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Buffalo Poverty Research Workshop VIII

Friday, April 7, 2017
9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Burchfield Penney Art Center
1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222

Free and Open to the Public

The eighth annual Buffalo Poverty Research Workshop offers everyone concerned with Buffalo’s poverty the chance to hear about new research, promising strategies, and opportunities for collaboration.

WORKSHOP PROGRAM

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8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome

Session 1: Victimization Among Special Populations
    Amy Hequembourg
    Sr. Research Scientist, Research Institute on Addictions
Session 2: Getting Banks to Fight Poverty: Community Reinvestment Advocacy in the Buffalo Niagara Region
    Thomas Keily
    Consumer Data and Research Coordinator, Western New York Law Center
Session 3: Policing Reform in the City of Buffalo
    Sam Magavern
    Executive Director, Partnership for the Public Good
Session 4: Buffalo the Crossroads: Where Climate Change Intersects with Poverty and Race
    John Washington
    Co-Director of Organizing, PUSH Buffalo

12:00 Advocacy, Networking, and Gallery Tours
12:30 Closing