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Camp Peaceprints – Week 1

REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED. If you would like to join a waiting list in case we have space open up, please send an email to assistant@wnypeace.org. Register here.

CAMP PEACEPRINTS is a summer camp designed to introduce youth to social justice, while providing them with peaceful conflict resolution skills and exposure to a broader community. It is a two-week long alternative education program for participants ages 8 – 13, with older youth serving as Youth Assistants.
Participants take weekly fieldtrips and hear from local organizers daily. The lesson plans expose them to alternatives to violence exercises, historical movements to end oppression and modern day efforts in community organizing. Music, art, theater, dance, and recreation are significant facets of the program.
Our 2023 theme will be “Healthy Lives Matter.” We will explore what personal and community health is and how to maintain it. We will consider fundamental components of health: fresh air, clean water, sunlight, mindfulness/meditation or connecting to a higher power, sleep, exercise, whole foods, and rest. We will learn how a healthy environment benefits us, other living creatures, and the earth.
We will explore justice issues around health equity that various communities face and why impoverished communities face major health challenges. Campers will learn what resources people need in order to have a healthy community. They will understand that their own physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health matters in creating a healthy community.
LEARN ABOUT nonviolence, activities, community, and social change.
GET TO DO games, art projects, music, and swimming.
Monday through Friday, 10 am – 3 pm
July 17-21 and July 24-28, 2022
WNY Peace Center
1272 Delaware Avenue, Carriage House
Buffalo, NY 14209
Seeking youth assistants and adult volunteers!
Contact:
Sister Karen Center: 716-893-0808 or info@sisterkarencenter.org
WNY Peace Center: 716-603-0015 or director@wnypeace.org

Community Responders for Erie County Coalition General Body Meeting

Alternatives to Policing Mental Health Crisis: A Community Response Model for Erie County!

Please join the Community Responders for Erie County Coalition at a general body meeting for organizations and community members interested in helping to inform and create a community responder program in Erie County. Community responders are first responders who respond to low-risk 911 calls related to mental health, drug use, and other health needs *INDEPENDENT* of the police. Come on out, grab some food, and lend your voice as we review what a pilot program could look like in Erie County! Dinner will be provided, please rsvp here.

 

Talking Peace Radio taping: Racism in the Buffalo Police Dept (BPD)

Featuring Brandon Hawkins and KateLynn Bolden, BPD Behavioral Health Team; and Erica Seymour, mental health professional – all of whom are co-plaintiffs in a suit against the BPD for its racist actions, unsafe workplace, and unlawful harassment. Hosts are WNYPC Executive Director, Deidra EmEl; and Vicki Ross, WNYPC Board Chair.

 

We’ll hear more about the racism from the Supervisor of the BPD Behavioral Health team, Capt. Amber Beyer; her being suspended with pay after further incidents and about a half a year later; Erica’s being laid off after the incidents; recommendations to the department for a safe, healthy, and lawful workplace; and how the public can help (including calling City Hall – 311 – telling the mayor the officers must be on paid leave until the Dept has taken action to ensure workplace safety; and donating to the Cariol Horne Whistleblowers Fund).