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The sounds of justice

Charlene Sommers has been in choirs before, including college and touring choirs, as well as a stint with the Eastman Rochester Chorus. But Sommers is currently putting together a different kind of choral group, a Justice Choir. She wants to build a group of people who can go to protests or demonstrations and sing songs […]

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A year of Trump: activists see fatigue, but stay hopeful

A year ago next Sunday, around 2,000 people turned out for the People’s Solidarity Rally in Rochester’s Washington Square Park. Simultaneously, millions of people around the world — an estimated 500,000 in Washington, D.C., alone — participated in Women’s March protests the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration. Organized and led by women, the national movement […]

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Best Local Color 2017

Best Local Activist Group Gay Alliance of Genesee Valley (now the Out Alliance). 100 College Avenue. 244-8640; gayalliance.org Runners up: B.L.A.C.K. | Metro Justice | Rochester Food Not Bombs Best Source of Rochester Pride Wegmans. @wegmans; wegmans.com Runners up: George Eastman Museum | Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley | Red Wings | Susan B. […]

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The Rochester 10

Greater Rochester is filled with talented people working to make the region a better place to work, live, and play. But it often seems like the same names grab the headlines, while other no-less-deserving people go unnoticed. The Rochester 10 — an annual project by CITY — is designed to bring some of the community’s […]

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