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 report from Common Ground Health shows. “Structural racism is literally ...

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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, racial equity and inclusion. “From Theory to Practice: The Individual, ...

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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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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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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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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 in the past and today, and inspires new dialogues about ...

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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 Racism … And What We Can Do To Change It” ...

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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 some academic award. But it was a celebration: His parents ...

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