As Rochester’s effective response to the Spanish flu illustrates, what we do now about COVID-19 really matters.
Community
Global consultant comes home
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Gene DePrez has long been the “go to” guy for firms seeking a new headquarters, research or manufacturing location or for communities looking for a new vision. Now he’s back in Rochester, relocating that knowledge here.
Community
Searching for Leah Liwska: A Purim story for all
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As we uncover stories of virtue, or gain faith that unseen virtue exists around us, we can grow as a society.
Community
Deadline set for claims in Rochester diocese Chapter 11
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The Aug. 13 deadline falls on the day the Child Victims Act expires.
Community
What renter migration says about Rochester
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A report on searches by prospective apartment renters suggests most here are not eager to move to Florida or any other distant state.
Community
How Anthony inspires young female leaders
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The suffragist and social reformer’s resilience in the face of countless obstacles continues to motivate women at the helm of businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Community
On her 200th birthday, should we ‘cancel’ Susan B. Anthony?
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The famed suffragist owned and flaunted an alligator purse. It makes no sense, however, to vilify her for not having conformed to the moral standards of our time.
Community
Labor, temperance, and the vote
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Susan B. Anthony’s reform work encompassed various causes. She saw voting rights as a means to address economic and social, as well as political, inequality.
Community
Susan B. Anthony’s Rochester
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The suffragist spent much of her life away from the Flower City, but it was here that Anthony planted her roots as a reformer and established her skills as an organizer and agitator.
Community
Life on the edge
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For the nonprofits that serve the homeless and hungry, providing shelter and food to the needy today is only one challenge. They also must find ways to reach younger potential donors to fund operations in the future.
Education
Learning from the Holocaust
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On Jan. 27, heads of state from more than two dozen countries are expected to attend the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial. However, there is reason for concern that awareness of the Holocaust is fading and anti-Semitism is on the rise again in this country—including Rochester—and abroad.