\nPeaceWorks Rochester Community Calendar

Time:

7:00pm

Location:

Downtown United Presbyterian Church 121 North Fitzhugh St., Rochester, NY

Description:

ROCLA October 2019 Program

Tom Ward will discuss the situation in Guatemala

Wednesday, October 2nd 7:00PM
Downtown United Presbyterian Church
121 North Fitzhugh St., Rochester, NY

Free and all are welcome. Looped for the hearing impaired.

Time:

7:30am - 8:30am

Location:

Park Avenue & Culver Road

Description:

Witness against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Come and leave as it fits your schedule. The goal is to bring an awareness of the war into our daily lives, remind those driving by that the wars are still going on, call for our troops to come home, and advocate for another approach to healing in Iraq and Afghanistan.

STAND WITH US! Signs are provided.

Bring Them Home Vigils

UU PEACE ADVOCATES
www.rochesterunitarian.org/peaceadvocates.html

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Time:

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Description:

Peace/Anti-War vigil at corner of East Ave. and Goodman Street, Rochester. All are welome!

Time:

1:30pm

Location:

Temple Sinai, 363 Penfield Rd, Rochester

Description:

“Unmasking What's Happening to Our Democracy – And What We Can Do"

Sunday October 6, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. at Temple Sinai, 363 Penfield Rd, Rochester
Jointly presented by the Temple Sinai Social Action Committee and Pachamama Alliance Seeds of Hope

You are invited to a powerful program featuring briefings about our democracy’s perilous state by a panel of distinguished professors. We will hear an in depth analysis of what is happening now, consider how this dramatic time affects us, and learn effective actions we can take to protect our democracy.

The program will be moderated by Joan Shelley Rubin, Dexter Perkins Professor in the Department of History, University of Rochester and Ani and Mark Gabrellian Director of the Humanities Center, University of Rochester.

Our panelists:
Gretchen Helmke, Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester and one of the co-founders of Bright Line Watch (http://brightlinewatch.org/), a non-partisan organization that brings together leading political scientists to monitor democratic practices in the United States from a comparative perspective, will offer an up-to-date report.

Michael Brown, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Rochester Institute of Technology, has studied the forces that shaped 20th Century American political culture, which will form the background to his discussion of populism, demagoguery, and tyranny today.

Joyce Herman is a member of the Social Action Committee of Temple Sinai and of the Rochester Pachamama Alliance’s core team. As an activist, a former counselor (Associate Professor) in the RIT Counseling Center, and the founding director of the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI), she will offer perspectives on the emotional effects of these fraught times and facilitate brief interactions among participants.

The event is free and open to the public. No advance registration is necessary.

David Inglis

Time:

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Location:

Federal Building, 100 State Street.

Description:

The Rochester Chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship invites you to join us on one Monday of each month for a silent vigil (meditation) for peace.

The next vigil will be Monday, October 7, from 12 Noon to 1 pm, at the Federal Building, 100 State Street. Please bring your own blanket, cushion and/or chair (and groundcloth or piece of plastic if it is wet). If you can't come for the full hour, please join us for as long as you can.

This is an opportunity for us to publicly express a non-violent, compassionate, thoughtful alternative to aggression and conflict.

We hope to see you there.

For the Rochester BPF,

Jay Thompson
jayf_thompson@hotmail.com

Description:

Western New York Mini Peace Camp
Friday and Saturday, October 18-19, 2019

Greece Baptist Church
1230 Long Pond Road
Rochester, NY 14626

Friday, October 18
4:00 PM registration and exhibits
5:30 PM dinner
6:30 PM keynote speaker Dr. Angela Sims
8:00 PM Deeper than the Skin concert featuring Reggie Harris and Greg Greenway

Saturday, October 19
8:30 AM light breakfast and exhibits
9:00 AM keynote speaker Ray Schellenger
10:30 AM workshops
12:00 PM lunch and exhibits
12:45 PM workshops
2:00 PM Carolyn Winfrey Gillette singing contemporary music about immigrants, refugees, and racial justice

Programs include a sand mandala created by Katie Jo Suddaby, workshops on race, immigration, support for families impacted by violence, and respite care for families living with dementia.

To register contact Marilyn Thrall: MarilynTatgbc@gmail.com
225-6160

Cost: $55 per person or pay what you can afford.
Registration deadline: October 10.

