Peacemakers,

Convicted cop killer Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed at 7 PM
tonight, Wednesday.

Here are statements -- from the "witnesses" themselves -- about the
quality of the evidence used at his trial:

After hours of questioning [by police], one witness said "I told them what
they wanted to hear. So I did. I signed a statement..." another witness
said "I got tired of them harassing me -- they made it clear they would
stop harassing me if I told them what they wanted to hear"; another
witness said the police "gave her the impression she should say Troy did
it...so I signed a statement"..another said "I got tired of them harassing
me...they would leave me alone if I told them what they wanted to
hear"...another witness said "After the officers talked to me, they gave
me a statement and told me to sign it. I signed it. I did not read it
because I cannot read.”

These and other examples of police-induced bogus evidence can be viewed at:
ttp://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/affadavits.pdf

How many of us would stand up to many, many hours of continuous Guantanamo
style questioning by police?

Action: Tell the following to stop the execution of Troy Davis:
1. Call the Georgia Board of Prisons and Parole: 404-656-5651
2. Call Chatham County District Attorney Larry Chisolm 912-652-7308
3. Call Judge Penny Freesemann 912-652-7252

Democracy Now! will air a special broadcast from outside the prison in
Jackson, Georgia, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EDT.  Go to
www.democracynow.org.

Peace,

Charley

Interim Executive Director
WNY Peace Center, Inc.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS:

 * Peace Center Matters

 Coordinating Board of Directors meets 6:30 PM,
   Monday, September 26, 1272 Delaware Ave. All Welcome.
 The WNY Peace Center t-shirts and bumper stickers
       and DVD of Noam Chomsky's May 12th Lecture

 Works of Milton Rogovin: all proceeds to WNY Peace Center

 Starting Sept. 27: PeaceJam Buffalo

 * WNY Peace Center Taskforce Events and News

 *** Prison Action Taskforce -- had a successful walk from Buffalo to Attica

 *** Latin American Solidarity Committee

 ***Oct. 17 LASC coffeehouse: Guatemala

 * Riverside-Salem: Sundays at the Cottage program schedule

 * Legislative Work and Urgent Action Calls

 Chiapas Rural Cities
 Colombia Support Network

 * Allies in Peace and Social Justice an open bulletin board,
 including items which haven't come through the Peace Center
 Coordinating Board or Taskforces

 * List of Regular Events and Other items

 ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS ISSUE (see details):

 World Peace Day, Sept. 21
 Native American Community Services Gala, Sept. 22
 Global Poetry Event, Sept. 24
 7th annual Daemen College Environmental Summit, Sept.24
 Fall Shoreline Clean-Up, Sept. 24
 Information  on Global African Village, Sept 2
 Prisoners Are People Too,Talk,Monday, Sept 26
 Green Buildings Open House, Oct. 1
 Lecture "Co-existence of Poles and Jews Over the Centuries", Oct. 2
 Dr. Caldicott Speaking Engagement, Binghampton, Oct 10
 Presentation: "Terrorism against Cuba" St.Catherines, Ont. Oct. 12 8th
 annual World on Your Plate, Oct 14 and 15
 International Festival of Poetry of Resistance, Toronto, Oct. 14-16 LASC
 Roger Cook retirement Party from WNYCOSH, Oct 16th
 Coffeehouse: Guatemala, Oct. 17
 Freedom Bowl at VIVE, October 22
 Pax Christi-Bufalo Catholic Worker Annual retreat, Oct.28,29
 deadline for Peace Action of New York State raffle, October 28
 William Sloane Coffin Award to, Congresswoman Barbara Lee , Oct 28 , NYC
 Tribute to peace/music educator Consuela Lee, New York City, Oct.29 Trial
 date for the Hancock 38, near Syracuse, Nov. 1
 SOA Watch vigil, Fort Benning, Georgia, November 18-20

 OTHER ITEMS at the end:
 Move to Amend contact for info.
 Over 160 Arrested in Civil Disobedience Against Tar Sands Oil Pipeline.
 Arte y Armistad: A Benefit to Support Art for Children in Nicaragua Pax
 Christi -Bufalo Catholic Worker Annual retreat info
 Peace Action of New York State raffle background
 Booksigning at Talking Leaves-Nick Demske
 Pax Christi
  More background from the Colombia Support Network urgent action
 Information and petition information concerning the case of
 TroyDavis
 Two(2)Benefit concerts -IPN{Interfaith Peace Network} Sept 26,Monday and
 Oct. 7th,Friday
 Response by Arnold August to media disinformation campaign against Cuba in
 Canada
 Canadiana  --3 Items from Dave Thomas
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 1. Peace Center Matters:
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  Ideas or suggestions to increase Peace Center membership
 can  be submitted,by email to Alan Feller-afeller@roadrunner.com
 or Phil Smith- lilandphil@zenger.com or Eric Gallion-
 egallion@verizon.net The membership cmte also welcomes and accepts ideas
 for fundraisers which can function as membership drives.

