Harper S.E. Bishop

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Harper Bishop is currently the executive director of Our City Action Buffalo/Our City Buffalo and worker-owner of Rose Jade Consulting Cooperative. He is also a political analyst and campaign strategist, and a writer and photographer. These days you can find him on Buffalo’s West Side trying to keep pace with two very energetic children. You can follow him on X or IG at @harpersebishop.

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Diverse group of people standing, holding sheets of paper with names on them. Front and center, a young man in a wheelchair leaning into another person, being comforted.

Blizzard Brings Buffalo Lessons in Power and Resilience

Harper S.E. Bishop

Buffalonians are coming to terms with the fact that they must support each other and contest for power at the same time. It’s the only way they can meet the impacts of the climate crisis, on top of profit-driven development.

Light projection that says "The Right is Down with Byron Brown"

Buffalo Election Reflections: Connecting East Side and West

Harper S.E. Bishop

India Walton’s campaign for mayor of Buffalo, though troubled, brought together a new coalition with huge potential.

In the foreground, a Black woman in an electric-blue dress with her back to the camera, held by three young men in a group hug. The man with his back to the camera has a gold T-shirt that says “India for Buffalo Mayor.” They’re in a room with low light, with a multi-racial group of women gathered in a semi-circle around them.

India Walton Wins With People Power

Harper S.E. Bishop

Score a win for determined organizing and movement politics: India Walton’s upset victory in Buffalo.

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