{"id":2975,"date":"2020-09-18T09:19:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T14:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/?page_id=2975"},"modified":"2020-09-18T09:19:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T14:19:41","slug":"center-n-the-news-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/center-n-the-news-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Center N the News Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-toolset-view\">\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-2972\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-2972\" data-viewnumber=\"2972\" data-pagination=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;2972&quot;,&quot;query&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:5,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;stop_rollover&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;cache_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_images&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_reach&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;spinner&quot;:&quot;builtin&quot;,&quot;spinner_image&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/bap-home.net\/ubri\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-views\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif&quot;,&quot;callback_next&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;manage_history&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;has_controls_in_form&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;infinite_tolerance&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;max_pages&quot;:0,&quot;page&quot;:1,&quot;base_permalink&quot;:&quot;\/aps-cus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2975?wpv_view_count=2972&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[],&quot;id&quot;:0}}\" data-permalink=\"\/aps-cus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2975?wpv_view_count=2972\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F_PRNWWz_Y0\"><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>From the ground up: Addressing Buffalo\u2019s health disparities<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">University at Buffalo<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Watch the YouTube video, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F_PRNWWz_Y0\"><em>here<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A formal connection between the Center for Urban Studies and the Community Health Equity Research Institute at UB is sharpening the focus on Buffalo\u2019s built environment and its impact on the city\u2019s social determinants of health.<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/news\/releases\/2021\/11\/015.html\"><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>To effect transformational change in Buffalo, UB\u2019s Center for Urban Studies is joining the Community Health Equity Research Institute<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Ellen Goldbaum<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>University at Buffalo,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/news\/releases\/2021\/11\/015.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BUFFALO, N.Y. \u2013 To more powerfully address and reverse Buffalo\u2019s entrenched health disparities, a University at Buffalo center dedicated to regenerating underdeveloped neighborhoods is joining the Community Health Equity Research Institute at UB.<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/11\/the-harder-we-run-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>&#8220;The Harder We Run&#8221; Panel Discussion<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>In case you missed the panel discussion for the Center&#8217;s most recent report, &#8220;The Harder We Run&#8221;, here is a zoom recording of the panel discussion: <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/0ZTy_hrHh_hqxZVMIgkWB4uNQ_l8ui_1B_l8cLEebdag-hszVI4a_4gvWQH8l-w0.HAXa-XGMiYa3CkDX\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/0ZTy_hrHh_hqxZVMIgkWB4uNQ_l8ui_1B_l8cLEebdag-hszVI4a_4gvWQH8l-w0.HAXa-XGMiYa3CkDX<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MwV0yuuCUzw\"><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Mark Scheer interviews researcher Henry-Louis Taylor on new report<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Reporter Mark Scheer interviews Henry-Louis Taylor, director of the Center for Urban Studies, on &#8220;The Harder We Run: The State of Black Buffalo in 1990 and the Present,&#8221; a 2021 report to the Buffalo Center for Health Equity.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mark Scheer interviews researcher Henry-Louis Taylor on new report\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MwV0yuuCUzw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/lottery-for-500-monthly-checks-part-of-proposal-for-buffalos-stimulus-spending\/article_d9785bac-ea1e-11eb-aa71-1f55ca5e2128.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/07\/56833681-2146-4077-800E-89D9A736AAD3-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Lottery for $500 monthly checks part of proposal for Buffalo&#8217;s stimulus spending<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Deidre Williams<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from\u00a0<em>Buffalo News\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/lottery-for-500-monthly-checks-part-of-proposal-for-buffalos-stimulus-spending\/article_d9785bac-ea1e-11eb-aa71-1f55ca5e2128.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a joke: $500 for 1,600 families that are probably making about $15,000 or $16,000 dollars a year?\u201d Taylor said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lee-article-text\">\n<p>Some 68% of African-American residents in the city are renters, along with about 78% of the Latino population and 62% of the Asian-American community, he said, citing census figures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden-print asset-breakout-container \">\n<div class=\"lee-article-text\">\n<p>\u201cThese families are faced with two issues: They\u2019re paying 40, 50, 60% of their income on housing, and \u2026 many of these families, especially those who don\u2019t own a car, have almost no money left over to do anything with,\u201d Taylor said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/ubnow\/stories\/2021\/04\/chauvin-verdict-faculty-reax.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/1619107925498-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Faculty weigh in on Chauvin verdict, fight for equality<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">UBNow Staff<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>UBNow<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/ubnow\/stories\/2021\/04\/chauvin-verdict-faculty-reax.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This victory reflected the people\u2019s power. It was made possible by the millions who drew a line in the sand and said \u2018enough.\u2019 But history teaches us, the retrogressive forces in this country will resist. Even as they say, \u2018justice was served, and this is the beginning of a new beginning,\u2019 they will block efforts to defund the police and recreate policing as we know it. These same forces will fight reforms to improve the quality of neighborhood life among Blacks, Indigenous and people of color. They will work tirelessly to maintain the status quo. And the fightback will continue. The people will build on this \u2018shining moment.\u2019 The people will continue to the quest for that day when BIPOC will cry \u2018free at last, free at last.\u2019 This victory will cause them to keep the faith and raise the battle cry, \u2018Remember George Floyd. Power to the People.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/ubnow\/stories\/2021\/04\/cheri-website.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/1617386596231-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>New UB website aims to help reverse health inequities in Buffalo<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Ellen Goldbaum<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>UBNow<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/ubnow\/stories\/2021\/04\/cheri-website.