Igniting HOPE Freedom Walk & Conference
Fri, Aug 13
|Michigan Street Corridor
The African American Health Equity Task Force and the Buffalo Center for Health Equity are joining with the University at Buffalo and its Community Health Equity Research Institute for Igniting Hope: Healing Historical Trauma from Racist Research, Policies and Practices.
Time & Location
Aug 13, 2021, 4:30 PM
Michigan Street Corridor, 509 Michigan Ave, Buffalo, NY 14204, USA
About the Event
The African American Health Equity Task Force and the Buffalo Center for Health Equity are joining with the University at Buffalo and its Community Health Equity Research Institute for Igniting Hope: Healing Historical Trauma from Racist Research, Policies and Practices. The two-day conference is supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health and by several community sponsors.
The conference kickoff event on Aug. 13 will be a 2-mile-long “Freedom Walk” from the Michigan Street African American Heritage Archway along Michigan Avenue to the Freedom Wall at the corner of East Ferry. The walk is open to the community. Alternative transport will be provided for those who are unable to do the walk. Conference sessions on Aug. 14 will take place virtually from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Registration and additional conference information is available online.
As a sponsor of the event, The Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission (MSAAHCC) is partnering with the Buffalo Center for Health Equity in a Photojournalism project. Learn more.