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Buffalo Anti-Gentrification Summit
October 14, 2017 @ 9:00 am - 4:30 pm EDT
At the Matt Urban Hope Center (385 Paderewski Drive, Buffalo <https://maps.google.com/?q=385+Paderewski+Drive,+Buffalo&entry=gmail&source=g>) from 9:00am to 4:30pm. *The Summit is co-sponsored by CEJ Buffalo, Citizen Action of WNY, Open Buffalo, Partnership for the Public Good, PUSH Buffalo, and VOICE Buffalo. This day-long event will educate the movement as much as the public on how gentrification impacts all of the issues that we care deeply about fight for every day; including, public education, mass transit, affordable housing and energy democracy, as well as workers' rights and leadership development. Along with speakers from each of the aforementioned organizations, *we are especially excited to announce that Dawn Phillips (he/him/his), Executive Director of Right to the City Alliance, will be the keynote speaker for the event.* He has been an organizer engaged in racial, economic and environmental justice organizations and fights in the Bay Area and nationally for close to 25 years, most recently with Causa Justa :: Just Cause (CJJC) in Oakland, CA. We really hope you'll join us for this incredible event, which so many have put so much into! *RSVP at the following link:* https://docs.google.com/ forms/d/19R6-lUNqKkw1RSy8Hvb-ogkevCZwt0w4rLjEuZhmk94/ viewform?edit_requested=true*.* *For more information visit the Facebook page:* https://www.facebook. com/events/765682173618549/.
