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2022 Community Agenda Preview: Miles Gresham, Colleen Kristich, Tanvier Peart, and Sarah Wooton on The Public GoodJanuary 11, 2022, 10:30-11 am

Andrea O Suilleabhain

Join us on The Public Good. This week, PPG team members Miles Gresham, Colleen Kristich, Tanvier Peart and Sarah Wooton join us to preview PPG's 2022 Community Agenda. Our partners will gather on Thursday, January 13 to unveil their top policy change priorities for the year head. We discuss some of …

Western New York Accessibility Advocacy: Marie Malinowski, Andrew Marcum, and Marc Hennig on The Public GoodDecember 21, 2021, 10:30-11 am

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin

Join us on The Public Good. This week, we are talking with Marie Malinowski, co-chair of A.R.I.S.E. Western New York; Andrew Marcum, Program Coordinator at the Center for Self Advocacy and Adjunct Professor of Disability Studies at the City University of New York; and Marc Hennig, Executive …

The Resilient Buildings Lab at University at Buffalo: Dr. Nicholas Rajkovich on The Public GoodDecember 14, 2021, 10:30-11 am

Colleen Kristich

Join us on The Public Good. This week, we are talking with Dr. Nicholas Rajkovich, Director of the Resilient Buildings Laboratory and  associate professor at the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning. Listen in to hear about whether Buffalo is really a climate refuge. We …

Brewing Workplace Democracy: Starbucks and the Slow Drip of Starting a UnionDecember 9, 2021, 10-11:30 am

Richard Griffin, Jr., Former General Counsel of the NLRB; Johnnie Kallas, former labor organizer, PhD student & Director, Labor Action Tracker; Cathy Creighton, Director, ILR Buffalo Co-Lab; WNY Starbucks Employees

Starbucks workers from three Buffalo, New York, stores are voting on unionization. Ahead of the final count of votes on December 9th, join us for an interactive panel discussion on labor activism, workplace democracy, and how right now is an ideal moment for workers to come together.  Register …

The Pride Center: Kelly Craig on The Public GoodDecember 7, 2021, 10:30-11 am

Sarah Wooton

Join us on The Public Good. This week we are talking with Kelly Craig, Executive Director of Pride Center of WNY. Listen in to hear about the services that the center provides to folks who identify as LGBTQ in our region. 

12 Proposals for a More Equitable Buffalo NiagaraDecember 3, 2021, 10:30 am-12 pm

Sam Magavern, Senior Policy Fellow, Partnership for the Public Good, and a Team of 12 University at Buffalo Law Students

Register here for the Zoom event: https://bit.ly/3qPH7Uv

Buffalo's Untapped Power to Discipline PoliceNovember 30, 2021, 12:30-2 pm

Miles Gresham, Esq. and De'Jon Hall

Register here: https://bit.ly/3cjB1TN For many, the apparent inability to discipline or fire police officers with records of misconduct has been a major obstacle to criminal justice reform. However, both court decisions and Buffalo’s legislative history grant the City of Buffalo the authority …

The 485-a Property Tax Exemption: John Washington and Rob Galbraith on The Public GoodNovember 30, 2021, 10:30-11 am

Tanvier Peart

On this week's Public Good radio show, we're live with John Washington, Free The People WNY member, and Rob Galbraith, Senior Research Analyst at Public Accountability Initiative. Listen in as we discuss 485-a, a controversial property tax exemption program. In his Buffalo News op-ed, Rob …

Water Equity and Affordability: Stephen Halpern and Anna Blatto on The Public GoodNovember 23, 2021, 10:30-11 am

Miles Gresham

Join us on The Public Good! We’re live with Steve Halpern, Staff Attorney at Western New York Law Center and Anna Blatto, Research Associate at Partnership for the Public Good, discussing water equity and affordability in Buffalo, New York. PPG’s upcoming report will explore these …

Disciplining Police Officers: Miles Gresham on The Public GoodNovember 16, 2021, 10:30-11 am

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin

Join us on The Public Good! This week our guest is PPG Policy Fellow Miles Gresham, Esq. discusses his policy brief, "The City of Buffalo's Untapped Power to Discipline Police Officers." This report examines the history of police discipline provisions in Buffalo city charters and calls on the City …