September 12, 2022
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The Urban League of Rochester will host its third annual Interrupt Racism Summit Sept. 19 to 21. The three-day event includes virtual and in-person programming.
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May 5, 2021
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The Urban League of Rochester is launching a new business development program. PowerShift: Building Small Business is a partnership between the Urban League and bobrochester.com to launch a directory that spotlights minority, women and veteran-owned small businesses in Monroe County. ...
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December 22, 2020
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The Urban League of Rochester has been named the new steward and agency administrator for the Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI). The program will be combined with the Urban League’s antiracist educational initiatives under the Interrupt Racism name as ...
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Bria Beckley seems like a typical college student: tired, frazzled perhaps, but determined. Scratch the surface and it becomes clear that Beckley’s path to Monroe Community College was a long and bumpy one. The 24-year-old criminal justice student in 2016 ...
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