Erie County officials want to spend over $200 million planning and constructing a new county jail. In Erie County, a jail sentence becomes a death sentence every six months. Instead, No New Jail Roundtable members recommend investing this money in community solutions - mental health and substance …
Join us on The Public Good with this week's guest Kamilah Whitfield. Kamilah is the founder of My Grandmother's Garden. In this episode, she discusses her initiative to open a "community nutrition hub" on the East Side of Buffalo in honor of her late grandmother, Ruth E. Whitfield, who she …
In February 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul announced a $57 million commitment to upgrading McCarley Gardens, an affordable housing development just south of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. However, renovations did not go as expected for residents. Residents shared various concerns, including poor …
MEDIA ADVISORY May 8, 2023 Contact: Dejia James, 716-507-7295, dejia@ppgbuffalo.org Community Groups to Call for Three Priorities in the City of Buffalo Budget WHAT: Partnership for the Public Good and its partner organizations are calling for three priorities to be included in the City …
It’s been nine years since the Flint water crisis began in April 2014. Yet many Flint residents are still fighting for justice and restitution. “Cullud Wattah,” a play by Erika Dickerson-Despenza, tells the story of Marion and her family, who experienced lead exposure due to the …
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations, and these rates are up to 3 times higher for Black and Native American women compared to non-Hispanic whites. The Biden Administration states addressing …
Are you wondering what the Buffalo Bills Stadium Community Benefits Agreement looks like? Chairperson April Baskin of the Erie County Legislature will talk about why it’s so hard to win community benefits in our region, what benefits were achieved in the stadium deal – from construction …
What is Good Food Purchasing? Jess Gilbert, Campaign Director of the Good Food Buffalo Coalition, and Loc Tran, Secretary of the Good Food Coalition Leadership Council and Program Manager at Grassroots Gardens, will explain how good food purchasing benefits communities and local economies and what …
Senator Ryan Has Introduced Legislation to Ban Non-Competes and Is Looking for Stories to Illustrate Their Impact on New Yorkers. BUFFALO – Today, April 13, 2023, New York State Senator Sean Ryan announced that he wants to hear from New Yorkers whose careers have been negatively …
City Year is a national service program through AmeriCorps that allows young people to work in local schools and make a difference in students’ lives. Two guests from City Year Buffalo, Jeanmarie Cieslica, Executive Director and Managing Director, as well as Amelia Heiselman, a recruiter for …