Occupy Buffalo

BTW; as Kathy Hochul and Governor Cuomo were eating $5,000 plates of food, at the same time directly across the street just feet away, at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library on Ellicott St., scores of people of all colours and ages were lined up on the sidewalk to receive free soup and sandwiches from the nightly Hearts for the Homeless food truck, serving food to those in need.

At a generous $5.00 per meal, the cost of Kathy Hochul’s dinner could have fed 1,000 people.

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The battle to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 will arrive in Buffalo this Friday. Be there to support justice – City Hall Common Council Chambers, 13th floor, 1 pm.

June 2, 2012
Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College

http://peopleshearing.org

Sponsors, Partners, etc…

* Occupy Buffalo

* Squeaky Wheel

* Betty’s

* Veterans For Peace

* Western New York Peace Center

* POWR

* Frack Action

* Burning Books

* Citizen Action

* WNY Drilling Defense

* Sierra Club Niagara Chapter

* Food & Water Watch

* Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

* PUSH

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BAN HYDROFRACKING

Tomorrow, Thursday May 3rd, 2012 – 11:00 am – 1 pm
New Yorkers Against Fracking, @Occupy Buffalo, and Allies Rally

2239 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, N.Y.
Outside Senator Kennedy’s office, where we will tell him to
BAN HYDROFRACKING!

For more in information, contact Rita Yelda: (716)-507-2077;
or email Rita ryelda@fwwlocal.org

EVeryone please be there if you can!
Some signs will be provided for this event,
or feel free to bring your own anti-fracking signs, banners, and video cams to help get the word out, and let our elected officials know we do not want them to dangerously frack with our New York State environment and water.

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Occupy Buffalo Peace Agreement – B.E.-R.E.A.L.
Passed by General Assembly,
to apply to Occupy Buffalo at all times, everywhere.
Nonviolence begins with me.

Occupy Buffalo Peace Agreement - B.E.-R.E.A.L.

Saturday April 28th, 2012 – Occupy Buffalo
Lots going on today!! Come join us!

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12:00 Noon
General Assembly Niagara Square

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1:00 pm Food Not Bombs
Sharing Food @ Lafayette Square Today

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2:00 pm – 5:30 pm
“Just-Us v. Justice Economics” with Occupy Buffalo &/at SEIU 1199
@ 1199 SEIU 2421 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14214(Main-Jewett)

https://www.facebook.com/events/352629804794086/

Participants: Occupy Buffalo, leading; religious leadership; union leaders and members; interested others.

A gathering to grow the movement for all.
CWA District 1 and the CWA Healthcare Coordinating Council are combining with Occupy Buffalo and others for a program called Just Us vs. Justice Economics. The focus is economic justice.

The Network, St. Joseph University RC Church, moral institutions, new Episcopal bishop.

Issues: Power of the very rich over government; Wall St. devastating the economy; poverty growth, inequality; Student debt, peril of the young.

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1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Please join our friends from Animal Allies of WNY Today

University at Buffalo- South Campus (corner Main St and Bailey Ave)

https://www.facebook.com/events/155524871243536/

Protest to demonstrate in remembrance of the countless non-human animals confined, tortured and eventually killed in the laboratories of the University at Buffalo (UB). Signs will be provided, just bring yourself.
This week has traditionally been a time when animal activists have organized rallies, protests, news conferences, literature tables, and other events to fight for the animals that are imprisoned in laboratories and to raise public awareness of their plight.

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6:00 pm – 11:30 pm
The 2012 Lizard Ball – A benefit for the Peace Education Fund

With Special Guest Host: John Washington II

https://www.facebook.com/events/157599687699560/?ref=ts

With live music by: BloodThirsty Vegans
– http://www.facebook.com/bloodthirstyvegans

Quest for Friends -

http://www.facebook.com/questforfriends

Andrew J Reimers & the Country-Punk Extravaganza
– http://www.reverbnation.com/andrewjextravaganza

The Whiskey Reverb
– http://www.facebook.com/pages/Whiskey-Reverb/262004595188

Free parking in the well-lit parking lot behind the building on Halbert St. Take Jewett Parkway or Rodney one block east to get to Halbert. The event will take place on the basement level.

$10 – all ages event (kids under 16yrs = set your own price)
complimentary snacks (while they last)
Additional food available for sale by Go Veggies!
– http://www.facebook.com/goveggies

Community Jam! Bring your own drum or acoustic instrument!

The Peace Education fund is a grant making organization providing small grants –typically a couple hundred dollars– to help groups and individuals with specific peace and social justice related projects in and around Western New York.

http://lizzardball.peaceonearthmonth.org/

http://www.PeaceOnEarthMonth.org/

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If you’re wondering how to stay up to date with everything, pay a visit to our Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/occupy-buffalo.  There you can sign up to receive emails about all the actions, events and happenings associated with Occupy Buffalo.  Our google group only has 152 members so far–I know there are more people out there who want to be informed, so here is your chance.  Yes, you!

Again, the link to our Google Group is: http://groups.google.com/group/occupy-buffalo

Hope to see you around!

~Karen

Come join Occupy Buffalo and celebrate May Day this coming Tuesday, May 1st. There will be a block party at 17 Southampton St (http://g.co/maps/kbnaj) from 12 noon to 5 pm, followed by a march to Niagara Square.  We will rally at Niagara Square at 5:30 pm.