 ***** WNY Peace Center's Annual Dinner, Saturday, November 5, 2011: Cindy
 Sheehan and S. Brian Willson. 5:30 PM Buffalo Niagara convention Center.
 More details later.....but save the date!

 FYI-- For more info.each of the dinner speakers has a
 website:www.brianwillson.com and cindysheehanssoapbox.com. Also,S. Brian
Willson's new book:"Blood on the Tracks" is available. Cindy Sheehan has
a few books including "Peace Mom" and more recently "Myth of America
II"which is only available online at the website.
 Additionally, S.Brian Willson is publishing a book tour blog which will
probably include
 some of the stay in the WNY area
 *****

 *** The WNY Peace Center's Coordinating Board of Directors meets
 4th Monday every month. The next meeting is scheduled for 6:30 PM, Monday,
 September 26, 2011 at the Network of Religious Communities, 1272 Delaware
 Ave. Buffalo NY. All are invited to attend.

 *** The WNY Peace Center has t-shirts and bumperstickers. T-shirt
 prices are: $20 for white and $25 for green. WNY Peace Center Bumper
 Stickers: $2 WNY Peace Center Tote Bags: $10 If you would like to
 purchase one please contact us at facebook@wnypeace.org

 *** DVD of Noam Chomsky's May 12th Lecture can be ordered from the Peace
 Center website for $25. All proceeds from the sale of this DVD will be
 used to support the WNY Peace Center. Professionally produced by Martin
 McGee Productions.

 *** Starting Sept. 27: PeaceJam Buffalo
 Tuesdays (Ongoing) 4-5:30pm, St. Mary's School for the Deaf, 2253 Main St,
 PeaceJam Buffalo, afterschool program for youth 14 and up, with
 curriculum by Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in social justice,
 leadership, and community change. Includes service learning project.
 Community Service credits available. Part of an international movement.
 More info: Victoria Ross  884-0582  victoryross@verizon.net

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 2. WNY Peace Center Taskforce Events and Items:
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 First Monday of each month-LASC @ 1272 Delaware Ave,Network of
 Religious
 Communities-7PM-Organizing Meeting-Everybody ivited to participate

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 3. Riverside-Salem UCC/DC, Summer 2011: Wednesdays at the Water's Edge
 ************************************************

 Program Schedule, September - October,
 Sundays at the Cottage, 4-6 p.m.

 Riverside-Salem Cottage, 3449 West River Rd., GI
 Riverside-Salem UCC/DC
 3449 West River Road, PO Box 207
 Grand Island, NY 14072-0207
 more info: June License  773-1426; jlicence@buffalo.edu
 <http://www.riversidesalem.org/

 Sep. 25  CROP Walk: Beaver Island Park Pavilion (by
 docks) 1:00 registration, 1:30 walk (info: Paul Robinson, 773-3550).  Work
 day at cottage & straw-bale following walk.

 Oct. 2 DVD: "The Real Dirt on Farmer John"

 Oct. 9: Heyward Ehrlich on the Kabbalah: Kabbalah is an unusual
 mystical tradition. Despite its oral origins, it never departs entirely
 from
 fundamental texts. Both medieval and modern Kabbalah are remarkable for
 their connections with other systems of interpretive analogy, including
 Hermeticism, the Christian Cabala, theosophy, and contemporary New Age
 ephemera.  Prohibited from representing graven images, kabbalists often
 described divine manifestations in an indirect manner, representing them
 in
 a variety of organic and geometric metaphors.   Heyward Ehrlich is
 Professor
 Emeritus of the Department of English, Rutgers University in Newark. He
 publishes on James Joyce, Edgar Allan Poe, and digital humanities and
 actively researches cultural history and early visual media, He has
 presented his talk, "Images of Kabbalah," at Dana Library of Rutgers
 University and for the Buffalo Havorah.

