Sat, Nov 19
|Buffalo
Anti-Displacement Summit
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised renewed concerns about inequality; inflation is on the rise; and communities continue to be besieged by gentrification in the City of Good Neighbors. Join us for a day of speakers and workshops to get inspired and fight back!
Time & Location
Nov 19, 2022, 10:00 AM – Nov 20, 2022, 2:00 PM
Buffalo, 295 Carlton St, Buffalo, NY 14204, USA
About the event
After two long years, we're back! The COVID-19 pandemic has raised renewed concerns about inequality; inflation is on the rise; and communities continue to be besieged by gentrification in the City of Good Neighbors. On Saturday, November 19th, from 10am-2pm, at Futures Academy (School 37), grassroots leaders, community-based orgs, and Buffalo residents will discuss the issues that matter the most, and the city's troubling history of displacing longtime residents of historically marginalized communities. We'll also plan for a future that includes all of us and talk about proven strategies to get there.
The Summit is sponsored by Our City Buffalo and its member orgs. National affiliate People's Action will also participate in the day's events. Workshops include: - ARPA and IRA: Federal Dollars, Local Impact - Whose Rights? Tenants' Rights! - Visual Storytelling and Online Organizing - Redistricting: People over Politicians - Enough of Dystopia, Creating the Social and Solidarity Economy (Lessons from Spain and Italy) - Fight, Fight, Fight, Housing is a Human Right! (Lessons from Vienna, Austria) ...and MANY more! A special message from thought leader, civil rights activist, and Ohio State Senator Nina Turner. Dynamic keynote address that you're not going to want to miss! (Stay tuned for more details.)
Lunch and childcare provided. Masks required. Open plenary and two predetermined workshops will be streamed live for those who cannot attend in-person.