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Redefining Urban Health: Transforming Buffalo's East Side
As our community continues to mourn the loss of those who tragically lost their lives on May 14th, 2022, at Tops Supermarket. We ask that you take this time to think about what your role, responsibility and commitment is as a change agent. What we are called to do individually and collectively, because our community needs us now more than ever.
Here, you will find information, resources, and news about the crisis of race-based health disparities in Buffalo.
The UB Community Health Equity Research Institute was created with a goal to perform research to advance understanding of the root causes and to develop and test innovative solutions to eliminate health inequities in the region.
Buffalo Freedom Gardens has given dozens of residents of Buffalo’s East Side neighborhoods a free raised bed garden. Since 2020, Freedom Gardens has installed 134 raised beds in communities of color in Buffalo. Their goal is to fight racism, inspire resilience and provide fresh vegetables in neighborhoods that lack grocery stores and access to healthy foods.
Dr. Daniels was a tireless advocate for diversifying the physician workforce and has worked closely with the Associated Medical Schools of New York to expand the pool of scholars choosing careers in medicine and health care, by providing academic enrichment and support to students from educationally and/or economically underserved backgrounds.
A growing number of politicians and community leaders think the time has come to drop East Side from Buffalo's geo-vocabulary. Their preferred choice? East Buffalo. Others cautioned about those from outside the communities taking it upon themselves to brand geography.