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;The partnership between the task force and the Community Health Equity Research Institute was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/ubnow\/stories\/2020\/10\/cheri-update.html\">instrumental in partially mitigating<\/a> the deadly impact of the pandemic in communities of color in Buffalo,&#8217; Murphy says. The vision of the website was guided chiefly by contributions from three members of the institute\u2019s Steering Committee: Henry Louis Taylor Jr., professor of urban and regional planning, School of Architecture and Planning, and associate director of the institute; Kelly Wofford, community engagement coordinator in UB\u2019s Center for Nursing Research in the School of Nursing; and Christopher St. Vil, assistant professor in the School of Social Work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/news\/2021\/03\/31\/new-york-marijuana-legalization-expungement-overturn-drug-convictions\/4810902001\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/03\/external-content.duckduckgo.com_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Marijuana legalization in NY to lead to automatic expungement of some drug convictions<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Tiffany Cusaac-Smith<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Democrat and<\/em> Chronicle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/news\/2021\/03\/31\/new-york-marijuana-legalization-expungement-overturn-drug-convictions\/4810902001\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Henry Louis Taylor Jr., director of the University at Buffalo Center for Urban Studies,said expungement &#8216;begins to close the road from the neighborhood to the jail.&#8217; But to create substantive change, he said, the funding set aside in <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">the legislation must include connecting people who were <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">incarcerated <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">to job opportunities and other resources, as well as <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">repairing harms done to communities by marijuana prohibition.<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">The changes, he said, that need to come from funding have to be <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">transformative and may <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">include items <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">such as <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">housing subsidies <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">for communities and cooperatives.<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">Importantly,<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">he said, the community should have a say in how the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">money is spent.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wivb.com\/news\/top-stories\/race-and-multicultural-experts-and-area-residents-weigh-in-on-rob-ledermans-use-of-a-racial-slur\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/03\/Screenshot_2021-03-31-Race-and-multicultural-experts-and-area-residents-weigh-in-on-Rob-Ledermans-use-of-a-racial-slur2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Race and multicultural experts and area residents weigh-in on Rob Lederman\u2019s use of a racial slur<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Angelica Morrison<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full story from <em>WIVB<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wivb.com\/news\/top-stories\/race-and-multicultural-experts-and-area-residents-weigh-in-on-rob-ledermans-use-of-a-racial-slur\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Experts say the racial slur is meant to describe people who are mixed race and it dates back to slavery and the practice of raping female slaves. &#8216;Rape was institutionalized, and it meant that women were the plaything of the plantation owner to be taken whenever he chose to. As I always say, when I look in the mirror I see the color of rape,&#8217; said Henry Louis Taylor Jr., UB director of the university\u2019s Center for urban studies. &#8216;It\u2019s a reminder of a time when African American women had no control over their bodies.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/education\/rod-watson-dynamic-student-committed-med-school-real-progress-on-equity\/article_5ae6b5a6-8153-11eb-86af-2b07fe8fd476.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/03\/6049063dee139.image_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Dynamic student + committed med school = real progress on equity<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Rod Watson<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>The Buffalo News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/education\/rod-watson-dynamic-student-committed-med-school-real-progress-on-equity\/article_5ae6b5a6-8153-11eb-86af-2b07fe8fd476.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lee-article-text\">\n<p>&#8220;Collier credits the medical school\u2019s interdisciplinary Health in the Neighborhood course taught by instructors including Henry L. Taylor Jr., director of UB\u2019s Center for Urban Studies, and the Rev. Kinzer M. Pointer of the African American Health Equity Task Force\u2026She ticked off a number of such social and economic issues that can impact health: redlining, older homes with lead paint, transportation inequities that make it hard to seek care, living in a food desert or a neighborhood that makes it impractical to exercise. &#8216;You can\u2019t say to a person, &#8220;Go run outside&#8221; if they don\u2019t have sidewalks,&#8217; Collier said.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/diverseeducation.com\/article\/206040\/?fbclid=IwAR1xTchqXI7uOfL_tAkjCiOLy9HHv-Y8JJ9ZzAMz5POHJr5KOTeKwYPADRI\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/03\/s-l400-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Will the Current Focus on Black Lives Matter Lead To Lasting Change?<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Katti Gray<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Diverse Issues in Education<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/diverseeducation.com\/article\/206040\/?fbclid=IwAR1xTchqXI7uOfL_tAkjCiOLy9HHv-Y8JJ9ZzAMz5POHJr5KOTeKwYPADRI\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every sphere \u2014 academe, government, business, sports, religion, legal, etcetera \u2014 &#8216;must commit to changing the way they look and function,&#8217; Dr. Lori Martin, interim director of Louisiana State University\u2019s African and African American Studies Program, told Diverse via email. &#8216;They must be prepared to disrupt and dismantle the policies and practices that perpetuate anti-Black sentiments and demonstrate a commitment that is lifelong.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ap.buffalo.edu\/news\/2021\/taylor-racialjustice.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/03\/1614372547329-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Henry Taylor is a tireless advocate for racial justice through urban planning<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Liya Rachal Chandy<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article on the UB School of Architecture and Planning website <a href=\"http:\/\/ap.buffalo.edu\/news\/2021\/taylor-racialjustice.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As an advocate for centering the work of black heterogeneous communities, [Taylor] urges planners to delve into the mundane, the day-to-day realities of a single mother raising two children, and the varying challenges of multi-generational Black households. In the context of the pandemic and the fight against health disparities he plays a pivotal role as associate director of The Community Health Equity Research Institute, which brings UB faculty members and community leaders in Buffalo to address the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on communities of color.\u200b&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/1165200\/korinmiller\/rachel-lindsay-chris-harrison-what-is-implicit-bias\/amp\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/rachel-lindsay-635x397-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Rachel Lindsay Discusses Chris Harrison\u2019s Apology and \u2018Explicit\u2019 Versus \u2018Implicit\u2019 Racism<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Korin Miller<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Parade<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/1165200\/korinmiller\/rachel-lindsay-chris-harrison-what-is-implicit-bias\/amp\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Being aware that implicit racism exists is crucial, Dr. Taylor says. But, he adds, it\u2019s also important for people to \u201cengage in a lot of self-<a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/1034814\/marynliles\/education-quotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">education<\/a>.