Each year Sam Magavern, Senior Policy Fellow at PPG, teaches a Lawyers as Change Agents class at the University at Buffalo Law School. They will be presenting their work on a wide array of policy initiatives to help make Buffalo-Niagara more equitable and sustainable.  They include:

• Progressive Ideas for Addressing the City’s Budget Deficit 
• Reducing School Suspensions: Lessons from Syracuse
• Making the Most of the Bills Stadium Community Benefit Agreement
• Erie County’s Charter Revision Process: Opportunities for Advocacy
• Responding to Mental Health Emergencies: Are the City and County Violating the Americans with Disabilities Act?
• When Landlords Don’t Pay Housing Court Judgments
• Urban Livestock: Balancing Residents’ Needs
• Fair Housing: Limiting the Use of Credit Reports in Tenant Screening