Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace

05/27/2026

"I believe that to stay silent in the face of tyranny is to surrender your freedom and become complicit in oppression."

Those are the words of Dr. Arnold Matlin — founding member of Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace, York Central School physician for 50 years, and a man who drove through cold and rain to stand with us at last Saturday's York rally while recovering from a broken ankle.

This is who shows up. This is why we keep showing up.
📰 Read the full issue of the Genesee Valley Guardian — https://geneseevalleyindivisible.org/%f0%9f%93%ab-genesee-valley-guardian-vol-2-issue-21-may-26-2026/.

05/10/2026

GVCP Members, Holly and Chris, presented the 9th annual Paula Henry Peace Award this evening at the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts opening of the annual Members Exhibit.

Phil Thrall of Dansville was the winning artist, with his piece titled “Chained”. The piece is made of wood and depicts a peace sign and a heart chained together. Love and peace are indeed inextricably linked, or chained. The links in the wood carved chain were all of one piece of wood!

There was a very nice mixed media painting also on the topic of peace, called We Are The World, by Deborah McAffee, also of Dansville.

05/04/2026

04/29/2026

Join us this weekend!

A national call to action: "No Work. No School. No Shopping."

04/29/2026

🔴 May Day 2026 — Local Events This Weekend
A national call to action: No Work. No School. No Shopping.

Our message: Workers Over Billionaires.

Friday, May 1
📍 Gateway Corner Park, Geneseo — 4:00–6:00 PM
📍 Together We Stand Rally, 102 Main St, Batavia — 1:00–3:00 PM
📍 Rochester March, Washington Square Park — 5:30 PM
Saturday, May 2
📍 Wyoming County May Day Rally, Main St, Perry — 11:00 AM
📍 Hemlock Rally, Rt 15A & 20A — Noon
📍 May Day Open Mic, Geneseo Village Park — 1:00 PM

Can't strike? Shop local, donate to a nonprofit, write a letter to the editor, or just talk to a neighbor about why workers matter.
More Local Events listed at:

A national call to action: "No Work. No School. No Shopping."

04/08/2026

🚨Emergency Protest🚨
April 8th @5 pm
225 East Ave

Trump has declared genocide on Iran - "a whole civilization will die tonight." The time to make your voice heard is NOW. Trump can't threaten war crimes without consequences! It's long past time to end this illegal war.

Bring your signs, flags, voices to Congressman Joe Morelle's office to tell him we do not support this illegal war. This is a critical moment for the American people to stand united.

We are coming together to demand WAR POWERS RESOLUTION NOW.

NO WAR
NO NUKES
NO TRUMP
NO HEGSETH

Can't make it to the protest? Use 5calls.org to tell your reps we need a war powers resolution NOW.

04/04/2026

GVCP will host a peace rally on Main Street Geneseo TODAY, April 4th, at 12:00 Noon

About the weather: We will hold this rally rain or shine except if there is thunder and lightning. If there’s thunder and lightning, stay home or go home. Otherwise, just bring an umbrella!

03/30/2026

Our April 4th rally will concentrate on stopping the war against Iran and pushing back against the advance towards nuclear holocaust.

April 4th falls on the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter — a day that, across many traditions, carries a profound sense of waiting, reflection, and the first glimmer of hope returning.

Saturday, April 4th
12:00 Noon
Corner of Main Street and Route 20A, Geneseo

As we gather this weekend for No Kings 3 — in Perry at 10:00 AM on Main Street and in Geneseo at 12:30 PM at Geneseo Gateway Park opposite Wegmans — we are energized by the solidarity and commitment we see across our region. But the work doesn't end there.