\u201d &#8220;I think every white person should have a book on Blacks and Latinx that they read,\u201d Dr. Taylor says. He specifically cites the book, <a class=\"easyazon-link\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/product\/0679743138\/US\/paradedigital-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-cart=\"n\" data-cloak=\"y\" data-identifier=\"0679743138\" data-locale=\"US\" data-localize=\"y\" data-popups=\"n\" data-tag=\"paradedigital-20\"><em>Black Power: The Politics of Liberation<\/em><\/a>, as a good option. Dr. Taylor also urges businesses and schools to host workshops on the issues of racism and bias. \u201cThe level of awareness about these kinds of issues is terrible,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/more-people-calling-on-buffalo-to-get-rid-of-school-zone-speed-cameras\/article_55a46744-6b11-11eb-9816-9f39d1b37819.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/5ef147d7bae95.image_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Opponents: School zone speed cameras target &#8216;Buffalo\u2019s most impoverished residents&#8217;<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Deidre Williams<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Buffalo News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/more-people-calling-on-buffalo-to-get-rid-of-school-zone-speed-cameras\/article_55a46744-6b11-11eb-9816-9f39d1b37819.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;We can find no evidence that these speed zone cameras are saving people\u2019s lives, making life safer and making the world better for the children anywhere, not just here in Buffalo. There\u2019s no data to support that. But what there is data to support &#8230; revenue generation,&#8217; Taylor said. &#8216;It\u2019s nothing more than a revenue grabbing scheme \u2026 designed to bilk the African American community from resources.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/ubnow\/campus.host.html\/content\/shared\/university\/news\/ub-reporter-articles\/stories\/2021\/02\/surgery-anti-racism-west.detail.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/1612454600468-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Surgery launches anti-racism, health care equity initiative with West lecture<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Ellen Goldbaum<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>UBNow<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/ubnow\/campus.host.html\/content\/shared\/university\/news\/ub-reporter-articles\/stories\/2021\/02\/surgery-anti-racism-west.detail.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cornel West, Harvard University professor, bestselling author, political activist and public intellectual, will speak via Zoom at \u201cBeyond the Knife,\u201d the initiative\u2019s first public event, from 4-5 p.m. on Feb. 18. This event is free and open to the public. <a href=\"http:\/\/sunybuffalo.imodules.com\/controls\/email_marketing\/view_in_browser.aspx?sid=1703&amp;gid=2&amp;sendId=2098189&amp;ecatid=29&amp;puid=#MUID\">Register and submit questions<\/a> for the question-and-answer session online.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/entertainment\/movies\/buffalo-made-the-blackness-project-now-on-amazon-prime-keeps-dialogue-open-on-race-relations\/article_16ab2884-6a2b-11eb-b059-bf99ddffa3e3.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/60217a5d22c61.image_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Buffalo-made &#8216;The Blackness Project,&#8217; now on Amazon Prime, keeps dialogue open on race relations<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Randy Schiff<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Buffalo News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/entertainment\/movies\/buffalo-made-the-blackness-project-now-on-amazon-prime-keeps-dialogue-open-on-race-relations\/article_16ab2884-6a2b-11eb-b059-bf99ddffa3e3.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;University at Buffalo professor Henry Louis Taylor Jr., who narrates the film, contributes considerably to the documentary. Taylor rivetingly condemns Americans\u2019 fateful choice after the Civil War to support ex-Confederates\u2019 interests rather than build up Black Americans\u2019 opportunities, and provides a poignant concluding call to pursue social justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/local\/city\/2021\/01\/31\/Crumbling-Investments-Effort-by-city-to-revitalize-Homewood-has-resulted-in-lingering-neglect-and-frustration\/stories\/202101290181\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/homewood-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Crumbling Investments: Effort by city to revitalize Homewood has resulted in lingering neglect and frustration<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Ashley Murray and Joel Jacobs<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Pittsburgh-Post Gazette<\/em> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/local\/city\/2021\/01\/31\/Crumbling-Investments-Effort-by-city-to-revitalize-Homewood-has-resulted-in-lingering-neglect-and-frustration\/stories\/202101290181\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;In this case, I would argue that the city is a slumlord that is consciously participating in the underdevelopment of the community,&#8217; said Henry Louis Taylor Jr., a professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and associate director of the Community Health Equity Research Institute at the University of Buffalo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mgic-connects.com\/antoine-thompson-qa-promoting-housing-in-democracy-with-the-national-association-of-real-estate-brokers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/Antoine-Thompson-MGIC-1400x900-1-980x551-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Antoine Thompson Q&#038;A: Promoting Housing in Democracy with the National Association of Real Estate Brokers<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">MGIC<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>MGIC Connects<\/em> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/mgic-connects.com\/antoine-thompson-qa-promoting-housing-in-democracy-with-the-national-association-of-real-estate-brokers\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;<em>Looking back, who served as role models to you, and what did you learn from them?<\/em>&#8216; &#8216;One of my role models is Dr. Henry Taylor, director of the UB Center of Urban Studies, because of his strong commitment to urban policy and his advocacy for building civic capacity to effect community change. Another is R. Donahue Peebles, who inspires me because of his success in real estate and his understanding of the role of politics in development and building wealth.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/local\/city\/2021\/01\/31\/A-snapshot-of-Homewood-history-web\/stories\/202101300069\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/20140807honext0810Bnext-1612067693-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>A snapshot of Homewood history<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Ashley Murray<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/local\/city\/2021\/01\/31\/A-snapshot-of-Homewood-history-web\/stories\/202101300069\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., whose research at the University of Buffalo focuses on distressed urban neighborhoods and the health of those who live there, said the trajectory of Homewood follows a familiar pattern. &#8216;In American cities and suburbs, the way you increase residential land value under the current system in the country [is] as whiteness and social-class exclusivity increases, values go up. As Blackness and people of color increase and social inclusivity increases, values go down,&#8217; he said.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/news\/election-2020\/is-erie-county-turning-red\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/11\/Dr.-Taylor-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Is Erie County turning red?<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Eileen Buckley<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Watch the video and read the full article from <em>WKBW<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/news\/election-2020\/is-erie-county-turning-red\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Call it a &#8216;post game breakdown&#8217; of the 2020 election in Western New York by professors at the University at Buffalo.<br \/>\nThe question \u2013 is traditionally blue Erie County becoming republican country?\u2026<br \/>\nProfessor Taylor says the Trump administration has caused a deep divide and that reveals far reaching racism.<br \/>\n&#8216;This is Donald Trump\u2019s America,&#8217; Taylor stated.