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on January 25th, 2011•
County Funding for Culturals: Dedicated Source to be Found?
Tuesday, February 15
4:00–5:30pm
237 Main Street, Suite 1200
The first PPG Tuesday Forum for the year will focus on the cultural funding crisis in Erie County and a possible solution. Join local elected officials and arts leaders along with Robert Gioia, president of the Oishei Foundation, Kathryn Foster, director of the Regional Institute, Erie County Legislators Raymond Walter and Maria Whyte, and Randall Kramer of the Greater Buffalo Cultural Association, as they discuss the potential for a dedicated source of county funding for arts and culture. Rahwa Ghirmatzion, Executive Director at Ujima Company, Inc., will moderate the discussion.
You can find background information and other resources on this topic here.
To reserve a seat or for more information, contact Megan Connelly at megan@ppgbuffalo.org or (716) 852-4191 x110.
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on January 25th, 2011•
Buffalo Poverty Research Workshop II
Women and Homelessness
Friday, March 4, 2011
1:00 – 5:00 pm
St. Stanislaus R.C. Social Center
389 Peckham Street, Buffalo, NY 14206 (corner of Wilson St)
Program
Keynote Address: Adversities, Challenges, Family Functioning, and Long-term Stability for Mothers and Children
Maureen Hayes, Senior Research Associate, National Center for Family Homelessness
Responses by:
- Kevin Blair, Professor of Sociology, Niagara University
- William O’Connell, HUD Region 2 Community Planning and Development Director
- Karen Carman, Director, Matt Urban HOPE Center
Presentations
- Kathryn Foster, Director, University at Buffalo Regional Institute (invited)
- Kathleen Granchelli, CEO, YWCA Niagara, and Suzanne Tomkins, Professor and Director, Women, Children, and Social Justice Clinic, University at Buffalo Law School
- Teresa Miller, Professor, University at Buffalo Law School
- Jessica Walker, Director, Community Health Worker Network of Buffalo, and
- Kenneth Gaston, Substance Abuse Counselor, GROUP Ministries Inc.
Networking Fair: An opportunity for tabling by community organizations and discussions with faculty, students, and others about research interests.
Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Onsite parking available.
To register or for more information, email Megan Connelly at megan@ppgbuffalo.org by March 1
Sponsored by the Homeless Alliance of Western New York, National Center for Family Homelessness, Partnership for the Public Good, University at Buffalo UB2020 Civic Engagement and Public Policy research initiative, and Western New York Service Learning Coalition.
Cosponsored by University at Buffalo Gender Institute, and the WNY Women’s Fund.
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on January 19th, 2011•
PPG’s new policy brief examines how the Buffalo Creek Casino exacerbate Buffalo’s urban poverty crisis.
Rates of problem gambling are particularly high among people with low incomes, and the Buffalo Creek Casino is surrounded by a high poverty zone, including a large public housing project, the Commodore Perry Homes. The neighborhood around the casino has a poverty rate of 59 percent, and in the five adjacent census tracts, poverty rates range from 26 percent to 42 percent.
Read the full report here: Poverty and Casino Gambling in Buffalo
View the press release here: Poverty and Casino Gambling Release
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on January 19th, 2011•
One of the planks on our 2011 Community Agenda is the creation of a Tonawanda Air Pilot Project.
Tonawanda has the highest concentration of air polluters in the state, including chemical companies, a coal power plant, a coke foundry, and petroleum distribution terminals. The town’s air pollution levels dramatically exceed state guidelines and many residents have chronic illness
In support of our partner, Clean Air Coalition, we hope your group will sign on to a letter to DEC Commissioner Joe Martens asking him to support an innovative air toxics reduction project in Tonawanda, NY. The letter is here. To sign on, please contact Erin Heaney, CAC at erin@cacwny.org with your Name, title, group name and city by Friday, January 21.