Peacemakers,

Friday October 7 marks the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Afghan
War.  Osama Bin Laden has been executed, without the benefit of judicial
process. But have we "won" the war(s) yet? Are there any parades
celebrating victory? What have Presidents Bush and Obama and a very
compliant Congress accomplished in 10 years?

Here's a list of their achievements in veteran's issues, judicial process,
and economics:

Even if they are fortunate enough to return home and escape redeployment -
once you join an armed service you're drafted forever --our veterans continue to pay for wars with their health. Since 9/11/2001,we sent 2.2 million service people to war, 42% of those have suffered re-deployment, and 109,000 service people are casualties. The VA treats
711,000 patients, 52% are being treated for mental illnesses, 211,000 are
particularly at risk for PTSD, and the VA receives almost 10,000 new
patients a month. There are 30,000 service people diagnosed with PTSD who
remain on active duty. Veterans' crisis line received 463,000 telephone
calls from former and current warriors in crisis, and 200,000 calls from
family members of veterans. Suicides are rampant: 17,000 warriors have
been "rescued" from suicide, 2,300 committed suicide while on active duty,
and 1,000 veterans attempt suicide per month. There are 77,000 veterans
who are homeless on any given night in America, and 650,000 veterans who
are awaiting permission to receive treatment from the VA.  And what are
the corresponding numbers for the Iraq and Afghan service people?  In
Iraq, we have killed over 1 million civilians, and the civilian deaths in
Afghanistan continue to be uncounted.

On the legal front, we have lost the original meaning of the words in
those formerly cherished documents, the Constitution and the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. President Obama now has the self-authorized
authority to assassinate anyone on Earth - American citizenship
notwithstanding. With preciously few exceptions, Congresspeople
enthusiastically agrees to Obama's execution policies. Droning people
around the world only increases hatred of U.S. -- and such hatred inspires
more terrorism, that, in turn, inspires us to spend more for armaments.

God, the U.S. arms industry and gigantic untaxed corporations forbids a
reasonable answer to the question: why should they hate us?

Financially, the effects of insane war and tax policy trickles down in the
form of budget cuts at the state and local level. If you do not have a
loved one who has served, don't assume you are unaffected by the
continuous war policy: your bank account, or stock portfolio, is getting
hit severely. If you were unlucky to choose the wrong parents, you start
out in life without financial backing and ripe for future significant
debt.

We are paying for all these wars with borrowed money because Bush refused
-- and Obama continues to refuse -- to tax the wealthy at a rate that's
fair relative to the other 99% of Americans. A tiny tax of 2.3% on people
of extreme wealth would take care of all our financial problems.  Instead
of placing that feather-light burden on the wealthy, we fired 577,000
state employees across the country,  we have 3,000 young Americans dying
every 21 days due to lack of health insurance, and 36 librarians fired
from our local libraries in Buffalo and many more, beyond Western New
York.

Every book thrown out by the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, every
worker fired, every unfilled pothole, every homeowner foreclosed, every
unrepaired rusty bridge, every solar panel not on someone's roof, every
glacially slow Amtrak train, every sick person thrown out of an emergency
room --  can be traced back to the decisions to fund armaments instead of
people.

We spent the money. Have we won the war? No one has won this war except the
gigantic US corporations who fund political life in America, and the CEOs
that run them. The CEOs are the ones hosting the glorious victory parades
upon receipt of their quarterly financial statements. As a member of the
unruly 99%, you're not invited to their very private continuing
celebrations. If you're an undocumented alien, you might get a job
cleaning up afterwards , but please pay your own social security, health
insurance and tuition from your non-living wages, and avoid any mode of
public transportation -- you might get ICED.

As all members of the WNY Peace Center know, this has been the situation
for more than 10 years -- so where is the hope?

It's absolutely wonderful to see massive numbers of young people becoming
involved in nonviolent demonstrations -- they are turning out in droves
in spite of what we have done to them: through the educational system, the
student debt, Fox News, single parentage, non-living wages and
high-fructose corn syrup.

The "Occupy Something Movements" are spreading across the country: Occupy
Wall St, Occupy Freedom Square in Washington DC., and this includes a
fledgeling Occupy Buffalo (noontime Saturdays at Niagara Square in front
of City Hall).