<br \/>\nTaylor also stated that he believes democrats have &#8216;no vision that excites people.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/housingmatters.urban.org\/research-summary\/confronting-causes-residential-and-school-segregation\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/10\/shutterstock_1078335890_850x450-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Confronting the Causes of Residential and School Segregation<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Lori Latrice Martin and Kenneth J. Varner<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Housing Matters<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/housingmatters.urban.org\/research-summary\/confronting-causes-residential-and-school-segregation\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Evidence shows that government housing policies and individual practices created and sustain segregation between white and Black people and that segregation exacerbates racial wealth inequality, racial achievement gaps, and racial profiling. This 2017 study applies a \u201cwhite racial frame\u201d to explain the persistence of residential and school segregation, synthesizing more than 60 articles from the fields of sociology, economics, critical theory, and law. The authors\u2019 frame reflects the theory that white people who hold power in the US purposefully maintain their dominance and perpetuate socioeconomic inequities based on race and ethnicity. By applying this frame, the authors shift focus from disparate outcomes by race and ethnicity to the (often white) lenders, police, educators, and politicians who shape structures of opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgrz.com\/article\/news\/health\/coronavirus\/ub-community-partnership-reducing-covid-19-deaths-in-afro-american-community\/71-882f509a-5ac8-46c2-94dc-0b1efb4a7a15?ref=exit-recirc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/10\/3bbf9a90-1d7f-4517-a82e-139ff0d0e4a2_750x422-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>UB-community partnership reducing COVID-19 deaths among African Americans<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">WGRZ Staff<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>WGRZ<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgrz.com\/article\/news\/health\/coronavirus\/ub-community-partnership-reducing-covid-19-deaths-in-afro-american-community\/71-882f509a-5ac8-46c2-94dc-0b1efb4a7a15?ref=exit-recirc\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe fact that this community-university partnership was able to mitigate the high mortality among African Americans in the first wave puts us in a position to build on that achievement during this coming flu season and a possible second wave,\u201d said Tim Murphy, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB and director of the Community Health Equity Research Institute and UB\u2019s Clinical and Translational Science Institute  \u201cAnd it\u2019s something that can be replicated in other communities.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2020\/09\/02\/experts-say-trumps-eviction-moratorium-is-hard-to-access-and-will-be-of-limited-help\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/09\/eviction-notice-0902201-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Experts say Trump&#8217;s eviction moratorium is hard to access and will be of limited help<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Matthew Rozsa<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Salon<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2020\/09\/02\/experts-say-trumps-eviction-moratorium-is-hard-to-access-and-will-be-of-limited-help\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;Without rent forgiveness, tenants will ultimately have to pay back rent along with any late-fees and penalties, or face eviction when the moratorium is lifted,&#8217; Silverman explained. &#8216;It is ultimately up to landlords to decide if they are going to pursue eviction, but at some point in the future, we can anticipate that there will be a spike in evictions across the country. It could be very destabilizing to the economy at the very time that the COVID crisis ends. For renters, it will also have ripple effects on their credit history and ability to find replacement housing.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2020\/aug\/25\/patricia-mccloskey\/st-louis-couple-who-aimed-guns-protesters-makes-fa\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/08\/798e6b4fcb3d0fda814ca4ffae80fa4a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>St. Louis couple who aimed guns at protesters makes false convention claim about Joe Biden, suburbs<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Bill McCarthy<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2020\/aug\/25\/patricia-mccloskey\/st-louis-couple-who-aimed-guns-protesters-makes-fa\/\"><em>PolitiFact<\/em><\/a>, here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A Republican National Convention speaker falsely claimed that the Democratic Party under Joe Biden would &#8216;abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family zoning.&#8217; That\u2019s not true. The claim came from Patricia McCloskey, a St. Louis lawyer who, along with her husband, Mark, is facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/crime-and-courts\/mccloskeys-charged-with-felonies-for-waving-guns-during-protests\/article_73bfcc8c-6828-5b77-8a58-37cd10d97f4c.html\">felony charges<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/article\/2020\/jun\/30\/what-we-know-about-st-louis-couple-who-pointed-gun\/\">pointing guns<\/a> at protesters marching outside their home\u2026&#8217;This is a red herring, pure and simple,&#8217; said Robert Silverman, a professor or urban and regional planning at the University of Buffalo. &#8216;Zoning is a local function in the United States, and the suggestions made in the McCloskeys\u2019 speech are patently false.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"t-row__center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/fillmores-name-to-be-stripped-from-ub-academic-center-putnam-and-porter-names-to-be\/article_1ea6a6de-d599-11ea-9a32-a301cb2e0068.html#utm_campaign=blox&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/08\/5ef13879518b1.image_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>UB strips Fillmore, Putnam, Porter names from buildings, facilities<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Sandra Tan<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><div class=\"row lee-text-row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 fixed-col-left main-content\">\n<div class=\"lee-article-text first-p\">\n<p>Read the full article from <em>Buffalo News<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/fillmores-name-to-be-stripped-from-ub-academic-center-putnam-and-porter-names-to-be\/article_1ea6a6de-d599-11ea-9a32-a301cb2e0068.html#utm_campaign=blox&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social\">here<\/a>.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Advocates for racial justice celebrated a decision by the University at Buffalo to strip the names of three historic figures from university buildings, facilities and roads because they supported slavery or promoted racist policies and values. &#8216;I think it\u2019s a good move, and I think symbolism is important,&#8217; said Henry Louis Taylor, a professor at UB&#8217;s Department of Urban and Regional Planning. &#8216;For the nation to deal with the issues of race in this country, we have to be honest about our history.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/ubnow\/stories\/2020\/07\/mfsa-town-hall.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/07\/1596138531446-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>MFSA holds virtual discussion on race, racism at UB<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Cory Nealon<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><div class=\"text parbase section\">\n<p>Read the full article from <em>UBNow<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/ubnow\/stories\/2020\/07\/mfsa-town-hall.html\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Henry Louis Taylor Jr., professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and director of the Center for Urban Studies, outlined UB\u2019s history in addressing racism on campus and in the community. From the late 1960s to the mid-1990s, UB built an infrastructure, including launching educational programs and hiring faculty members of color, to link UB to the Black community, he said.