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Community Health Worker Community Forum
Tuesday, November 27
8:30am-11:00am
Temple Beth Zion, 805 Delaware Avenue
A forum for all Community Health Workers, and other frontline workers, community members and advocates, researchers, policymakers, and funders. Come learn about a movement built by and for the community which is aiming to gain health equity in Buffalo. Hear from local and national experts on this topic, and learn how you can become involved.
Featured presentation by:
Carl Rush, MRP
Director of the Project on CHW Policy and Practice, Institute for Health Policy, University of Texas-Houston; andexpert consultant with the CHW-National Education Collaborative
RSVP to Megan Connelly at megan@ppgbuffalo.org or 716-852-4191, ext. 110
Buffalo Recycling Alliance Tour a Recycling Plant
November 7, 2012
The Buffalo Recycling Alliance is organizing a tour of the Buffalo Recycling Enterprise plant in South Buffalo. The tour will take place on Wednesday, November 7 at 3:30pm. All are welcome, but you must reserve a space in advance by contacting Megan Connelly at the Partnership for the Public Good: megan@ppgbuffalo.org, 852-4191, ext. 110. Only a few spots are left!
WNY Apollo Alliance Home Energy Conservation Kit (HECK) Weatherization Project
October 13, 2012
Gloria J. Parks Community Center
Energy efficiency education for homeowners and weatherization effort for 75 homes in the 14215 zip code
Act/Write
October 11, 2012
Sweetness_7 Cafe
Co-sponsored with Investigative Post and Buffalo First, an event where local non-profit organizations met to discuss the intersection of activism and journalism in Western New York.
An Evening of Debates
October 21, 2012
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
Co-sponsored by City and State and the YWCA of Western New York. An evening of debates with candidates for the State Senate and Assembly. Participants included Assemblyman Sean Ryan, Erie Co. Legislator Betty Jean Grant, New York Sen. Timothy Kennedy, among other candidates from Assembly Districts 147 & 149.
Shakespearean Idol
July 16, 2012
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
PPG’s summer fundraisre, nine civic leaders competed for the prize of Shakespearean Idol before three all-star judges: Saul Elkin, the founder of Shakespeare in Delaware Park; Lorna Hill, the founder of Ujima Theatre; and Colin Dabkowski, arts critic at the Buffalo News. Alexis Masani DeVeaux (author, SUNY Buffalo Professor) was crowned Shakespearean Idol while Mark Goldman (historian and entrepreneur) was the top audience vote-getter for the coveted “Groundlings’ Choice Award.” Special guest Tim Newell offered a highlight from his acclaimed portrayal of the evil King Richard III in this past summer’s Shakespeare in Delaware Park production.
A Bright Legacy: Local Economic development for a Low-Carbon Future
July 12, 2012
Burchfield Penney Art Center
Catherine Tumber, author of Small, Gritty, and Green: The Promises of America’s Smaller Industrial Cities in a Low Carbon World, outlined feasible means for these cities to be at the forefront of the new economy. Tumber asserts that rust belt cities can serve as models for sustainable urban living and are increasingly important geographic sites for ingenuity and innovation in the new economy. This was s the first event in the Get the Rust Out: Shining Examples for a New Economy speaker series in which the Western New York community has the opportunity to engage with leading experts on how to build a thriving regional economy, from the bottom up.
Candidate College
June 16, 2012
YWCA of WNY
PPG, YWCA of WNY, New York Civic, City & State newspaper, and New York Policy Forum presented a Candidate College on June 16, 2012. The Candidate College is non-partisan and has no ideological litmus test to participate. It is meant to provide those interested in running for public office, or those interested in participating in a campaign in other ways, the knowledge they need to run.
Erie County’s New Process for Funding Arts and Culture
May 21, 2012
A community discussion with a diverse panel of stakeholders about re-envisioning ECRAB — the Erie County Cultural Resources Advisory Board, or its replacement.
- Maria Whyte, Erie County Commissioner of Environment and Planning
- Laurie Dean Torrell, Greater Buffalo Cultural Alliance
- Cynnie Gasch, Executive Director, Young Audiences of WNY
- Rahwa Ghirmatzion, Executive Director, Ujima Theatre
- Tod Kniazuk, Executive Director, Arts Services Initiative of WNY
Greening CanalSide
May 15, 2012
CanalSide
Canal Side is one of the largest and most exciting developments occurring in Buffalo. An open-air discussion of what opportunities are there to make it a showcase for green design and operations?
Fighting Poverty in Buffalo
May 4, 2012
PPG Co-Director Sam Magavern and a team of 15 UB Law students presented an overview of poverty and poverty-fighting efforts in Buffalo along with 15 policy recommendations, covering topics such as public schools, county welfare programs, the NFTA, refugees, and tax foreclosures.
Asset Mapping Mobilization Workshop
April 25, 2012
The Belle Center
Asset mapping and mobilization workshop presented in part with the Community Health Worker Network of Buffalo and the UB 2020 Office of Civic Engagement.
Getting There from Here: Sustainable Funding for Public Transit in Buffalo Niagara
March 9, 2012
PPG’s monthly forum focused on the funding cuts to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority. The forum was a panel discussion bringing together local, state and federal stakeholders.
- Vincent Crehan, Amalgamated Transit Union/NFTA Commissioner
- Hal Morse, Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council
- Rick Swist, New York Public Transit Association
Poverty Research Workshop
March 2, 2012
Olmsted Center for Sight
The third Buffalo Poverty Research Workshop offered everyone concerned with Buffalo’s poverty the chance to hear about new and ongoing research, promising strategies, and opportunities for collaboration. The workshop is designed for local scholars, social service agencies, advocates, and government leaders and staff, among others.
Redistricting Forum
Co-sponsored with Common Cause NY, League of Women Voters of Buffalo-Niagara and Center for Economic and Policy Studies at Buffalo State College
January 12, 2012
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
Susan Lerner, director of Common Cause NY, discussed the redistricting of the New York State legislature and offered the citizens’ alternative to gerrymandering. She demonstrated software that allowed any citizen to draw his or her own map and submit it for consideration.
Asset Based Community Development Forum
December 14, 2011
True Bethel Baptist Church
In collaboration with the Community Health Worker Network of Buffalo and the UB 2020 Office of Civic Engagement, PPG presented a forum on building better communities by focusing on assets rather than needs through the lens of Asset Based Community Development. The welcoming address was given by City Council Member and Senior Pastor of True Bethel Rev.Darius Pridgen, keynote by Dr. Deborah Puntenney of the ABCD Institute/Northwestern University.