WNY Peace Center's Weekly News
MUSIC IN THE WOODS
With Nan Hoffman, Joe Tumino,
Kathy & Tom DeLoughry, and Mary Bieger
Sunday, June 24, 2012
4:00 p.m.
Riverside-Salem Environmental Cottage
3449 West River Road, Grand Island, NY
RAIN OR SHINE!
Free Will Offering
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Allies in Peace and Justice Announce...
Just a reminder the (League of Women Voter's) committee meets Thurs. June 7, starting at 1:30 PM at League Office (1272 Delaware). We have an Occupy Buffalo guest, John Washington, who will speak with us at 2:30 PM.
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Nate Buckley's Trial Continues.....
Nate: "My trial is 9 am Thursday the 7th and Friday the 8th in Buffalo City Court (50 Delaware Ave.), in Part 6 with Judge Fiorella. Please spread the word and use the excuse to talk about all that this case brings to light and support in what you are working on.
Some quick requests for those who come. Please behave respectfully and calm in the court room. Please dress comfortable but also appropriately
for the court room. This isn’t because we buy into their standards of dress or behavior but acknowledge the jury who decides the case might.
Thank you, may all our efforts continue to grow, prosper gather momentum and build unity and together topple this inhumane, racist, unjust system
and build a humane just world in its wake!"
Thank you for all the support. I would also remind people that you have to go through a metal detector- they don't allow hats or sunglasses in the
court and the jury according to nate's lawyers will quickly make negative decisions about nate and his supporters if we are heavy sighing -
guffawing - laughing etc. at court proceedings.
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A request from the International Institute of Buffalo....
We are looking to place two male delegates in a home without any cats due to allergies (or one male delegate in any home and one male delegate in another home without cats). The dates of this hosting opportunity will be from June 8 - 16 (the delegates will be gone most of the day during the week attending professional
meetings). If you are able to provide this home-stay let me know.
I understand that hosting someone in your home for a week is a lot to ask, but we really need to place these two delegates. If you can’t do it, can you suggest any friends that might be able to?
I appreciate your help and thank you for your continued support!
Sincerely,
Emily Korona
International Exchanges Coordinator
International Institute of Buffalo
864 Delaware Ave • Buffalo, NY 14209
Office: (716)883-1900 ext. 328 • Fax: (716)883-9529
Email: ekorona@iibuff.org
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A tribute to the Women Religious of the Diocese of Buffalo for their faithful service.
Sunday, June 24 3:00 PM
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church
8500 Main Street at Harris Hill Rd. Clarence
Reception to follow in school hall.
Please call 632-5956 to indicate your presence with us.
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2012 Cayuga Nation Picnic
June 9, 2012 – 12:00 till Dark Thirty
@ The Cayuga/Share Farm
4061 Truesdale Rd. Union Springs, NY 13160
Music by Paleface Croweaver
Butch Mudbone TULALI
Comedy by Charlie Hill
Old tyme Lacrosse Buffalo vs. Onondaga
All Players play at once, open field, pole goals
BAR-B-Q & POTLUCK
For more info- 315-889-5120 No Drugs or Alcohol, not responsible for
Accidents or Injuries
Bring a stick to play…
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Hydrofracking
*June 10, 2012 Noon-2pm*
*Location: **Lafayette Presbyterian Church 875 Elmwood Ave. Buffalo NY (Use parking lot door)*
Can you join us for some fun poster-making for the June 12th action? If you have a certain supplies you'd like to use to make signs, please bring them.
Otherwise paint, posterboard, and brushes will be supplied. Light snacks will be served. Dress to get dirty!
*Rally/Press Conference: Sen. Grisanti, Ban Fracking Now! June 12, 2012 1pm-3pm*
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Arts, Crafts, ETC
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The final edition of the feature documentary, *9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out*, will be shown theatrically for one night only at
*The Market Arcade Cinema 639 Main St. Buffalo on Friday, Jun 8 at 9 pm*.
40+ experts, representing 1,700+ technical and building professionals calling for a new investigation of the the destruction of the three World
Trade Center skyscrapers on 9/11, present the evidence for controlled demolition. The film is further enhanced with the inclusion of experts in
the fields of psychology and sociology who address the difficulty in confronting and processing the information presented.
