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Calendar Archive, 20030201-20030228
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February 27, Buffalo,
Amnesty International Fund Raiser: Give Peace a
Chance. Amnesty International Local Group #565
is planning a fund raising event on the theme "Give Peace a
Chance." It will be at the Coffee Bean Cafe on 3260 Main Street in
Buffalo, NY 14214 from 6-11 PM.
For more information, please call 716-532-6283 and leave a message or e-mail
Richard Stamps at
rhstamps@rhstamps.com.
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February 26, Buffalo, next
Organizers' Network Planning Meeting,
7:30 PM, Rust
Belt Books, 202 Allen, near but West of Elmwood, at 7:30 PM. Rust
Belt Books will appear to be closed. Enter through Sibely's (sp) just West
of Rust Belt Books, and proceed to the pass-through door near the bathrooms
in back. Call 698-1232
for help with directions or email
organizers@BuffaloPeacePeople.org.
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February 25, Buffalo, A.N.S.W.E.R
Planning Meeting - open to all - general anti-war organizing
meeting - WANT TO ORGANIZE IN WNY AGAINST THE WAR ON IRAQ? THIS
TUESDAY AND (almost) every Tuesday evening, there's an open planning/work
session at the A.N.S.W.E.R. office at 7:00 PM
upstairs at 367 Delaware Ave (above the insurance company) near Tupper, in
Buffalo. Contact
iacbuffalo@action-mail.org, see
call-to-meeting or Call 604-9515 for more details.
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February 25, Buffalo,
Bill Marx: Report from Iraq, UB Newman Center, Amherst Campus, The
Commons Rm. 209, across from the Student Union, Fraday, January 24,
10:00 AM, a
presentation and discussion hosted by The UB Newman
Center, UB Faculty and Staff for Peace and the UB Student Peace Movement on behalf of
Bill Marx and his
journey to Iraq
on a Christian Peace-making Team. See and print/post the flyer in
Adobe Acrobat
<.pdf> format (preferred) or MS Word
<.doc> format. Also see the
Press Release on
the Riverside-Salem UCC hosted presentation on the 23rd.
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February 24, Buffalo, UB Faculty/Staff for Peace
discussion and organizing meeting,
4:30 PM at room 209 The Commons, at the
Newman Center, across from the Student Union, UB Amherst Campus.
Contact Hank Bromley,
Robert Dentan,
Bill Wachob or
Jim Whitlock for more information.
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February 23, Buffalo,
Bill Marx: Report from Iraq,
Riverside-Salem United Church of Christ at Environmental Chapel, 3449
West River Road, Grand Island, NY, 4-6 PM,
a
presentation/discussion hosted by RSUCC on behalf of
Bill Marx and his
journey to Iraq
on a Christian Peace-making Team.
Directions:
I-190 to Grand Island, Exit 19 (Whitehaven Road) West (turn left if coming
from Buffalo) to West River Road (about 2.2 miles); right/North about .9
mile to 3449 (cottage in wooded area); park along roadside. Email June Licence, jlicence@buffalo.edu or call 773-1426 for
more information, additional directions, etc. Also see the
RSUCC Press
Release.
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February 22, Buffalo,
Amnesty International Local Group #565,
633 Elmwood Avenue, 1:30-3:00 PM. The
next meeting of Amnesty International Local Group #565 in Buffalo and Erie
County will be held at the Crane Library, 633 Elmwood Avenue (Cross Streets
are Lexington and West Ferry) Buffalo, NY, on February 22, 2003 1:30 p.m.-
3:00 p.m. Please call 716-532-6283 and leave a message or e-mail Richard
Stamps at
rhstamps@rhstamps.com if you are planning to attend. We are also
planning a fund raiser for our group on February 27, 2003 6-11 pm at the
Coffee Bean Cafe on 3260 Main Street in Buffalo, NY 14214. Theme: Give Peace
a Chance.
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February 22, Buffalo,
Women
in Black weekly vigil, every week on Saturday from
12-1 PM, Bidwell/Elmwood, no matter the
weather, there's always good cheer and dignified solidarity. See also:
WIB NYC BalkansNet - Home Page,
WIB NYC BalkansNet -
Mission Statement,
Women in Black - London
and History of
the Women in Black
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February 21, Buffalo,
Channel 7 -- AM Buffalo, Bill Marx Live Interview
Our own
Bill Marx will be discussing his
recent
journey to Iraq
on a Christian Peace-making Team with AM Buffalo's host, Linda Pellegrino.
The precise time of the interview is unknown but the program starts at
10:00 AM.
