When the national attention shifted elsewhere and the media was no longer focused on Buffalo, sustaining and advocating for structural changes on the East Side remained of interest for the creators of the #BuffaloSyllabus. Four Black scholars who were either from or currently living in Buffalo, NY came together in the immediate aftermath of the mass shooting to co-author a reading list that contextualized Black people’s lived experiences in the “city of good neighbors.” As the contributors of the “Black Buffalo” forum demonstrated, Buffalo has a long history of racism, discrimination, and violence against Black residents. The white supremacist targeted the Tops Supermarket on Jefferson, because of the neighborhood’s large percentage of Black residents. While he aimed to take something from our community, local collectives, mutual aids, and activists showed up and extended care in the form of fundraising, donating, and supplying groceries to those directly impacted. The Black Buffalo Syllabus Collective was formed to complement these grassroots efforts by gathering articles, books, op-eds, policy reports, poems, and media on different aspects of Buffalo’s social, economic, and political climate—historically and contemporarily.