Buffalo Co-Lab

Buffalo Co-Lab advances an equitable economy and democratic community, collaboratively integrating scholarly and practical understanding to strengthen civic action.

Training Cornell Students with a Sense of Purpose and Justice: ILR in Buffalo, Pt. 2

High Road Fellows at Colored Musicians Club
Apr 12, 2021
Monday, April 12, 2021

Training Cornell Students with a Sense of Purpose and Justice: ILR in Buffalo, Pt. 2

The fellowship offers a placed-based living laboratory of community and economic development.

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A Model for Executing Cornell’s Public Mission: ILR in Buffalo, Part 1

Buffalo Commons Workshops
Apr 12, 2021
Monday, April 12, 2021

A Model for Executing Cornell’s Public Mission: ILR in Buffalo, Part 1

The rich ILR-connected civic, economic, cultural, and educational network in Buffalo has promoted innovative university-community learning for decades, with the goal of fulfilling ILR’s land-grant mission to improve work and economic vitality.

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Democracy at Work: How the PRO Act Can Make a More Equitable Economy

PRO Act Panel with eCornell
Apr 1, 2021
Thursday, April 1, 2021

Democracy at Work: How the PRO Act Can Make a More Equitable Economy

A bill pending in Congress, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, seeks to overhaul federal labor law for the first time in decades. The PRO Act addresses the difficulties workers have in organizing and would help restore workplace democracy.

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participant reads handout at roll out event for the study, Labor Takes the High Road

Public Research and Policy

We link research with specific social and economic problems.

We bring together labor, business, community, government, and academia.

Sidney Malia Waite listens attentively at High Road Orientation

Teaching

We work with resident faculty to teach students at ILR's Ithaca campus.

Rija Tayyab speaks with Buffalo nonprofit leader Karima Amin

Student Engagement

We provide the networked community experience for students to learn in the field. 

A workshop series being led by Public Accountability Initiative

Education for the Public

We make this knowledge useful to the community through training and workshops.

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Buffalo, NY 14203

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