5th Annual Anti-Displacement Summit & 2022 Blizzard Memorial Set
Policy experts, community leaders, and last year’s blizzard victims’ loved ones headline panel discussion and public memorial to honor lives lost
On Saturday, December 9th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 371 Delaware Avenue, Our City Buffalo and co-sponsors will host the fifth annual Anti-Displacement Summit. This is a chance for anyone who lives in Buffalo to come educate or be educated on issues that are affecting a lot of those who live in the city, and a chance to hear about people who are trying to make it better for all.
In lieu of a keynote address this year, the Summit will be headlined by policy experts, community leaders, and victims’ loved ones who will talk candidly about last year’s blizzard and actions that need to be taken by local government officials to secure the wellbeing of all residents in the future. Summit goers will then process down to Niagara Square with the general public to honor the lives of those lost through a living memorial.
Panelists include:
Dr. J. Coley [they/them], Syracuse University, MetLife Foundation Lender Center Postdoctoral Researcher
Cassandra Eubanks [she/ her], Our City Buffalo, Board of Directors
Tazul Manik [he/him], Bangladeshi Community, Honored as a “Blizzard Hero” by Governor Kathy Hochul
Ali Sharifu [he/him], cousin of Abdul Sharifu, victim of the Christmas blizzar
The panel will be moderated by the Partnership for the Public Good’s Executive Director Andrea Ó Súilleabháin. Co-sponsors include the Buffalo Parent-Teacher Organization, CEJ Buffalo, Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, Frontline Arts Buffalo, Justice for Migrant Families, Neighborhood Kids Initiative, Liberated Wellness Center, New York Civil Liberties Union, Partnership for the Public Good, and PUSH Buffalo.
Lunch, interpretation, and childcare provided. Our City Buffalo is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a more just and equitable Buffalo through championing a policy platform that addresses our city’s most pressing issues, including affordable housing, public education, transportation, frontline arts, immigration, and the impacts of climate change.