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Workshop: Buffalo Police Budget 101July 8, 2020, 12-1:30 pm

Brian Borncamp, Vanessa Glushefski, Marielle Smith, Andrea Ó Súilleabháin

In recent decades, cities across the US have dramatically increased their spending on policing, criminalization, and incarceration--often while decreasing funding for community services, infrastructure, and neighborhood priorities. According to one study, many cities allocate 20% to 45% of their …

Police Reform: Buffalo Police Advisory Board on The Public GoodJune 30, 2020, 10-10:30 pm

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin

Join us on The Public Good! This week continues our series on police reform. On today's show, we talk with Danielle Johnson, Erin Carman, De'Jon Hall, and Mike Powell, members of the Buffalo Police Advisory Board. We discuss the Advisory Board's work since it was created in 2018 and especially …

Buffalo Commons Workshop: Buffalo's City Budget 101June 24, 2020, 12-1:30 pm

Brian Borncamp

Learn the process and timeline of who makes what decisions for Buffalo's budget. 

Buffalo Commons Workshop: Making Change in Buffalo: Learning from SuccessJune 18, 2020, 10 am-12 pm

Sam Magavern, India Walton, Jessica Bauer Walker, Justin Booth, Lou Jean Fleron

Learn from successful efforts in the past decade that have worked to make Buffalo more just and sustainable.

Police Reform: Miles Gresham on The Public GoodJune 16, 2020, 10-10:30 pm

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin

Join us on The Public Good! This radio show begins our series focused on police reform. For the next few weeks, we'll take stock of changes being made by Buffalo and New York State and we'll discuss what's still needed to transform safety and justice in our communities. On today's show, we talk …

Buffalo Commons Virtual Workshop: Visualizing Data for Advocacy and ImpactJune 9, 2020, 12:30-2 pm

Dr. Aaron Krolikowski

Communicate information with visually appealing charts, graphs, and maps.

Buffalo Commons Virtual Workshop: Connecting Cultural Competency and Trauma-Informed ApproachesMay 27, 2020, 12-1:30 pm

CoNECT - Community Network for Engagement, Connection and Transformation

This workshop is geared toward professionals and frontline workers in education, healthcare, human and community services. Gain knowledge and learn best practices related to integrating cultural competency and trauma-informed approaches in your work. Hear experts on these subjects CoNECT- …

Declare a Climate Emergency: WNY Youth Climate Council on The Public GoodMay 26, 2020, 10-10:30 pm

Andrea Ó Súilleabháin

Join us on The Public Good! Our guests are Ilyas Khan, Gabby Prince, Kiera Quinlivan and Emily Dyett of the WNY Youth Climate Council. Ilyas, Gabby and Kiera are youth members of the council, which Emily supports as coordinator on behalf of the WNY Environmental Alliance. We’ll discuss the …

Buffalo Commons Virtual Workshop: Design Thinking for Policy SolutionsMay 20, 2020, 12:30-2:30 pm

Scott Schmidt

Develop and apply existing models of policy design for social change.