

  • SURJ Abolition Action Hour

    Zoom Meeting NY

    Join Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)'s monthly Action Hours to take action together to close jails and detention centers, 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 justice campaigns. (If you can't make […]

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