Seven members of the WNY Peace Center traveled to Washington DC on October
5 to participate in occupying Freedom Square.  We honor them and all
others who are occupying something around the U.S. and beyond.

The WNY Peace Center continues to offer subsidized bus tickets to
Washington DC and NY City as the occupations will be continuous.

Why has it taken 10 years? Why has it taken thousands of years?

Peace,

Charley

*** Congratulations to Women in Black - Buffalo! Each week at noontime on
Saturdays, they have continually occupied (on a weekly basis, regardless
of
weather) the space at Elmwood and Bidwell for 10 years, starting October
13, 2001. Occupy Elmwood and Bidwell Ave., Buffalo!!

You don't have to wear black, you don't have to be a woman, you don't have
to be a Buffalonian, and you don't have to hold a sign. Please do stand
with WIB-Buffalo when you can.

***The Buffalo Activist, a publication of the WNY Peace Center.
We invite members and friends of the WNY Peace Center to submit articles
to the Buffalo Activist. Please submit your articles by October 15. We
especially welcome articles from people who experienced Occupy Freedom
Square in Washington DC, Wall Street, and other "Occupy" events spreading
across the land. Send your contribution to Director@wnypeace.org.

Please keep it short: 300-400 words.

Thank you.

***A note from Peace Action:

The Congressional Super Committee of 12 legislators are making big decisions
about what Congress should do to cut over one trillion dollars from the
federal budget. The future of our communities rides on their
recommendations.

Call your Senators and Representative and tell them to get their
priorities straight. Jobs, not wars! Call TOLL FREE 1-888-784-0527

Friday will mark the ten-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of
Afghanistan - the longest war in U.S. history. For the past decade, our
federal budget has prioritized wars abroad over our needs at home. The
main obstacle to creating jobs for the millions of unemployed and to protecting
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid is the Pentagon budget and the
costs of the wars. It's time to straighten out these twisted priorities.

Tell your Congressional Representative: Cut the Pentagon budget and bring
the tax dollars home from the wars!

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  TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* Peace Center Matters

Call for suggestions to increase Peace Center membership

WNY Peace Center's Annual Dinner, Saturday, November 5

WNY Peace Center with: The People of Peace at Pilgrim-St. Luke's United
United Church of Christ  Nov 19th, present the WNY Peace Fair

WNY Peace Center's Coordinating Board of Directors meetings

The WNY Peace Center t-shirts and bumper stickers
and DVD of Noam Chomsky's May 12th Lecture

Starting Sept. 27: PeaceJam Buffalo

* WNY Peace Center Taskforce Events and News

*** New: Global Economic Justice Taskforce-
  First meeting October 16 4:00PM

*** Prison Action Taskforce

*** Latin American Solidarity Committee

LASC Coffeehouses: third Monday of each month
LASC Organizing Meetings- new: First WEDNESDAY of each month-

* Riverside-Salem: Sundays at the Cottage program schedule for October

* Legislative Work and Urgent Action Calls

Chiapas Rural Cities
No more Free Trade Agreements!

