Caudell Hall 110

Buffalo Parent-Teacher Organization

In this workshop, participants will have a discussion about the educational effect that suspensions have on our children. We will engage the membership on Diversion and Prevention techniques as well as Restorative Practices.

Caudell Hall 127

Partnership for the Public Good and Frontline Arts Buffalo

When thinking about “public goods,” one of the biggest public goods is public money: budgets. This workshop will overview what budgets are, how they’re made, and how you can influence them to fund your priorities. We’ll go through which level of government funds each priority area, so you know where to best advocate for funding for things you care about in your community. Additionally, you'll learn about how one organization, Frontline Arts Buffalo, is navigating the process of getting city funding for community arts and cultutal organizations.

Caudell Hall 208

Cooperation Buffalo

In this workshop, participants will explore ways to take control of our capital and our communities through non-extractive and people-first finance. First, we’ll gain a deeper understanding together of how traditional finance works, who it benefits, and who it harms. Next, we’ll discuss the principles of non-extraction and how this can apply to lending, investing, and building community-controlled capital. At Cooperation Buffalo, we aim to combat increasing inequality by providing non-extractive financing to cooperatively-owned and democratically-controlled enterprises embedded in communities that need it the most.

Caudell Hall 209

PUSH Buffalo

From rate hikes to disinformation campaigns that seek to undermine NY's Climate Law, National Fuel Gas has emerged as the key power player in our region's energy system. How do we stop them? Join organizers and community leaders from PUSH Buffalo for an interactive session that provides answers to that question. We'll gain a deeper understanding of National Fuel's agenda and how they exercise power. We'll also identify potential champions and policy solutions that put the needs of our communities first.

Caudell Hall 222

Clean Air Coalition

We will review how zoning and planning decisions guide the development of our built environment, talk about how it has been used to cause harms, and brainstorm how we could utilize these tools to strengthen our communities. We will use examples from Clean Air's recent advocacy for an Environmental Justice zoning overlay in Tonawanda.

Caudell Hall 233

PUSH Buffalo

This workshop will help you learn and understand the housing fight in Buffalo; we will learn about potential housing rights and how to win key protections at local and state level at this critical time. We will discuss advocacy strategies that support tenant rights and how to organize so that everyone has the right to safe and affordable housing. This workshop will have group discussions and work towards policy solutions.

Caudel Hall 234

CEJ Buffalo

CEJ Buffalo will host a panel discussion about how the lack of transportation affects people's housing choices, and contribute to disproportionate employment opportunities. In this workshop, participants will learn how the lack of transportation perpetuates the segregation that Buffalo is (unfortunately) famous for.

Bulger Hall

Justice for Migrant Families and New York Immigration Coalition

In this post-election landscape, we will use this space as a forum and planning space for the weeks and months ahead. What tools and strategies are we going to use to keep people safe? How do we deal with the aftermath of a presidential campaign that weaponized immigration and fueled hate and division in the Buffalo community and fear amongst immigrant communities? And how does that play out locally? Come prepared to understand and collectively name how we are going to uphold humanity over fear, solidarity over division.

This workshop will be interactive, drawing inspiration from Augusto Boal's Theater of the Oppressed and you, the participants. It will include immediate actions you can take in support of immigrant rights in Buffalo.

Our City Buffalo

Back by popular demand! There have been a lot of changes in the Buffalo political landscape this past year. All of which we discussed at this session last year. We don't mean to brag, but we went 100% in predicting where people would go - it's the when that we might not have been so clear on. Anyway, in this "workshop" we'll spill the tea...for the public good, of course.