Partake in a community discussion series on the most pressing reasons causing the refugee crisis, and the growing impact of climate change on forced migration.
January Peace Coffeehouse hosts a dialogue on immigrant solidarity. Hear from Canisius students about experiences on the U.S./Mexico border and local aid work with Justice for Migrant Families.
Extinction Rebellion Buffalo leads an interactive demonstration and march to declare the truth of climate emergency and build momentum for change.
A community forum and roundtable discussion for open and honest dialogue on the opportunities and challenges of raising a Black boy in America.
.Training everyday concerned citizens to gather data, collect stories, and hold our elected judges accountable for racial and economic injustices of bail setting in Erie County.
Each fall PPG leads a democratic process among its partners to determine the Community Agenda for the coming year.
Come to hear our elected officials and their support for the Women's March!!
This year, The Poor Peoples Campaign has made tremendous progress in the struggle to end poverty.
Enter into dialogue on " Humanizing the Homeless" with teen leaders fron Youth CAN. The event features a documentary and panel sharing voices of people experiencing homelessness and outreach workers.
Are you motivated to work for criminal justice reform and education justice? Join Citizen Action NY for a day of advocacy in Albany to stop the school-to-prison pipeline and invest in our youth.
Enjoy a captivating evening of FREE arts performances, entertainment, and cultural activism with Ujima to celebrate Kwanzaa!
Join the Massachusetts Avenue Project's ribbon cutting ceremony and open house for their new Farmhouse and Community Food Training Center!
Don't miss Ujima Company's performance of the phemonenal play, Free Fred Brown! about justice, community, and self-determination.
The Police Advisory Board to the Common Council Police Oversight Committee is hosting a community forum to discuss Body Cams and the Buffalo Police Department draft policy.
Come out for a night of poetry from Gene Grabiner's second book All Eyes Are Upon Us.
Support The Foundry's youth programs and makerspaces by coming out to this fun event with interactive workshops. Tickets: You can pay for a ticket OR you can bring a tool!
Think climate change doesn't affect you? This workshop series by PUSH Buffalo urges communities of color to look at impacts of environmental racism and learn best practices towards climate justice.
Part of Anti-Displacement Month in Buffalo, the Green Light NY Campaign will lead a meeting on their major progress in the state to create more equal access for driver's licenses.
Open Buffalo proudly co-sponsors the 2nd annual Buffalo Anti-Gentrification Summit, with the mission to educate the public on the diverse impacts of gentrification in our city.
Beyond Boundaries Series holds screening and discussion of THE UNAFRAID, a documentary following personal lives of three DACA students in Georgia and the challenges experienced in their home state.
Local chapter of My Brother's Keeper Initiative hosts public forum to share the efforts made at Buffalo Public Schools to address gaps in opportunity for young men of color.
Enjoy an energizing cultural arts night with Emerging Leader alum, Jillian Hanesworth, featuring her powerful spoken word poetry and dynamic performances from local artists.
As part of Our City Anti-Displacement Month, the Subsidy Tour will highlight the need for repeal and reform of public subsidy programs for the public good.
Clean and Healthy NY seeks input from Buffalo-area community members to refine their draft document of environmental health policies and strategize a plan of action.
Support the programs at Journey's End Refugee Services and shop fair-trade for artisan gifts from across the globe.
Appreciate the vibrant music scene from our Buffalo community by supporting local songstress Curtis Lovell in the performance of her debut album.
Witness the extraordinary stories of refugees through award-winning documentaries while supporting our local programs at Journey's End to serve the WNY refugee community.
An opportunity to learn about the progress of development on Buffalo's Outer Harbor and discuss upcoming actions.
A call to attend the 1st Annual Self-Advocacy Leadership Forum, intended to address issues of access to housing, transit, jobs, and education in Buffalo-Niagara region.
A call to strengthen the network of university social justice groups by bringing together various institutions to plan steps for activist action.
Free event to learn about eligibility requirements to become a US citizen, along with resources for the application process & exam prep for the citizenship test.
Join the conversation on how true binational solidarity creates more just communities on the U.S.-Mexico border.
A panel organized by WNY Area Labor Federation and its partners will address the current climate of hate and bigotry and how we can overcome it together.
Chuck Collins, scholar and activist against U.S. wealth inequality, will talk about his new book at this free, open-to-the-public event.
Conference will bring together Buffalo's community organizers to promote safety and opportunity for youth and share resources on restoring our neighborhoods.
Multiday film series will counter anti-immigrant border narratives with Mexican cinema and culture. Hosted at Burchfield Penney Art Center, free and open to the public.
Open Buffalo is proud to bring back the powerful spoken word duo Climbing PoeTree for a free performance that integrates art and justice activism.
We Are Women Warriors will host an open dialogue with panelists at the Frank E. Merriweather Library, focused on issues relating to racism, classism, and gentrification in Buffalo.
Event at Community Beer Works will support the community outreach work of PUSH Buffalo's Street Team in building "people power."
WNY Peace Center to host discussion with Aviva Chomsky, renowned scholar of Latin American Studies who writes on issues of immigration and labor.
Refugees, immigrants, and U.S.-born individuals are invited to tell their stories of arrival and departure in America.
1st Prison Abolition Western New York (PAWNY) Conference will convene workshops, presentations, and performative art on issues related to prison abolition and mass incarceration.