* 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):
From: "Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch"
Call congressional reps to vote 'no'
Bach to Brubeck benefit concert for VIVE, Oct. 7
At El Buen Amigo-Training/canvass day to Ban Fracking
Oct 8, sat
NYC conference on resistance, Oct. 8,9
Anti-fracking Fall Fest, South Buffalo, Irish Center,Oct. 9
New PBS Series "Women,War and Peace" Starts October 11th/tues.
Presentation: "Terrorism against Cuba" St.Catherines, Ont. Oct. 12
Burning Books : Events and Films
Showing and talk on COINTELPRO 101 film, Oct. 13
8th annual World on Your Plate, Oct 14 and 15
International Festival of Poetry of Resistance, Toronto, Oct. 14-16
'Human Needs, Not Corporate Greed' Oct 15,sat Buffalo ed.
Benefit for Sister Karen Klimczak Center for Nonviolence, Oct. 15 Roger
Cook retirement Party from WNYCOSH, Oct 16th
Film "Moñsenor: The Last Journey
of Oscar Romero" on Monday, October 17th
LASC Coffeehouse: Guatemala, Oct. 17
Talking Leaves Events Oct.18-20
Freedom Bowl at VIVE, October 22
Voice Buffalo,October 23
Talking Leaves Events, Oct 25 and 28
Pax Christi-Bufalo Catholic Worker Annual retreat, Oct.28,29
see website correction info.
Deadline for Peace Action of New York State raffle, October 28
William Sloane Coffin Award to, Congresswoman Barbara Lee , Oct 28
showing Immersion El Salvador Film and concert, Canisius, Oct. 29 NYC
Tribute to peace/music educator Consuela Lee, 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:
People Inc--Oct 6 Talk by Janice Nichols and Oct 13 Film Fest
From MaryAnne Coyle:The Beehive Collective{Graphics}
BailoutthePeople.org-Help those arrested in NYC
Job opening at CEJ
Events at Talking Leaves, week of October 9-15
Holy Trinity "conversations with community leaders" schedule
Peace Action of New York State raffle background
Helen Caldicott speaking in Binghamton
Pax Christi -Bufalo Catholic Worker Annual retreat info
move to amend info
Gandhi Institute, new location in Rochester
Burning Books (west side activist center) info
Background info on Morgan Dunbar and free speech at Canisius
Article on court case of peace activists in Buffalo
Canada and Cuba and the US  -- 4 Items from Dave Thomas
Dr Estevez talk on relief efforts in Haiti at Brock U.
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1. Peace Center Matters:

***Next Membership Cmte Mtg-Mon Oct 17 @ 4:00PM
Network of Religious Communities, 1272 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY.

***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.

***The Coordinating Board of Directors of the WNY Peace Center
is happy to announce it has selected Eric Gallion to fill the opening of
B.Beyer who resigned two months ago. Eric displays the passion and ideals
the Peace Center is looking for and it is expected he will be a positive
influence and advance the WNY Peace Center. Eric has already taken the
initiative to develope a taskforce which will have it's first meeting
sunday October 16 at Spot{Elmwood Ave.} 4PM

*** WNY Peace Center's Annual Dinner, Saturday, November 5, 2011: Doors
at 5:30! Dinner: 6:30!
Speakers: Cindy Sheehan and S.Brian Willson.
Buffalo Niagara Convention Center.
Purchase tickets via PayPal (or snail-mail check). Go to:
http://WNYPeace.org/AnnualDinnerFolder/AnnualDinner.php
Purchase ad space in our dinner program booklet:  Go to:
http://WNYPeace.org/AnnualDinnerFolder/AnnualDinner.php

***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, October 24, 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

*** PEACE FAIR
Saturday, November 19,2011  from 11 AM - 3 PM
The Catholic Academy of West Buffalo
1069 Delaware Ave Buffalo

The Peace Fair is being held to provide a setting for education and
involvement regarding issues of peace and justice.  We are inviting
groups, individuals, merchants and cultural organizations to set up
informational centers, displays and vending tables.

This is a great opportunity for all participants to connect with holiday
shoppers seeking to use their purchasing power to support the local
economy.  Moreover, the shoppers will also be learning about local
organizations committed to peace and justice in the WNY area. These
shoppers will be able to reduce their impact on the environment by making
a majority of their holiday purchases in one place. Beyond supporting
local businesses and organizations, the event will also provide
children's activities.  There will also be a light lunch for sale.

Venders and crafters may purchase a table for only $10.00, and
informational tables for non-profit organizations are $5.00.  Please
respond ASAP!

All proceeds from the event will support the WNY Peace Center and the
work
&  programs of the People of Peace at PSL.  Admission at the door: $1.00

Please mail your reservation to Pilgrim-St. Luke's UCC, 335 Richmond
Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222, and a check made out to "Pilgrim - St. Luke's
UCC"

For further questions or information, please contact Rev. Phil Smith at (
716) 885-9443, or  Marianne Rathman at 885-9443 or email:
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2. WNY Peace Center Taskforce Events and Items:

New Task Force of the WNY Peace Center

Global Economic Justice Task Force,
Chair: Eric Gallion
email: egallion@verizon.net
Eric's phone: 826-3776 or 310-4292.

