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Benjamin J. Schafer

Benjamin J. Schafer

We’ve Yet to Heal from Buffalo’s Last “Riot” — What Makes You Think This One is Any Different?

On June 26, 1967, an uprising broke out in Buffalo, New York. After an encounter in which two Buffalo Police officers employed reportedly…

May 31, 2020

We’ve Yet to Heal from Buffalo’s Last “Riot” — What Makes You Think This One is Any Different?

May 31, 2020

Benjamin J. Schafer

Keeping the Change

I moved to England in October for graduate school. Having never lived more than a short, by American standards, road trip from home, I was…

May 20, 2020

Keeping the Change

May 20, 2020

Benjamin J. Schafer

On Routes and Roots

At some point during the 2002–2003 academic year, my kindergarten teacher took my class on a field trip to the town library. We marched…

Apr 4, 2020

On Routes and Roots

Apr 4, 2020

Benjamin J. Schafer

In a New Decade, Buffalo Needs More Bold Ideas

It’s no secret that January 1 marked the beginning of a new decade. And in case you had already forgotten, the Instagram stories and…

Jan 11, 2020

In a New Decade, Buffalo Needs More Bold Ideas

Jan 11, 2020

Benjamin J. Schafer

One Year After Tree of Life, A Renewed Call for Relationship and Community

“In profession and in practice, interfaith relationship and community must be our top priority.”

Oct 16, 2019

One Year After Tree of Life, A Renewed Call for Relationship and Community

Oct 16, 2019

Benjamin J. Schafer

“But Just Not Yet…”: Unanswered Questions Amid the Buffalo Renaissance

I spent the first 18.5 years of my life in a suburb of Buffalo, New York. The Buffalo of my childhood was not what it is today. The…

Sep 9, 2019

“But Just Not Yet…”: Unanswered Questions Amid the Buffalo Renaissance

Sep 9, 2019

Benjamin J. Schafer

Benjamin J. Schafer

Yale PhD student, Cambridge and Harvard alum, student of poverty and inequality, Buffalo sports lover, interfaith organizer.

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