 Oct. 16  World Food Day: bring a dish, a recipe, a
 donation for Loaves & Fishes; GMO update and discussion with Eveline Hartz.

 Oct. 23  VOICE-Buffalo Meeting [4 p.m., place TBA-info: Marge
 Neal,634-9712];
 work day on cottage & straw-bale for those not attending VOICE meeting.

 Oct. 30  [Hallowe'en] Scary Stories: Fracking ("Gasland" DVD + updates)

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 4. (Legislative) Work to Do
 legislator contacts: <http://wnypeace.org/join/lobby.php
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 See LASC website <www.lascwny.org for letter campaign
 around indigenous resistence to a government imposed
 "Rural Cities" project in Chiapas, Mexico.

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 Urgent Action Call, from Cecilia Zárate-Laun,
 Program Director Colombia Support Network

 "We of the Colombia Support Network express our outrage at the
 September 1, 2011 murder of Father Jose Reinel Restrepo, parish priest in
 the town of Marmato in Caldas Department in west central Colombia. Father
 Restrepo had spoken out against a plan by the Canadian mining company
 Medoro Resources, which merged in July with a Colombian
 company, Gran Colombia Gold. The plan would require the town of
 Marmato to be moved from its present location so that an open-pit gold
 mine could be developed there. The Canadian mining interest in
 Colombia fits with the recent approval by Colombia and Canada of a
 so-called Free Trade Agreement between the two countries, an agreement
 which we believe will have deleterious consequences for both
 countries, but particularly for rural communities in Colombia."
 See the complete text at the end here.

 Please write to or call the official of the Canadian mining company Medoro
 Resources to tell him to halt implementation of their damaging and
 fatality-producing project in the town of Marmato, west central Colombia.

 Medoro Resources, Mr Peter Volk,  Vicepresident and General Counsel
 info@medororesources.com
 333 Bay Street, Suite 1100
 Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R2
 Tel ( 416) 603 - 4653
 Fax : (416) 360 - 7783

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 5. Allies in Peace and Social Justice Announce:
 (including items which haven't come to us through
 the Peace Center Coordinating Board or Taskforces)
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 Thursday, September 22, at 7 pm Talking Leaves 3158 Main St., buffalo NY.
 The reading is part of a national
 tour Mr. Demske has undertaken (quite unusual for
 a not particularly well-known writer, let alone
 poet).  It is free and open to the public. Copies
 of Nick Demske, the poet's award winning book
 (Fence Books), will be available for purchas
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 Sept. 21  World Peace Day
 [also PBS TV showing of "Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness"]

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 Thursday, Sept. 22, 6:30Pm - 10:00Pm, Rich's Atrium, 1 Robert Rich Way

 Native American Community Services of Erie & Niagara Counties, Inc. (NACS)
 2nd Annual Gala "Coming Together For Our Future Seven Generations"
 Inspired by :The Great Law of Peace" Please join us in
 celebration of our community'sstrengths, while also supporting the
future
 work still needed in the community. $50 per Ticket, dinner and
 entertainment, and Keynote Speaker: Mr. G. Peter Jemison, Seneca,
 Heron Clan  Manager, Ganondagan State Historic Site

 Proceeds from this event will help NACS to fund gaps in our current
 programs, while also laying the foundation for meeting the long-term needs
 of our community.

 Gala Schedule:
 6:30pm at 7:00pm:            Reception, Silent Auction, and Basket Raffles
 7:00pm at 9:00pm:            Dinner and Program
 9:00pm at 10:00pm:          Entertainment

 For more information, please contact:
 Nadine DiStefano 440.4152 ndistefano@live.com
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 Sat. Sept. 24, Buffalo State College, 11:30 AM - evening.
 A Global Event - read poetry in a circle until the last poet sings. Please
 come and read work of your own or by someone else
 on the local theme of: Healing.
 All are welcome to read in the circle for 2 or 3 minutes.

 Poets around the world are planning individual events to take place
 simultaneously on Sept. 24 in a demonstration/celebration of poetry to
 promote social and political change.

 more info: 100 Thousand Poets for Change: <www.100tpc.org

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 Sep. 24  Daemen's 7th annual Environmental Summit,
 "Greening Your Congregation," 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Wick Student Center.