When: Sunday October 16, 2011 at 4 P.M.
Where: Spot Coffee, 765 Elmwood Ave (at Cleveland Ave), Buffalo, NY

Description of the Task Force:
In the US and globally the interests of corporations and the wealthy are
taking precedence "...to the detriment of the needs of the vast majority
of the people of the world..." resulting in extreme poverty and
exploitation, wars and environmental degradation.

  This task force would explore these issues, and develop educational and
direct action plans to confront them.  Possible activities may include:
developing and distributing educational materials, hosting movie nights
of relevant movies, demonstrations and street theater, letter-writing
campaigns, etc.You are welcome to join, and participate on any level.
The group will develop plans and actions using a consensus model.

LASC Coffeehouses: third Monday of each month Mon. Oct 17 Coffeehouse: Guatemala, Mayan opposition to Canadian gold mining

Mon. Nov 21, 7 PM. Coffeehouse/Film at Hallwalls:  "Will the Real
Terrorist Please Stand Up"

Mon. Dec 19 Coffeehouse Celebration at El Buen Amigo

LASC Organizing Meetings- new: First WEDNESDAY of each month-
at 1272 Delaware Ave, Network of Religious Communities-7PM--
Everybody invited to participate

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3. Riverside-Salem UCC/DC
**

Sundays at the Cottage, 4-6 p.m., 3449 West River Rd., Grand Island, NY
more info: June License  773-1426; jlicence@buffalo.edu
<http://www.riversidesalem.org/

Program Schedule for October:

* 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 the 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

See LASC website <www.lascwny.org for letter campaign
around indigenous resistence to a government imposed
"Rural Cities" project in Chiapas, Mexico.

From Wayne Alt: "Over the years LASC and its international affiliates
have urged congress not to endorse Free Trade Agreement with other
countries unless there is a mechanism to object on the side-agreements to
improve human rights in those countries, and also environmental and
workers concerns. We have lost thousands of jobs both in this country and
jobs in the country we are seeking an agreement with. lPlease contact
your congressperson  and urge them to vote NO for free Trade with
Colombia, S. Korea and Panama."

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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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  Canvass Day To Ban Fracking!: Saturday October 8
http://action.foodandwaterwatch.org/p/salsa/event/common/public/?key=71976

You are invited to take part in the urgent and critical campaign against
hydrofracking in New York! With hydro-fracking posed to happen in New
York
early next year, our time is running out to get a ban on this toxic
technology. While the weather is still nice, we have the opportunity to
canvass and collect petition signatures for local senators to ban
hydrofracking once and for all! Food & Water Watch is organizing a
canvass training and canvass day on Saturday October 8, 2011 from 11:30pm -
3:00pm, starting with a one hour training and snacks at El Buen Amigo 114 Elmwood
Ave. Buffalo, NY. *Volunteers are NEEDED! !

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Yesterday, Oct 5, President Obama sent Bush's NAFTA-style trade deals with
Korea, Colombia and Panama to Congress for approval. Votes are
expected on all three pacts next week. Tell your representative to vote NO on the NAFTA-style deal   Every member of Congress is aware of the growing groundswell of
public discontent. This is a time when raising your voice can deliver.
Call until you get a commitment your representative will
oppose each of the agreements - Korea, Colombia and Panama.

Unite with civil-society, labor and community groups from across the
spectrum to stop the NAFTA expansion. All you need is one phone number to
be connected to your representative: 1-800-718-1008.

Starting now and until he or she commits to oppose all three, dial
1-800-718-1008 and tell your representative to vote against the three
unfair deals.

