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Rochester Anti-Racism Action Coalition will team with Impact Interactive LLC to host a theater-based virtual workshop on allyship next month. “Uncomfortable Conversations: Confronting Privilege, Bias & Racism” is designed to help white people become better allies and accomplices, and develop ...

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A Zoom Community Voices Session hosted by the Commission on Racial and Structural Equality will help its Mental Health and Addiction Workgroup better understand how structural racism and inequities have prevented individuals and families from receiving the best available care ...

Businesses and organizations in the Finger Lakes Region will have an opportunity to improve racial equity through a new initiative convened by the United Way of Greater Rochester Inc. Greater Rochester’s 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge will begin Oct. 23 and ...

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Upstate Interiors, LLC, has received a $15,000 grant from Citizens Bank, part of a $1.5 million initiative by the financial institution to provide support to minority owned small businesses in areas it serves. Citizens Bank is awarding the $15,000 grants ...

The death of Daniel Prude in late March after he was restrained by officers from the Rochester Police Department may provide what panelists on a Young Black Leaders webinar say is a path to overdue fundamental transformation in the community. ...

Nine New York high schools have been named as National Banner Unified Champion Schools by Special Olympics New York, including four in the Greater Rochester region. Churchville-Chili, Irondequoit, Newark and Victor central school districts received the recognition for their leadership ...

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On Sept. 13, the Levine Center to End Hate will hold “Brave Spaces: Rochester’s Summit to End Hate,” a first-of-its-kind online event featuring keynote speaker Eric Ward, a senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Ward, a nationally recognized ...

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Rochester has been named an All-America City by the National Civic League, one of 10 cities recognized for civic innovation over the past year. To enter the contest, cities must showcase three projects that exemplify how a commitment to collaboration, civic ...

African American children are nearly four times more likely to experience child poverty than white chidlren, while Latino children are more than three times more likely, an updated report from ACT Rochester and the Rochester Area Community Foundation shows. “Hard ...

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All non-governmental county contractors are now required to comply with state and federal equal pay laws following a new executive order issued by Monroe County Executive Adam Bello. Bello joined the Pay Equity Coalition for today’s Sound the Alarm event ...

A new enterprise focused on breaking down employment barriers for job-seekers has opened in Rochester. Greyston, a social justice undertaking based in Yonkers, launched the Rochester Center for Open Hiring. The purpose is to help create pathways to job opportunities ...

Eleversity, a community impact program of Heritage Christian Services, will hold a four-session summit beginning Thursday to address diversity, equity and inclusion. The “Women of Color Virtual Summit: An Educational Series” was created for and by women of color and ...

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Rochester Accessible Adventures, a local nonprofit that trains, supports and promotes recreation businesses to operate inclusively, is hoping to train 2,020 youth and adults this year in its #WeWillInclude movement. RAA is responding to the impact of COVID-19 with an ...

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Whether it was on a visit to another place of business or while walking down the hallway in our own workplace, we’ve all read them, those carefully thought-out value statements that company management hold dear. The words always sound nice ...

Monroe County Executive Adam Bello submitted legislation on Tuesday to amend the County Charter and create a Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The department will seek effective methods and procedures for recruitment, selection, placement, and promotion of racial and ethnic minorities, ...