Equality / Civil Rights Take Action
Sadly, Buffalo Niagara is one of the most segregated metropolitan regions in the nation, and minority communities suffer from astounding rates of poverty. Illegal discrimination based on race, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, national origin, and other classifications remains all too common in crucial areas like housing and employment. Our region cannot thrive without aggressive efforts to root out discrimination and advance equality.
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March 28, 2025
Featured: Protecting Our People, Communities, and Organizations: Local Action in a Time of National Crisis
The current instability and rapid changes in the United States federal government have raised unprecedented threats and concerns for nonprofits and community groups in Buffalo Niagara. Our communities face severe risks, and the nonprofit sector that serves their needs is itself under attack due to …
January 29, 2025
Partnership for the Public Good Rolls Out Policy Change Agenda for 2025
On the morning of Friday, January 17, 2025, Partnership for the Public Good (PPG) and community advocates—from large social and health and legal service agencies, neighborhood groups, arts organizations, small businesses, and environmental justice organizations—convened to unveil the …
January 17, 2025
WGRZ: "More than 100 community groups voice support for Kensington Expressway's removal, Humboldt Parkway's restoration"
Nate Benson | January 17, 2025 Community-based think tank Partnership for the Public Good unveiled its 2025 Community Agenda Friday morning during an event at Buffalo State University. The community agenda is a list of 10 policies, voted on by the partners of PPG, that the organization will …
October 31, 2024
Spectrum News: "Language access law aims to help immigrants in Western N.Y."
Viktoria Hallikaar | October 31, 2024 Building a new home for yourself or your family is hard. It’s even harder when you don’t understand what’s going on around you. “The basic principle that makes a person a human being is being able to communicate, to be able to express …
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Rise & Resist: Fighting for LGBTQ+ RightsApril 23, 2025, 12:30-2 pm
Our City Buffalo, GLYS WNY, and Equality NY Buffalo Chapter
The Trump Administration is maliciously working to erase transgender people from legal recognition and is rolling back essential LGBTQ+ protections. In this workshop, we’ll discuss how recent executive orders have impacted trans’ folks access to passports and other travel documents and …
Nonprofits Under Threat: Advocacy to Fight BackApril 9, 2025, 12:30-2 pm
Regine Ndanga, Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, Sarah Wooton
The Trump Administration is flagrantly cutting funding for fair housing, food banks, environmental justice, scientific research, and so much more. These are funds that our Buffalo community desperately needs—to help those who are struggling and to protect our community as a whole. Thankfully, …
Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab and Erie County Commission on the Status of Women to Release Study on All Women's Equal Pay DayMarch 25, 2025, 11 am-12:30 pm
Cathy Creighton, Rusty Weaver, Karen King
Buffalo History Museum will serve as venue for presentation on the symbolic day used annually to raise awareness about pay inequities; results will focus on persistent pay gap in Erie County.
The Home Within: Multilingual Poetry EventOctober 10, 2024, 6-9 pm
New York Immigration Coalition and Kind Fools, featuring Buffalo poets and artists
The Home Within is a Multilingual Poetry event honoring Buffalo’s rich Linguistic Tapestry and Language Justice.
