This community forum will feature a variety of grassroots community activists whose work intersects within economic and ecological justice efforts. Panel participants also include representatives from the F. B. Community Land Trust who will address these concerns as well as inform the audience about the ongoing efforts to prevent developers from displacing long-time neighborhood residents.

Panelists:
India Walton, Founding Executive Director of the F. B. Community Land Trust
Reinhard Reitzenstein, Artist and Sculpture Program Head at the University at Buffalo Department of Art
Lynda H. Schneekloth, Professor Emeritus, University at Buffalo Department of Architecture
Joshua Smith, Director of Ecology at Rigidized Metals Corporation.

Moderators:
Shirley Verrico, Curator, Buffalo Arts Studio
Max Anderson, Deputy Director, Open Buffalo