Today's Message
Posted: Friday, October 15, 2021Geography and Planning Seminar - 'Urban-Engaged Citizens: The Role of Residents in (Re)Shaping Buffalo's Fruit Belt' - October 21
Please join Jason Knight, associate professor of geography and planning, in welcoming India Walton, founding executive director of the Fruit Belt Community Land Trust, to campus on Thursday, October 21, during Bengal Pause (12:15 to 1:30 p.m.) in Classroom Building C122.
The Fruit Belt Community Land Trust is a community-developed nonprofit organization created to address affordable housing, displacement, and the impacts of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus on the historic African American neighborhood. Ms. Walton will discuss her role as a citizen planner and organizer and the importance of residents directly engaging in the planning and reinvestment decisions affecting their neighborhoods. This presentation is sponsored by the Faculty-Student Association (FSA) and the Geography and Planning Department.
This presentation will not be about her political campaign. Questions will be taken only related to her work with the Fruit Belt Community Land Trust.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Thursday, October 21, 2021