<\/p>\n<p>But that infrastructure dwindled over the past two decades, a result of declining government support for public education, as well as flawed university efforts to address these issues, Taylor said. He called upon UB leadership to reinvest in these programs, and tackle race and racism in a more direct manner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI theorize that whenever race is not explicitly stated, whiteness becomes the default group, and people of color are pushed to the margins,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Those who were unable to attend the live event can <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/9-ZbL47P-GROTbfqw0z2ffERHJzrX6a8hyQW_foOyUpebeFm7CsmZK5yTzDfKsCQ\">watch it<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/urban-planning-as-a-tool-of-white-supremacy-the-other-lesson-from-minneapolis-142249\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/08\/file-20200722-36-ke521m-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Urban planning as a tool of white supremacy \u2013 the other lesson from Minneapolis<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Julian Agyeman<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>The Conversation, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/urban-planning-as-a-tool-of-white-supremacy-the-other-lesson-from-minneapolis-142249\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The legacy of structural racism in Minneapolis was laid bare to the world at the intersection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/after-floyd-s-death-who-does-38th-and-chicago-belong-to\/571616872\/\">Chicago Avenue and East 38th Street<\/a>, the location where George Floyd\u2019s neck was pinned to the ground by a police officer\u2019s knee. But it is also imprinted in streets, parks and neighborhoods across the city \u2013 the result of urban planning that utilized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.umn.edu\/sites\/law.umn.edu\/files\/why-are-the-twin-cities-so-segregated-2-26-15.pdf\">segregation<\/a> as a tool of white supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Minneapolis is seen to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/01\/us\/minneapolis-racism-minnesota.html\">one of the most liberal cities in the U.S.<\/a> But if you scratch away the progressive veneer of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/blog\/most-bike-friendly-cities-usa-2020\/\">U.S.\u2018s most cyclable city<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minneapolisparks.org\/news\/2020\/05\/20\/minneapolis-named-best-city-park-system-in-u-s-on-trust-for-public-lands-annual-parkscore-index\/\">city with the best park system<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/realestate.usnews.com\/places\/minnesota\/minneapolis-st-paul\">sixth-highest quality of life<\/a>, you find what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.umn.edu\/about\/staff\/kirsten-delegard\">Kirsten Delegard<\/a>, a Minneapolis historian, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-01-08\/mapping-the-segregation-of-minneapolis\">describes as<\/a> \u201cdarker truths about the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/a-reckoning-reconsidering-millard-fillmores-legacy\/article_0050e600-c832-11ea-883a-13b1bc0f917a.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/07\/5f150696c7c6c.image_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>A reckoning: Reconsidering Millard Fillmore\u2019s legacy<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Stephen T. Watson<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Buffalo News<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/a-reckoning-reconsidering-millard-fillmores-legacy\/article_0050e600-c832-11ea-883a-13b1bc0f917a.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Millard Fillmore gets little love from presidential historians, but he\u2019s enjoyed favorite son status in Buffalo for more than 150 years.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s beginning to change.<\/p>\n<p>The 13th president lived here for years before and after his term in the White House. His fingerprints are on many educational and cultural institutions, from the University at Buffalo to Buffalo General Medical Center, and his name and image are sprinkled throughout greater Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Fillmore\u2019s signing of the Compromise of 1850 \u2013 which included the loathsome Fugitive Slave Act \u2013 and his unsuccessful presidential run as a member of the anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic Know Nothing Party are raising questions about his lofty local status.<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/column-with-faculty-nudge-can-ub-lead-on-social-justice\/article_912fcee2-c0b8-11ea-ab55-136f3c8af0ae.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/08\/5ef3a6b53553c.image_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>With faculty nudge, can UB lead on social justice?<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Rod Watson<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Buffalo News<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/column-with-faculty-nudge-can-ub-lead-on-social-justice\/article_912fcee2-c0b8-11ea-ab55-136f3c8af0ae.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A few years ago, University at Buffalo President Satish Tripathi used his annual address to trumpet the UB 2020 strategic plan as laying the groundwork for propelling Buffalo Niagara in everything from health care and the arts to business and industry.<\/p>\n<p>But with that target year now here and bringing a whole new set of issues \u2013 or, rather, an acknowledgement of issues that Blacks have long tried to raise \u2013 UB\u2019s faculty is pushing one of the region\u2019s major institutions to take on something else: systemic racism.<\/p>\n<p>In an overwhelming vote a couple of weeks ago, United University Professions \u2013 which represents most faculty \u2013 passed a resolution condemning \u201cpolice violence against African American, Indigenous and Latino\/Latina residents,\u201d opposing \u201cthe militarization of police and its impact on communities of color and on peaceful protests,\u201d and supporting \u201creallocation of Buffalo resources from policing toward investment in Buffalo\u2019s low-income communities of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/2020\/06\/26\/black-applicants-more-likely-be-denied-mortgages\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/08\/redfin-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Black applicants are more likely to be denied mortgages, study finds<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Amy Scott<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article\u00a0<em>Marketplace<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/2020\/06\/26\/black-applicants-more-likely-be-denied-mortgages\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Traditional measures of risk like debt-to-income ratios disproportionately hurt Black borrowers, said Henry Louis Taylor Jr., a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not going to do well on that because of the low incomes that they have traditionally and because of the debts that they acquire just trying to make ends meet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubspectrum.com\/article\/2020\/06\/ub-black-faculty-are-disappointed-with-ub-response-to-blm-movement\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/08\/c06e99f8-cea0-4220-a433-c612f3c5c075.sized-1000x1000-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>\u2018UB Black faculty are disappointed with UB response to BLM movement\u2019<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Alexandra Moyen and Reilly Mullen<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>The Spectrum<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubspectrum.com\/article\/2020\/06\/ub-black-faculty-are-disappointed-with-ub-response-to-blm-movement\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UB Professor Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., who has spent decades studying and writing about inequality, called the UB responses \u201cjust short of pathetic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor, a professor in the department of Urban and Regional Planning, believes Foster\u2019s letter was \u201cright on target.\u201d He and Foster are both executive members of the SUNY Black faculty group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it shows absolutely no understanding of the challenges that we face at this moment in time and they just oughta stop and give this to somebody that knows what they\u2019re doing or talk to somebody that knows what they\u2019re doing because it\u2019s been pathetic,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cYou know, this university has been backsliding in a lot of areas as it relates to race and class.