Vigil for Yemen will continue on Saturday mornings, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. Starting Sat. Jan 2, the vigil will move to Union Square. Many thanks to Felton Davis and the Catholic Worker Movement for maintaining this vigil to keep a public focus on U.S. support for Saudi Arabia in the ongoing war in Yemen, and its impact.

BFP is one of 80 organizations which signed a letter to President-elect Biden urging him to prioritize ending U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

Social distance is maintained at the vigil, and all participants wear masks.

E-mail davisfelton3@yahoo.com for future messages, updates on what’s happening in Yemen, and plans for response.

BFP’s “War No More” program on 2nd Tues each month, and Thursday the same week, 8 am & 10 pm on BRIC (Brooklyn Public Network, Brooklyn Free Speech, Ch. 2) You can view it several ways:
See it on Cable: Verizon FiOS 43; Optimum 68; Spectrum 1996; RCN 83.
Please advise your friends and neighbors, especially senior citizens or others who have cable access but may not have convenient internet access. If you don’t have cable, you can live-stream on your computer but only at the time of the broadcast.
You can watch at your convenience on BFP’s YouTube channel.
Also check out the amazing video library of BFP and other events done by BFP member Ed Briody on his YouTube channnel

Check out videos of previous forums on youtube!

Videos include:

• Noam Chomsky at Pathmakers to Peace, 11/15/14
• Which Way Forward—Climate Justice or Climate Chaos, 9/5/14
• Phyllis Bennis on U.S. in the MIddle East: Wars, Occupations, U.S. Policy, and the Challenge to the Anti-War Movement, 5/17/14
• Whistleblowers and Surveillance, 4/21/14

And more!

Every Thursday, 5:30–6:30 pm (weather permitting)

Join the Women in Black Vigil Union Square (on the little traffic island at 14th St & Broadway)
Express your outrage at the continuing siege as well as the U.S. policy toward Israel-Palestine that allows the blockade to continue.
Both women and men are welcome to participate. Learn more about the Women in Black Vigil.

E-mail is.pales@brooklynpeace.org for local contact information for New York Women in Black

The Center for Anti-Violence Education offers  self-defense classes for teen, adults, transpeople and LGBTQ.women and transyouth aged 12-19.
Check it out!

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