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Calendar Archive, 20030501-20030531

  • Saturday, May 31, Buffalo, Bethesda, a new play at Rust Belt Books, 8:00 PM, a disturbing look at power and hope featuring Brian Lampkin.

  • Saturday, May 31, 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

  • Saturday, May 31, Rochester, Test the Regents, Teachers Forum, School Without Walls, 480 Broadway, 10:00 AM.  Come see what high-stakes standardized tests are all about. We invite you to take the New York State Regents Exam of your choice.  There will also be groups present with information on high stakes testing and alternative education.  Call (585) 732-9067 or visit www.schoolboardforkids.org for information.  Sponsored by the Coalition for Common Sense in Education and Greens for Education Reform.  See announcement for complete details.  Also see the Teachers Forum site at: http://www.geocities.com/teachersforum/

  • Friday, May 30, Buffalo, Bethesda, a new play at Rust Belt Books, 8:00 PM, a disturbing look at power and hope featuring Brian Lampkin.

  • Friday, May 30, Rochester, Teachers Forum, bi-weekly forum, 5:00 PM, at St. Joe's (402 South Avenue).  Read reports of the last meeting, and the first meeting: http://www.geocities.com/teachersforum/update/030516.htm and http://www.geocities.com/teachersforum/update/030519.htm#3   See announcement for details and contact information.  Also see the Teachers Forum site at: http://www.geocities.com/teachersforum/

  • Wednesday, May 28, Buffalo, Alt Press Fundraiser- Alt Press will have a fundraiser at 5:30 PM, at The New Ice Palace, 318 Pearl St. (across from the Hyatt).  Please come.  Tickets cost $10 each, and you'll be able to enjoy an hour and a half of open bar.  Also, door prizes will be given out.

  • Tuesday, May 27, Buffalo, A.N.S.W.E.R Planning Meeting - Special Topic: A report back on The A.N.S.W.E.R Coalition National Conference Against War, Colonial Occupation & Imperialism in NYC last weekend.   We will discuss the ANSWER Action Plan for the upcoming months and how we in Buffalo and Western New York can participate in both local and national efforts to stop the assault against not only those abroad but also here at home.  See announcement for more details.  Open to all - general anti-war organizing meeting - 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.

  • Sunday, May 25, Buffalo, Weekly Candlelight Vigil for Peace,  7:00 PM , Bear witness for peace, enjoy solidarity and good music, speak-out or read a poem in a family-friendly setting.  Say yes to peace -- and no to war, violence and military occupation everywhere.  Delaware Park - Aggasiz Circle Entrance, Parkside Ave & Route 198, Buffalo, NY, Enter Delaware Park at the Aggasiz Circle entrance, on Parkside Ave just north of Route 198. You can only enter when headed SOUTH on Parkside. Therefore if coming on 198, take the Parkside exit, go north a couple of blocks, and find a way to turn around. The entrance is marked by a park sign, and also by a street sign for E. Meadow Dr. We will meet in the parking area about 100 yards from the park entrance. The vigil will be visible to traffic on Parkside and the 198.  At our vigil on 4/6, there was complete consensus that we would continue to gather at 7:00 PM in spite of the time change and lengthening days in order to continue to encourage family participation.  A sound system will be part of the gathering and we expect musicians, poets and speakers to start turning up as the weather improves.  Those who enjoy the candlelight vigil component will simply arrive late or remain until an hour after darkness descends.  We already have visions of lawn chairs, barbecues and continuing friendly discussions.  Join this marvelous and diverse group if you can.

  • Saturday, May 24, Buffalo, Weekly Anti-War Rally, Demonstration, Solidarity, Bearing Witness, Speaking-Out, and Flyering, at 1:30 PM following the Women in Black silent vigil at Bidwell and Elmwood.  [CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE]

  • Saturday, May 24, 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

  • Friday, May 23, Buffalo, NOW with Bill Moyers: Media Consolidation & The FCC, from TruthOut, Friday 23 May 2003 at 9:00 PM  (check local listings at www.pbs.org)  In just ten days on June 2, the Federal Communications Commission will announce whether it's going to allow big media to get even bigger. If Washington gives the media conglomerates a free pass to let the marketplace rule, it may be at the expense of a key element of American democracy -- the ability of journalists to be independent. But if so much is at stake, why do many believe the result of the FCC vote is a foregone conclusion? On Friday, May 23, 2003 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings), NOW with Bill Moyers goes inside the lobbying effort by the media industry to influence FCC officials. The segment spotlights a Center for Public Integrity report that looks at the close ties between the FCC and the industry it regulates. Later in the program Bill Moyers interviews Executive Director of the Center for Public Integrity Chuck Lewis about the report, it's findings, and the details of how media companies have spent time and money gaining access to Washington decision makers.