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/it-was-never-just-about-floyd-protests-reflect-anger-over-inequality-neglect\/article_c92d39d2-ec2b-5fa5-8e5b-3a519391b753.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/10\/5ef103cecc409.image_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>&#8216;It was never just about Floyd&#8217;: Protests reflect anger over inequality, neglect<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Caitlin Dewey<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Buffalo News<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/it-was-never-just-about-floyd-protests-reflect-anger-over-inequality-neglect\/article_c92d39d2-ec2b-5fa5-8e5b-3a519391b753.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Taylor, of the Center for Urban Studies, said he does see hope for structural change this time, of the type that Buffalo\u2019s black community didn\u2019t get in 1967. A broad, diverse coalition of activists has mobilized around Buffalo\u2019s inequities, he said: not only in the criminal justice system, but in neighborhood development, housing and education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/voices\/how-do-we-get-more-power\/episode\/fruit-belt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/05\/Fruit-Belt-aerial-GEE21-e15526884078591-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>\u201cHow Do We Get More Power?\u201d<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Will Doig<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Open Society Foundations<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/voices\/how-do-we-get-more-power\/episode\/fruit-belt\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 584px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2848-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" loop autoplay preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/05\/fruit_belt-drone-hero.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/05\/fruit_belt-drone-hero.mp4\">http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/05\/fruit_belt-drone-hero.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>India Walton signed the lease: $1,200 a month for a modest, gut-renovated one-bedroom, $200 less than the listed price because she had her own appliances. Still, says Walton, \u201cin this neighborhood? $1,200 was unheard of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least it used to be. After decades of disinvestment and neglect, the Fruit Belt was beginning to boom.<\/p>\n<p>The catalyst was right next door: a rapidly expanding medical complex, staffed by a growing number of doctors, nurses, and technicians looking for a nearby place to live.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, it was a familiar story: an African American neighborhood, long neglected by the city, suddenly deemed \u201cdesirable\u201d and, in turn, overrun by new, more expensive development. But the story of the Fruit Belt, so named for the <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&amp;context=buffalocommons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">orchards planted there in the 1800s [PDF]<\/a>, went in an unexpected direction. As the medical campus grew, the small, sloping neighborhood sitting in its shadow\u2014whose black population boomed following World War II\u2014decided that its fate had not yet been sealed.<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetizen.com\/news\/2020\/05\/109229-mass-evictions-predicted-short-term-economic-relief-runs-out\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/08\/shutterstock_1690801729-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Mass Evictions Predicted as Short-Term Economic Relief Runs Out<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">James Brasuell<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Planetizen<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetizen.com\/news\/2020\/05\/109229-mass-evictions-predicted-short-term-economic-relief-runs-out\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Buffalo, is featured in an ABC News article about the ongoing risk of mass evictions as the country\u2019s millions of renters collides with tens of millions of new unemployment claims across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor said that \u201cfederal and statewide eviction moratoriums are based on COVID-19 timetables that are \u2018too short\u2019 and don\u2019t consider predictions from medical experts that the pandemic could persist into the fall and beyond, as public health officials have suggested,\u201d according to the article, written by Deena Zaru.<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/mass-evictions-horizon-us-confronts-coronavirus-housing-crisis\/story?id=70367541\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/08\/rent-protest-philadelphia-nc-jt-200430_hpMain_16x9_992-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>\u2018Mass evictions\u2019 on the horizon as US confronts coronavirus housing crisis: Advocates<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Deena Zaru<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>ABC News<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/mass-evictions-horizon-us-confronts-coronavirus-housing-crisis\/story?id=70367541\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p has-black-color has-text-color\">The first of the month is daunting for many low and middle-income Americans who will be struggling to pay their rent for the second time since the <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/alerts\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">coronavirus<\/a> pandemic essentially shut down the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">More than 30 million Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/38-million-people-filed-unemployment-week\/story?id=70410707\">have filed for unemployment insurance<\/a> since the COVID-19 crisis hit the U.S. in March, and despite a range of temporary federal and state eviction moratoriums, some Americans are still being served eviction notices amid a public <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/alerts\/obamacare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">health<\/a> crisis that requires many people to stay at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Buffalo, said that federal and statewide eviction moratoriums are based on COVID-19 timetables that are \u201ctoo short\u201d and don\u2019t consider predictions from medical experts that the pandemic could persist into the fall and beyond, as public health officials have suggested.<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/nbcblk\/black-health-experts-say-surgeon-general-s-comments-reflect-lack-n1183711\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/04\/200414-jerome-adams-cs-304p_01f8d2107b992aef1098e36fd8ea3858.fit-760w-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Black health experts say surgeon general\u2019s comments reflect lack of awareness of black community<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Curtis Bunn<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>NBC News<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/nbcblk\/black-health-experts-say-surgeon-general-s-comments-reflect-lack-n1183711\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For Dr. Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., a University of Buffalo professor and researcher, there isn\u2019t much of a controversy. The surgeon general missed the mark. And it\u2019s not what he said, but what he did not say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is irresponsible to talk about the elimination of drugs and alcohol without talking about eliminating the neighborhood-based social determinants that produce drug and alcohol abuse,\u201d Taylor told NBC News.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The \u2018step-up\u2019 question does not reflect the realities of black America. It suggests that African Americans themselves are responsible for their plight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Adams statement is, at best, irresponsible and, at worst, reflective of systemic structural racism,\u201d Taylor added. \u201cBlack people live under enormous stress in places that are service deserts that lack gyms and are not suitable for jogging or even walking. At the same time, alcohol and tobacco companies target these communities. The \u2018step-up\u2019 question does not reflect the realities of black America. It suggests that African Americans themselves are responsible for their plight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/as-nation-honors-king-some-local-governments-ignore-the-holiday\/article_b211ecaf-8c85-568f-b1a2-b56c163d6d16.