 Sat. Sept. 24, 9:00-12:30, Wick Student Center, Damen College
 7th annual Daemen College ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMIT: a workshop,
 by Sr. Sharon Goodremote (Buffalo Diocese) to help Buffalo
 congregations with environmental programs.  Help spread the word about
 being good stewards of our earth. Summit and workshops are FREE and open
 to all.  More info: Sharon Benz "sbenz@daemen.edu"  839-8524.

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 Sep. 24, Fall Shoreline Clean-Up, 9-12 a.m. (info:
 Chris Murawski  at 716.852.RIVER ext. 39).
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 Sat., Sept. 24 - Global African Village will be
 selling Niagara candy bars in from of Valu Hardware, 366 Kenmore Avenue,
 from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.  Stop by to say hello and and buy a candy bar!
 Thank you, Sharon Green
 Author of "Sharon's Simple Study Strategies for College Success"

 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157604114X/qid=1151870395/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-2145453-4984760?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
 Corresponding Secretary, Newsletter Editor, & Public Relations Director
 Global African Village
 www.globalafricanvillage.org
 "Saving One Life at a Time"
 Visit us on Facebook!
 Raise money for Global African Village just by searching the Internet with
 GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo), or shopping online with GoodShop.com!
 Please save your register tapes from Dash's Market for Global African
 Village
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At the next meeting of Prisoners Are People Too, Rev.
Patricia Bufford, a recently retired NYS Correctional Officer, will be our
guest speaker. She is known in this community as an individual with a genuine
interest in community enhancement. With 20 years experience as a CO, she will
share her thoughts about corrections and more. Come out and be a part of this
conversation on Monday, September 26, 6:30-8:30pm at the Pratt-Willert
Community
Center, 422 Pratt Street. As always, these meeting are public and open to
your
questions and comments. (PRP2 programs are sponsored by The Circle of
Supporters for Reformed Offenders and Friends of BaBa Eng. For more info:
karima@prisonersarepeopletoo.org or 716-834-8438.)
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 Oct 1, 12-4 p.m. Riverside-Salem straw-bale
 house is listed.  More info: June License, 773-1426.

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 Sunday Oct. 2, 4 P.M. Regis Lecture Room, Canisius College. "The
 Co-existence of Poles and Jews Over the Centuries" by Dr. George J.
 Alexander, survivor of the ghetto and concentration camps, author of
 Generations, a compendium of Jewish history in Poland from the earliest
 times to the Holocaust.

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 Wednesday, Oct. 12th, 7:00 P.M. Rotary Room, St. Catharine, Ont. Library.
 Author Keith Bolender, presents his research for his latest book:
 "Voices from the Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against
 Cuba". Hear the affects of terrorism directly from the victims.

 Refreshments to follow. Presented by Canadian-Cuban Friendship
 Association,
 Niagara Ontario. more info: Dave Thomas, 905-382-3468

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 Friday and Saturday, Oct 14 and 15: 8th annual World on Your Plate,
 Conference on Food and Sustainable Living, Damen College Wick Campus
 Center, 4380 Main St, Amherst NY more info: <www.WorldOnYourPlate.org

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 Fri-Sun, October 14 - 16, Toronto Ont,
 International Festival of Poetry of Resistance,
 in honour of the Middle East and the Bolivarian Alliance
 for the Peoples of Latin America (ALBA), with diplomatic
 representatives of Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Ecuador...
 Friday, Oct. 14, 5:00 p.m. smudging ceremony followed
 by the launch of the first volume of poetry anthology, art exhibit
 including a silent auction with display of cartoons of Gerardo
 Hernandez, one of the Cuban Five followed by a dinner with poetry
 especially by our visiting poets.  RSVP for these events.

 More info: 416 551 5144 or  416 603 9858
 <www.poetryofresistance.org and link to letter with details:
 <http://www.poetryofresistance.org/uploads/6/8/0/8/6808741/
 invitationletter.pdf

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 Monday, Oct. 17, 7-9pm, 1272 Delaware Ave. LASC Coffeehouse.
 Guatemala: Human rights, Mayan communities, and GOLD

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 Saturday, October 22, noon to 3pm, 50 Wyoming Ave.
 Freedom Bowl at VIVE  <http://www.vivelacasa.org/

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 October 28, 29, St. Mary of the Lake Church, S. 4737 Lake Shore Rd, Hamburg
 Pax Christi-Bufalo Catholic Worker Annual retreat
 For more info or flyer, please email "CaseyTPC@aol.com"
 or call Bill Privett 585-599-3366 or Tom Casey 716-491-9172
 See Other Items to help.

