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Report: Racism responsible for illness, short lives among Rochester African Americans
Black people in Rochester and the Finger Lakes Region are sicker and live shorter lives due to racial bias in housing, education, employment, criminal justice and other areas, a new […]
CCSI conference to address diversity, racial equity
Coordinated Care Services Inc. this week will collaborate with the Urban League of Rochester, N.Y. Inc. and Action for a Better Community Inc. on a two-day conference focused on diversity, […]
Anti-racism coalition to host theater-based virtual allyship workshop
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 […]
Levine Center to End Hate to hold online summit
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 […]
Report: Rochester’s child poverty rate, disparities still high
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 […]
Racism exhibit returns to RMSC
The “Take It Down! Organizing Against Racism” traveling exhibit has returned to its home at Rochester Museum & Science Center. This exhibit, about the Dentzel Menagerie Carousel panel, discusses racism […]
RMSC asks community to reflect on racist media influences
Rochester Museum & Science Center is challenging the community to reflect on how racist media influences people’s lives through a new permanent exhibition. “Objectively Racist: How Objects and Images Perpetuate […]
Student summit addresses diversity, racism
When Khuram Hussain was 7 years old he came to school to find a cupcake and an American flag on his desk. It wasn’t his birthday, and he hadn’t won […]
