Events

The seventh Buffalo Poverty Research Workshop offers everyone concerned with Buffalo’s poverty the chance to hear about new and ongoing research, promising strategies, and opportunities for collaboration. The workshop is designed for local scholars, social service agencies, advocates, government leaders and staff, among others.

You may register HERE.

Please feel free to distribute the flier!

Friday, April 8, 2016
9:00 am – 12:30 pm
(Registration & coffee from 8:30 am)
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Auditorium (enter from Clinton St)
1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY 14203

Post-Workshop Lunch Discussions
12:30-2:00 pm Hotel @ Lafayette

9:15 Session 1:
“Emerging Youth Homelessness”
Elizabeth Bowen, Social Work, University at Buffalo
Dale Zuchlewski,
Executive Director, Homeless Alliance of WNY

10:00 Session 2:
“Leveraging Economic Development to Alleviate Poverty”

Sam Magavern, Co-Director, Partnership for the Public Good
John Washington II, Community Organizer, PUSH Buffalo

11:00 Session 3:
Health, Wellness, and Poverty in Buffalo Public Schools

Renee Cadzow, PhD., Health Services Administration, D’Youville College;Co-Director, Center for Research on Physical Activity, Sport & Health

Jessica Bauer Walker, ExecutiveDirector, Community Health Worker Network of Buffalo; Health Committee Chairperson, District
Parent Coordinating Council of BPS