A Farewell
We are so thankful to have been a part of the tapestry of Buffalo, NY, media these last 6 years.
Advocacy
New Year, New Us: India Walton is Running for Mayor
“Leadership is not someone who we prop up so high that you feel like they’re inaccessible. Our leaders they come from among us, at least they should. This, to me, is not about only me becoming mayor. This is about proving to people, that you, everyday people, single mothers, nurses, teachers, the people who are solving our community’s problems anyway, this is the place for you.”
Dana Saylor: Planner for the People
“It showed me a world where people cooperate together, people met each other on the street, people were a part of one another’s lives in a kind of intimate way, and a diversity of people that I didn’t experience where I grew up. All of those things made me interested in cities, and made me interested in being a person who created work.”
Good Neighbuzz: Vive at Jericho Road
Vive at Jericho Road started with South Americans seeking asylum in the United States and expanded from there. Now, many asylum seekers are coming from countries such as Sri Lanka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Colombia, Turkey, and Pakistan.
The Struggle: A Conversation with Marge Maloney
A conversation with Marge Maloney, lifelong workers’ and gay rights activist.
Madeline Davis: Revolutionist of Record
“I’ll be damned if I know what I said, but I remember, at the end of my speech, I said, ‘It’s a beautiful day for a revolution.'”
SPOTLIGHT: Stephanie Frary, Red Party Pioneer
The Red Party and the fight to end period poverty returns to Resurgence Brewing this Sunday, June 9, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
“Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle”: Women Bike Buffalo
Qween City chatted recently with three organizations working to bring visibility to bicycling in Buffalo, specifically in the women/-identifying space.
Virginia Leary: Waste Not, Want Not
Virginia Leary, known on the socials as Zero Waste Buffalo, is bringing the local sustainability movement into focus, one picture-perfect mason jar at a time.
SCENE: BraVa!
On Friday, November 2, Qween City was a lucky attendee to the city’s first BraVa! event, produced by the YWCA of Western New York.
Elizabeth Schiavoni: Evidence Advocate
“At the end of the day, for me it’s about making sure that people have this information and have this literacy and have these skills, no matter where they got that information.”
The Come Up: BraVa!
BraVa!, a storytelling fundraiser featuring the humble bra, comes to Buffalo for the first time this Friday, November 2.
Crystal Peoples-Stokes: On the Power of the People
“It’s really about empowering the people to do for self.”
SCENE: A Day at Gypsy Parlor
Qween City recently had a chance to hang with the gang of Gypsy Parlor, in anticipation of this year’s Dining Out for Life to benefit Evergreen Health. Come see us this Tuesday, October 9, from 5 p.m. on. Come hungry! 25 percent of sales will go directly to fighting HIV in WNY.
Allie Brady: First-String Funster
“With those things that you love in life, I feel you have to do them because we don’t have tomorrow, right?”
Barbara Cole, Robin Jordan, & Laurie Dean Torrell: The Wordkeepers
“How do we better go out into the community and try to inspire people wherever they are?”
WYD?: Sexual Assault
Once a month, Smash Talks columnist Ashera Buhite addresses a difficult life situation and highlights some local agencies that can help you navigate what to do. This month she speaks with Cameron Balon of Crisis Services about sexual assault.
Kristen Becker: Fearless Farceur
“It kind of looks like I’m going to have the best year of my life.”
Arts Services Initiative: Custodians of Culture
“We want arts and culture to be the forefront of Buffalo’s face, because they already are.”
SCENE: The Women’s Solidarity March 2018
On Sunday, January 21, Buffalo joined myriad rallies across the country for the second annual Women’s Solidarity March.
Julia Bottoms-Douglas: Artist Arising
“Rather than representing what I’m upset about, I’m representing how I want it to be.”
Out & About: Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
Man on the street Jason Murphy walked a mile in her shoes to advocate for sexual violence justice and prevention.
Cam-passion: Cameron Balon of Crisis Services
With federal support in jeopardy, agencies like Crisis Services will rely more on state funding and local support.
Emily Terrana: Agent of Change
“We’re just not going to have refugees coming from these countries, and these folks are the fabric of our communities.”
Beth Geyer and Vienna Haak: A Collaboration of All Ability
“Thank you for doing this. You’re giving my daughter, my son, their dream.”
Brook F. D’Angelo: Totes Badass
“Turns out, even after all the naysayers, the plan turned out to be an internationally recognized success.”