Rust Belt Renaissance? The Experience of Refugees from Burma in Buffalo, NY
Speaker: Dr. Seth Cavello
Visiting Lecturer, University of South Florida
Thursday, October 31, 2019
2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8)
Turlington Hall Room 3018
University of Florida
All are welcome to attend.
Buffalo receives more refugees for resettlement than any city in New York. While this narrative is mostly true, refugees in the city face new challenges to resettlement. Like many Rust Belt cities, Buffalo is experiencing a period of rapid investment that is changing the face of many neighborhoods in the city, including the West Side, where most refugees are resettled. For this reason, strategies for gathering and using information about housing and livelihood outcomes need to adapt to meet these new changes.
This talk will discuss the results of recent research to understand how refugees from Burma find and use information about housing and livelihood opportunities in order to adapt their strategies in the face of neighborhood change.