Ten organizations pitch their idea and attendees vote for their favorite to win.
Peace and non-violence activists will gather together for a festival and rally at Niagara Square.
Buffalo residents and visitors will join thousands of rallies held in cities and towns around the world to demand our local leaders commit to building a fossil-free world.
The Jefferson Avenue Arts Festival is a celebration of Art, Culture, and Community.
Squeaky Wheel’s Excellent Adventure is a family-friendly social media scavenger hunt taking place throughout the day on September 8, 2018.
Individuals from across the diverse cultural community of WNY will speak about the ways in which they use the arts to bridge cultural differences and work across the inherent difficulties of language.
Justice and Opportunity Coalition partners will gather to watch a screening of the Emmy award winning documentary 13th, followed by a robust discussion.
Animation Festival at Squeaky Wheel, Curated by Savion Mingo.
Photographer Errol Daniels and writer Katherine Russell bestow a humanization counter to criminal justice statistics.
Buffalo Arts Studio presents a special summer project titled Connections, linking artists with communities to inform creation of new work, with special emphasis on engaging underserved audiences.
The city auction is a confusing process for many people, but it is really not that complicated.
Just Buffalo's Silo City Reading Series is a summer multidisciplinary poetry series including live musical performances and art installations.
This is a family friendly event and there will be food, music, bounce houses and a few special surprises ...
Black Business Bazaar will take place Saturday, July 14, from 11 AM to 3 PM.
Politically, the questions of climate change, water security, land security, and food security are inextricably linked to race, poverty and development.
Politically, the questions of climate change, water security, land security, and food security are inextricably linked to race, poverty and development.
Join this community breakfast fundraiser and support Open Buffalo initiatives including the leadership development programs like Emerging Leaders and Democracy Fellows.
Politically, the questions of climate change, water security, land security, and food security are inextricably linked to race, poverty and development.
Politically, the questions of climate change, water security, land security, and food security are inextricably linked to race, poverty and development.
Join CEJ Buffalo in celebrating a great year of struggle and wins. Dinner, drinks and dancing, as well as honoring amazing people who have done great work this year.
OUR CITY is diverse and our lives intersectional. We need a platform that will meet the needs of everyone, regardless of their race, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, and immigration status.
Politically, the questions of climate change, water security, land security, and food security are inextricably linked to race, poverty and development.
A two-day symposium around money and its relationship to power, resistance and alternative strategies.
Join Citizen Action, The Advancement Project, and the Alliance for Quality Education for a conversation about improving school climates in Buffalo.
The Western New York Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO invites you to their 2018 Annual Dinner.
On Saturday, April 14, Buffalo Arts Studio will welcome more than 3,000 guests to Trimania -- an epic celebration of art, culture, and music at Tri-Main Center located on Main Street in Buffalo.
This event is part of Erie County Majority Leader April N. M. Baskin's ongoing Public Safety campaign today.
The official "strong" "State of the City" is not the story that many people experience on a regular basis. This event will focus on real solutions to our city's most urgent challenges.
A rally and march in Downtown Buffalo with thousands expected - all demanding a stop to gun violence and to tell state and federal legislators #EnoughisEnough.
This year's guest speaker is Mario Cilento, President, New York State AFL-CIO.
This event is part of Erie County Majority Leader April N. M. Baskin's ongoing Public Safety campaign today.
YNPN Greater Buffalo (Young Nonprofit Professionals Network) invites nonprofit professionals to join them for their annual one-day conference on Friday, March 16.
Join Squeaky Wheel for an all day communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to gender, art and feminism.
Join faculty and community organizations for an intentional networking night.
Raise Your Voice: WNYCOSH Storytellers Workshop
Join thousands of working people in standing up to defend our freedom to come together in strong unions fighting for equitable pay, affordable healthcare, quality schools, and vibrant communities.
Together, New Yorkers across the state are building a safer, more just world that invests in communities, not incarceration. Join us.
Pitch 10 is a pitch night for small grassroots organizations and Millennial-led nonprofits competing for grants up to $4,000.
Hosted by Assemblymember Sean M. Ryan, 149th District. What does affordable housing look like in Buffalo and New York State in the next 10-20 years?
Reception & silent auction will feature photos taken by members of Buffalo's social justice community.
Help Jillian Hanesworth celebrate the release of her first poetry book "For The Culture."
George Afedzi Hughes' solo exhibition at the Buffalo Arts Studio reflects the politics of identity through the lens of colonialism and its legacies.
This Truth Commission is an opportunity for poor people to tell their story so that we can center poor people and their lives in the poor people's campaign.
Shift Change highlights worker-owned enterprises in North America and in Mondragon, Spain.
This follow-up to last year's massive Women's Solidarity March in Buffalo is organized by WNY Peace Center, with Riverside Salem.
Each fall Partnership for the Public Good leads a democratic process among its partners to determine the Community Agenda for the coming year.
This event will feature social justice-related performances, along with food, a cash bar, music, raffles, and more. It is a fundraiser for the Open Buffalo Emerging Leaders program.
Join Citizen Action as they host an interactive workshop and conversation.
A complete count in the 2020 Census is essential to ensuring that redistricting is fair and accurate and that communities receive the proper funding for local infrastructure and social services.
Acclaimed spoken-word performers infuse movements for justice with healing and imagination.