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L.A.S.C. wny Latin America Solidarity Committee of Western New York,
a taskforce of WNY Peace Center.

LASC is a Western New York community non-profit group, committed to promoting human rights and social and economic justice in
Latin America. We are a taskforce of the WNY Peace Center, and we work closely with their other taskforces, especially IRT, the Immigration and Refugee Taskforce.

Peace Coffeehouse, Monday Oct.26, 7-9pm Science Hall, Canisius University.Free, everyone welcome.
10/13/2026

Peace Coffeehouse, Monday Oct.26, 7-9pm
Science Hall, Canisius University.
Free, everyone welcome.

Peace Coffeehouse, Monday Sept.28, 7-9pm Canisius U. All are welcome; no RSVP required!
09/14/2026

Peace Coffeehouse, Monday Sept.28, 7-9pm Canisius U.

All are welcome; no RSVP required!

Sunday, June 7, Chuck Culhane, Presente'
05/27/2026

Sunday, June 7, Chuck Culhane, Presente'

Bill Jungels, at Fitz Books, SALON:ARTALK and screeningas part of his photo exhibition on Chiapas Mexico and on Trees of...
05/18/2026

Bill Jungels, at Fitz Books, SALON:ARTALK and screening
as part of his photo exhibition on Chiapas Mexico and on Trees of WNY.
Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 7:00 PM
Fitz Books & Waffles, 1462 Main St, Buffalo

Making a plan to evict ICE from Buffalo.
05/16/2026

Making a plan to evict ICE from Buffalo.

Peace Coffeehouse, Monday May 25, 7-9pm Canisius U.Speaker: Alberto Cappas, writer, poet, community activist, and publis...
05/16/2026

Peace Coffeehouse, Monday May 25, 7-9pm Canisius U.
Speaker: Alberto Cappas, writer, poet, community activist,
and publisher of the Buffalo Latino Village: a conversation on resilient community in the age of escalating immigration kidnappings. All are welcome; no RSVP required!

Women's March, May 16: From Niagara Square, plan to march silently down Court Street to Lafayette Square, where vocalist...
05/16/2026

Women's March, May 16: From Niagara Square, plan to march silently down Court Street to Lafayette Square, where vocalist Lynntresa Atkinson and the Phenomenal Ladies of Rhythm will perform. Singing Resistance will lead us back to Niagara Square in song, where the musical artist songstress Fragrance of Yah will close us out in song! Fragrance of Yah Stanfield and her daughter survived the May 14 Massacre.

A personal report back from IFCO/pastors for peaceabout the recent material-aid delegations to Cuba!
04/16/2026

A personal report back from IFCO/pastors for peace
about the recent material-aid delegations to Cuba!

Martin Gugino served as a witness of conscience for progress in peace and justice in Buffalo, usually alongside the West...
04/09/2026

Martin Gugino served as a witness of conscience for progress in peace and justice in Buffalo, usually alongside the Western New York Peace Center, and especially as a member of its taskforce LASC, the Latin America Solidarity Committee. For fifteen years he showed up for Black Lives Matter, climate justice, Latin American solidarity, Plowshares, Witness Against Torture, killer drone protests, prisoner rights, justice for migrant families, vigils at the Erie County Holding Center ...

He never wanted to stand out at events (although he was quite tall). He always wanted to stand for others, as an everyday person. He was based in a Catholic Worker tradition, and was enthusiastic, gentle, principled, undaunted, and guided by belief in the sacred power of non-violent resistance to injustice.

Through his strong commitment to free speech, one evening in June 2020 he went to the steps of City Hall to speak with the police there about the legality and constitutionality of a curfew called against the peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstrators there. His attempt at dialog with the militarized authorities was met with a violent response; the order was given to advance with force, and it left him bleeding and unconscious on the sidewalk.

The only "trouble" from Martin Gugino was the John Lewis kind of "Good Trouble" needed to make progress for peace and justice.

From when Martin was interviewed by WBFO later, in February 2021: "Martin Luther King said, the moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice, because everyday people go out and try to do something that's right, even though met with opposition ... Every day, you should be as good as you can be. I mean, that's just obvious. Be as good as you can be no matter what the situation is, but it's especially important now."

Terry Bisson, on behalf of LASC

Peace Coffeehouse: Ending Complicity with I.C.E. A report on the harms of local & state collusion with federal imm...
04/04/2026

Peace Coffeehouse: Ending Complicity with I.C.E.
A report on the harms of local & state collusion with federal immigration enforcement

Speaker: Paul Linden-Retek, Human Rights Center, UB School of Law

7-9 pm Monday April 27, 2026. Canisius University - Science Hall, convenient parking along Main, north of Delavan

The Buffalo Human Rights Center and students at the UB School of Law recently released a report on how ICE operations in Buffalo inhibit access to health care, education, work, and everything. Come hear about the report, it's stories, and how to help advance NY4all.

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1272 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY
14209

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+17163323904

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