On Saturday April 24, SUNY Fredonia's Amnesty International Chapter will hold its "Jamnesty" to benefit Haiti relief efforts.  Details are yet to be finalized.  They will be provided on this site as they are known.

Lois Gibbs, founder of the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, is the keynote speaker for SUNY Fredonia's 2009-2010 Convocation theme, "Public Service: Challenges and Opportunities."  She will speak at SUNY Fredonia's Rosch Recital Hall on Thursday April 22 at 2:30 pm. 

Lois Gibbs has been recognized extensively for her critical role in the grassroots environmental justice movement. Her involvement in environmental causes began in 1978 when she discovered that her 7-year-old son's elementary school in Niagara Falls, New York was built on a toxic waste dump. Subsequent investigation revealed that her entire neighborhood, Love Canal, had been built on top of this dump. With no prior experience in community activism, Gibbs organized her neighbors and formed the Love Canal Homeowners Association.

The Dunkirk-Fredonia Center for Peace and Justice will next meet on Thursday March 25 at 7:30 pm at Growing with Music/Thrifty Reader Bookstore (Barlow's Mill), located at 369 West Main St., Fredonia.  (It is one mile from downtown Fredonia, past Farrell's Chrysler Car Dealership.  Traveling from Fredonia to Brocton, it is on the right side of West Main.)

All are welcome.

"War Is Not the Answer" signs from the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) are available from Caitlin O'Reilly.  The FCNL asks for a $5.00 donation to defray the shipping costs of the signs.  Caitlin will be happy to deliver.  To see a photo of the sign, visit http://www.fcnl.org/forms/forms.php?type=wina.  Caitlin's contact information is 716.366.2074 or cait.riley.music@gmail.com.

For upcoming Western New York Peace Center events (based in Buffalo), see: 

http://wnypeace.org/join/events.php