Social Justice Festival
A two-day celebration of stories from multiple disciplines that build community, manage conflict, and explore identity. This highly experiential festival is an academic ritual at Buffalo State and includes workshops, performances, and art exhibits that challenge, teach, and explore diverse social and personal justice topics.
The Anne Frank Project is a program of Buffalo State University.
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The 2024 Festival explored how we could bring our different stories together to build our collective story
We are honored to have hosted our 16th annual social justice festival, AFP 2024 - Home: Building Our Collective Story, a signature two-day celebration of stories at Buffalo State University on September 25 & 26, 2024.
This year, we challenged our university students, faculty, staff, alums, and our off-campus audiences to define ‘Home.’ How can we bring our different stories together to build our collective story; our Home? A home where our stories are protected, honored, and shared without fear.
With our annual festival as a platform, we have the opportunity to achieve Anne Frank’s wish to “repair the world” by deconstructing and rebuilding what we call Home.
AFP is proud to have hosted our 16th annual social justice festival during Buffalo State University's Homecoming week.
HISTORY
Since its inception in 2009, our Social Justice Festival has explored underpinnings of humanity.
Through our Social Justice Festival, we’ve led brave and deep explorations of issues like shared humanity, social responsibility, defining inclusion, community engagement, mental health, systematic racism, the roots of Genocide, innovations in education, and personal healing. With an emphasis on doing, the festival is part of student coursework, connecting them to experts, artists, and leaders from around the globe who facilitate the interactive sessions.
Click below to download and explore past festival programs.