  • May 20, Buffalo, A.N.S.W.E.R Planning Meeting - [CANCELLED THIS WEEK ONLY] open to all - general anti-war organizing meeting - 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.

  • May 20, Buffalo, Hitler: The Rise of Evil - Part Two, A CBS Mini-Series, check local listings for time and channel.  In Buffalo it will be 9:00-11:00 PM on WIVB, Channel 4.  Ed Gernon, the Executive Producer, compared the current mood of Americans to that of the Germans who helped Hitler rise to power.  He was promptly fired for his remarks by CBS after an eleven year tenure.  According to a Zap2it article,  "In an interview with TV Guide about the four-hour film, scheduled for May, Gernon compares many Americans' acceptance of a war in Iraq to the fearful climate in post-World War I Germany, of which Hitler took advantage to become its ruler."  "It basically boils down to an entire nation gripped by fear, who ultimately chose to give up their civil rights and plunged the whole nation into war," Gernon said in the  interview. "I can't think of a better time to examine this history than now." "Gernon's remarks reportedly didn't go over well at CBS, which has tried very hard to frame "Hitler" as a historical piece that in no way sensationalizes or offers excuses for Hitler's actions.

  • May 20, Buffalo, Weekly Anti-War Rally and Protest:  Lafayette Square, Downtown Buffalo, Tuesdays at 5:00 PM.  [CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE]

  • May 19, Buffalo, Reconstructing Democracy and Human Rights in Peru - a discussion with Joanna Drzewieniecski sponsored by The Latin American Solidarity Committee (LASC), a task force of the WNY Peace Center, open to all, 7:00-9:00 PM, 1272 Delaware Avenue, Network of Religious Communities (parking and entrance in back).  Dr. Drzewieniecski has lived in Peru for many years, teaching at the National Agrarian University.  She received her PhD in Political Science from the University at Buffalo.  She has been a regional coordinator on human rights issues and worked with Amnesty International on Ecuador.  Call the WNY Peace Center at 894-2013 for more  information.

  • May 19, 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.

  • May 19, Buffalo,  Coalition for Economic Justice: Campaign for a Living Wage Call-in Day,  please Join the Coalition for Economic Justice in the Campaign for a  Living Wage!  We have scheduled a Call-in Day on three Mondays: May 19, June 2, and June 16 and need you to call each of the 13 Common Council Members to let him/her know that YOU support the new Living Wage legislation.  Also, the Common Council will be voting on this legislation as early as June 24th at their bi-weekly meeting.  Let's pack the Council Chambers on June 24th at 2PM, to show support for this effort.  Stay tuned also for more details about actions taking place on that day, or call CEJ at 892-5877.  Also see the call-to-action for background information and more details.  [For an excellent background rich-media experience, visit: http://www.usccb.org/cchd/povertyusa/tour2.htm -- ed.]

  • May 18, Buffalo, Weekly Candlelight Vigil for Peace,  7:00 PM , to say yes to peace -- and no to war with Iraq.  Delaware Park - Aggasiz Circle Entrance, Parkside Ave & Route 198, Buffalo, NY, Enter Delaware Park at the Aggasiz Circle entrance, on Parkside Ave just north of Route 198. You can only enter when headed SOUTH on Parkside. Therefore if coming on 198, take the Parkside exit, go north a couple of blocks, and find a way to turn around. The entrance is marked by a park sign, and also by a street sign for E. Meadow Dr. We will meet in the parking area about 100 yards from the park entrance. The vigil will be visible to traffic on Parkside and the 198.  At our vigil on 4/6, there was complete consensus that we would continue to gather at 7:00 PM in spite of the time change and lengthening days in order to continue to encourage family participation.  A sound system will be part of the gathering and we expect musicians, poets and speakers to start turning up as the weather improves.  Those who enjoy the candlelight vigil component will simply arrive late or remain until an hour after darkness descends.  We already have visions of lawn chairs, barbecues and continuing friendly discussions.  Join this marvelous and diverse group if you can.

