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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.

Nonprofit 501(c)(3) Advocacy LabSeptember 24, 2024, 12:30-2 pm

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, Regine Ndanga

While 501(c)(3)s cannot directly support or oppose candidates for public office, there are many advocacy and voter education activities these organizations and their staff may do. Join PPG as we share the laws and rules regarding electoral activities and describe examples of what you can do. 

Uniting on the High Road ConferenceJune 20, 4 pm-June 22, 2024 1:30 pm

Partnership for the Public Good, Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, national and local partners and experts

Uniting on the High Road: A Conference on Economic Justice at the Local Level will take place on June 20-22, 2024 in Buffalo, NY. Hosted by Cornell University ILR Buffalo Co-Lab and Partnership for the Public Good, with community and academic partners from across Buffalo and nationwide, the …

Broadband for All? Mapping and Discussing Progress and Remaining Challenges Across NYSMay 24, 2024, 12-1:30 pm

Rusty Weaver and community partners

Community partners, policy makers, and decision makers across NY are invited to join Rusty Weaver, Director of Research, ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, and community leaders in broadband accessibility for a presentation of the Digital Equity Tool and a discussion on opportunities going forward.  Register …

Blues Flag Memorial: A May 14 Community ProjectApril 4, 2024, 10 am-1 pm

Partnership for the Public Good and the African American Cultural Center invite you to join us on Thursday, April 4 for a Blues Flag Memorial workshop, part of a collaborative community memorial to honor the victims of the May 14th, 2022 white supremacist attack in our city.

Status of Child Care in New York State Report ReleaseMarch 8, 2024, 10 am-12 pm

Dr. Steve Peraza, Dr. Rusty Weaver + partners (see below)

Two out of five New Yorkers with children report that they or an adult member of their household decided to forgo employment outside of their home due to child care, according to survey data from Cornell University’s 2023 Empire State Poll. Child care issues are inextricably linked to New …

Unpacking White Rage: Ekua Mends-Aidoo, Stephanie Peete, and Wil Green on The Public GoodFebruary 6, 2024, 11:30 am-12 pm

Dejia Marie James

Join us on The Public Good! Our guests are Ekua Mends-Aidoo, President of Clementine Gold Group; Stephanie Peete, co-owner of Second Chapter Book Store and Director of Workforce Development at Say Yes Buffalo; and Wil Green, Director of Outreach and Community Engagement at the UB Graduate …