News from the Woods

Join us this Sunday, May 20, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Cottage for a presentation by Louisa Pacheco, lead organizer of VOICE-Buffalo, on the campaign to raise the minimum wage in New York.

Potluck, too, of course.

You may have seen this “Another Voice” article in the Buffalo News that is relevant to this discussion:

Another Voice / Minimum wage

Western New York will gain from pay increase

By Lou Jean Fleron and Sam Magavern

Published:May 14, 2012, 12:00 AM

Updated: May 14, 2012, 9:31 AM

Western New Yorkers should enthusiastically support legislation to raise New York’s minimum wage to $8.50 per hour from $7.25 and index it to inflation. The Buffalo Niagara region, which has been hit hard by the shift from manufacturing jobs to low-wage service jobs, has much to gain from this bill.

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The WNY Area Meeting is this Sunday from 1-5 p.m. at St. John’s UCC in Dunkirk.

We also plan to finish wood-chipping the paths that we began on Earth Day, meeting at our “usual” time from 4-6 p.m. at the Cottage (potluck following).

Please join us this Sunday, April 29th, from 4-6 p.m. at our Environmental Chapel/Cottage as we celebrate our newly donated organ and share potluck, too.

We are at 3449 West River, Grand Island.

All welcome.

• The organ came over the river and through the woods on a sled — photo here.

This Sunday, April 22^nd, we will celebrate Earth Day with our usual wood-chipping of the paths to the cottage and through the woods at 1:00 p.m.  Please bring gloves, rakes, pitchforks, wheelbarrows or just your energy.

No 4:00 program, but:

“Songs for a Livable Land” with Nan Hoffman and Joe Tumino at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Grace Episcopal Church, 51 Colonial Circle in Buffalo; free-will donation; refreshments.  This is part of POEM (Peace On Earth Month) 2012 [as is the “Clean Energy Roundtable” at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, featuring Lynda Schneekloth, Walter Simpson, Bill Nowak and Rita Yelda].