Peace, Love, and Grant Street

We had an awesome time last week at Peace, Love, and Grant Street!  A lot of people came to enjoy all the different things we had to offer.  West Side Youth Development Coalition and David Rivera's office provided candy and refreshments, the county sheriff's office stationed their horses outside the center along with two of Buffalo's finest food trucks (The Whole Hog and The Roaming Buffalo), WEDI's ENERGY afterschool program came to sing lovely carols, and we had plenty of activities going on inside!

Check out some photos that Emily took!

Welcome back with Halloween photos!

Hi!  We haven't posted here in a long while but there's been a lot going on since the end of the summer.  We reopened about halfway through September and it's been busy and filled with a lot going on, from starting Girl Talk again, working on our upcoming art project, playing video games, and of course, our Halloween Party a couple weeks ago!

So here are some photos from the party and comments from our members on what they liked.

Fardosa and Jamila posing for a photo

Jamila: "I like the game, I like the dance, I like the monster.  I like when me and Emily was taking pictures."

Saadiya and Boncko posing for a photo

Issa and Bethany looking creepy

Janice: What did you like about the party?

Issa: "We broke the pinata and everyone was jumping and dancing.  Then we all tackled Eric and punched the pinata and then we all left."

Shy looking colorful with Igow

Sam looking fierce as a hockey player

Boncko with her little nephew

Boncko, Anais, and Saadiya running the sign-in table

People lining up for spooky punch and cupcakes

It's Ibrahim!

We were visited by a creepy monster (who made many young children cry!).

Levi gets taken in by the monster!

Jesska and Mimi smiling for the camera

The mummy wrap!

Twin Maka and Muna are a two-person mummy

Oh no!  The monster's got Steven!

Daudi is very scared while Abass is unfazed.

Arturo y Moises con el monstruo.

Some other comments from attendees ...

Emily: "Did any of your friends come to the party?"
Jamila: "YOSS."


Janice: "Did you like dancing?"
Esha: "No."

Ibrahim: "Everything, it was fun.  I met new people."

You Are Here

As the first part of two workshops, we are inviting University of Buffalo to host a project here as part of a larger series of events called Fluid Culture.  The first part will be this Saturday May 12th at 1pm, and it will be focused on our stories of displacement.  It will include a visual arts aspect through mapping as well as mixed media storytelling of oral histories (audio recording, poetry, and drawing).

The second part will be next Saturday May 19th at 1pm, and we invite everyone to see the unveiling of the project that UB graduate students in the Architecture Department have been working on.  We will also be exhibiting the work and the stories from the first workshop.

The three questions that we'll be focused on, based on the idea of where we're from, are:

• What did you bring?
• What did you leave behind?
• And what did you find?

Please talk to Janice if you're interested!

Mural Unveiling tomorrow!

 Our members have been hard at work finishing up a 11' x 5' mural that represents our core values of creating an open, safe, and productive space.  We're holding a casual event tomorrow starting at 6pm to give everyone a chance to check it out and hear more from the people who participated and made this work of art possible.  So invite your friends and family and stop on in tomorrow, Friday 5/4 at 6pm!

See the event reminder on the PUSH Buffalo website

Check out the photos from the mural kick-off on April 3rd

For members, if you're interested in helping out, check in with Megan to see if there's work to still be done.

- Janice

OPEN MIC NIGHT

Open Mic Night is Friday, February 24, at 271 Grant St.  This event is free! You can come read something that you write or can sing or dance, or read a poem...any performance.  The time it will start is 6:00pm to 8:00pm, and everyone can come.

Why you should come!
 To read what you wrote and come see your friends. There is free food! Other people will perform. The rehearsal is at 3:00 on Friday.

Why would you want to  perform?
To show if you have any talents!