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 deadline October 28 for Peace Action of New York State raffle Drawing that
 evening, at the New York City Gala, where Peace Action presents the 2011
 William Sloane Coffin Peacemaker Award to The Honorable
 Barbara Lee, Representative California (see Other Items at the end here).

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 William Sloane Coffin Award Gala honoring Cong. Barbara Lee: this
elegant event will be on Friday, Oct. 28 and we are very excited to be
presenting the WSC Peacemaker Award to Congresswoman Barbara Lee of
California. Carol Husten has been doing an amazing job getting this
event together and securing Rep. Lee as the honoree. As Don Shaffer
pointed out, Rep. Lee is the most consistently progressive member of
Congress, well deserving of this Peacemaker Award. Again we need your
help to make this event as special as possible and to bring as many
people to honor Rep. Lee as we can - please help us by buying your
ticket (!!) and spreading the link to buy tickets online to your list
servs: http://www.peaceaction.charityhappenings.org/.
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 Saturday, Oct 29, 12 at 3 p.m. Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem, NY
Public
 Memorial and Cultural Tribute to Jazz Musician and Educator Consuela
 Edmonia Lee Nov. 1, 1926 at Dec. 26, 2009. Musicians, family, friends and
 admirers gathering to honor this "musicians' musician", with photos &
 videos of interviews & performances. Consuela Lee was a jazz pianist,
 composer, arranger, educator and director of Snow Hill Institute for the
 Performing Arts, a school dedicated to the education of children,
 especially African-American music, in one of the poorest counties of
 Alabama. See a story of her life:
 <www.consuelalee.com/doc/consuelalee.html RSVP at
 <www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149228161821858

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 "Nov. 1st is our  trial date for the April 22nd blockade action 38 of us
 participated in against drones that are piloted from Hancock
 Airport Military Base to drop missiles on the people Afghanistan. We go to
 DeWitt Town Court near Syracuse.  We hope you will be joining us. Mark
 your calendars."
 From Mary Anne Grady Flores, Co-defendant of the Hancock 38...
 Ithaca Catholic Workers, 14850 1-607-273-7437/ 1-607-280-8797

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 November 18-20, 2011: See you at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia for
 the SOA Watch vigil. <www.soaw.org/

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 6. REGULAR EVENTS
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 Visit EL BUEN AMIGO, 114 Elmwood Ave. Buffalo NY 14201.  Fair trade
 products from Central and South America. Learn Spanish, too. Space
 available for events. Tel: 716-885-6343; <http://elbuenamigo.org
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 VIGIL AT THE ERIE COUNTY HOLDING CENTER, each Wednesday at 5 P.M.- 6 P.M.
 Corner of Church St and Delaware Ave. Erie County Prisoner Rights
 Coalition continues its weekly protests against prisoner abuse at the
 Holding Center. Signs are available at the vigil.  If the vigil ends early
 due to inclement weather, you will find the coalition at 14
 Allen St. (near Main St.) until 7:00pm.
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 WOMEN IN BLACK SILENT VIGIL AGAINST WAR Every Saturday Afternoon, 12-1
 P.M. regardless of weather. Corner of Elmwood & Bidwell Parkway,
 Buffalo NY. Witnessing weekly since October 2001.
 <http://www.womeninblack.org/en/vigil
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 WEEKLY SUNDAY NOON VIGILS FOR PEACE, ROCHESTER
 Sponsored by Peace Action & Education.
 12:00 Noon  1:00 PM in Rochester,  East Avenue & Goodman Street.
 more info: 585-442-3383 or <http://www.gvcp.org/
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 INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S INITIATIVES (IWI) TALKING CIRCLE 2nd  Thursday of each
 month, 12-3 P.M. IWI Office @ Network of Religious Communities, 1272
 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo. More Information Contact Agnes
 Williams, Seneca 716-332-6988. Please bring organic Snacks to share
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 WNY DRILLING DEFENCE (formerly FRACK ACTION BUFFALO), 12 P.M. meeting at
 Lafayette Presbyterian, 875 Elmwood Ave Buffalo. Every 2nd   and 4th
 Sunday of the month. Meetings open to all. Use door off of
 parking lot on Lafayette Ave. More info:
 <http://groups.google.com/group/wnydrillingdefense
 <www.facebook.com/WNYDrillingDefense
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 Anti-Wars/Stop the Drones Outreach.  First and Third Tuesdays of the
 month, 4:15-5:00 P.M. at Hancock Air National Guard Base, East Malloy Rd,
 Mattydale NY (Syracuse NY). Sponsored by  the Syracuse Peace
 Council. More info: <www.peacecouncil.net/
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 Sunday,  Vigil for Peace. 12 Noon - 1 P.M. Corner of East Avenue and
 Goodman St. Rochester NY. Sponsor: Peace Action and Education, Genesee
 Valley Citizens for Peace (www.gvcp.org).  Every Sunday. Sponsor:
 Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace.
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 OTHER ITEMS:
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 Jane DeHawkhurst spoke about Helen Caldicott's upcoming speaking
events in the Binghamton area - Broome County Peace Action is
sponsoring her talk on Monday Oct. 10 (Columbus Day) at 7pm at SUNY
Binghamton (aka Binghamton University), and there will be talks at
Ithaca College and Hobart College in the following days. For more
information please contact Jane at dehawkhurst@yahoo.com. I will be
attending the Oct. 11 event and PANYS was very pleased to be able to
help contribute to Dr. Caldicott's speaker fee through our
Ploughshares grant.
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 Pax Christi -Bufalo Catholic Worker seeks possible co-sponsors and help
 with publicity for the Oct.28,29 retreat. Our topic is the title of a book
 by our speaker, Tom Cordoro, "Be Not Afraid".  Our leaders this year will
 be each of us as we listen, reflect, discuss and
 formulate ways we can work and pray for peace in our world in the
 coming year. We will offer participants the opportunity to suggest ideas
 for praying and/or working for peace as they register.  We will present
 possible topics available for self-selected or randomly
 generated groups to discuss/pursue at the retreat. All planning,
 coordinating, registration and finances will be handled by PC/CW.
 For more info or flyer, please email "CaseyTPC@aol.com"
 or call Bill Privett 585-599-3366 or Tom Casey 716-491-9172

