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Free Financial CoachingJune 15, 2017, 5:30-7:30 pm

Partnership for the Public Good

Build wealth and save money by working alongside your neighbors to gain knowledge about banking and budgeting.

Jessica Bauer Walker and Sherman Webb on The Public GoodJune 13, 2017, 1-1:30 pm

WUFO 1080AM

Join us on WUFO 1080AM at 1pm every Tuesday afternoon for The Public Good! This week we will be talking with Community Health Network leader Jessica Bauer Walker and Emerging Leader Sherman Webb about student wellness in the Buffalo Public School District.

Open Buffalo Restorative Justice TrainingJune 7-June 10, 2017

Open Buffalo

Open Buffalo will provide a Restorative Justice certification training June 7th through the 10th. The training will host Robert Spicer from Chicago as facilitator. Robert is a national trainer and speaker on restorative justice practices.

Town Hall on Lead Poisoning PreventionJune 8, 2017, 6-7:45 pm

Cara Matelliano, Gale Burstein, Louis Petrucci, and Katarzyna Kordas

Learn about the latest science on lead poisoning, current prevention work by Erie County and the City of Buffalo, and promising strategies to increase prevention, based on best practices from Rochester and other cities.

Jay Burney on The Public GoodMay 30, 2017, 1-1:30 pm

WUFO 1080AM

Join us on WUFO 1080AM at 1pm this afternoon for The Public Good! This week we will be talking with Greenwatch columnist and environmental activist Jay Burney about his work with the Our Outer Harbor Coalition.

“Art and Activism: Examining the ways visual, performing, and literary arts can affect social, political, and economic change within communities.”May 26, 2017, 5-7 pm

Open Buffalo and Buffalo Arts Studio

Artists, administrators, and educators will discuss their specific experiences as artists, activists, and place-makers in a panel discussion to be held at Buffalo Arts Studio on Friday, May 26, 2017.

Free Financial CoachingMay 18, 2017, 5:30-7:30 pm

Partnership for the Public Good

Build wealth and save money by working alongside your neighbors to gain knowledge about banking and budgeting. Thursday, May 185:30 – 7:30pmRiverside Library, 820 Tonawanda Street

Reception for PLATFORM: a Socially Engaged Design Studio, on Tuesday, 5/16May 16, 2017, 9 am-5 pm

Department of Art at the University at Buffalo

Please join us for a public student presentation and opening reception of graphic design projects by students in the Department of Art at the University at Buffalo. This will be the launch of PLATFORM: a socially engaged design studio in the UB Department of Art. Exhibition runs through May 31st …

Why Preservation Matters: Max Page on The Public GoodMay 9, 2017, 1-1:30 pm

Max Page

Join us on The Public Good, every Tuesday on 1080AM at 1pm! We'll be speaking with Max Page, Professor of Architecture and Director of Historic Preservation Initiatives at UMass Amherst.

"Health Equity: The Path to Inclusive Prosperity in Buffalo" Report ReleaseMay 8, 2017, 12-2 pm

Open Buffalo, PolicyLink, Partnership for the Public Good, and Push Buffalo

Equity — just and fair inclusion — is the key to sustainable economic recovery and growth in the Queen City. It is central to “Health Equity: The Path to Inclusive Prosperity in Buffalo,” a groundbreaking new report by PolicyLink that will be released on Monday, May 8, 12pm, …