Why revisit 9/11?
Our World changed that day ...
- 2,744 lives lost in New York, and counting,
- 1 million lives lost in Afghanistan and Iraq, and counting, 6,000 U.S. troops lost in the War on Terror, and counting,
- $4.5 Trillion. War on Terror cost to US taxpayer, and counting,
- precious civil liberties removed by the Patriot Act, Military Commissions Act, Dept. of Homeland Security, Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA 2012).
- Today, Americans can be subject to search and seizure without a warrant, detained or imprisoned indefinitely, without a lawyer, without evidence, without trial, or even tortured, merely for being accused of being associated with terrorism.
*Ignoring the World Trade Center evidence is no longer an option. *
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The play, East Side Mommas, by Anne Porter Paris, directed by June Duell, is the latest production at Buffalo East Art Space, 1410 Main St. (near the
corner of Utica) on June 14th, 15th and 16th at 8pm. The cost of admission is $20 general; $15 students and seniors.
The language and rhythm of the East Side of Buffalo comes to life in this play about the people who spend their days in the old neighborhoods surrounding the
Buffalo's Broadway Market.
Events at Buffalo's Wonderfully Independent Book Stores
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Burning Books
420 Connecticut Street
Buffalo NY
Carl Davidson, vice president and later inter-organizational secretary of the Students for a Democratic Society from 1966-1968, will speak at Burning Books bookstore at 420 Connecticut Street on Saturday, June 9 at 1:30 PM. A former reporter and columnist for The National Guardian from 1967-1975
and currently a member of Progressive Democrats of America, his talk will focus primarily on the American left and electoral politics.
Date: Saturday, June 9, 2012
Place: Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Street, Buffalo
Time: 1:30-3:00 PM
Donations will be accepted.
More information: Call between 11 AM and 7 PM, Wednesdays through Sundays
at (716) 881-0791.
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Beware the Snitch, Avoid Entrapment, with Daire Irwin, Esq.
This installation of Irwin's Know Your Rights peoples law clinics focuses on the history of infiltration and entrapment, as recently displayed in the cases of
the Cleveland 5 and the NATO 3 7pm, June 7, 2012
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Free Leonard Peltier!
The Buffalo chapter of the Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee will be screening 2 short films on the case of Leonard Peltier and the American
Indian Movement; Murder on a Reservation , produced by American Justice, & Hanta Po produced by A.I.M.
7pm, Wednesday, June 20, 2012
NEW AT BURNING BOOKS:
Under the Surface is a new book specifically focusing on the timely and locally relevant issue of natural gas extraction through hydro-fracking.
This is one of the most important issues for our region right now, so CHECK IT OUT!
The DVD of The World According to Monsanto has been a popular item since we screened the film several months back. This book offers a considerably more
in-depth understanding into the issues of genetic manipulaton of crops.
Recently featured on National Public Radio,
http://www.npr.org/2012/04/19/150973748/inside-the-hidden-world-of-immig...
, The Devil's Highway is one of the many books banned in Arizona, and is therefore 10% off at Burning Books!
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Talking Leaves Books
Thursday, June 14, 7 pm, Main Street Store--Tom Wilber, Under the Surface: Fracking, Fortunes, and the Fate of the Marcellus Shale (Cornell University Press)--a presentation by journalist Wilber of the first book-length treatment on the issues of hydro-fracking in NY and Pennsylvania.
Thursday, June 21, 7 pm, Main Street store--Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya, The Watch (Hogarth Press/Random House)--a powerful new novel set in
an outpost in the Afghan mountains during the current war in the aftermath of an attack by Afghan rebels on the American base there. Roy-Bhattacharya visited Buffalo in February 2011 for his earlier novel The Storyteller of Marrakesh; those who attended were moved by his presence and his presentation, which included a section of this new book.
Thursday, June 28, 7 pm, Main Street store--Brooklyn James, a native of Potter Country PA now living and working in Austin, Texas as a musician and a writer, will stop by to talk about her fiction and perform some of her music. Her novels include The Boot My Mother Gave Me and Vigilare and Vigilare:Hell Hound, which releases on the first of June.
