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Buffalo Niagara suffers from serious health problems closely linked to poverty, environmental problems, and systemic inequality. Problems like lead poisoning and asthma, for example, disproportionately affect people of color and people with low incomes. Like other regions, Buffalo Niagara also suffers from our broken health insurance system, which excludes many working people from coverage and imposes unnecessary costs on employers.
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October 5, 2022
WBFO/NPR: "Buffalo, What's Next? | Water Bills"
By: Jay Moran | October 5, 2022 Researcher Anna Blatto from The Partnership for the Public Good reveals some of the things she has started to uncover in a study of the city’s water shut offs, who they effect, and what neighborhoods are dis-proportionally effected.
February 2, 2022
WBFO: "Coalition calls for community benefit agreement tied to new Bills stadium"
By: Thomas O'Neil-White| February 2, 2022 A Community Benefits Agreement, or CBA, attached to a large-scale development project is an agreement that spells out what contributions could come back to the community impacted by the project. In Erie County, talk of a new football stadium for the Buffalo …
February 2, 2022
WBEN: "Local coalition calls for community benefits agreement in Bills stadium deal"
By: WBEN.com Newsroom| February 2, 2022 A local coalition known as Partnership for the Public Good held a press conference at the steps of the Johnnie B. Wiley Pavilion in Buffalo on Wednesday calling for Erie County Legislators to insist on a robust community benefits agreement as part of …
January 13, 2022
Buffalo News: "11 ideas Buffalo's Partnership for Public Good is pitching to improve the city"
By: Matt Glynn | January 13, 2022 The city of Buffalo should make more-productive use of the vacant lots it owns, said Jeanette Koncikowski, executive director of Grassroots Gardens WNY. "While the city has long evaluated repurposing ideas for its 8,000-plus vacant lots, they continue to …
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Dr. Jonathan Daniels Black Men in White Coats on The Public GoodAugust 15, 2023, 10:30-11 am
Dejia James
Join us on The Public Good! Our guests are Nana Aikins, Hendrick Francois, Kaswana Phiri, and Shyon Small with the Dr. Jonathan Daniels chapter of Black Men in White Coats at the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine.
Dr. Jonathan Daniels Black Men in White Coats on The Public GoodAugust 15, 2023, 10:30-11 am
Dejia James
Join us on The Public Good! Our guests are Nana Aikins, Hendrick Francois, Kaswana Phiri, and Shyon Small with the Dr. Jonathan Daniels chapter of Black Men in White Coats at the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine.
Dr. Jonathan Daniels Black Men in White Coats on The Public GoodAugust 15, 2023, 10:30-11 am
Dejia James
Join us on The Public Good! Our guests are Nana Aikins, Hendrick Francois, Kaswana Phiri, and Shyon Small with the Dr. Jonathan Daniels chapter of Black Men in White Coats at the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine.
Black Maternal Health Awareness Week and the BPPN: LuAnne Brown and Cheryl Clark on The Public GoodMay 2, 2023, 10:30-11 am
Andrea Ó Súilleabháin
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations, and these rates are up to 3 times higher for Black and Native American women compared to non-Hispanic whites. The Biden Administration states addressing …
