Topic: Resistance

Organizing the Unorganized

Ben Lee, full- time volunteer organizer, from the Eastern Farm Workers Association will be speaking on their organizing drives that seek to alleviate their members’ most important problem – poverty – at its root. There will be also be some great singing and stories from other volunteers about their group efforts with migrant and seasonal farm … Continue reading Organizing the Unorganized

Gandhi and Ambedkar

ambedkar sermon with readings While Gandhi is regularly lauded for his non-violent movement, a closer look challenges his sexual practices and his treatment of untouchables. This talk looks especially at the untouchable (Dalit) lawyer Ambedkar who wrote much of India’s constitution and regularly challenged Gandhi, especially re his treatment of untouchables (now Dalits). Susan S … Continue reading Gandhi and Ambedkar

 Global Citizen

Aly Wane is an undocumented Peace Activist who has worked with many groups, including the Syracuse Peace Council, the Alliance of Communities Transforming Syracuse, the Workers’ Center of CNY, and the American Friends Service Committee. His work focuses on migrants’ rights, racial justice, and economic justice.