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/07\/5ef1389695e6d.image_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>As nation honors King, some local governments ignore the holiday<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Stephen T. Watson<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Buffalo News, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/as-nation-honors-king-some-local-governments-ignore-the-holiday\/article_b211ecaf-8c85-568f-b1a2-b56c163d6d16.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">\u201cIt\u2019s a battle over symbolic messages,\u201d said Henry Louis Taylor Jr., a University at Buffalo professor who studies race and class issues and urban affairs. \u201cThe holiday is a symbol and a message that is connected to it. Resistance to that holiday is opposition to that message and everything that it is about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The effort to make King\u2019s birthday a national holiday began days after the iconic African American civil rights leader was assassinated in 1968, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/martin-luther-king-jr-day-controversial-origins-of-the-holiday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an account from the History channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citylab.com\/environment\/2019\/12\/climate-change-displacement-refuge-city-buffalo-new-york\/602758\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/12\/940-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Will Buffalo Become a Climate Change Haven?<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Jeremy Deaton<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>CityLab<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citylab.com\/environment\/2019\/12\/climate-change-displacement-refuge-city-buffalo-new-york\/602758\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section id=\"article-section-8\" class=\"s-article__section o-small-container\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">\u201cSay Buffalo becomes this magnet that\u2019s attracting everybody that\u2019s looking for a good place to live. It will become the East Coast version of San Francisco,\u201d said Henry Louis Taylor Jr., director of the Center for Urban Studies at the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning. \u201cWill we essentially recreate what I call the \u2018White City\u2019? The White City is a city for white people and other groups who can manage to afford to live there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Keenan, the Harvard climate adaptation expert, said Buffalo could become another example of climate gentrification, a phenomenon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citylab.com\/equity\/2018\/07\/the-reality-of-climate-gentrification\/564152\/\">already underwa<\/a>y in Miami, for example, where property values are rising faster in high-elevation, low-income neighborhoods that are better protected against sea-level rise. Keenan said that climate gentrification exists on both the small and large scale.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad-box-wrapper\" data-pos=\"box\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/4624\/cities\/channel_environment_7__container__\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u201cIt isn&#8217;t just people moving from one neighborhood to another neighborhood. It&#8217;s a kind of trans-state and, you could even argue, transnational proposition,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can either get ahead of this, or you can sit back and observe it.\u201d<\/span>A mural of Buffalo in downtown Buffalo. (Nexus Media)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"article-section-9\" class=\"s-article__section o-small-container\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Taylor said that parts of downtown Buffalo with new offices and apartments have already seen an exodus of black residents. He believes that, rather than focusing on luring developers to build loft apartments and boutique office buildings, what he referred to as \u201cthe San Francisco model,\u201d the city needs to be willing to preserve affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe San Francisco, the Chicago model, the Washington, D.C., model, the New York City model\u200a\u2014\u200athat\u2019s the model that they\u2019re using here. And they are caught between this idea that there is either this model that they\u2019re using, or death,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cThey\u2019re frustrated because they can\u2019t figure out how to get this square peg called \u2018equity, equality, justice\u2019 into this round hole called \u2018the market.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/2019\/11\/11\/letter-buffalo-should-have-an-mlk-boulevard\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/11\/King_Boulevard_Kansas_City_Divide_46441_15125768_ver1.0_640_360-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Letter: Buffalo should have an MLK Boulevard<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Robert M. Silverman<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from<em> Buffalo News<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/2019\/11\/11\/letter-buffalo-should-have-an-mlk-boulevard\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">On Nov. 5, in a shameful move, voters in Kansas City chose to remove Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s name from one of its main thoroughfares. I found this disheartening. What were they thinking? Voters in Buffalo wouldn\u2019t do something like this. Then, I realized that Buffalo is one of the only major cities in the country without a thoroughfare named Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. There are more than 900 streets named after MLK in the country, but there is no major street honoring MLK in Western New York.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, in many places MLK Boulevard is found in the poorest section of a city. This is one instance where Buffalo\u2019s late arrival to the party can be informed by mistakes made in other places and turned into an opportunity to do better.<\/p>\n<p>Main Street in Buffalo is known as the dividing line between the predominantly white West Side of the city and the predominantly black East Side. It is time to change this image, erase this dividing line, and transform it into a symbol of unity. Buffalo can do better than places like Kansas City. Buffalo can send a message to the rest of the county that its central corridor is no longer a dividing line, but a place where the entire city comes together.<\/p>\n<p>It is time for the Mayor\u2019s Office and Common Council to come together and formally put a referendum on the 2020 ballot to change the name of Main Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Why not?<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/ubnow\/stories\/2019\/09\/conventus-future-of-health.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/11\/Untitled-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Exhibit highlights those working for better health<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">UB Now Staff<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>UBNow<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/ubnow\/stories\/2019\/09\/conventus-future-of-health.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"newspage unstructuredpage page\">\n<div class=\"par parsys\">\n<div class=\"text parbase section\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">\u201cThe Future of Health in the City,\u201d a new exhibition presented by the UB Art Galleries that highlights individuals working together to bring better health and healing to the Buffalo community, will open on Oct. 8 in the Connect Gallery at the Conventus building with a public reception from 5-7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The UB Art Galleries is presenting the exhibition of portraits by artist Charmaine Wheatley in partnership with the University of Rochester Medical Center and in collaboration with the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus Innovation Center, the UB Center for Medical Humanities and Restoration Society Inc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese portraits are about hope; they show a dreamscape of social change,\u201d said Henry Louis Taylor Jr. director of the Center for Urban Studies in UB\u2019s School of Architecture and Planning and another of Wheatley\u2019s subjects. \u201cThey are about the possibility of building a future city where well-being and wholeness reign.