  • May 18, Buffalo, Hitler: The Rise of Evil - Part One, A CBS Mini-Series, check local listings for time and channel.  In Buffalo it will be 9:00-11:00 PM on WIVB, Channel 4.  Ed Gernon, the Executive Producer, compared the current mood of Americans to that of the Germans who helped Hitler rise to power.  He was promptly fired for his remarks by CBS after an eleven year tenure.  According to a Zap2it article,  "In an interview with TV Guide about the four-hour film, scheduled for May, Gernon compares many Americans' acceptance of a war in Iraq to the fearful climate in post-World War I Germany, of which Hitler took advantage to become its ruler."  "It basically boils down to an entire nation gripped by fear, who ultimately chose to give up their civil rights and plunged the whole nation into war," Gernon said in the  interview. "I can't think of a better time to examine this history than now." "Gernon's remarks reportedly didn't go over well at CBS, which has tried very hard to frame "Hitler" as a historical piece that in no way sensationalizes or offers excuses for Hitler's actions.  The second part of this series is scheduled for May 20, 2003.

  • May 17, Buffalo, Weekly Anti-War Rally, Demonstration, Solidarity, Bearing Witness, Speaking-Out, and Flyering, at 1:30 PM following the Women in Black silent vigil, we will be standing together non-violently for peace in whatever ways we can at Bidwell and Elmwood.  Speakers and representatives from aligned regional activist groups will join us.  Bring your signs and banners and bear witness to your continuing opposition to war and occupation.  Please show complete and unwavering respect our principles of non-violence, for families with children present at our rally, and for families present with children and loved ones now on duty as soldiers in Iraq.

  • May 17, Buffalo, Recycling Day for Old Computers, Saturday, May 17, is recycling day for old computers, TVs and air conditioners at ECC North. Questions? Contact Sue Attridge, at 858-6339.

  • May 17, Buffalo, Bridge Over Bias: A Children's Peace & Justice Project, Children from the Boston Valley School and the Alnur Islamic School will work together  in the Galeria Mall to sell certain items and to donate the profits to organizations that take care of children's health and needs in Western New York such as Buffalo Children Hospital.  There will be a musical background that calls for unity, justice and peace.  Please stop by the mall this Saturday to encourage our kids working together.  For more information email or call Dr. Othman Shibly at shibly@buffalo.edu or (716) 480 9647.

  • May 17, 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

  • May 17-18, NYC, National Conference Against War, Colonial Occupation and Imperialism, 40 Irving Place, NYC, organized by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, see announcement for details.

  • May 14, 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.

  • May 13, Buffalo, A.N.S.W.E.R Planning Meeting - open to all - general anti-war organizing meeting - 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.

  • May 12, Buffalo, Environmental Meeting re NYC Garbage in Local Community - United Church of Christ Hall, 1335 Clinton Street (corner of Clinton Street and Baitz Avenue, (Baitz Street entrance), 7:00 PM.  The Clinton-Bailey Community Association, a new community group, is organizing to stop the shipment and storage of municipal waste from New York City and other municipalities in their neighborhood.  Outraged citizens distressed over New York City garbage being hauled via train into their neighborhood, have invited policymakers, environmental and health agency staff, and local residents to an open public meeting. At the meeting, residents will present their concerns related to garbage being stored at the SK Rail yard for long periods of time, which has caused a severe odor nuisance in the Clinton / Bailey community. Policymakers, along with environmental and health agency staff have been invited to the meeting, to talk about their efforts to address this environmental health problem.  See announcement for more detatils.