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February 20, Buffalo,
Buffalo State College, "Why War Now?" a
panel discussion at the Student Assembly Hall, Campbell Student Union, on
Thursday, February 20th from 12:15-1:30 PM,
free and open to the public. Sponsored by The Department of Philosophy
and Religious Studies. Panelists will include: Panelists will include
Abdul Raoof, James Grunebaum and representatives from Students for Peace.
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February 19, Buffalo, next
Organizers' Network Planning Meeting,
5:15 PM, WNY Peace
Center, 2123 Bailey Ave., near corner of Bailey and Genesee, park across Bailey
in the lot in front of the oriental restaurant. If the door is locked,
the bell is high on the inside of the outer door-jam. Call 894-2013
for help with directions or email
organizers@BuffaloPeacePeople.org. Primary agenda items are 1) War
Emergency Response Plan for WNY and 2) Possible massive demonstrations on
3/1 and bus organizing if so.
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February 18, Buffalo, A.N.S.W.E.R
Planning Meeting - open to all - general anti-war organizing
meeting - WANT TO ORGANIZE IN WNY AGAINST THE WAR ON IRAQ? THIS
TUESDAY AND (almost) every Tuesday evening, there's an open planning/work
session at the A.N.S.W.E.R. office at 7:00 PM
upstairs at 367 Delaware Ave (above the insurance company) near Tupper, in
Buffalo. Contact
iacbuffalo@action-mail.org, see
call-to-meeting or Call 604-9515 for more details.
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February 18, Buffalo, UB Faculty and
Staff for Peace Panel Discussion: "The Evil Axis?" - panelists
will include
Steven Sharrif, President of Iraqi House, Norallah Talebi, an Iranian
Professor at Daemen College, and Byongjin Han, a South
Korean political science doctoral candidate at UB.
The discussion will be at Hochstetter Hall 114, North
Campus, University at Buffalo from 5:00-6:50 PM. It is free, open to
the public, and jointly sponsored by UB Faculty and Staff for Peace, The UB
Newman Center, and the UB Student Peace Movement. See the
on-line flyer
for more details.
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February 15, Buffalo,
Bill Marx Returns From Iraq, Expected
arrival via United Flight 7832 leaving Wash/Dulles 9:20 PM Feb 15 arriving
Buffalo at 10:40 PM. See his
home page and the
From Our Hearts solicitation
for letters of support. An
email
news list is available for updates on his travels. Bill expects to
be available to meet with local groups from shortly after his return on
February 15 until approximately March 10th, when he'll leave for Florida.
Contact Jim Whitlock at
whitlock@BuffaloPeacePeople.org for more information.
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February 15, Buffalo,
Solidarity Anti-War Protest - Elmwood & Bidwell, 2:00 PM.
Thousands of activists will converge upon New York City on February 15th to
protest the war, including many from WNY. In fact cities all over the world
will be participating in the single largest anti-war mobilization EVER!
Buffalo will also be participating! ON Feb 15th at 2pm in Bidwell Park
(corner of Elmwood and Bidwell) there will be a local rally. If you CANNOT
go to New York City for the national protest please be at the local
demonstration. It is critical to get our voice out now and show that buffalo
has joined the ever growing cresendo against war! See
WNYPC announcement. Also see
preliminary
call.
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February 15, Buffalo,
Women
in Black weekly vigil, every week on Saturday from
12-1 PM, Bidwell/Elmwood, no matter the
weather, there's always good cheer and dignified solidarity. See also:
WIB NYC BalkansNet - Home Page,
WIB NYC BalkansNet -
Mission Statement,
Women in Black - London
and History of
the Women in Black
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February 15, New York City,
Anti-War Demonstrations.
Busses from Buffalo leave on Friday, February 14th. This is a broadly supported and sponsored
event -- locally, Nationally and globally. Major National sponsoring groups are
IAC/ANSWER and United for Peace.
Local sponsors include: Alt Press, Amnesty International, ANSWER, Buffalo
Forum, Buffalo State Students for Peace, Green Party of Erie County, IAC,
Iraqi House, Pax Christi WNY, SOA Watch, UB Faculty and Staff for Peace, UB
Student Alliance for Peace, United Church of Christ, Western New York Peace
Center, and Workers' World. See the
WNY Peace Center announcement and the
IAC/ANSWER
announcement. The WNYPC will
coordinate bus reservations for all WNY activist groups; call
894-2013 or the IAN/ANSWER office at
604-9515 for
more information or to make a reservation.
