It’s OUR CITY, and we have a right to it.
OUR CITY is a broad coalition of community-based organizations and people in Buffalo, New York who have come together to create a policy agenda that centers people instead of profits.
OUR CITY believes in building a multi-racial, multi-generational, intersectional movement for justice and equity.
We believe that the solutions to our most pressing issues and challenges already exist in the communities most impacted by them, those on the front lines of injustice. We believe in building real democratic control of our communities is the long work, and we know that kind of change only happens from the ground up and by holding our elected officials accountable.
Developing OUR CITY platform
The OUR CITY BUILDS policy platform is organized into six main areas that include housing, policing, immigration, education, transportation, frontline arts, and climate.
The updated policy platforms and agenda mark the culmination of a six month community process in which thousands of city of Buffalo residents provided input into the final document. The impetus for the revised platform was due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the impacts it has had on our communities, as well as the ongoing civil unrest and movement for Black Lives immediately following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
The solutions-based platform presents a framework for a more just, equitable, and inclusive Buffalo based on respect for basic human dignity and protection of our planet based on the Seventh Generation principle.
