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Rochester launches health and wellness initiative
Rochester has launched a Community Total Health and Wellness initiative to help define the gaps in the health and wellness needs of Rochester’s underserved communities.
New non-profit’s goal is an equitable community
A new Rochester-based non-profit called Black, Brown and Diverse Plant-Based People for Equity Inc. is aiming to help create a more even playing field.
The Bountiful Table helps local food pantries stay stocked
Dana Mayeu knows firsthand that a single action can have a major impact.
Urban League awarded $2 million for job-training programs
The Urban League of Rochester has been awarded a $2 million Growth Opportunities grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to support programs that provide job training and supportive services to justice-involved youth in concentrated areas of crime and poverty.
Community survey examines views on discrimination
The Levine Center to End Hate’s recent community survey has found that in many ways people from different racial/ethnic backgrounds live in different worlds within the Greater Rochester area. […]
KeyBank’s KeyBus rolls into Rochester, focuses on financial literacy and wellness
KeyBank’s KeyBus is at its University-Culver branch downtown today to assist clients who want better access to financial education, checking/saving accounts, credit scores or other financial tools that enable financial wellness.
Free admission Saturday at The Strong in honor of Juneteenth
In partnership with the Rochester Area Community Foundation and Greater Rochester Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, The Strong is offering free general admission and parking this Saturday in celebration of Juneteenth. […]
Genesee Co-op FCU awarded $2 million investment from US Department of Treasury
Genesee Co-op Federal Credit Union has received a $2 million secondary capital investment from the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Emergency Capital Investment Program.
Rochester-based Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives announces new venture
The Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives and Nashville-based Forefront Books have announced a new joint publishing imprint. The Frederick Douglass Books publishing imprint is an effort to establish a pathway for […]
Economic equality is the focus of upcoming event in Rochester
The Levine Center to End Hate at the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester will host Black Prosperity: Achieving the Unfulfilled Promise of Economic Equality from 8 to 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 15th at Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music.
Symposium to focus on connection between health and hair
“There is a strong connection between people’s health and their hair, from the effects of stress on the scalp and skin, to diet and nutrition,” said Jackie Dozier, community health and well-being program manager at Common Ground Health. “This symposium will provide an opportunity for area residents to learn how health affects their hair and to hear from barbers and styl[...]
FLPPS and partners work to increase access to healthcare for homeless
Finger Lakes Performing Provider System is collaborating with Community Action of Orleans and Genesee to increase access to healthcare for homeless and housing insecure families in Orleans County through a new program referred to as Axis of Care.
