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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Medical students, educators and researchers from Western New York and across the U.S. will gather at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ this weekend to meet with health care providers, activists and community members to discuss solutions to the gun violence epidemic.

When and where: Friday, June 6, through Sunday, June 8, at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB, 955 Main St., Buffalo NY. The full conference schedule, speaker bios, etc. is .

Best time for media: Saturday, June 7, from 2:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. during the Community Day portion of the conference, which is free and open to the public.

From 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Zeneta Everhart, Masten District Councilmember and mother of Zaire Goodman, who was severely injured in the 5/14/22 mass shooting, will give a keynote talk.

From 3:45 to 5:45 p.m., attendees will be involved in:

·       Painting pavers for the Remembrance Garden at St. John’s Lodge.

·       Participating in an open mic opportunity to share poems, songs, essays or stories on the topic of gun violence.

·       Connecting with community organizations at a tabling fair.

·       Creating luminaries in memory of those lost to gun violence.

·       Attending a presentation on “Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO): A new public health tool to prevent gun violence in New York State​” by Gale R. Burstein, MD, commissioner, Erie County Department of Health, and professor of pediatrics, Jacobs School, and Ryan Belka, JD, assistant attorney general.