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Sodus & The End of Slavery: UGRR, Abolitionists and USCT Civil War Veterans from the Maxwell Settlement

2026 gives us pause to commemorate two significant creation events in our nation’s history: our nation’s birth 250 years ago and the designation of Negro History Week. The first we have recognized sin

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day march to end racism

WARE marches to end racism on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (2024).

Upcoming Events

WARE holds two meetings each month.  

-A general meeting is held on the first Monday of each month at 6:00 pm at rotating sites around Wayne County.  Meeting locations are posted on the WARE FB page before each meeting. Below are the locations for 2026 meetings.
-January 5 (Sodus Community Library, 17 Maple Ave., Sodus, NY 14551), February 2 (St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 400 South Main St., Newark, NY 14513), March 2 (Rural & Migrant Ministries (RMM) WNY, 7 Phelps St., Lyons, NY 14489), April 6 (Sodus Library), May 4 (St. Mark’s, Newark), and June 1 (RMM WNY, Lyons). Business Meeting via Zoom (open to all WARE Members) (2026): January 19, February 16, March 16, April 20, May 18, and June 15. After June, please check the WARE FB Page for any summer meeting announcements. A Fall Meeting schedule will be announced in June 2026

-A business meeting is held on the third Monday of each month at 6:00 pm via ZOOM.

A meeting invitation is sent to all WARE members in the WARE email group for each meeting a few days prior to that month’s meeting. If you would like to receive the meeting invitation or if you would like additional information about meetings, please call Jim Wood, at 585-967-8687.
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