PLEASE HELP POST FLYERS: A draft flyer
design in image <jpg>,
MS Word <doc>,
or Adobe Acrobat <pdf> is now available --
please always get the latest version before
printing and distribution. Also see local copies of the un-edited flyer from
United For Peace
(227 KB) or the un-edited flyer from
IAC/ANSWER
(Watch it! This one's 1.9 MB, but the photo sure is great!)
for preliminary details. Also see the United
for Peace Web site and the
IAC/ANSWER Web site for more details and up-to-date news.
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February 14, Buffalo/NYC,
Busses leave Buffalo for NYC anti-war
demonstrations. Departure at 10:30
PM from UB South Campus Park and Ride lot with early Sunday
morning return. Details will be posted as soon as available. See the
WNY Peace Center announcement and the
IAC/ANSWER
announcement.
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February 14, Buffalo,
Divine Intervention - Opening in Buffalo
on February 14, an award winning film snubbed by Hollywood. Market
Arcade Film and Arts Center, 639 Main Street. See
http://buffalo.citysearch.com/section/movies for times and length of
stay. Also see
IAC and ANSWER
announcement. Winner of many prestigious international awards,
including both the Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2002 Cannes
International Film Festival , DIVINE INTERVENTION, directed by Palestinian
filmmaker Elia Suleiman, delivers an intense, hallucinogenic and extremely
adept exploration of the dreams and nightmares of Palestinians and Israelis
living in uncertain times.
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February 14, Buffalo,
The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm - UB, Amherst Campus, 1004
Clemens Hall, 1-3 PM, an excellent video
on the background to the Iraq war.
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February 14, Buffalo,
Poetry Reading & Demonstration -
February 14th at 12:00 noon SUNY at
Buffalo's Student Union, North Campus 2nd Floor Social Hall (above lobby), a
public reading as demonstration of opposition to Bush's intended war on
Iraq. The reading will be compiled and read by participants and will
describe the lives of people who have set before themselves as their chief
aim the opposition of evil. See
announcement
for further details.
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February 13, Buffalo,
Canisius College Panel Discussion and Speak-Out
Against War,
Fireside Lounge Second Floor of Student Center,
6:30 PM.
See Peace Center
email for latest details.
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February 11, Buffalo, A.N.S.W.E.R
Planning Meeting - open to all - general anti-war organizing
meeting - WANT TO ORGANIZE IN WNY AGAINST THE WAR ON IRAQ? THIS
TUESDAY AND (almost) every Tuesday evening, there's an open planning/work
session at the A.N.S.W.E.R. office at 7:00 PM
upstairs at 367 Delaware Ave (above the insurance company) near Tupper, in
Buffalo. Contact
iacbuffalo@action-mail.org, see
call-to-meeting or Call 604-9515 for more details.
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February 11, Buffalo, UB
Sudent Speak-Out and organizing Meeting for March 5th Walkout
- Flag Room, Student Union, Amherst Campus,
12:00 noon. contact
Rebecca@wnypeace.org
for more information.
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February 10, Buffalo, UB
Sudent Speak-Out and organizing Meeting for March 5th Walkout
- Room 145D, Student Union, Amherst Campus,
7:00 PM. contact
Rebecca@wnypeace.org
for more information.
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February 10, Buffalo, Hallwalls:
TERROR IN COLOMBIA an evening of solidarity with Hector Giraldo,
Reception: 5:30-6:30 PM, Program:
6:30-8:00 PM, Hallwalls Contemporary
Arts Center, 2495 Main St., Suite 425 Buffalo, N.Y. See
Hallwall's
announcement for details. This is a union sponsored event.
Also see UB event on 2/8.
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February 10, Buffalo, UB
- Women/War/Women's Issues
- On Febuary 10th, the Women's
Studies dept (WS 213 collective) at UB is setting up a variety of tables in
the Student Union to present various groups having to do with
women/war/women's issues. This will take place at the Student Union in
Amherst/North Campus, on the First Floor -- at 10AM
- 3PM. Contact Jessica at (cell-- sorry it's long distance!)
1-(585) - 737- 9859. See
announcement
for further details.
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February 10, Buffalo, UB Faculty/Staff for Peace
discussion and organizing meeting,
4:30 PM at room 209 The Commons, at the
Newman Center, across from the Student Union, UB Amherst Campus.
Contact Hank Bromley,
Robert Dentan,
Bill Wachob or
Jim Whitlock for more information.
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February 10-14, NYS Higher Ed Campuses, Teach-ins, Demonstrations ... A week
of events and actions throughout New York State colleges and universities.