Time:

4:30pm - 5:30pm

Location:

First Unitarian Church, 220 S. Winton Road

Description:

Witness against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Come and leave as it fits your schedule. The goal is to bring an awareness of the war into our daily lives, remind those driving by that the wars are still going on, call for our troops to come home, and advocate for another approach to healing in Iraq and Afghanistan.

STAND WITH US! Signs are provided.

UU PEACE ADVOCATES
www.rochesterunitarian.org/peaceadvocates.html

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Time:

7:00pm

Location:

Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Rd South

Description:

On behalf of the Alianza Agrícola, an organization representing New York State immigrant farmworkers, we invite you to join us on Tuesday October 8th, 7-8:30pm at the Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Rd South, to hear about how you can be involved in helping the Alianza grow our organization and fight for immigrant farmworkers' rights.

The Alianza Agricola recently won a hard-fought victory in the state legislature to obtain access to drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants. Alianza's Green Light campaign achieved this major goal, one which will greatly help protect undocumented immigrants from detention and deportation.

Now the Green Light Allies group and the Alianza are in a time of transition as we determine new priorities and new organizational structures. Come hear about what is new and what is on the horizon and how you can best continue to support the work of the group.

For more information contact:

Luis Jimenez, Alianza Agricola: (585) 642-3651 | luisjimenezs207@gmail.com

Melissa Goldengates, Rochester Green Light Allies: (585) 721-1904‬ | melissago@aol.com

Time:

7:30pm

Location:

George Eastman Museum, 900 East Avenue

Description:

Yes, we are holding our 30th ANNUAL LABOR FILM SERIES!
This year's program begins October 11 and runs through December 13.
All films shown at the George Eastman Museum, 900 East Avenue
Show time is 7:30

Friday, October 11, 7:30 p.m.
THE KILLING FLOOR
(William Duke, US 1984, 118 min)
The film that inspired creation of the Rochester Labor Film Series in 1989,
The Killing Floor recounts the true story of efforts to organize an interracial
union of Chicago packing house workers during and after World War I. The
film explores the tensions between southern black workers lured by high
war-time wages, and the ethnic European workers they replace, culminating
in the 1919 Chicago race riots. The film won a Special Jury Prize at the 1985
Sundance Film Festival and was selected by the Zinn Education Project as a
resource for teaching A People’s History.

POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION
Following the screening there will be a discussion of issues raised by the film,
exploring the link between racial discrimination in the workplace and racial
violence in the community. Panelists include Demond Meeks from 1199 SEIU;
Shelly Clements from the local chapter of Coalition of Black Trade Unionists;
and local filmmaker Carvin Eison, who documented Rochester’s race riot
(JULY 1964).

Time:

10:00am - 4:00pm

Location:

1199 East Main Street, Rochester, NY

Description:

Rochester Greenovation
The Green Cycles Store = Precycling +Downcycling
+ Upcycling + Recycling + Freecycling + E-cycling

Sustainable Saturdays
Rochester Greenovation
1199 East Main St
288-7564 or email at
info@rochestergreen.org
Sustainability is our Life!

The 2nd Saturday of every month is A Sustainable Saturday
June 14: 10am-3pm
On Sustainable Saturdays we attempt to demonstrate through education &
networking how to reclaim, renew & redefine salvage of all kinds towards the prevention & reduction of generated waste.

This monthly event brings together environmental groups, non-for-profits, green businesses, community organizations, craftsmen, artists & food vendors all for the purpose of demonstrating various ways to leave a smaller footprint on the earth.

We look forward to you joining us on this adventure!
www.rochestergreen.org/
facebook.com/RochesterGreenovation?fref=ts
Rochester Greenovation
www.rochestergreen.org
Strengthening local communities through environmentally conscious initiatives, waste diversion, and ...

Time:

10:00am - 4:00pm

Location:

1199 East Main Street, Rochester, NY

Description:

Rochester Greenovation
The Green Cycles Store = Precycling +Downcycling
+ Upcycling + Recycling + Freecycling + E-cycling

Sustainable Saturdays
Rochester Greenovation
1199 East Main St
288-7564 or email at
info@rochestergreen.org
Sustainability is our Life!

The 2nd Saturday of every month is A Sustainable Saturday
June 14: 10am-3pm
On Sustainable Saturdays we attempt to demonstrate through education &
networking how to reclaim, renew & redefine salvage of all kinds towards the prevention & reduction of generated waste.

This monthly event brings together environmental groups, non-for-profits, green businesses, community organizations, craftsmen, artists & food vendors all for the purpose of demonstrating various ways to leave a smaller footprint on the earth.