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/2019\/10\/02\/arts-beat-innovative-art-mark-twain-and-a-musical-feast\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/11\/1_Caitlin-Cass-WNY-Book-Arts-1040x660-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Arts beat: Innovative art, Mark Twain and a Musical Feast<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Melinda Miller<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from the <em>Buffalo News<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/2019\/10\/02\/arts-beat-innovative-art-mark-twain-and-a-musical-feast\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Great Moments histories are the creation of Buffalo-based artist Caitlin Cass, whose work also has appeared in The New Yorker, The Lily and The Nib. For this exhibition, Cass has added original art and, with handwritten sidebars, says, \u201cI will analyze my own canon in all of its messy, brazen eagerness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a press release, Cass explains that she created the Great Moments comics in an effort \u201cto make a history that prioritized failure instead of victory \u2026 the anticlimactic fizzling out instead of the path to progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In describing the images, Henry Louis Taylor Jr. of UB&#8217;s Center for Urban Studies said, &#8220;These portrait are about hope; they show a dreamscape of social change. They are about the possibility of building a future city where well-being and wholeness reign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalorising.com\/2019\/07\/the-futures-garden\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/10\/The-Futures-Garden-Buffalo-NY-13-1024x768-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>The Futures Garden<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Newell Nussbaumer (queenseyes)<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Buffalo Rising<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalorising.com\/2019\/07\/the-futures-garden\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just when you think that gardens couldn\u2019t be any greater in Buffalo, comes along\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/04\/The-Futures-Academy-Garden-Project.pdf\">The Futures Garden<\/a>. This Grassroots Garden is located directly across from the Marva J Daniel Futures Preparatory School #37 (Futures Phoenix), which is just down Carlton Street from The Medical Campus. On my way to visit a friend who lives a few doors away from the garden, I made a pitstop to inspect the sustainable grounds in all of their glory.<\/p>\n<p>This garden has it all \u2013 giant rain barrels, composting, raised beds, beautiful signage, places to sit and ponder, solar power, hand painted garbage cans, flowers, veggies, and even a mini library. To me, this garden is about as inspirational as it gets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thechallengernews.com\/2019\/04\/prisoners-are-people-too-announce-regional-conference\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/05\/2019_05_28_Prisoners-Are-People-Too-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Prisoners Are People Too Announce Regional Conference<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">The Challenger<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Challenger Community News<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thechallengernews.com\/2019\/04\/prisoners-are-people-too-announce-regional-conference\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prisoners Are People Too is hosting a Regional Conference in collaboration with the Alliance of Families for Justice on Friday, May 3, from 5:30-8 p.m. and Saturday, May 4 from 8:30a.m.-3:30p.m. at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 701 East Delavan Avenue . The conference, whose theme is \u201cChanging Criminal Injustice,\u201d will highlight the strategies that we can use to improve the lives of the incarcerated, the formerly incarcerated, and the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Activist-scholar Dr. Henry Louis Taylor, Jr. will be the keynote speaker on Saturday, May 4. Dr. Taylor is the Founding Director of the Center for Urban Studies at the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning. His research, focusing on issues of race and class has made him an expert in assessing systemic factors, fueled by racism, that frequently lead to criminal convictions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.investigativepost.org\/2019\/05\/21\/the-cost-of-suspending-drivers-licenses\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/05\/2019_05_28_Driving-Suspensions-and-Poverty-Map-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>The cost of suspending driver\u2019s licenses<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Marsha McLeod<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from <em>Investigative Post<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investigativepost.org\/2019\/05\/21\/the-cost-of-suspending-drivers-licenses\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wgrz.com\/embeds\/video\/71-a295e4a0-f98c-409a-a7c7-b1c314e036cb\/iframe?jwsource=cl\" width=\"100%\" height=\"413px\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The laws are making criminals out of tens of thousands of residents and straining court systems; yet\u00a0in the case of debt-related suspensions, several experts said they provide little to no\u00a0public safety benefit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are taking people who are already on the economic edge, we are criminalizing them and increasing the burdens and hardships on their lives,\u201d said Henry Louis Taylor Jr., a professor who studies race and class issues at the University at Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, a torrent of people with suspended license charges wind up in Buffalo City Court, clogging up judges\u2019 dockets and bogging down public defenders.<\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n         <div id=\"newsucanuse-vertical-list-item\">\n  <div class=\"pre-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/2019\/05\/14\/another-voice-scammer-isnt-the-real-source-of-blight-on-buffalos-east-side\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/05\/maxresdefault-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n  <div class=\"list-content\">\n    <div class=\"pre-title\"><h2>Another Voice: Scammer isn&#8217;t the real source of blight on Buffalo&#8217;s East Side<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class=\"author\">Another Voice - Dr. Henry Louis Taylor Jr.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"pre-excerpt\"><p>Read the full article from<em> Buffalo News<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/2019\/05\/14\/another-voice-scammer-isnt-the-real-source-of-blight-on-buffalos-east-side\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A 2017 housing opportunity strategy study commissioned by the city found that most East Side housing units are moderately to severely distressed and located in underdeveloped neighborhoods with low market demand.<\/p>\n<p>HouHou should be punished for his racketeering, but more important, Buffalo\u2019s prime blighters should be exposed. The real predatory profiteers are the rental property owners who make hyper-profits by charging high rents for poorly maintained and distressed rental housing units, and the land speculators who purchase properties and hold onto them without making any improvements until more profitable opportunities can be found.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Buffalo is also complicit in the East Side neighborhood blight. The city poorly maintains sidewalks, streets and vacant lots in those neighborhoods. And, their shamefully weak rental registration process makes possible the existence of a prosperous low-income rental market that exploits the poor and those on the economic margin.<\/p>\n<p><em>Henry Louis Taylor Jr., Ph.D., is director of the UB Center for Urban Studies.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"page-header":[],"feature-item":[],"class_list":["post-2975","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2976,"href":"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2975\/revisions\/2976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page-header","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page-header?post=2975"},{"taxonomy":"feature-item","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/aps-cus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature-item?post=2975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}