  • May 11, Buffalo, Weekly Candlelight Vigil for Peace,  7:00 PM , to say yes to peace -- and no to war with Iraq.  Delaware Park - Aggasiz Circle Entrance, Parkside Ave & Route 198, Buffalo, NY, Enter Delaware Park at the Aggasiz Circle entrance, on Parkside Ave just north of Route 198. You can only enter when headed SOUTH on Parkside. Therefore if coming on 198, take the Parkside exit, go north a couple of blocks, and find a way to turn around. The entrance is marked by a park sign, and also by a street sign for E. Meadow Dr. We will meet in the parking area about 100 yards from the park entrance. The vigil will be visible to traffic on Parkside and the 198.  At our vigil on 4/6, there was complete consensus that we would continue to gather at 7:00 PM in spite of the time change and lengthening days in order to continue to encourage family participation.  A sound system will be part of the gathering and we expect musicians, poets and speakers to start turning up as the weather improves.  Those who enjoy the candlelight vigil component will simply arrive late or remain until an hour after darkness descends.  We already have visions of lawn chairs, barbecues and continuing friendly discussions.  Join this marvelous and diverse group if you can.

  • May 11, Buffalo,  "You Can Contribute to a Hopeful Future Free from Smog, Acid Rain, and Climate-Changing Greenhouse Gases!"  Riverside-Salem UCC, 4:00-6:00 PM.  In 1997, Derek Bateman went to work for the Energy Cooperative of New York and has seen it grow from 28 members to almost 5,000 energy accounts using over $20 million dollars worth of energy last year. He has been a co-op, community, and credit-union organizer since the 1970's and community-based economic development person since the 1990's.  Join us at the Riverside-Salem UCC Environmental Cottage, 3449 West River Road, Grand Island, from 4-6 p.m.  Refreshments following.  Directions from Buffalo:  I-190 North over south Grand Island bridge to Grand Island, Exit 19, Whitehaven Road, West (turn left if coming from Buffalo) to West River Road (about 2.2 miles); right/North on West River road about 9/10 mile to #3449, a cottage in a wooded area;  park along roadside.   Email June Licence, jlicence@buffalo.edu or call 773-1426 for more information, additional directions, etc.

  • May 10, Buffalo, Weekly Anti-War Rally, Demonstration, Solidarity, Bearing Witness, Speaking-Out, and Flyering, at 1:30 PM following the Women in Black silent vigil, we will be standing together non-violently for peace in whatever ways we can at Bidwell and Elmwood.  Speakers and representatives from aligned regional activist groups will join us.  Bring your signs and banners and bear witness to your continuing opposition to war.  Please show complete and unwavering respect our principles of non-violence, for families with children present at our rally, and for families present with children and loved ones now on duty as soldiers in Iraq.

  • May 10, 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

  • May 10, Buffalo, Faces of Iraq Photography Exhibit: Normal Hours,  12-4 PM See the exhibit pages for descriptive information, schedules of events, directions to the CEPA Gallery and related materials.  Call the gallery at 856-2717 for details or help with directions.

  • May 9, Buffalo, Faces of Iraq Photography Exhibit: Normal Hours,  10:00 AM - 5:00 PM  See the exhibit pages for descriptive information, schedules of events, directions to the CEPA Gallery and related materials.  Call the gallery at 856-2717 for details or help with directions.

  • Spring, Buffalo, Full Regalia Rally & Street Theater, World's Biggest Hug for Peace?   

  • Hallwall's Media Showing Calendar

  • May 8, Buffalo, Faces of Iraq Photography Exhibit: Normal Hours,  10:00 AM - 5:00 PM  See the exhibit pages for descriptive information, schedules of events, directions to the CEPA Gallery and related materials.

  • May 7, Buffalo, Faces of Iraq Photography Exhibit: Evening Reception and Public Exhibition Hours,  6:00 PM - 9:00 PM  Co-hosted by the WNY Presbytery and the BPP Organizers' Netwrok.  Refreshments will be served and many of the people who worked to bring the exhibit to Buffalo will be present.  Due to the warmth and opportunities for relaxed discussion the opening reception afforded everyone, the exhibition organizers are planning another reception with refreshments for those who attend the Wednesday evening exhibition hours.  If you missed the opening, you won't want to miss this last convenient evening opportunity to see the exhibit and meet some of the folks who helped bring it to Buffalo.  For complete details, see: www.BuffaloPeacePeople.org/faces  Also see Al Mead's exhibition review article at: http://www.allpowertothepeople.com/events/FacesOfIraq/.  See the exhibit pages for descriptive information, schedules of events, directions to the CEPA Gallery and related materials.