See http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?calid=611
[This is an excellent
opportunity for multi-institutional multi-regional collaboration using I2 IP
video. Columbia, Cornell, UB, others. We already have good contacts
at several of those. -- ed.]
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February 10-14, Call for
WNY Regional Actions, Teach-ins, Demonstrations, Film Screenings
across Western NY culminating in busses to NYC for massive demonstrations on
2/15. Plans are being coordinated and will be publicized by a broad
alliance of WNY activist organizations and the BuffaloPeacePeople
Organizers' Network. In the
interim, contact the WNY Peace Center at 894-2013 for the latest available
information.
WNY ANTI-WAR WEEK -- February 10-15
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February 8, Buffalo,
Hector Giraldo Paints A Grim Picture For Labor
Unionists In Columbia, 8 PM,
University at Buffalo North Campus, Natural Science Complex Rm 201, for a
map visit
www.buffalo.edu/scripts/directions/Spine_bw.pdf. See
announcement
for details. Also see Hallwall's event on 2/10.
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February 8, Buffalo,
Non-Violent Direct Action Meeting, DA Workshop &
Planning,
3:00 PM, The Statler Towers (on Niagara
Circle, downtown Buffalo), The Buffalo Room.
See
announcement. Also see
prior post for general information and
Contact Dan Cross directly for more details.
You do not need to have attended prior
workshops or meetings to be welcome. If you want to come to
learn more, please do. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING!!!!!!
Individuals were arrested in Buffalo last week for nonviolently resisting
the war last week. This meeting is meant to think about what we will do in
the event there is an invasion. ALL ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO
ATTEND!!!
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February 8, Buffalo,
Women
in Black weekly vigil, every week on Saturday from
12-1 PM, Bidwell/Elmwood, no matter the
weather, there's always good cheer and dignified solidarity. See also:
WIB NYC BalkansNet - Home Page,
WIB NYC BalkansNet -
Mission Statement,
Women in Black - London
and History of
the Women in Black
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February 6, Buffalo, next
Organizers' Network Planning Meeting,
5:15 PM, WNY Peace
Center, 2123 Bailey Ave., near corner of Bailey and Genesee, park across Bailey
in the lot in front of the oriental restaurant. If the door is locked,
the bell is high on the inside of the outer door-jam. Call
894-2013
for help with directions or email
organizers@BuffaloPeacePeople.org See
Organizers' Network pages for links to meeting notes and agendas.
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February 4, Buffalo, A.N.S.W.E.R
Planning Meeting - open to all - general anti-war organizing
meeting - WANT TO ORGANIZE IN WNY AGAINST THE WAR ON IRAQ? THIS
TUESDAY AND (almost) every Tuesday evening, there's an open planning/work
session at the A.N.S.W.E.R. office at 7:00 PM
upstairs at 367 Delaware Ave (above the insurance company) near Tupper, in
Buffalo. Contact
iacbuffalo@action-mail.org, see
call-to-meeting or Call 604-9515 for more details.
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February 4, Buffalo,
Anti-War protest and Court Date for Arrested
Protestors, Tuesday, Feb 4th at 9:00 am
Buffalo City Court (corner of Delaware and Niagara Sq.) The three
Buffalo protestors arrested for civil disobedience last Tuesday have their
first court date on Tuesday, Feb 4th. WE NEED
PEOPLE IN THE COURT ROOM AND OUTSIDE THE BUILDING TO SUPPORT THEM AND
FURTHER OUR MESSAGE!!!!! We need all of you there. Bring a
friend and a sign! The court date will be highly significant because
on February 5th the UN security council meets to discuss a possible war. We
need to continue to get the message of peace and justice out there.
PLEASE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO CAN TO TAKE PART---
AND BRING A SIGN! NO WAR ON IRAQ!
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February 1-15, Buffalo/Iraq,
Bill Marx on Peace-making Journey in Iraq,
letters in support of his peace-making mission are being
solicited and published. See his
home page and the From Our
Hearts solicitation for letters of support. An
email
news list is available for updates on his travels. Bill expects to
be available to meet with local groups from shortly after his return on
February 15 until approximately March 10th, when he'll leave for Florida.
Contact Jim Whitlock at
whitlock@BuffaloPeacePeople.org for more information.
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February 1, Buffalo,
Women
in Black weekly vigil, every week on Saturday from
12-1 PM, Bidwell/Elmwood, no matter the
weather, there's always good cheer and dignified solidarity. See also:
WIB NYC BalkansNet - Home Page,
WIB NYC BalkansNet -
Mission Statement,
Women in Black - London
and History of
the Women in Black
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