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The Culture Changer Who Taught Good Trouble

Katherine Ann Esterl (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on the legacy of John Lewis.
Mural of John Lewis on a street corner
The Culture Changer Who Taught Good Trouble

Juneteenth Through the Lens of a Vietnamese Woman

Anh Dao Truc Lam (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on Juneteenth from the positionality of a Vietnamese woman.
A group marches behind a sign that reads "Juneteenth Festival Buffalo, NY with an image of the African continent. Marchers hold up Black Liberation Flags and large cutout drawings of African masks.
Juneteenth Through the Lens of a Vietnamese Woman

Thinking Small: Why I’m Zooming in to Celebrate Local Government This Summer

Callie McQuilkin (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on the importance of local leaders.
High Road Fellow on right with arm around icon statue of Shark Girl in Buffalo on left
Thinking Small: Why I’m Zooming in to Celebrate Local Government This Summer

High Road 2021- Still Shaping Stories Miles Away

Samantha Ivey (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on the quote by Karima Amin that “Stories are everywhere, and I look for them everywhere".
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High Road 2021- Still Shaping Stories Miles Away

Getting to Know Buffalo from New York City

Julia Haberfield (High Road Fellow 2021) reflects on doing work in a city she has not yet been able to visit.
View of individuals living different lives through apartment building windows.
Getting to Know Buffalo from New York City

Community and Connectivity

Lizzie Taber (High Road Fellow 2021) describes her her work at the Citizens for Regional Transit in Buffalo, New York and inspiration to work on transit and connectivity to reduce isolation.
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Community and Connectivity

High Road Builders for a Summer to Remember

The High Road Builder awardees for this historic summer are two extraordinary women, Shannon Gleeson and Lorna Hill, whose compassion and influence cross borders and span divides.

Shannon Gleeson and Lorna Hill
High Road Builders for a Summer to Remember

High Road Goes Virtual, Real Results

From across the nation, ILRies work to bolster Buffalo’s future.
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High Road Goes Virtual, Real Results

The Prison Letters of CeCe McDonald

Panel discusses letters of CeCe McDonald, a Black Trans woman sentenced to 41 months in prison for defending her friends and herself from racist, transphobic assaulters.
CeCe McDonald
The Prison Letters of CeCe McDonald

High Road 2020: Place-Based Work from Any Place

Instead of bringing the students to Buffalo, the Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab will be modifying summer projects, panels, tours, activities so that it can bring Buffalo to its Fellows.

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High Road 2020: Place-Based Work from Any Place

Cornell Fellows Continue Tradition of Public Service to Greater Buffalo

In June and July, 21 Cornell undergraduates will come to Western New York to contribute to community and economic development with an array of community-based organizations and local elected officials.

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Cornell Fellows Continue Tradition of Public Service to Greater Buffalo

Returning to the High Road

ILR Buffalo Co-Lab launches winter internship program

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Returning to the High Road