  • May 7, Buffalo, Faces of Iraq Photography Exhibit: Normal Hours,  10:00 AM - 5:00 PM  See the exhibit pages for descriptive information, schedules of events, directions to the CEPA Gallery and related materials.

  • May 6, Buffalo, A.N.S.W.E.R Planning Meeting - open to all - general anti-war organizing meeting - 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.

  • May 6, Buffalo, Weekly Anti-War Rally and Protest:  Lafayette Square, Downtown Buffalo, Tuesdays at 5:00 PM.  If you're opposed to this illegal, immoral, reckless and insane war, please come out to Lafayette Square every Tuesday at 5 PM!  If you want to be part of creative, energetic, and passionate dissent, be there on Tuesday at 5!  Bring your bike, your drum, your flag, and your friends.  It's time to make ourselves heard!  For more info: Colin eagercolin@yahoo.com or Dan xharryx@juno.com

  • May 6, Buffalo, Faces of Iraq Photography Exhibit: Normal Hours,  10:00 AM - 5:00 PM  See the exhibit pages for descriptive information, schedules of events, directions to the CEPA Gallery and related materials.

  • May 5, Buffalo, Faces of Iraq Photography Exhibit: Normal Hours,  10:00 AM - 5:00 PM  See the exhibit pages for descriptive information, schedules of events, directions to the CEPA Gallery and related materials.

  • May 4, Buffalo, Weekly Candlelight Vigil for Peace,  7:00 PM , to say yes to peace -- and no to war with Iraq.  Delaware Park - Aggasiz Circle Entrance, Parkside Ave & Route 198, Buffalo, NY, Enter Delaware Park at the Aggasiz Circle entrance, on Parkside Ave just north of Route 198. You can only enter when headed SOUTH on Parkside. Therefore if coming on 198, take the Parkside exit, go north a couple of blocks, and find a way to turn around. The entrance is marked by a park sign, and also by a street sign for E. Meadow Dr. We will meet in the parking area about 100 yards from the park entrance. The vigil will be visible to traffic on Parkside and the 198.  At our vigil on 4/6, there was complete consensus that we would continue to gather at 7:00 PM in spite of the time change and lengthening days in order to continue to encourage family participation.  A sound system will be part of the gathering and we expect musicians, poets and speakers to start turning up as the weather improves.  Those who enjoy the candlelight vigil component will simply arrive late or remain until an hour after darkness descends.  We already have visions of lawn chairs, barbecues and continuing friendly discussions.  Join this marvelous and diverse group if you can.

  • May 4, Buffalo,Benefit Show, 6:00 PM, Broadway Joe's 3051 Main Street: Good music for a good cause -- the Access Storefront Project www.accesscommunity.net  See announcement for details.  Contact Colin Eager at eagercolin@yahoo.com for more information.

  • May 4, Buffalo, Radical/Activist Carnival, 3:00 PM, Shoshone Park (near Main and Hertel): Come hear speakers, eat, drink, and play! Meet others and discuss how we can move forward towards a just and sustainable world.  See announcement for details.  Contact Colin Eager at eagercolin@yahoo.com for more information.

  • May 4, Buffalo, Haymarket Commemorative Rally/March, 2:00 PM, UB South Campus Station: May 4th is the 117th anniversary of the Haymarket affair, in which 8 radicals were framed by the government for their role in the struggle for an eight hour workday. Outrage over the execution of four of the Haymarket defendants led to the establishment of May 1st as an international working class holiday. Join together to honor the memory of the Haymarket martyrs and to continue the struggle against injustice.  See announcement for details.  Contact Colin Eager at eagercolin@yahoo.com for more information.

  • May 4, Buffalo, Peace Circle,  2:00 PM on Sunday, 4 May 2003, at the Newman Center, 1291 Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo, New York (across from Buffalo State). We invite you to attend a Peace Circle with Greg Lynn Weaver, President and Founder of PeaceWeavers, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to fostering greater health and well-being for individuals, families and communities worldwide. Since its inception during the Gulf War in 1991, the PeaceWeavers have facilitated Circles with thousands of people of all ages, sponsored annual Kids Peace Camp, and offered Healing Retreats at the Thunder
    Mountain Center in Bath, NY.  RSVP: Please let us know if you will be attending by responding to: Paula/Kevin Connors 839.5564 or Anne Loretan 882.2551 or email PeaceWeaversBflo@aol.com  See announcement for more details.

