In its 12th State of Our Children report card, the ROC the Future Alliance has set an ambitious five-year goal.
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Empowering women in need
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“There is still a tremendous need for safe affordable housing, access to affordable child care and resources to address food insecurity,” says Myra Henry, CEO of YWCA Rochester & Monroe County, who joined other community leaders at a White House event this month.
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Rochester’s strategic location before the Civil War
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In the last decades of slavery, Blacks in Rochester had a transnational identity, author and scholar Dann Broyld says.
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What ChatGPT ‘thinks’ about Rochester
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Seen as a tipping point for artificial intelligence, the trained large language model interacts with users through conversation. The Beacon posed four questions to see what ChatGPT would tell us about our community.
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A new focus for Unite NY
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The organization has shifted gears to focus on issues, not candidates. But its aim is the same: to create a more fair, open, and representative democracy.
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Digital Hyve’s next stage of growth
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Keith Betz, recently named president of the Butler/Till subsidiary, says “we’re in a unique position to help SMBs navigate these challenging economic times.”
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KORE Wireless ramps up Rochester-area operations
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The Georgia-based IoT company has opened a $1.2 million facility in Pittsford and forecasts continued employment growth here.
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One year after Jan. 6, American democracy remains at risk
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The potential for political violence continues to pose a threat to our democracy, says Gretchen Helmke, a University of Rochester political scientist and a founding member of Bright Line Watch.
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The journey of an ‘oblivious’ white man
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In his new memoir, Bill Wynne describes how he became a staunch advocate for racial and social justice.
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Thinking about inflation with Simon School Dean Sevin Yeltekin
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Are rapidly rising prices a temporary phenomenon or likely to be persistent? Listen to the markets, Yeltekin says.
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A local economic first responder
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Tompkins Bank of Castile processed more than 1,300 Payroll Protection Program loans. President and CEO John McKenna. He thinks community banks like his can help small firms and nonprofits get through the current pandemic surge.