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As the country continues to face social and racial unrest, one local school is tackling the issue head on. “We think it’s important to prepare kids to go out into the world as they are actually going to find it,” ...

Students living in Rochester’s Cornerstone Group and Charles Settlement’s Stadium Estates properties now have access to free wireless internet connections through the Community Classrooms program. Community Classrooms aims to repurpose underutilized spaces within affordable housing developments to ensure students have ...

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is working to help the community become vaccine ready during National Minority Health Month. Excellus BCBS has created a dedicated COVID-19 website that offers up-to-the-minute information on what individuals need to know such as how to schedule ...

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In April 1963, from a scant jail cell in Birmingham, Ala., Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a letter to his critics stating that “whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” “The fact is that on this journey of diversity, equity ...

As of March 1, Shira May is the new president and CEO of the Center for Dispute Settlement (CDS). May, 45, is replacing Frank Liberti in the leadership role at the organization. Liberti, who has been with CDS for about ...

Boosting the pay of healthcare workers and increasing city contract opportunities for minority- and women-owned businesses are among the priorities of Mayor Lovely Warren’s Equity and Recovery Agenda (ERA) for Rochester. Warren’s ERA proposes a 50-percent increase in contracts awarded to minority-owned ...

An educational series will explore the impact of environmental injustice and advance a shared vision for positive change. Climate of Change: 22 days of Learning and Action for Intersectional Climate Justice in Rochester and Beyond kicks off Thursday and runs through ...

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has launched an initiative that could lead to implementation of reparations and a Universal Basic Income program in the city. With poverty and income disparity plaguing the city, the programs would use proceeds from the impending ...

In an effort to ensure the public receives accurate, vetted information regarding the coronavirus vaccinations, Common Ground Health has launched the COVID-19 Vaccine Speakers Bureau. “There’s a tremendous amount of misinformation and myths being spread about both COVID-19 and the ...

KeyBank said Friday that it would increase its commitment to its Community Benefits Plan to $40 billion. The investments will focus on economic access and equity for underserved communities and populations. Launched in 2017, the National Community Benefits Plan exceeded ...

A year ago, Elaine Spaull would never have guessed that she would have crews renovating a building to be used as a safe space for kids just a couple of hundred yards from Center for Youth’s Monroe Avenue administrative site. ...

Shanique Byrd learned long ago that the rich and famous — and infamous — prefer talking to fans over talking to media. Especially when it comes to dispelling rumors. “I learned that celebrities, especially urban entertainers, a lot of them ...

The implications of racial and gender equity will need to be considered in all departmental budgeting if Rochester City Council approves an amendment to the city charter. Mayor Lovely Warren and council vice president Willie Lightfoot believe the city is ...

The Rochester Museum & Science Center has acquired a new archival collection of Frederick Douglass materials including photos, pamphlets and more. The new collection, titled “The Anne Weaver Teabeau and Roland B. Scott Jr. Collection on Frederick Douglass,” was donated ...

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The Simon Business School at the University of Rochester has been named the most diverse MBA program in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report. “Diverse” is defined by the report as the percentage of African American, Black, Hispanic ...

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