The Action for a Better Community President & CEO on racism, poverty, and education
Rochester poverty
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Yet another attempt to improve city schools
We should insist on excellence. We should not tolerate poor performance. But we cannot expect Rochester teachers to do the impossible.
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Feedback 5/23
We welcome your comments. Send them to themail@rochester-citynews.com, or post them on our website, rochestercitynewspaper.com, our Facebook page, or our Twitter feed, @roccitynews. Those of fewer than 350 words have a greater chance of being published, and we edit selections for publication in print. We don’t publish comments sent to other media. Poverty’s cause As […]
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Feedback 5/9
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Feedback 5/2
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Rochester’s transportation and poverty are linked, report says
If you live in the Rochester area, want to get a job, but don’t have a car, you’re in a tough spot. That’s been the conventional wisdom in Monroe County for some time, perpetuated through individual experience, anecdotes, and public discussions. And a new report commissioned by Reconnect Rochester, a local transportation advocacy group, confirms […]
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Poor People’s Campaign creates new movement against poverty
Last week’s Truth Commission on Poverty was an early, local event of the Poor People’s Campaign, a movement against poverty taking place in cities in 41 states across the country.
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Poverty is still a major problem, ACT Rochester reports
ACT Rochester, which tracks the basic well-being of the nine-county Greater Rochester area, released its latest “Community Report Card” this morning. And while the report contains a bit of good news, much of the news in the report is negative. The Rochester region has a very serious problem with poverty and issues related to it. […]
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Feedback 10/18
Send comments to themail@rochester-citynews.com. Those of fewer than 350 words have a greater chance of being published; we edit selections for publication in print, and we don’t publish comments sent to other media. Here’s a way to combat poverty and racism The writer of the letter “The Silence of Our White Leadership” describes her frustrations […]
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Rochester homeless advocates seek funding for winter shelter
There’s little that’s more emblematic of severe poverty than homelessness. Like most medium-size and large cities, Rochester has emergency shelters for homeless adults, but the demand for beds and living space, especially for the chronically homeless, continues to outpace availability. For the third year in a row, REACH Advocacy – Rochesterians Engaging in Action for […]
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How to reduce poverty: Boost workers’ wages
The statistics shouldn’t be a surprise to any of us; many of them have been in earlier reports. But still, the numbers are staggering. And so are the rankings those numbers put us in. Rochester is the fourth poorest city among the 75 largest metro areas in the country. We have the third-highest concentration of […]
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The State of Our County: divided and complacent
Dinolfo’s State of the County was mostly cheery, boosterish talk, a description of a happy, successful place. But below that surface is a harsh reality.