We look forward to you joining us on this adventure!
www.rochestergreen.org/
facebook.com/RochesterGreenovation?fref=ts
Rochester Greenovation
www.rochestergreen.org
Strengthening local communities through environmentally conscious initiatives, waste diversion, and ...

Time:

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Location:

Federal Building, 100 State Street.

Description:

In response to Trump's recent announcement that US forces would stand aside and allow a Turkish invasion of Northern Syria, the people of Rojava/Northern Syria have called for a Global Day of Action on October 12th to Defend Rojava from Turkish attack.

Turkey has already launched a catastrophic invasion to destroy the region's democratic feminist social system.Trump's sudden cowardly betrayal of Northern Syria risks allowing mass ethnic and religious genocide by Turkey and precipitating a resurgence of the ISIS caliphate.

The Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian Kurds have sacrificed thousands of fighters to defeat ISIS. We demand immediate action from Congress to support these allies, treacherously betrayed by Trump.

The Defend Rojava rally is this Saturday October 12th from 6-7:30pm at the Federal Building.
Please join us.

Time:

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Description:

Peace/Anti-War vigil at corner of East Ave. and Goodman Street, Rochester. All are welome!

Time:

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Location:

Little Theatre Café 240 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14604

Description:

New Work by Peter Veitch,
Music by Bill Tiberio and Friends
Sunday, October 13th
2-4pm
Little Theatre Café
240 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14604

Please join me for the exhibition opening of ‘New Work by Peter Veitch’ an installation of recent paintings at the Little Theatre Cafe.

I’m excited to announce that Bill Tiberio and Friends will be performing as well. This is guaranteed to be an inspirational experience!

Proceeds from the sale of work during this show will benefit the Interfaith Welcome Coalition. IWC is actively meeting the needs of asylum seekers, refugees and at-risk immigrants in Texas. Please visit interfaithwelcomecoalition.org to find out about their heroic response to the needs of some of the most vulnerable people in our hemisphere.

The show will run from September 28th through October 25th.
Little Theatre Cafe is open 7 days a week: Monday-Thursday 5-10pm, Friday/Saturday 5-11pm.

Time:

6:30pm

Location:

St. John Fisher College, Basil Hall, Room 135 3690 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14618

Description:

2019 Witness Palestine
Film Festival

THE LOBBY USA

Monday, October 14
6:30 P.M.

St. John Fisher College, Basil Hall, Room 135
3690 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14618

Admission Free

FIREFIGHTERS UNDER OCCUPATION

Sunday, October 20
2:30 P.M.

The Little Theatre
240 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14604

Admission $8 ($5 students)

SOUFRA

Monday, October 21
6:30 P.M.

The Little Theatre
240 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14604

Admission $8 ($5 students)

THE GREAT BOOK ROBBERY

Sunday, October 27
2:30 P.M.

The Little Theatre
240 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14604

Admission $8 ($5 students)

1948: CREATION AND CATASTROPHE

Monday, October 28
6:30 P.M.

The Little Theatre
240 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14604

Admission $8 ($5 students)

Every film is followed by a Q & A with panelists involved with the film.

For more information about films - www.WitnessPalestineRochester.org
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Time:

7:30am - 8:30am

Location:

Park Avenue & Culver Road

Description:

Witness against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Come and leave as it fits your schedule. The goal is to bring an awareness of the war into our daily lives, remind those driving by that the wars are still going on, call for our troops to come home, and advocate for another approach to healing in Iraq and Afghanistan.

STAND WITH US! Signs are provided.

UU PEACE ADVOCATES
www.rochesterunitarian.org/peaceadvocates.html

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Time:

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Location:

Schottland Family YMCA [2300 W. Jefferson Road (corner of Jefferson Rd. & Clover St.), Pittsford 145

Description:

MONROE COUNTY EXECUTIVE
& COUNTY LEGISLATOR
CANDIDATE FORUM

Wednesday, October 16
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Schottland Family YMCA
[2300 W. Jefferson Road (corner of Jefferson Rd. & Clover St.), Pittsford 14534]

All candidates seeking office as County Executive and County Legislator have been invited to attend and answer questions about County services for children and families.
§ Child care
§ Child abuse and neglect
§ Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education
§ + Other programs for children and youth

