By its very nature, PPG’s work is never done. Challenges met often lead to new challenges, and the work of strengthening our community continues. The items collected below are the latest chapters of our ongoing story.
by PPG Staff Each week, PPG summarizes important takeaways from Buffalo Common Council meetings. We also include information from council meetings related to our Community Agenda items. If you want to learn more about how the council meetings work and how you can get involved, check out our …
Over the course of three days in late June 2024, PPG and Cornell in Buffalo hosted Uniting on the High Road, a national conference bringing more than 270 people to the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo. The participants and speakers were advocates, organizers, and leaders working in local and …
Buffalo News Editorial Board | August 19, 2024 Buffalo’s rental registry needs improvement – as soon as possible. The registry’s purpose is to enhance housing quality through tracking and revenue generation. Instead, it is struggling due to persistent issues with delinquent …
Justin O'Connor | August 11, 2024 When Buffalo created a rental registry in the mid-2000s to track the ownership of small rental properties, officials hoped the landlord licensing program would help improve the quality of the city’s housing stock by providing information about …
Professor Karen Karbiener will offer an interactive introduction to Walt Whitman and his great poem, “Song of Myself.”
Filmmaker Jennifer Chang Crandall describes Whitman, Alabama as an experiment in using documentary and poetry to reveal the threads that tie us together – as people, as states, and as a nation.
While 501(c)(3)s cannot directly support or oppose candidates for public office, there are many advocacy and voter education activities these organizations and their staff may do. Join PPG as we share the laws and rules regarding electoral activities and describe examples of what you can do.
Erie County’s operating budget is over $2 billion. What is the annual process to determine the budget, and how can you influence it?