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October- 11th tues-PBS series
"Women, War and Peace" which begins Tuesday, Oct. 11th and continues for
5 weeks, ending Nov. 8th.  The November 1st episode is on Colombia.  The
producers of this series are also touring the U.S. conducting community
discussions.  You can see when/where they will be on the website.
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Friday, 7 October at Trinity Episcopal Church, 371 Delaware Avenue 7 pm
benefit jazz concert Bach to Brubeck, with pianist Krista Seddon, to
support VIVE, Inc. and Trinity Episcopal Church with light refreshments.  tickets:  Call Terry 877-6896 choose an amount from $10 (minimum) to $30
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Oct 8 - 9. NYC Workers World Party Conference on resistance. Discuss the
global capitalist economic crisis, the struggle for jobs, education, housing, healthcare and a socialist future. more info <http://workersworld.net
"We need to dismantle this unjust system." Sept. 10, Letter from Troy Davis on Georgia's Death Row. "Don't mourn, organize fightback !" That is the needed response to our rage at the Sept. 21 racist execution of Troy Davis and the Sept. 24 police attacks on young people during the "Occupy Wall Street" protests.
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Sunday October 9th, 2p-5p at the Buffalo Irish Center, 245 Abbot Rd in South buffalo, Gas Facts Fall Fest, Exciting Fun Anti-fracking Event Featuring: - Film Premiere of a short documentary about families affected by fracking: "WNY Frack Chat". Informative presentations about
how high-volume fracking in NYS could affect WNY. Live music by Babik. If you already know their gypsy swing jazz, you love them. If not, come and enjoy the band recognized for their talents and popularity by Buffalo Spree and Artvoice.- Pizza, soda and beer included.
Tickets: $15 pre-sale, $20 at the door.

Tickets available by contacting Sarah at ssbuckley60@gmail.com or at
Burning Books, 420 Connecticut St, Buffalo, NY.

Fundraiser for WNY Drilling Defense and POWR, Protecting Our Water Rights
- two grassroots environmental groups. Cosponsors: WNY Peace Center, Veterans for Peace, Sierra Club Niagara Chapter, Arden Farm, Above & Beyond Tree Expert Company, Rezults Consulting, Body Glyphix Yoga Studio, For the Love of Toulouse: Shiitake Mushroom Pate de Faux Gras, Eco-logic Studio, Burning Books.
*PS- the game will surely be on in the center's cash bar for Bills fans*
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Burning Books Events:

Millions Against Monsanto - The Future of Food
Film Screening and Discussion
$5 Suggested Donation
7pm, Sunday, October 16th,
Thursday, Oct. 13, 7pm, COINTELPRO 101: Film screening and presentation
by Producer and Former Political Prisoner, Claude Marks.
Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Street, Buffalo

Thursday, Oct. 13, 7pm, COINTELPRO 101: Film screening and presentation
by Producer and Former Political Prisoner, Claude Marks.
Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Street, Buffalo "COINTELPRO is both a formal program of the FBI and a term frequently used to describe a conspiracy among government agencies - local, state, and federal - to destroy movements for self-determination and liberation for
Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous struggles, as well as mount an institutionalized attack against allies of these movements and other progressive organizations."

  Millions Against Monsanto - The Future of Food
Film Screening and Discussion
$5 Suggested Donation
7pm, Sunday, October 16th,
Thursday, Oct. 13, 7pm, COINTELPRO 101: Film screening and presentation
by Producer and Former Political Prisoner, Claude Marks.

The Assassination of Fred Hampton
Presentation by Author Jeffrey Haas
7pm, Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Burning Books â€" 420 Connecticut Street, Buffalo

  My Name Is Allegheny County
7pm, Thursday, October 20th
Burning Books - 420 Connecticut Street, Buffalo
$10 suggested donation

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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

Friday night film, food and moderated discussion 7-9:30 p.m.
Saturday Workshops, speakers, lunch, vendors, info. tables, and end of
day party 8:30 am - 6 pm

Register online at <http://www.worldonyourplate.org/
and save $5! Only $25 online,
$30 at door includes all speakers, workshops, meals and end of day party!
Pre-registered students Free!

