A group called Foodlink United is pushing to unionize the food bank’s workers due to higher demand for services, understaffing, and COVID-19 health risks.
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Food insecurity up 38% in Monroe County
A slice of the latest COVID-19 stimulus package focuses on curbing food insecurity. At least one advocate is hoping the benefits last longer than advertised.
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Foodlink announces partnership with COVID-19 Fresh Food Fund
Through the partnership, Rochester residents economically affected by the pandemic will be able to access fresh and local produce through curbside markets.
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YMCA opens Center for Equity in downtown Rochester
The center currently offers free, drop-in academic support for up to 100 students taking online classes, as well as breakfast and lunch through a partnership with Foodlink.
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Being neighborly in uncertain times
In Rochester, people are stepping up to help out neighbors whose lives and livelihoods have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Urban Action 5/1
This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Stories of the trolley Reconnect Rochester will show “The Trolley” on Wednesday, May 8, as the next movie in its Rochester Street Films Series. The film looks at the trolley, the revered electric-powered […]
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Planting the seed
Community gardens and urban farms have some far-reaching benefits that are just as important as food, however. Each is unique, and what happens in the soil and around the plots often taps directly into community needs.
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“If Music Be the Food…”
Carol Rodland’s biography as a classical musician is sufficiently impressive to be its own article. She earned bachelor of music and masters of music degrees from The Juilliard School. She won a Fulbright Scholarship. She has traveled to study, teach, and perform in Europe. She is an associate professor of viola at the Eastman School […]
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Worlds collide on walls: WallTherapy 2013
Symbolically, walls stand to divide space, to enclose people and property. But for Dr. Ian Wilson and the network of medical professionals, artists, and volunteers he has organized around Rochester’s annual Wall\Therapy street-art festival, and the medical-philanthropy organization Impact, walls stand for something other than themselves. Through those initiatives, walls have the capability to unite […]
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“Eat It: Artists Explore Food & Consumption”
During the Industrial Revolution, we moved systematically away from traditional, deliberate ways of feeding ourselves. And as this basic element of survival slipped from ours into bureaucratic hands, we became less reliant on our communities for genuine needs, and our relations grew brittle for lack of practice. There are attempts to reverse this, but we […]
