This April, Partnership for the Public Good is launching our 1st annual day-long summit, Advocacy in Action. Held on a Saturday, the summit offers an opportunity for local residents and aspiring community advocates to take part in PPG’s core training curriculum on topics like Public Policy …
Erie County’s annual budget is over $2 billion. What are the major areas of spending? When is the budget proposed and adopted? How can residents advocate for priorities to be funded or cut in the 2026 budget?
How do you submit a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request to get public records, data, and information from government? How can organizers and advocates use FOIL to strengthen their campaigns?
In this session, local immigration policy leaders will speak about recent changes to federal immigration laws and what they’re seeing on the ground in Buffalo and Western New York. We will discuss what steps our city, county, and state governments can take to protect immigrants from unjust …
The Trump Administration is maliciously working to erase transgender people from legal recognition and is rolling back essential LGBTQ+ protections. In this workshop, we’ll discuss how recent executive orders have impacted trans’ folks access to passports and other travel documents and …
As the Trump administration attacks the labor movement and workers’ rights across the country, New York State is stepping up. The New York State budget being adopted now includes new resources to protect labor rights and the state agencies that guarantee them. What are these state …
Buffalo’s annual budget is over $600 million. What are the priorities in the proposed budget for 2025-2026? What is the annual budget process, and how can you influence it? Where does the City get its revenue, and what are the biggest areas of spending?
The Trump Administration is flagrantly cutting funding for fair housing, food banks, environmental justice, scientific research, and so much more. These are funds that our Buffalo community desperately needs—to help those who are struggling and to protect our community as a whole. Thankfully, …
Buffalo History Museum will serve as venue for presentation on the symbolic day used annually to raise awareness about pay inequities; results will focus on persistent pay gap in Erie County.
Learn how to effectively write for the media with our tips on writing letters to the editor, opinion pieces, and press releases. What are the different types of letters accepted by our local news sources, and how do you submit? After the workshop, participants can send a draft op-ed to review and …