Co-sponsors:
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER ACTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY
Monroe county medical society Catholic Family Center
american academy of pediatrics ny chapter 1 tca interfaith collaborative
PARENTS HELPING PARENTS roc acts
early Childhood Development Initiative Advocacy committee
greater Rochester after school alliance advocacy committee

Time:

10:00am - 12:00pm

Location:

King’s Bend Park - North Lodge 170 West Jefferson Road Pittsford, NY 14534

Description:

The Elder Justice Committee of Metro Justice is hosting a Community Forum on Thursday, October 17th and we’re inviting you to attend to listen and/or to give a 3 minute testimony on the need for NYS to pass the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act bill in the 2020 legislative session which begins January 2020. This Act would require all NYS nursing homes to have a minimum direct care nursing staff hours per resident per day of 4.1 hours, which is an modest 10% increase from the current statewide average of 3.73. This Act will primarily force the worst nursing homes to add much well-needed staff!
If you would like to speak, contact elderjustice@metrojustice.org

Thursday, October 17, 2019
10:00 a.m. to noon
King’s Bend Park - North Lodge
170 West Jefferson Road
Pittsford, NY 14534
Three local NYS legislators have agreed to our requests to attend or to send a staff member. Senator Gallavan of Erie/Wyoming/Livingston counties, Assemblywoman Byrnes of Livingston/Steuben/Monroe counties, and Harry Bronson of Rochester/Henrietta/Chili have accepted our invitation.

Please encourage your other legislators to attend by calling, emailing or snail mailing them.
Find your legislators here:
NYS Assembly: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/search/
NYS Senate: https://www.nysenate.gov/find-my-senator

Thank you, Elder Justice Committee Co-chairs Ken Traub and Barbara Baer

Time:

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Description:

Peace/Anti-War vigil at corner of East Ave. and Goodman Street, Rochester. All are welome!

Time:

2:30pm

Location:

Third Presbyterian Church

Description:

Building Community:

The Intersection of Faith and Arts

100 Years of Ecumenical Cooperation in Rochester

October 20, 2:30 p.m. – Third Presbyterian Church

The Greater Rochester Community of Churches Faith in Action Network celebrates the 100th anniversary of intentional ecumenical cooperation in Rochester on Sunday, October 20 at 2:30 p.m. at Third Presbyterian Church, 4 Meigs St. in Rochester.

Building Community: The Intersection of Faith and Arts features the world premier of “Fresh Wind for our Sails” by local renowned composer Cary Ratcliff. The music will be performed by the Telos Trio of Hochstein-based performers Rita George Simmons, Debbie Grohman, and Willie La Favor.

The music will be complemented with special artwork created by city youth.

As October 18-20 is also The Children’s Agenda Interfaith Weekend, they will update us on the lives of our children and invite us to act together to build a better life for kids. We believe that every child is our own.

We’ll hear stories about how faith communities and our partners have acted to build a community of justice in greater Rochester over the last one hundred years.

Everyone is invited to this festive celebration, part of a year-long rediscovery of the Fresh Wind that is blowing among us as together we become the Beloved Community.

Time:

7:00pm

Location:

Nazareth College’s Golisano Academic Center, Room 38

Description:

Can't We All Just Get Along?

An Interfaith Dialogue Session

WHEN: Wednesday, October 23rd, 7:00PM

WHERE: Nazareth College’s Golisano Academic Center, Room 38

Speakers: Dr. Tamara Sonn and

Tamara Sonn is the Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor in the History of Islam, and director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

Topic: "The Myth of Civilizations: How the Clash Was Constructed"

Dr. Carl Davila

Dr. Carl Davila is the professor of History at State University of New York at Brockport with a specialization in Arab History, Classical Islam, Arabic Language and Culture.
Topic: "Islamic Spain and the Problem of Convivencia"

Time:

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Location:

Rochester City Hall Atrium , 30 Church Street, Rochester, NY 14614

Description:

United Nations Association of Rochester (UNAR)
UN Day Event

When: Thursday, October 24, 2019
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Where: Rochester City Hall Atrium
30 Church Street, Rochester, NY 14614

Please join the United Nations Association of Rochester as we honor UN DAY.

The United Nations Day marks the anniversary of the official entry into force of the UN Charter.

Mayor Warren will present the UN Day Proclamation at 4:30 pm in the City Hall Atrium.

This is a free event. Please register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/un-day-proclamation-tickets-74016538459?ref=estw

Time:

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Description:

Peace/Anti-War vigil at corner of East Ave. and Goodman Street, Rochester. All are welome!