You can RSVP at the Facebook events here: https://www.facebook.com/events/205077739606960/ and here: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/250315155048339/

Yesterday afternoon outside Hancock Air National Guard base in New York, approximately 28 of 150 protesters from Occupy Buffalo, the WNY Peace Center, and other peaceful local organizations were arrested. They’re now absurdly charged by Onondaga County Sheriffs with failing to obtain a Town of DeWitt permit, while exercising their Constitutional Right to protest against the ever increasing use of murderous Reaper Drones at home and abroad by the currently corporatized U.S. government. Some estimates claim that cowardly drone strikes may kill 10 or so civilians for every militant killed, others say many of those killed are children. Drone strikes have increased substantially under the Presidency of Barack Obama and now number in the 1,000′s.

Most of the drone protesters arrested Sunday were later released the same day on appearance tickets, and are now scheduled to be in the Town of DeWitt Court later on mixed dates. Several protesters had cell phones and video equipment used to film the protest confiscated that has not yet been returned after being released from detainment.

The letter read by protesters addressed to the Hancock Air National Guard base read:
“By giving material support to the drone program, you as individuals are violating the Constitution, dishonoring your oath, and committing war crimes. We charge the chain of command, from President Barack Obama, to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, to Commander Colonel Greg Semmel, to every drone crew, to every service member supporting or defending these illegal actions, with the following crimes: extrajudicial killings, violation of due process, wars of aggression, violation of national sovereignty, and the killing of innocent civilians.”

“We’re trying just any way we know how to do the best we can for non-violence. I believe in nonviolence that’s what we’re working for,” said protester Victoria Ross ♥

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Senator Grasanti, WHY WOULD WE NEED 5 BILLS WHEN WE CAN JUST BAN ALL HYDROFRACKING ACTIVITY?
Senator Mark Grisanti proposes five Bills on hydrofracking introducing legislation that he’d like to get signed into law. Unedited in it’s entirety.

High volume hydrofracking is the highly dangerous process where millions of gallons of water and 600-700 chemicals, many being known carcinogens, are pumped under extremely high pressure to fracture shale rock. This releases natural gas. The millions of gallons of waste water fluid used is left polluted by chemicals and returned to our fresh drinking water supply. There are alternatives to gas, but there are no alternatives to water! Put the safety of our water before profits of the oil and gas industry!

Occupy Buffalo with other concerned citizens, with Senator Mark Grisanti on hydrofracking in NYS. This was recorded noon April 6th, 2012.

There’s 2 major things going on in DC – from the 24th to the 29th this month -  a chance to help Bradley Manning, rally for him and be at his hearing and a major Drone Conference. Heres the Bradley Manning info:    http://couragetoresist.org/bradley-manning/949-apr24hearing.html Here’s the info on the Drone Conference, the speakers sound great and there’s a chance for OB to work with other groups on the drone issue         http://www.codepink.org/article.php?id=6065 and here’s a list of places to sleep at  http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/masshousing Hoping alot of people can make it!            love peace life hope ALL!!

Let’s Occupy the libraries to educate and liberate our commUNITY!
Join us this Thursday, April 19th, 2012 a power packed day for two important Occupy Buffalo forums:

* When: Thursday April 19th, 2012 @ 12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM
* Where: Central Library downtown Buffalo
* What: Inform, Reform, Transform: Occupy Buffalo and the Movement Toward Social Justice.
This panel presentation featured speakers include:
Albert Brown
Linda Abrams
Heron Simmons-Price
With others from the Occupy Buffalo movement.

* When: Thursday April 19th, 2012 @ 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM.
* Where: Crane Library on Elmwood Ave.
* What: Occupy Economics This popular conference on economies past, present and future, include featured speakers:
Mike Niman [past sacred economic model]
Mike Gent [present dysfunctional economy~ neoliberalism]
Albert Brown [potential future resource-based economy]

WE ARE THE 99%!
TOGETHER WE WILL TRANSFORM THE WORLD!

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The ECIDA Meeting on Monday, April 16th at 9am is now taking place in the Main Auditorium of Buffalo and Erie County’s Central Library (across the street from Lafayette Square.)

Slumlord Carl Paladino has a net worth of $150 million, and yet he wants more taxpayer money so he can make a profit by turning his dilapidated Greystone Manor into an upscale apartment building that none of us could ever afford to live in. Moreover, once the renovations are done, no further jobs will be created from this endeavor. It is all about Paladino making a profit at the taxpayers’ expense.

If you want to know more about where your taxes go, then come to this meeting and find out. Occupy the economy!

Also, please be aware that armed security may be present at this meeting. This is the reality in which we live. They try to instill fear in us with the threat of violence. But it will not deter us from pursuing truth and justice.

By Amanda Gabryszak:

“Buffalo State College is hosting a protest against SUNY’s recent contract with EnergyMark. The contract will provide five SUNY schools with hydraulically fractured gas for three years. The deal totaled over $22 million dollars, and the schools include Buffalo State College, UB, Fredonia, Alfred State, and the New York College of Ceramics at Alfred State. The protest is scheduled to take place on April 19th on the Buffalo State College Campus, from 12:15-1:30 pm. Weather permitting, demonstrators will gather between Butler Library and Campbell Student Union. Should it rain, they plan to move the protest beneath the archway of Cleveland Hall.

“Hydraulic-fracturing, or hydro-fracking as it is more commonly called is a controversial method of obtaining natural gas from shale deposits. Students involved in the protest are concerned about the consequences of fracking, and disappointed that the SUNY seems to support it.”

http://www.buffalorising.com/2012/04/anti-fracking-protest-at-buffalo-state-college.html

What are you waiting for?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJEZ8OdmBSc

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