Please contact me if you have any questions or need further information.
Jonathon Welch
Talking Leaves....Books
3158 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14214
(716) 837-8554 ph
(716) 837-3861 fax
tleaves@tleavesbooks.com
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A note from Vicki Ross, a Peaceful Conflict Resolution Coordinator for the WNY Peace Center.......
Weds, June 20 _Nonviolent Direct Action_, Social Justice Series, interactive workshop with Victoria Ross, WNYPC, IPN Peace Education Project. Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, 1 Lafayett Squ, Downtown Buffalo, Main floor.
July 16-20 and July 23-27
Monday-Friday 9 am to 4 pm
St. Margaret School
1395 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo
For 8-13 year olds with youth assistants age 14-18, adult volunteers
welcome.
$100/week, scholarships available. Registration forms and flyers available for downloading are at sisterkarencenter.org
Sponsored by: SSJ Sister Karen Klimczak Center for Nonviolence, Interfaith Peace Network, and Western New York Peace Center
The Camp use cooperative games, activities, and speakers from various community groups to learn about social justice and community building,
all with an emphasis on nonviolence, peaceful conflict resolution, and consensus. Weekly field trips and park excursions also augment the
process. Fun and learning go hand in hand as an extremely diverse group of youngsters grow in leadership and communication skills, using the
arts, music, and group process. Parents and the community are also invited to an evening of celebration and sharing at the end of camp.
Donations gratefully accepted. Your generous gift will enable scholarships for many children who couldn't otherwise participate.You
can donate on line at sisterkarencenter.org.
Contact: Vivian Waltz at 362.9688, vivian@sisterkarencenter.org or Vicki Ross at 884.0582,
victoryross9@gmail.com
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Course of Study this Summer
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Take Advantage of a Rare Opportunity to Study Nuclear History in Hiroshima
and Nagasaki****
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American University’s Nuclear Studies Institute welcomes participants to the summer 2012 Peace Tour in Kyoto, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, Japan. Offered every summer beginning with the 1995 commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombings, the class was named “the most creative and innovative” summer program in North America by the North American Association of Summer Sessions. Participants regularly describe the experience as “life-changing.” The class explores the ethical, political, and military implications of the wartime use of atomic bombs; the human and physical devastation wrought by the atomic bombings; Japanese wartime aggression; current Japanese and international efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons; the history of the arms race; the building of closer ties between the peoples of the United States, Japan, and China; and the causes and effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident. It is designed to provide
citizens with the knowledge to act responsibly in today’s charged political atmosphere and to provide peace activists with the historical background needed to maximize the effectiveness of their efforts. ****
The class is offered on a for-credit basis to undergraduate and graduate students and a reduced-cost non-credit basis for other participants. U.S. participants live and study with an equal number of Japanese, Chinese, and other Asian students and professors from Japan’s Ritsumeikan University and Asia Pacific University. Participants spend time with atomic bomb survivors. One of Japan’s most prominent and youngest hibakusha, Koko Tanimoto Kondo—daughter of Rev. Kiyoshi Tanimoto, who was portrayed so unforgettably by John Hersey in his classic *Hiroshima*—travels with the group the entire time. We also meet with scholars, peace activists, and Asian victims of Japanese atrocities, who provide first-hand accounts of their experiences. Among the speakers this summer will be one of the
soldiers who participated in the Rape of Nanjing. Students also participate in a broad range of public and private commemorative events and visit peace
museums and relevant cultural and historical sites in Kyoto, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, such as the Kyoto Museum for World Peace, the Hiroshima Peace
Memorial Museum, the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, Nagasaki’s Oka Masaharu Museum, the Radiation Effects Research Foundation, and peace parks in
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Although the subject matter is serious, participants also have time to socialize and even attend a Hiroshima Carps baseball game.****
More information is available at
http://www.american.edu/cas/history/institutes/abroad.cfm or by contacting
Peter Kuznick at kuznick@american.edu.****