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The MRTA and its impacts on marijuana justice in Buffalo and NYS: Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes on The Public GoodMay 4, 2021, 10:30-11:30 am

Orlando Dickson

Join us on The Public Good! Our very special next guest is Hon. Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes, Majority Leader of the New York State Assembly. Majority Leader Peoples-Stokes joins us to discuss her historic leadership in passing the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA), which legalized the use …

Police Letter to the AG Office: Buffalo Citizens for Council Accountability on The Public GoodApril 27, 2021, 10:30-11:30 am

Orlando Dickson

Join us on The Public Good! Our guests this week are Christina, Courtney, and Stephanie from Buffalo Citizens for Council Accountability. They discuss their complaint to the Attorney General’s Office on Buffalo’s Police Reform Agenda and its lack of resident input. We also talk about …

Removing Police from Mental Health Responses: Whitney Walker and Kartika Carr of VOICE Buffalo on The Public GoodFebruary 23, 2021, 10:30-11 am

Orlando Dickson

Our guests this week are both from our partner organization VOICE Buffalo. Kartika Carr, Integrated Voter Engagement Lead Organizer, and Whitney Walker, MSW, Executive Director will talk with us about removing police from frontline response to mental health crises. The first of our 2021 Community …

Removing Police from Mental Health Responses: Whitney Walker and Kartika Carr of VOICE Buffalo on The Public GoodFebruary 23, 2021, 10:30-11 am

Orlando Dickson

Our guests this week are both from our partner organization VOICE Buffalo. Kartika Carr, Integrated Voter Engagement Lead Organizer, and Whitney Walker, MSW, Executive Director will talk with us about removing police from frontline response to mental health crises. The first of our 2021 Community …

2021 Community Agenda Run-Down: Andrea Ó Súilleabháin and Miles Gresham on The Public GoodJanuary 19, 2021, 10-10:30 pm

Orlando Dickson

Join us on The Public Good! We'll discuss the 2021 Community Agenda - the top ten policy change priorities pitched and voted on by our partners. Orlando Dickson speaks with PPG Policy Fellow Miles Gresham and PPG Executive Director Andrea Ó Súilleabhain about each of our partners' …

COVID-19, Jail Releases, and Public Health: Steve Hart on The Public GoodJanuary 12, 2021, 10-10:30 pm

Orlando Dickson

On this week's Public Good radio show, we're speaking with researcher Steve Hart about his PPG policy brief on the NY Release Program for People Incarcerated on Charges of Technical Parole Violations during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, Governor Cuomo ordered the release of people accused …

COVID-19, Jail Releases, and Public Health: Steve Hart on The Public GoodJanuary 12, 2021, 10-10:30 pm

Orlando Dickson

On this week's Public Good radio show, we're speaking with researcher Steve Hart about his PPG policy brief on the NY Release Program for People Incarcerated on Charges of Technical Parole Violations during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, Governor Cuomo ordered the release of people accused …

COVID-19, Jail Releases, and Public Health: Steve Hart on The Public GoodJanuary 12, 2021, 10-10:30 pm

Orlando Dickson

On this week's Public Good radio show, we're speaking with researcher Steve Hart about his PPG policy brief on the NY Release Program for People Incarcerated on Charges of Technical Parole Violations during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, Governor Cuomo ordered the release of people accused …

Avoiding Footage Follies: Sarah Wooton and John Elmore on The Public GoodDecember 1, 2020, 10-10:30 pm

Orlando Dickson

Join us on The Public Good! We'll speak with PPG Community Researcher, Sarah Wooton and the Minority Bar Association of WNY Justice Reform Taskforce Co-Chair, John Elmore on footage release policies for the Buffalo Police Department.  Best practices including prompt and free …

Police Reform: Taniver Peart, Colleen Kristich, and Orlando Dickson on The Public GoodOctober 27, 2020, 10-10:30 pm

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin

Join us on The Public Good! This week's show continues our series on police reform. We talk with PPG staff members Tanvier Peart, Colleen Kristich, and Orlando Dickson all of whom work on issues of police reform for PPG and individually participate in the work of Buffalo Police Advisory …