| Description: | The Buffalo Poverty Research Workshops offer everyone concerned with Buffalo’s poverty the chance to hear about new and ongoing research, promising strategies and opportunities for collaboration. The workshop is designed for local scholars, social service agencies, advocates, and government leaders and staff, among others, and is always held in downtown Buffalo. The workshops have been held annually beginning in 2010. The co-organizers are UB Civic Engagement and Public Policy, the Homeless Alliance of Western New York, and the Partnership for the Public Good. Other sponsors have been involved in some years: the WNY Service Learning Coalition (2010-2013) and the National Center on Family Homelessness (2011). Community-based research by scholars–and also by community researchers, practitioners and policymakers–has been featured each year. Additional locations: Downtown Buffalo; Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Central Library; Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library; Olmsted Center for Sight; St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church Social Center |
| Project/Activity Leader(s): | Laura Mangan, Coordinator, Civic Engagement and Public Policy Strategic Research Initiative (CEPP); Sam Magavern, Adjunct Instructor, Law School, and Co-Director, Partnership for the Public Good; Dale Zuchlewski, Executive Director, Homeless Alliance of WNY |
| Unit: | Office of Research Advancement and Strategic Initiatives |
| Department: | Strategic Initiatives |
| City: | Buffalo |
| State: | NY |
| External Funding: | No |
| Start Date: | 2010 |
| End Date: | active |
| Internal Partners: | Civic Engagement and Public Policy (CEPP); Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development |
| External Partners: | Homeless Alliance of Western New York; Partnership for the Public Good; Western New York Service Learning Coalition; National Center on Family Homelessness |
| Are UB students involved? | No |
