716 Protests
Instagram of protests going on in Buffalo.
Buffalo Legal Observers
Legal Observers attend protests, and serve as witnesses to what happens and record unlawful behavior. They are an important part of any protest, and serve as evidence in the defense of protesters arrested for false or overbroad charges. Join a training as they're available, and show up to protests as a legal observer!
Buffalo Niagara LGBTQ History Project
From their website: The Buffalo-Niagara LGBTQ History Project is an organization with two goals: 1) to research, document, and share the unique histories of Western New York’s many LGBTQ+ communities, and 2) in so doing, to challenge the widespread notion that LGBTQ history happened only in New York City and the Bay Area, and nowhere else. Volunteer and donation links are on their website.
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper
Political advocacy group for stewardship of the freshwater resources in the area
Buffalo SURJ
From their website: “SURJ Buffalo is a chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice, a national network organizing white people against white supremacy. This chapter is a coalition of folks organizing across class lines in Buffalo, Erie County, and Western New York to undermine racist institutions through collective action.”
Burning Books Bookstore https://www.facebook.com/burningbooksbflo/events/ https://burningbooks.com/
From their website:
Burning Books is a radical bookstore in Buffalo, NY. We opened in September of 2009 on the anniversary of the Attica prison uprising.
We focus exclusively on social justice issues and work to support individuals and movements that are struggling against oppression and domination in all its forms. We have a highly curated selection of titles dealing with activism, race, antifascism, environmentalism, colonialism, indigenisim, capitalism, feminism, queer studies, animal liberation, class, disability, and more; including books for children, middle graders, and young adults. We also carry posters, games and gift items - all following our mission of social justice and sustainability.
Through our speaker series, we bring vital perspectives from authors and activists around the country to discuss paths towards positive change in our world.
We are happy to be a partner of - and the main distributor for - the Certain Days Freedom for Political Prisoners yearly calendar, which acts as a major fundraiser for U.S. Political Prisoner support across the country.
CEJ Buffalo
The Coalition for Economic Justice Buffalo is a permanent coalition that unites labor, faith, and the community for workers' rights and economic justice.
Clean Air Coalition
The Clean Air Coalition builds power by developing grassroots leaders who organize their communities to run and win environmental justice and public health campaigns in Western New York.
GObike
An advocacy and support group for encouraging biking in WNY, with advocacy and outreach campaigns to make biking easier in Buffalo.
Grassroots Gardens WNY
From their website: “Grassroots Gardens WNY is a dedicated group of community gardeners and activists. Our mission is to share knowledge, power and resources to grow healthy food, heal systemic harm, and strengthen neighborhood connections through community gardens. We collaboratively cultivate and manage more than one million square feet (and growing!) of urban green space. We have over 100 community gardens in our network.”
Justice For Migrant Families of WNY https://www.justiceformigrantfamilies.org/ https://www.facebook.com/jfmfofwny/ https://www.instagram.com/jfmfofwny/?hl=en
From their website: “JFMF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency that promotes justice for migrant families by providing support to individuals in the federal detention facility in Batavia, information and resources to families in the community, and advocacy both within and beyond the local community.”
Volunteer opportunities on their website, events are posted on FB\acebook/Instagram
Mass Avenue Project
Advocacy and urban farm. MAP nurtures the growth of a diverse and equitable local food system and promotes local economic opportunities, access to food and social change education.
Donations and volunteer opportunities on their website.
National Lawyers Guild Buffalo
The National Lawyer’s Guild is an organization dedicated to being the legal arm of social movements. In particular, they deal with legal representation, legal education, and supporting protests. The NLG trains legal observers, who observe protests and document what happens at them, for evidence that can be used for legal defense, public education, and civil actions. Anyone can become a legal observer, and the NLG is looking for more volunteers.
New York Immigrants Coalition
An advocacy group campaigning for immigrant rights and support in New York State.
Our City Action Buffalo
https://www.ourcityactionbuffalo.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ourcityactionbuffalo/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/OURCITYBUF/
An advocacy group campaigning for the people of Buffalo to have more control over their city. From their website: “We create change by championing issue-based campaigns that shift power from the few to the many, and electing leaders who believe that community members have a right to be engaged, involved, and act as decision-makers, governing with instead of for. “
Upstate NY Socialist Rifle Association
An organization dedicated to teaching and promoting self and community defense. From their website:
“...We recognize all aspects of self and community defense to include (but not limited to) topics such as firearms, disaster relief, medicine, logistics, agriculture, general survival skills, and other pursuits necessary to unify and strengthen communities against the hardships of life under capitalism. We seek, advocate for, and advance an inclusive, safe, and healthy firearms culture in America to combat the toxic, right-wing, and exclusionary firearm culture in place today. We work to create a platform, environment, and community of members and like-minded individuals that are free of reactionary influences and prejudices, such as racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, and other discriminatory ideologies. We maintain the necessity of and work towards the implementation of an anti-capitalist platform for protecting and promoting the inherent human right to defend oneself and one’s community.“
“The chapters of the SRA perform a wide variety of activities under our expansive mission statement. Range days, social get-togethers, mutual aid, community gardens, instruction, and more are just some of the things our chapters have organized. Ultimately, the goal of all of these events is to foster a supportive and inclusive community that can work together to achieve its common goals and rebuff against reactionary right wing firearms culture.“