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As the Buffalo area and Western New York region reflect on the two-year anniversary of 5/14, an artistic initiative puts the focus on varied emotions being felt to this day.
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Open Buffalo is creating a more equitable Buffalo through collaboration and their Race. Power and Privilege program
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The family of Ruth Whitfield, one of Saturday’s mass shooting victims, has retained a nationally-known civil rights attorney to represent them in future civil action. Ben Crump, who also represents the families of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in their respective cases, is leading a legal team that includes local attorneys Terry Connors and Ken Abbarno. They appeared in Buffalo Monday to discuss what investigators say was a racially-motivated hate crime.
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On Wednesday, a federal investigation into Indian boarding schools revealed damning details of U.S. policies to eradicate Indigenous cultures. Michael Galban’s grandmother, Evelyn Evans Galban, was one of countless children subjected to this.
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Volunteers are needed for a new Rochester initiative to address implicit bias and systemic racism in courtrooms.
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Author and Historian Deirdre Cooper Owens discusses her work in linking slavery-era medical practices to the maternal mortality crises among Black women in the United States.
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The process started with the virtual showing of the documentary "White Savior: Racism in the American Church" Monday evening. The program returns March 7 for a series of virtual events through April 11.
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SUNY Buffalo State Endowed Chair Jevon Hunter is keeping literacy at the forefront for the next generation.
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On the first Day of Advocacy in 2022 criminal justice reform groups and state lawmakers are making a push to have two parole reform bills passed during the early part of the legislative session.
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A Rochester woman's essay in the Huffington Post has gone viral.
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As part of the federal infrastructure bill, New York State is receiving money for new highway projects but also the restoration of neighborhoods that were split up by past highway projects. Residents and community advocates joined a New York State Senator Friday, calling on Albany to make two Buffalo thoroughfares a top priority.