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Russians send gay pastor packing
The Rev. James Mulcahy sat with a group of LGBTQ activists in the Russian city of Samara last July, having a cup of tea and talking about nothing in particular, he says. Mulcahy, who served as pastor for Rochester’s Metropolitan Community Church from 2000 to 2012, says that the group was barely 20 minutes into […]
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UPDATED: Unitarians back off fossil fuels
First Unitarian Church wants to start divesting from fossil fuel stocks.
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Wage wars
Donating food to a food cupboard is obviously a good thing, says longtime community organizer Alison Clarke, but it doesn’t do anything to address the root causes of poverty and hunger. “People want to do things for people who are poor,” Clarke says, “but they don’t really understand the depth of the issues, where the […]
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Rochester People’s Climate Coalition moves ahead
Climate activism and action appear to be ramping up in the Rochester area, which is a very good thing. The City of Rochester is putting together a comprehensive plan to reduce its impact on climate change, governments and local businesses are leading by example on renewable energy, and new advocacy and activism groups are forming. […]
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Moms mobilize against climate change
Andrea Wolff of Chili says that she loves nature and being in the woods. And as a mother of two boys, she says that she feels a sense of urgency about the environment. Wolff says that she knows something needs to be done about climate change, but that she’s struggled to figure out what she […]
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Making climate a career
Susan Spencer, a Rochester Institute of Technology Ph.D. student, wants people to understand that climate change is a serious problem and that workable solutions exist.
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RIT student takes on climate advocate role
Susan Spencer sees potential for the Rochester region to lead on technology that could prevent the acceleration of climate change. In particular, she says she sees promise in the solar cell research and development work happening across the area, especially at Eastman Business Park. And that makes sense: Spencer is a Ph.D. candidate at Rochester […]
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A better city, from the ground up
When Jessica Vittegleo started an Internet fund-raising campaign to buy and put up Little Free Libraries in Rochester, her goal was simple: to foster literacy and a love of reading in her South Wedge neighborhood. The libraries, which are tied into the national Little Free Library organization, are hand-painted boxes stuffed with books free for […]
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Abortion activism
If you’ve been out and about in Rochester over the last week, you may have seen a truck with images of an aborted fetus on it. Or spied protestors toting equally graphic visuals. That’s because the anti-abortion group Operation Save America has been in Rochester since July 24 for its yearly national event, which concludes […]
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Restore Rochester fights for the Fourth
The reason former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover stayed in power so long despite his reputation as a ruthless bully is because he knew where all the dirty underwear was buried. Secrets are power, and they can be abused. History is rife with examples. Part of the pushback against the recently leaked government mass-surveillance programs […]