  • May 4, Buffalo, Brunch: A Taste of AVP,  A brunch for the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), a program of workshops that go into prisons, schools and communities around the world to discover there are almost always alternatives to violence. AVP is a way to learn ways to implement alternatives to expand and to change your own life and to transform others. Frustrated by all the violence around you?  Want to find out what you can do?  Learn more about ways of keeping peace through alternatives to violence: at home, at school, at work, in the community, the country, the world.  Come to A Taste of AVP, the Alternatives to Violence Project -- hands-on experience.  Sunday, May 4, 1:00-4:00 PM, 639 Lafayette Avenue.  Please RSVP by 30 April.  Questions: 716/882-6176.  See announcement for details and more contacts.  Also see the National AVP site:  http://www.avpusa.org/

  • May 3, Buffalo, Wallmart Protest, 2:00 PM, 5033 Transit Road Williamsville: Rally against Walmart's labor practices at home and abroad!!  See announcement for details.  Contact Colin Eager at eagercolin@yahoo.com for more information.

  • May 3, Buffalo, Weekly Anti-War Rally, Demonstration, Solidarity, Bearing Witness, Speaking-Out, and Flyering, at 1:30 PM following the Women in Black silent vigil, we will be standing together non-violently for peace in whatever ways we can at Bidwell and Elmwood.  Speakers and representatives from aligned regional activist groups will join us.  Bring your signs and banners and bear witness to your continuing opposition to war.  Please show complete and unwavering respect our principles of non-violence, for families with children present at our rally, and for families present with children and loved ones now on duty as soldiers in Iraq.

  • May 3, 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

  • May 3, Buffalo, Faces of Iraq Photography Exhibit: Normal Hours,  12-4 PM See the exhibit pages for descriptive information, schedules of events, directions to the CEPA Gallery and related materials.

  • May 2, Buffalo, Punk/Hardcore Show, 7:00 PM, 99 Custer Street: Do you like music? So do we! So come to the show!  See announcement for details.  Contact Colin Eager at eagercolin@yahoo.com for more information.

  • May 2, Buffalo, May Day Social - Not One Youth for War and Empire,  6:30 PM, Access Storefront Project, 3180 Main St. (between Winspear and Northrup in University Heights, Buffalo), Buffalo Forum invites everyone to come together to celebrate May Day with the theme of "Not One Youth for War and Empire!" Youth are especially affected by war--forced into the army, and made to commit atrocities. Today more and more youth are also being forced out of school--left uneducated, unemployed and more vulnerable to recruitment and the government's militarist propaganda. Join in to say No! Not One Youth for War and Empire!  See announcement for details.  Contact Colin Eager at eagercolin@yahoo.com for more information.

  • May 2, Buffalo, Critical Mass Ride, 5:30 PM, Route TBD.  See announcement for details.  Contact Colin Eager at eagercolin@yahoo.com for more information.

  • May 2, Buffalo, Faces of Iraq Photography Exhibit: Opening Reception, The Opening Reception for EPIC's Faces of Iraq photography exhibit is Friday, May 2, from 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM at the CEPA Gallery in downtown Buffalo, with special guest speakers scheduled at 6:30 PM.  See the exhibit pages for descriptive information, schedules of events, directions to the CEPA Gallery and related materials.

  • May 2-10, Buffalo, Faces of Iraq Photography Exhibit:  EPIC's Faces of Iraq photography exhibit has now been booked for showings in Buffalo at the CEPA Gallery.  See the exhibit pages for descriptive information, schedules of events, directions to the CEPA Gallery and related materials.  The Opening Reception is Friday, May 2, from 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM with special guest speakers scheduled at 6:30 PM. 

FACES OF IRAQ PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION: May 2-10

  • May 1, Buffalo, Anti-war Reading, Rust Belt Books, 202 Allen: Subversive Theatre is sponsoring a reading of Irwin Shaw's anti-war play "Bury the Dead." See announcement for details.  Contact Colin Eager at eagercolin@yahoo.com for more information.

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