Throughout the five-day National Eucharistic Congress, nationally-known speakers joined with bishops and one astronaut to speak witness to the faith. Gloria Purvis, author, commentator and host of her own podcast, spoke July 20 about an issue that doesn’t get enough attention within the Church – racism. A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Purvis joined the […]
TONAWANDA — Two staff members from Cardinal O’Hara High School joined 52 Buffalo community advocates who spent two days last week at the museums of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, as a way to learn about and bring home strategies for racial healing and equity. Maria McGrath, special education teacher and DEI coordinator […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — Dr. Rolanda Ward, associate professor of social work at Niagara University and endowed faculty director of the university’s Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Center for Race, Equity and Mission, received the Katie Huntington Champion of Justice Award from the New York state chapter of the National Association of Social Workers at a virtual […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — Nationally renowned criminologist Danielle Slakoff, Ph.D., will discuss her work on the relationship between the media, intimate partner violence, and identity during a presentation hosted by Niagara University’s Office of Violence Prevention and Education on Friday, Oct. 21, at 1 p.m. in the Russell Salvatore Dining Commons on the NU campus. The […]
#Onebody and the Catholic Churches of Central Buffalo will host a discussion on the documentary, “On These Grounds.” The film explores an incident illuminating the challenges some Black girls encounter in schools. The issues documented in the film are concerns embedded in various efforts by #Onebody and Catholic Churches of Central Buffalo social justice ministries. […]
The Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary hosted their latest webinar on Saturday, Feb. 19, on the issue of systemic racism. It was the second event in their 2022 social justice series, which began in January with a panel on human trafficking. This webinar featured KPC members from around the country, including a Black […]
Dr. Althea Porter welcomes participants to the first #Onebody virtual conference. The June 11 conference saw eight members share their experiences with racism. Also taking part are Dr. Marianne Partee, Deacon Don Weigel, Josie Diebold and Sister Roberta Fulton, SSMN. Photo by Patrick J. Buechi A group of people from the Diocese of Buffalo have […]
Although a court jury’s recent verdict convicting former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of murder and manslaughter in the death George Floyd has been declared, the jury is still out on how we will comprehensively educate and work to rid our society, nation and world of racism and prejudice against various ethnicities and minorities. […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — In a year that has seen unprecedented racial and political divide, threats to our nation’s democracy, questionable election conspiracies, and barriers to voting rights, Niagara University’s Rev. Joseph L. Levesque, C.M. Institute for Civic Engagement, in partnership with Leadership Niagara, is asking the community to choose not to hate for 24 hours. On Thursday, […]
We have just finished recognizing Black History Month, and like many others, I took the opportunity to read and learn about not just “history,” but the effects that our American experience of race relations has had on me and others. I read “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo which outlined in detail why it is so […]