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 Peace Action of New York State raffle (Deadline October 28)
 From Katherine Jacobson, 212-989-3123, Peace Action of New York State. The
 NATION Magazine has offered to Peace Action of New York State the
 opportunity to hold a raffle, for one Seminar Cruise trip-for-two! The
 drawing of the winning RaffleTix will take place in New York City on the
 Gala evening of October 28, when PANYS presents to The Honorable Barbara
 Lee, Representative of California's 9th Congressional
 District, the 2011 William Sloane Coffin Peacemaker Award!
 RaffleTix, at $35.00, may be purchased at
 <www.Raffle.CharityHappenings.org   (deadline at Noon on October 28) or
 mail order to Peace Action New York State, P.O.Box 3357 New York, NY
 10008-3357 (if received before October 28) Payments should be made to
 Peace Action Fund of New York State in order to quality for a tax
 deduction.  Winner need not be present at the drawing.

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 IPN Folk,

         There are two benefit concerts coming up soon, one to support
 First Presbyterian Church and the other to support VIVE and
 Trinity Episcopal Church.  I’ve attached flyers for both.

         The first is Monday, 26 Sept, at First Presbyterian Church
 (behind Kleinhans), open 6pm, start 8pm, the musicians of the
 Buffalo Philharmonic are doing this concert as a benefit for
 First Church.  Donation $30, $25 for seniors and students.

         The second is Friday, 7 October at Trinity Episcopal Church,
 jazz concert with pianist Krista Seddon, 7pm to benefit the
 church and VIVE.  $10 to $30, or more to benefit more.
 Refreshments provided.

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 On October 16th we will celebrate Roger Cooks retirement after 32 years of
dedication to WNYCOSH and our workers. Please take and ad in our program
book or try to attend that day.
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Pax Christi, the Buffalo Catholic Worker 14th Annual Catholic Peacemakers
Retreat,
October 28th- 29th to reflect in community on, “As Jesus came near the
city, he wept
over it saying, “If this day you only knew the things that make for peace!
(Luke
19:41-42).  Our speaker, Tom Cordaro, believes we must openly and
respectfully end
our polarizing discourse in order to find opportunities for each of us to
work and
pray in 2012 for a more peaceful world for our children and grandchildren.
Registration information: www.PaxChristi.weebly.com  Bill Privett
585-599-3366 or
Tom Casey, 716-491-9172. St. Mary of the Lake Church, Hamburg
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