Dedicated to the enhancement of Freedom Park, formerly Broderick Park, in Buffalo as a recreational and educational location
Plenty! A reminder is in the new issue of The Challenger that the name change to Freedom Park is on the Buffalo Common Council’s agenda for Tuesday at 2pm. The hearing will be in council chambers. Voice your support! Let your representative know you are in favor.
When we were promoting Healing By The Water this summer, one of the tactics was to publicize a bike route to get to Broderick Park. WPXI-TV the NBC affiliate in Pittsburgh produced “Biking Through Black History,” a 30 minute Black History Month special highlighting the creation of the Underground Railroad Bicycle Route (UGRR). This route…
An inspiring story about Marshall “Major” Taylor, Bike Riding for African Americans, the first African-American world champion of any sport
During the evenings of Healing By The Water, you may have spotted some of the Friends of Broderick Park donning t-shirts with the design that read 1619-1865. Those years mark the period of slavery and the 1619 Project was an effort to broaden a fuller understanding, to give a more complete history, something still so…
https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/possible-name-change-of-broderick-park-with-some-locals-giving-it-a-thumbs-up As WKBW reports, Freedom Park will be well received
We took one more step in the name change to Freedom Park. Read about it here.
The Buffalo Common Council takes this matter up tomorrow at 2pm. If you can’t go, a suportive email to the council couldn’t hurt. David Rivera, the niagara district councilperson, had his office draft the motion. Let him know it sounds good. darivera@city-buffalo.com
As the above article from the Challenger shows, we are getting closer to getting the Park’s name changed to Freedom Park. There is a meeting on Tuesday, September 26th and you are invited to show your support of Freedom Park as the new identity. If you can’t attend, send your common council representatives an email…
On Tuesday, September 26th, the Buffalo Common Council will take up discussion on changing the name of Broderick Park to Freedom Park. The new name will be a great way to honor the Park’s history and bring all people together along the water, paying homage to the ancestors and charting a brighter future. While there…