Featuring the Economics of Happiness, Keynote Judy Wicks. Also,
amazing workshops, great meals Fresh Local Food from many sites, and
presentations by Christina Abt, Wayne and Peg Alt, Dave Bauer, Sarah
Bishop, Stephen Gareau, Eveline Hartz, Heather Hartz, Geri Hens, Mary
Hughes, Gladys Gifford, Jean Marie Gunner, Bill Jungels, Kelly
Kowalski, Dave Lanfear, Margaret Mitchell MD, Ami Patrick, Lisabeth Abt
Pieters, Carol Poliner, Melissa Rakvica, Ginny Riordan, Tom
Rivers, Lynda Schneekloth, Tom Skraitz DC, Daniel C. Cos PC, Mike and
Gayle Thorpe, and Agnes F. Williams. details at <http://www.worldonyourplate.org/
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'Human Needs,Not Corporate Greed'-saturday October 15th @ Elmwood Ave.
and Bidwell Pkwy 2:00PM--This will be WNY's contribution to to demos and
protests across the nation that began with the occupation of Freedom Plaza in D.C.on October 6th --THE TIME IS NOW TO RESTORE DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA-TO TAKE BACK THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE,FOR THE PEOPLE
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Fri-Sun, October 14 - 16, Toronto Ont, International Festival of Poetry of Resistance, in honor 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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Saturday, October 15th, 7 - 10 pm, Frank Lloyd Wright's
Fontana Boathouse, One Rotary Row, Buffalo.
Wine and Cheese Open House to benefit the work of the
SSJ Sister Karen Klimczak Center for Nonviolence
~Donations gratefully accepted at the door~
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October 16th will mark Roger Cooks retirement after 32
years of dedication to WNYCOSH (Western New York Council on
Occupational Safety and Health) and our workers. Put ad in their program book, or try to attend that day.  More info: 833-5416
  ,Dawn- tickets 40 single/35 couple Time:12-5:00 @VFW,W.Seneca

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Father Robert Pelton will be screening his film "Moñsenor: The Last
Journey of Oscar Romero" on Monday, October 17th at 7:30pm in Lyons Hall 418. The
film focuses on the last three years of Romero's life.
This film places Latin American campesinos at the center of the story. It
rises beyond the classic genre of a filmed bio. There will also be an
introduction and a Q and A.

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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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Tuesday, Oct 18, 7 pm Main Street store--South Buffalo native Michael
Maccalupo reading from his new novel, a coming of age story set in South
Buffalo in the 1950s and 60s, Where the Road Begins

Wednesday, Oct 19, 7 pm, Main Street store--Chautauqua Writers'
Festival Co-director Philip Terman in a poetry reading to celebrate his
new collection The Torah Garden; retired Buffalo attorney Susan Nusbaum
will also be reading.

Thursday, Oct 20, 7 pm, Main Street store--Oakfield psychologist
Julie Caton reading from her first historical novel, White Heart, set in
18th Century Canada and Western New York.

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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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Voice Buffalo-Public Mtg October 23 @ 3:30 sunday. Issues to be
covered: Metro Rail-Safe Housing-National Fuel Gas Accountability and/or
School Funding and Accountability

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Events at Talking Leaves
from October 25-28  :

Tuesday, Oct 25, 7 pm at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center--award
winning novelist Hillary Jordan reading from her powerful and
compelling new dystopian novel When She Woke, part of her national tour
for this book.

Friday, Oct 28, 7 pm, at Main Street store--Tiff Holland reading from her
award winning collection of short fictions, Betty Superman, introduced by Buffalo State Professor and fiction writer Kim Chinquee, the judge who chose Holland's book for its award.

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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.
<http://www.peaceaction.charityhappenings.org/
More details at the end here.

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and open to the public. Immersion El Salvador Film premier, and
Concert featuring Guellermo Cuéllar (part of the Joseph J. Naples '41 Conversations in Christ & Culture, Lecture and Performance Series 2011-201)
"On October 29, the Video Institute at Canisius will present the premier of the documentary film, Immersion El Salvador. Along with this premier, we are fortunate to host the highly celebrated
Salvadoran folk singer and composer of El Salvador's popular mass, Guellermo Cuéllar.
Follow a group of students and faculty as they travel to El Salvador with the Institute for the Global Study of Religion at Canisius College. Immersion: El Salvador, a 30-minute documentary produced by the Canisius College Video Institute, highlights the students' journey of
self- awareness and enlightenment as they explore faith, religion, culture, and justice in this Central American country.
In addition to tonight's premier we feature a concert by Guillermo Cuéllar. Cuéllar is one of the most famous singer/songwriters in El Salvador. A close friend of the martyred Archbishop Oscar Romero, several of Guellar's songs, from his Salvadoran Popular Mass were featured in the
movie Romero. Over the past two decades Cuellar has traveled and performed extensively throughout the world."

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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

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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.