For the Rochester Land Bank Corp., which turns abandoned and vacant homes into saleable additions to the city’s housing stock and tax base, the last year has posed new challenges.
Community
Lifting up unsung heroes
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Organized by 540WMain, Black Women ROC! will honor change makers in July. The campaign is seeking nominations until June 5.
Community
Political divide shapes public reaction on anti-Asian crimes
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In a study, University of Rochester researchers examined opinion toward hashtags and websites that provide information, resources, places to donate, and places to report hate crimes. Biden supporters were more likely to defend these hashtags.
Community
The divide on fixing digital disparity
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Albany and Washington both want to make broadband internet access affordable for low-income households. One opted for regulation, the other for subsidies. Both face questions.
Community
A cloud remains over summer festivals
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread cancellations in 2020. This year, festival organizers are trying to navigate health safety rules as they stage in-person or hybrid events.
Community
Has the region’s population declined?
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New Census Bureau estimates show both Monroe County and the metro area losing residents in the last decade. But different numbers could emerge when 2020 Census data is released.
Community
The bigotry Asian Americans face
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Their roots lie a continent with nearly 50 diverse nations, but many have a common experience here: anti-Asian prejudice and hostility that can turn to violence.
Community
Genocide finally called by its name
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President Joe Biden’s use of the word to describe the Ottoman-era atrocities that claimed 1.5 million Armenian lives matters to all of us.
Community
A new hand at the Urban League’s helm
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Seanelle Hawkins, who navigated her own way out of poverty, has led the nonprofit since June 2019. In her first two years, the pandemic and racism in the Rochester area have been in the forefront.
Community
A racial divide in home values
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Rochester is among the 10 U.S. metro areas with the largest disparities in white and Black homeowners’ property values.
Environment
Series brings climate justice into focus
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The Climate Solutions Accelerator and other organizations partnered on the educational effort to build awareness on the deep connections between injustice and climate change.