This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Forum features candidates for mayor The United Christian Leadership Ministry of Western New York will hold a Mayoral Candidates Forum, moderated by the Rev. Dwight Fowler, on Thursday, July 20. Participants will be […]
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
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Neighbors push back on new Divinity School building
Highland Park Neighborhood residents aren’t happy about a developer’s plan to put a building and parking lot near the corner of Highland Avenue and South Goodman Street, on the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School campus.
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Seminary campus to become destination hotel
The new owner of the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School campus plans to develop it into a destination hotel and conference center and build a new building for the seminary at the corner of Highland Avenue and South Goodman Street. The school’s board of trustees made the decision to sell the property years ago, and […]
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Feedback 5/25
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The national agenda must focus on the poor
During President Obama’s first term and again in his successful re-election campaign, virtually nothing was said or done about people in the United States who are trapped in a cycle of poverty and despair. The focus was on middle class families and their concerns. This is not to say that the nation should ignore its […]
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Book drop
After thinking a lot about its library, trustees of the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School decided on Friday to remove almost all of its books. A substantial portion of the Ambrose Swasey Library — about 250,000 of its 300,000 volumes — will be moved in the coming months to the University of Rochester’s Rush Rhees […]
