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2026 Community Agenda Roll OutJanuary 16, 2026, 10-11:30 pm

PPG Partners

Each year, PPG leads a democratic process among its partners to determine the Community Agenda for the coming year. In the fall, PPG asks our 380+ partners to submit policy change proposals. Then, in December, the partners gather to discuss their ideas and vote for their top ten priorities.

12 Ideas for a Better BuffaloNovember 21, 2025, 10:30 am-12 pm

Sam Magavern and a team of University at Buffalo Law Students

Registration Required (see below) What can make Buffalo more equitable and sustainable? How can city government function more effectively and transparently? Sam Magavern, Senior Policy Fellow at PPG, and 12 UB Law students present on these questions:

How Federal Cuts are Impacting Buffalo & WNY: a Community ConversationAugust 28, 2025, 5:30-7:30 pm

Join us for a conversation about how federal cuts are impacting our community's critical programs and services--both right now and in the years ahead. Residents and community groups are welcome to attend.

Stepping Up for Workers' Rights and the Labor Movement in New York StateApril 16, 2025, 12:30-2 pm

Cathy Creighton, Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab

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 …

Stepping Up for Workers' Rights and the Labor Movement in New York StateApril 16, 2025, 12:30-2 pm

Cathy Creighton, Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab

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 …

Stepping Up for Workers' Rights and the Labor Movement in New York StateApril 16, 2025, 12:30-2 pm

Cathy Creighton, Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab

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 City Budget 101 WorkshopApril 15, 2025, 12:30-2 pm

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?

Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab and Erie County Commission on the Status of Women to Release Study on All Women's Equal Pay DayMarch 25, 2025, 11 am-12:30 pm

Cathy Creighton, Rusty Weaver, Karen King

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.

Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab and Erie County Commission on the Status of Women to Release Study on All Women's Equal Pay DayMarch 25, 2025, 11 am-12:30 pm

Cathy Creighton, Rusty Weaver, Karen King

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.

Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab and Erie County Commission on the Status of Women to Release Study on All Women's Equal Pay DayMarch 25, 2025, 11 am-12:30 pm

Cathy Creighton, Rusty Weaver, Karen King

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.