The social justice organization has been grappling with its own sexual misconduct issue.
Rochester Activism
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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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Rallies for immigrant families and refugees take place this week
A march protesting the Trump administration’s separation of immigrant families will take place at 6 p.m. Friday, and events around UN World Refugee Day will take place Saturday.
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Building a ‘progressive’ city
The home of Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and countless social reformers, Rochester has long been labeled ‘progressive’
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Annual Manual 2018
Compared to some cities in the US, Rochester’s not very old. But boy, do we have history. And what happened in the past has shaped what we are today, in many ways.
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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 year in … Rochester
Rochester is a changing city. It’s grown in a lot of ways in the last year, and it will continue to do so. In this year’s Annual Manual, we investigate what Rochester can expect in 2017
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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 […]
